okay, so this photo was taken of me more than TWENTY years ago, but who's counting? the back of the picture says it was taken on christm...

i like to take self portraits. so what!? i think it's fun. and i'm pretty good at it. i rarely miss people in the frame. and this, m...

i know...she's smiling. she's happy. she's cute. but she can't do this anymore, and that makes me sad. once in awhile it mak...

i've been given the monumental task of recording my grandpa's 89 year history. okay, i gave myself the task. but it wasn't reall...

grandpa came to visit us last monday night! he had a meeting for work in the area, so he flew in the night before to be with his favorite gr...

i have a secret: i like to make up words. really. completely new, thought-up-by-me words. and then i like to use them in every day conversat...

the first time i read my now-favorite quote, i was on mile 12 of a 13.1 mile race and was just not feelin' it. i started out too fast an...

it seems fitting that today, the day we celebrate the atonement and resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ, i was able to spend some time ...

watching tv in the layton household is a process. it always has been. for beginners, ryan and i have never purchased a tv for ourselves. eve...

my little sister was in elementary school when she recreated, on paper, the scene from her then-favorite movie. the teacher was so concerned...