Adam Graduated from BYU April 27, 2018

Adam now has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from BYU.

Adam took his last Linear algebra test before his Bachelor's Degree

Today was the last day the Linear Algebra final was in the testing center
at BYU.  Adam started taking the test about 8:30 a.m. and finished
around 12:30 p.m. about four hours later.

Then he picked up his cap and gown.
Graduation is tomorrow afternoon.

Adam has calculated his final grade to the point.
He couldn't pass without taking the final, but didn't need
a really high score to get a passing grade in the class.

Adam feels confident he more than earned the points he needs
to pass.

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Adam said if something happened and he didn't pass the class,
he was going to take in the first three tests and challenge
some of the questions he didn't get credit for.

The best pictures are of book covers.

Nathan and Natalia's First Anniversary

Natalia made a Facebook post but it doesn't SHARE.

The Utah State Republican Convention

There is a serious movement to stop the political convention system where
political parties select their candidates at the convention in Utah.

Utah Legislature passed a bill in 2014 stating that anyone of any party
affiliation can gather signatures and get their name on the ballot
and political parties can't do anything to stop them.

That bill is in litigation and is now at the 10th District Court of Appeals
in Denver.

So the conventions for 2018 were an exercise in making the convention
look impossible.  Credentialing started at 7:00 a.m. and there was NO
Voting for candidates until about 5:00 p.m. 10 hours later.  Some delegates
had left.

BUT DO NOT DESPAIR.  The state party used Pulse Interactive clickers
so when you left the convention all you had to do was give your clicker to
someone to vote for you.

There was no way to stop the voting for absent delegates, because if you
checked in with your driver's license, you got a clicker and they didn't
record your number so your vote was private.

CONSEQUENTLY NO WAY TO CATCH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE GONE
AND STILL VOTING.

Another plus for the clickers, is there were 12 candidates in the Mitt Romney
senate race, but only NINE buttons on the clicker.

Nathan and Natalia have a baby boy! Simon has a brother.

McKay was born about 10:30 a.m. and it soon became evident he had pneumonia
and was moved into the NICU unit at the University of Utah Hospital.

My brother Phil and Ronelle have their home for sale

Phil's home has been for sale for about 6 weeks.  He and Ronelle came over this
week to wait for an hour while people toured their home.

Orem city council has approved an extremely high density housing project
in walking distance from Phil's house.   It is right across the street from
 Lake ridge Jr. High.   Due to the fact Phil hasn't been able to
sell his home in six weeks is an indication they are already too late to miss the
property impact of the new housing development.

It is kind of on UVU property, so the developers haven't provided parking because of
course UVU students won't have cars.  (haha)  I don't know how they got 5 city council
members to vote for it.

Daily Herald

Here is a link to the Daily Herald which could be considered false news
because the newspaper fails to mention the Planning commission
VOTED AGAINST this project, so then FIVE city council members
voted AGAINST the planning commission recommendation.

OF COURSE THIS ISN'T NEWS!

Jeff Ivie is out of the hospital and Jason got our of Prison

I just noticed that I didn't post Jeff left the hospital.  He was in the
hospital over three weeks, most of it in ICU.  He is getting IV therapy
from home after a few trips to the Emergency room after he left the hospital.

Jeff's wife is a RN, registered nurse so she can give him the IVs.

Jason also got released from prison about the same time as Jeff left the hospital.

The stress on Janice is immense and she is really sick.

She has a cough that keeps coming back and a sinus infection.

Adam's Latest Project. . . . .

Adam bought this clock as a kit and soldered for several hours to come
up with a working clock.  The numbers rotate and then it also flips from
the time to the date.

However the date doesn't come up with the DAY first.  After watching the clock
for several days, on the wrong date, someone remembered this kit
was purchased from a country outside the US, either China or Russia.

The time is 12 hours off so half way through the day the date is one
day later than the day in the US.  Is that also because Russia is one
day ahead of the US?

I think parts were purchased from two different countries.  At any rate,
the question now is do they post the date different in China or Russia
than in the United States, with the day first instead of the month.

Natasha and the girls spent a week in Utah They are back in Pennsylvania for Easter.

Ellie was on spring break last week, however her school held one or
two make up days for days they missed because they closed for snow
just before they left.

I don't know if this is the right photo, but "they" went to a museum at

Thanksgiving Point while they were in Utah.

First Presidency Announces Restructuring of Melchizedek Priesthood Quorums

"During the general priesthood session on Saturday, March 31, President Russell M. Nelson announced a “significant” restructuring of ward and stake Melchizedek Priesthood quorums that will help Melchizedek Priesthood holders “accomplish the work of the Lord more effectively. In each ward, the high priests group and the elders quorum will now be combined into one elders quorum,” he said. There will continue to be a stake high priests quorum, but it will based on “current” priesthood callings."  (link at bottom)

My first reaction to this change is that it is going 

to be filled with problems, and probably won't

last long.  

After considerable thought

I strongly feel that the change is needed right now in

the church.  As part of the announcement, they

said the current Elder's Quorum President will be

released and the Stake President will call a NEW

Elder's Quorum President.  We live in OREM Utah

and this ward desperately needs an entirely new

Elder's quorum Presidency.

The other challenges I see, is ONE lesson for all

the men in the ward over 18 is going to be a tough sell.

And last but not least, if there are too many men, there

will be TWO Elder's Quorums.  We lived in a ward

that had two Elder's quorums and that was a challenge

of its own.

lds.org Church News March 31, 2018

Sadly, this probably means there won't be an announcement about

any more changes in the church today, the last day of conference.

Meetings won't be shorter, no change in garments, . . .maybe next time. . .

President Russell M. Nelson will be 94 in September.

President Nelson snow skis.  One of the speakers in the Saturday session mentioned
that "they" were trying to keep President Nelson off the ski slopes so I looked on
the Internet to find he really skis.

The snow this winter has been terrible, so if he skied in 2018, he probably should
have left Utah to find good snow.

With boundless energy—some say he has never taken a sick day—President Nelson descends the circular stairway after meeting in the upper room of Salt Lake Temple with other Church leaders every Thursday.

“I always try to keep up with him and I can’t do it,” said President Oaks. “I grab hold of the banister to balance and I skip along as well as I can.”

Elder Holland said President Nelson bounds “two stairs at a time.”

President Nelson enjoys gardening, mowing the lawn, or shoveling the sidewalks free of snow; when he is home he hauls his neighbors’ garbage cans in from the curb.

President Nelson’s son, Russell Nelson Jr., said his father can still snow ski all day.

Elder W. Craig Zwick, an emeritus General Authority Seventy, said he has been with President Nelson on black diamond ski runs, “scared to death for me and for him.”

“The man can ski with the best of them,” he said.

President Nelson's family skiing.

LDS.org Get to Know President Nelson January 16, 2018 

He hates liver.

Whenever his mother served it, he waited until she looked away and then stuffed the liver into his pocket. “This maneuver was a little hard on pockets, but it was, nevertheless, very successful,” he says (Russell M. Nelson: Father, Surgeon, Apostle [2003]).

He has 10 kids.

Nine daughters and one son.

He has perfect pitch.

It’s pretty much a musical superpower. If you ask him to sing an A on the musical scale, he can do it without needing to hear it first. In high school and college, President Nelson sang in choirs and musicals. He also plays the piano and the organ.

He is fluent in Mandarin.

President Spencer W. Kimball once had a meeting in which he challenged everyone present to learn Chinese. President Nelson took on the challenge and became fluent in Mandarin—no big deal.

He’s in three Marquis Who’s Who lists.

President Nelson is in the Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in Religion—meaning he was important enough to be listed as one of the most influential people in the world.

LDS.org 11 things you didn't know about President Nelson