Before and After

Those that have been in my office are aware by it's appearance that i'm one busy man (or so it appears), but not many know how busy my sweet angel Connie is at work. You'd think by seeing our offices that we are some how related. What would we do without sticky note pads.

Connie's office before


Neal's office before


Connie's office after


Neal's office after

Playin' around at the Cabin

Connie & I took the opportunity to go to the cabin since it was Presidents Day and we took the day off. It was a fantastic beautiful day with sunshine and warm weather, and it was great to see all the snow. We wanted to take pictures of wild life but we saw none although we did take a couple of pictures of some bison, (not really the wild life I was thinking about) but we had a fun time. There was so much snow the roof was creeking and moaning.

A Risky Collection

The other day I was rumaging through a bunch of my personal things that I have collected through out the years and found my stamp collection. I have more then a thousand stamps in my collection and I thought I would scan a few of them that in some cases was a risky way to get them. Here is the story... Way back in the early 70's our family took a vacation to East Germany where my grandparents lived. As our flight landed in West Germany we had to rent a car for the remainder of our journey. I was but a mere lad of 12 and as such was a restless and curious individual and in our course of traveling to East Germany we had to travel through a few check points. The guards at the check points were poised in communist uniforms with rifles in hand and pistols on their hips, they searched all of our luggage to make sure we were not bringing anything in the country that was illegal and to make sure our passports were in order, not once did I see any of them crack a smile. We visited with our relatives and some of my mothers friends and as a result of some of these visits they learned that my brother and I collected stamps. Don't ask my why but it was illegal to take such items out of the country (you could lick a stamp and put it on a letter to mail but a package of stamps was illegal, go figure) My brother Frank and I were given hundreds of collectable stamps many from the great depression in europe and many from Russia. I was very excited to have these in my possession and very nervous when I found out it was illegal to take them home remembering the uniformed guards at the check points. My father suggested we stuff them down the front of our pants and act normal... HUH!!! I was a 12 year old curious and restless kid... there was nothing "normal" about me! anyway, I did it, we pulled up to the check point, we all got out, they searched all of our luggage, they had mirrors on wheels that they rolled under our car to make sure we were not smuggling anything out of the country, they had their guns and bullets and I was sweating bullets but we made it. I have scanned a few stamps in my collection and some of them spent time down the front of my pants.

A Tribute to our Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley

"The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles unitedly expresses its heartfelt love and admiration for President Gordon B. Hinckley and the singular life of service he lived. He was our prophet, our leader, our brother and our friend. We feel a deep, personal loss at his passing." "We will miss his wit and his wisdom, his leadership and his love. However, we cannot but rejoice in his reunion with his beloved Marjorie, with is parents and other family members who have gone before, and with the prophets of God, both ancient and modern, among whose eternal ranks he now stands. As the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles we echo the voice of the Master, 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant. ... Enter into the joy of thy Lord.'"



This is how Glenn Beck ended his show

Charley in motion

A short time ago as I was playing with my camera I caught these pictures of the Reese and Charley playing the digital piano. Charley is a hoot, if only you could have heard them singing. Thanks goes to my buddy Erika for showing me how to do a slide show.

Winter Campout

This past weekend we took the Scouts (Priests) on our annual winter campout. Most people know that I am a avid winter sportsman and love to be in the snow and cold. COULD I BE MORE SARCASTIC!! When we arrived at our campout destination we discovered that our snow cave was already constructed (hmm fancy that) although we did have to dig about 3 feet of snow away from the entrance to the cave. Most snow caves are heated with a candle to build an ice barrier, we used alternative fuel sources to stay warm. Dinner was excellent as someone had killed a fatted calf (thanks sam's club) and we had steak for dinner sizzling over hot coals (again heated with alternative fuel). We all slept very good in the snow cave as our alternative fuel kept the cave around 72 degrees. Our snow cave was unique in that it had indoor plumbing, so no prancing through the snow at 2am in boots and long johns. We all had a good time and were spiritually motivated.


There was at least 3 feet of new snow


Just a great view


We did have some great spiritual moments


The weekend was great but Monday brought a new batch of snow


I'm still sore after running the snowblower, man i'm getting old.

Some of my favorites

Our lives must be boring as there is not much news from the Knight household, so as to keep something going on the blog i've posted a few funnies that i've collected throughout the years.

My all time favorite



Tool Safety



I like this clip from IHC when they changed their logo



Classic