by spencer | Oct 12, 2018 | Family
Home. Work. I don’t like bringing work home. But it happens. I was working on a presentation, at the phase where I was literally just copying and pasting from one document to another, when Tate walked in the room. “Are you working?” “Yes.” “I’m just going to watch...
by spencer | Oct 2, 2018 | Family, Music
A quick work trip to Seattle. The original idea was to take Traci with me and turn it into a little vacation, but the universe had other plans. So it turned into a few hours of me time.For a guy who was raised on grunge music, Seattle is pretty much the best place in...
by spencer | Jul 24, 2018 | Family
Rodeo (King and) Queen City folk? Not us. Like good pioneers, we celebrated the 24th of July at the Days of ’47 Rodeo. Every year, I tell myself I’m going to buy a cowboy hat — just for occasions like this. But I never seem to pull the trigger. Maybe next...
by spencer | Jul 23, 2018 | Family
It started with Curtis. He told me he wanted to wear an undershirt to church because he had a weird button that would open and show off his tummy. Such a modest fella. So then, of course, Tate started wearing an undershirt as well. But he had different motivations....
by spencer | Jul 10, 2018 | Family
After 20 Years, Traci Bids the Library Farewell Copy Twenty-two years since I last saw @smashingpumpkins. The three-hour set was probably an hour longer than I needed, but if that’s how you get Drown, Mayonaise, and Thirty Three, I won’t complain. And The visuals were...
by spencer | Apr 14, 2018 | Family
No one believed me. No one. But my confidence could not be shaken. I told the kids today was the day I would catch a foul ball. “You always say that, Dad.” Well, I do always say that. But this time I meant it. It was a quintessential spring day in Utah. Ice cold in...
