As Susan and Dustin celebrate five years of marriage, a look inside the House of the Lord where their journey together began, the Manhattan New York Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Continue reading I love to see the temple
(or, how I saved Christmas) Continue reading Our most excellent and spontaneous Christmas adventure
24 June 1920–10 November 2013
The obituary that appeared in The Bakersfield Californian on 4 December 2013. Continue reading Revelee Lee Hibdon
What’s in a name? For Colin, lots and lots of thought and discussion. But we think we came up with a pretty good one. Continue reading Naming Colin
Walking through some changes you’ll notice starting with the January 2014 issue of our magazine—and the reasons behind them. Continue reading Welcome to our redesigned magazine
At dinner this evening, Fiona made what is quite possibly the strangest request I have ever heard from a four-year-old. Continue reading Crust only, please
Colin’s coming into our family on Thursday, 2 January 2014, was a watershed moment in our lives. Here’s how it happened. Continue reading Colin’s arrival
Revelee Lee Hibdon, Susan’s grandmother, passed away on 10 November 2013. Her family gathered in Banks, Oregon, for a memorial service that focused more on stories than ceremony, in true Hibdon fashion. Continue reading Memorial service for Revelee Lee Hibdon (1920–2013)
A subway ride in Queens unexpectedly brings a young girl’s beloved stuffed animal into our family. Continue reading The story of Maria
Have you wanted to do the gratitude tree project in the November 2013 issue of The Friend with your kids, but you didn’t want to cut up your magazine to use the leaf patterns? Now you don’t have to, thanks to these downloadable PDFs we created. Continue reading Gratitude tree
My service as a page for North Carolina’s governor was my first insight into how government really works. Continue reading My week as a governor’s page
A gallery of some of Fiona’s adventures from the first half of 2013. Continue reading Fiona’s adventures
Earlier this year, Dustin, age 30, made the difficult decision that it was time to send his stuffed animals to a new home. So, one evening early this fall, he, Susan, and Fiona carried them to Goodwill on West 8th Street in Manhattan and donated them. But before bidding them farewell, Dustin had a little photo shoot with them so he could always remember them. This is one of those photos. Continue reading Dustin’s stuffed animals
With our friends Corbrett and Kerri, who were visiting us from the Washington, D.C., area, and Alfred and Cha Cha, members of our branch who had recently joined the Church, we went to West 74th Street and Central Park West on a chilly fall morning to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in person for the first time. Continue reading Macy’s + Thanksgiving = A must-see in our new hometown
Susan’s parents stop by. Continue reading A visit from Grammy & Papa
