Jeff Blogs

Having five children I have seen my share of Walt Disney movies. I wish I had a dime for every time I have seen The Emperor’s New Groove; I would be able to buy Disneyland. One of my kid’s favorite Disney movies is the Lion King. If the truth be told, it is my wife’s favorite Disney movie and she insists on watching it as much as the kids do. During the opening credits of that movie the scene is set with the king introducing his son to the animals of the plains. It is a dramatic shot made even more powerful by the inclusion of the song “The Circle of Life”. The song talks about the progression of life and how it forms a circle where you find yourself.

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Our middle daughter Tiffany begins college this coming January. She has just finished High School graduation and is now trying to earn money to afford to go to school this coming winter. Recently she was accepted into Brigham Young University – Idaho which is the campus in Rexburg Idaho as opposed to Provo Utah. There are pros and cons to going to BYU-Idaho. On the con side BYU-Idaho does not have the collegiate sports programs that the BYU-Utah campus has. This means that she will not be able to compete in NCAA track like she hoped. On the pro side the campus is slightly smaller than BYU-Utah and therefore has a closer student body. She will also be able to share an apartment with her sister Mallorie who will be a Senior during Tiffany’s Freshman year. This of course could be a pro and a con in itself depending on how much sister stuff they can deal with. When the kids graduate from high school my gift to each of them has been a laptop computer. It is nearly impossible for a kid to survive in college without their own computer and many colleges are now requiring a laptop for several classes.

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