Two years ago today (or yesterday...close enough) I was here:

Here is SLC. I was going to General Conference with these girls.

I was especially going for this boy:
Who got us tickets to go with his family. The morning of conference I made a statement that went something like: "If he loves me he'll be wearing a green tie. He knows it's my favorite." Please take note of the tie pictured above.

This and a couple other things from that weekend made this possible:


Two years later, this is Adam-or rather, Elder Hales:
Elder Hales enters The Land of the Free approximately five days after I return from my family vacation to Vietnam (YES! We are going!!).

Lately I've been feeling rather nostalgic; I've been reminiscing old times over and over in my head, and couldn't figure out why. Then it dawned on me: that is incredibly soon.