Denise loves life and is a very happy person. She also loves the outdoors and hiking is her passion.

Ruth grew up in Sandy, Utah and currently resides in South Jordan, Utah with her husband and four children. She has degrees from both the University of Utah and the University of Phoenix. Aside from that, she’s probably a lot like your Grandma. She likes to spend time with family, is addicted to the library app, and listening to audiobooks while cleaning. Her favorite hobbies are digging in the yard, doing Monday-level New York Times crossword puzzles, and taking care of her family (including extended family and those friends she claims as family). Ruth delights in thrift stores and has a talent for finding good things. Other hobbies include watching documentaries, America’s Test Kitchen, and Monty Don gardening shows. She shows her love to others by cooking and baking for them, and she is the neighborhood go-to for missing ingredients. Fun facts include that she can rarely follow a recipe exactly, and that she has a habit of tinkering in the kitchen using only what she has on hand. According to her kids, she is “really good at cooking,” the “best mom in the world,” “caring,” and “good at drawing slugs."

Lori Thomas Zubeck was raised in Northern Utah and Littleton, Colorado, the eldest of seven children. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Utah State University where she met her amazing husband, and they began their family of four very active sons. She returned to USU to earn a master’s degree in Instructional Leadership and has been blessed to do what she loves for the past 32 years--teaching students 2nd-8th grades and coordinating district gifted/talented programs. Lori never imagined herself ending up in a small town with all boys, dogs, pheasants, cows, and working on their farm. She has always followed her mom’s best advice, “Bloom where you’re planted!” and life has been very good. She loves real people, kindness, anything summer, cooking, laughter, long walks, watching the cows, Delta sunsets, and hanging out with family and friends.

Brady C. MacKay is a retired U.S. Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration. His career spanned 24 years serving throughout the world, conducting all types of drug enforcement operations. With his family, he spent many of those years working and living in Thailand and China. He is a certified linguist in Mandarin Chinese, Thai, and Lao, along with many dialects of those languages. Brady currently works as a director of corporate security. Brady served in the Thailand, Bangkok mission and always knew he would return to Thailand. Upon arriving there for work, with his wife and children, they quickly realized their paramount reason for being sent to Chiang Mai, Thailand was for the Lord’s purposes. Brady and his family were the only foreigners for most of the six years there with the missionaries and the native members of the church. He served as the district president over an area that included the northern half of the country. His life in Thailand was quite the dichotomy—he would work in the jungles on drug interdictions and then oversee the affairs of the church on weekends. Brady and his wife, Hollee, are the parents of five children. He currently serves as a member of the high council in his stake. Brady is a true American patriot but more importantly, a dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Sarah Craig grew up in California and Utah. She loves the Lord and is the sister to Shar, a regular on the Sunday on Monday podcast. She graduated from BYU in education and married her best friend, Bryce. They have 5 sons and a daughter, as the cherry-on-top 6th kid. She loves reading, woodworking, dragging her kids on regular hikes, sharing the gospel, and has found that running is her best therapy.

Jalynne Geddes is from Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. She currently lives in Hillsboro, Oregon (on the historical territories of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde and Kalapuya). Jalynne and her husband raise their two children in loving partnership and in a way that they hope honours Nehiyaw (Cree) traditions. Jalynne is a beadwork artist and operates her own website, specializing in heirloom pieces that draw on my Cree sensibilities. See some of Jalynne’s work here: Nehiyanahk_Creations

Melanie Thomas Bullock hails from the upbeat city of Orem, Utah and “can cook an egg on the sidewalk” Marana, Arizona. She spent some time in Maine where she met her hilarious and raucous husband Brent, who passed away suddenly 6 years ago. She has 3 amazingly fabulous daughters that bring joy to her soul. Because she has impeccable timing, she decided to enter the medical field a few short weeks before a worldwide pandemic. Melanie doesn’t do anything “easy.” She’s currently remodeling her home along with her 9-year-old daughter who loves swinging a sledgehammer, watching plumbing videos and laying floors. Melanie loves Del Taco, Jesus and Diet Coke. She also loves vacationing anywhere exotic (or wherever her budget takes her).

Harry Michael is from Beardy’s and Okemasis' Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. Raised in the Catholic religion, Harry joined the Church when he was 19 years old. Harry and his wife taught their six children (four boys and two girls) the gospel and their Cree traditions, culture, and language. Harry is retired from working in the Criminal Justice system in Canada, where he worked with Federal penitentiary systems. He did case management work and set up two healing centers for the penitentiary system. Harry likes to spend time with his wife and 10 of his grandchildren who live very close to him.

Grown from the good grounds, Paige celebrates differences among culture, faith, and people. In between story times and adventures with her children she speaks, teaches, and presents on themes radiating from the intersection of the humanities and deity and has addressed thousands on the glory of diversity, the exquisite beauty of individuality, and the fulfillment of creation.

Dallyn Vail Bayles is a professional actor, singer, recording artist and teacher. His performing credits include leading roles in national and international Broadway tours, regional theater productions across the country, and feature films. As a soloist, Brother Bayles has performed with the Tabernacle Choir and other distinguished musical artists, and has recorded several albums. He is a seminary teacher, and has worked as adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University. Brother Bayles is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory and BYU. He and his wife Rachel were sealed in the Mount Timpanogos Temple and are the parents of five children.