My parents moved our family before I started preschool and kindergarten at schools near our new (old, remodeled) home on 2nd Avenue. It was the perfect location and big backyard for my formative years. The next move was in the summer before I started junior high school. Our new home was in the same neighborhood as my future wife, Kay Hinckley, and near a favorite cousin my age. The timing couldn’t have been better.
After Kay’s 3-year mission as a teen in Vancouver BC, and my 2-year mission in Argentina, we happened to be in the same Music Appreciation class at the University of Utah. We began dating as assigned by our professor to attend a symphony concert. Other concerts and study sessions followed. We fell in love. Perfect timing, thank Heaven!