The Ward Family

We sit down with Mike and learn more about his life, including growing up street smart, going into the Army, turning to the Savior, and ultimately finding happiness in life.

We sit down with Travis and learn more about his life including a core group of long-time friends from his youth, serving a mission in Japan and married someone from that country, and teaching the gospel to young children.

We sit down with Mike and Ashley and learn more about their lives, including having very different church experiences growing up, having different takes on how they met and came together as a couple, but a unified marriage and view of where they want to take their family over time.

We sit down with Brett & Allison, our first interview as a couple, and learn more about their lives, including early experiences at BYU and abroad, meeting at the Stanford YSA ward, and now becoming parents.

We sit down with Wes and learn more about his life, including learning to trust in the Lord through hard times, inviting your kids into your life and loving them the way they are, and helping developing the future of artificial intelligence (and helping society navigate all the challenges that will come along with that).

We sit down with Mike to learn more about his life, including being born blind, studying electronics, and meeting his wife at an ASL class at work.

We sit down with Mads and learn more about her life, including meeting her husband at BYU, having the best fries ever at the Jerusalem Center, and making the transition from IG star to full-time mom (with a likely return to the business once her kids are in school).

We sit down with Jane to learn more about her parents Amy and AJ, including helping her experience a slice of heaven here on earth, always having just the right General Conference talk or scripture at the ready, and modeling drawing closer to Jesus Christ. We also play a fun round of two truths and a lie in the hopes that you'll ask Amy and AJ directly which ones are true and not so true.

We sit down with MD and learn about her life, including growing up in an abusive home, losing her husband and kids at the same time (but in different ways), and ultimately finding happiness. Please note: This interview contains a number of experiences that some may find upsetting and that may not be fitting for young ears. That being said, the Spirit can testify to you of the power of enduring tri...

We sit down with Von and learn about his life, including being best friends with his twin brother growing up, applying lessons learned during his mission later in life, and making a difference in the lives of many return missionaries.

We sit down with Andrew, the newest member of our ward family, and learn about what led him to get baptized and what he hopes the future holds.

We sit down with Ammon and learn more about his life including growing up in a town named after him, meeting his wife on his mission, and being on the verge of becoming a father for the second time.

We sit down with John and learn about his life, including being a feral child, going from being a menace to society to a kid in a candy store, and having no regrets about prioritizing family over career.

We sit down with my sons Jonathan and Andy to get additional perspectives on their mom, including things they enjoyed doing with her as kids, qualities that they admire in her, and things they've learned from Amy that they're now taking into their adult years. This is an experiment so please let me know if you'd like more of these kinds of episodes in the future.

We sit down with Amy and learn more about her life, including pursuing an early career in speech pathology, seeing child development up close and personal, and being interested in travel as a way to have concentrated time with friends and family.

We sit down with Dan and learn more about his life, including how following his mom's advice led to meeting his wife, later living in a halfway house for unemployed tech workers, and how Heavenly Father has guided his path through life (often in ways that he only recognizes in hindsight).

We sit down with Ron and learn more about his life, including tracking as a missionary in -55F weather, being a prankster in college, and now being a grandfather to 12 grandchildren.

We sit down with Tom and learn more about his life, including being feral as a child, ripening during his mission, and staying humble as an adult.

We sit down with Rebecca and learn more about her life, including how she met her husband, starting and running a business, and now layering being a mom into the mix.

We sit down with Nick and learn about his life, including meeting his perfect match at the age of 17, gaining important insights and experiences during his mission, and what he hopes to pass down to his children from his experience with his own parents.

We sit down with Toni and learn more about her life including serving a mission later than most, finding her career, and how she met her husband.

We sit down with Orin and learn his early science experiments, a formative experience in third grade, and blazing his own path throughout his life.

We sit down with Katie and learn about picking her husband over a Greek god, making a hard transition to becoming a mom, and now entering the next chapter of her life with lots of possibilities in store.

We sit down with Jenny and learn about being on a jumprope team as a child, attending prom with her now-husband, passing the Bar Exam, and becoming a mom.

We sit down with September and learn about how she discovered an interest in technology, her commitment to gospel, and entering a new phase in her career.