Laney is a worker in the Washington D.C. temple and the mother of seven children -- all BYU graduates with the exception of the youngest who is attending BYU. She has traveled extensively having visited China, Russia, Japan, most European and South American countries. She is interested in quilt making and served as vice-president of the National Quilting Association. She wrote \"Faithful Felicia,\" a children\'s operetta which was performed extensively in church and civic groups in the Washington D.C. area.