Out and about

Exploring the lava rocks 
Kate's mode of transportation down to the beach
Cutest beach girl ever!
Not a bad view
Last weekend the girls (me, my mom, and Kate) headed for the beach. Flights looked decent so we hopped on a plane and headed to Kauai. My battery on my camera died right when we got there, but I was able to get a few cute pictures of Kate at the beach.  Kate did amazing on flights I was so nervous for the 6 hour flight, but she played with her toys took two long naps. The flight attendants all loved her and one even held Kate for twenty minutes and showed her around the airplane!  Another funny thing is that on Kauai there are roosters everywhere. Whenever a rooster would crow Kate would do her best crow in return. It was great little get away. Boy, do I love my flight benefits!

Merry Christmas!!!

Tis' the season

I'm back from my blogging hiatus. I ran out of inspiration and I'm not sure if it's back, but here are a few recent pictures. Me, my mom, and Kate went to SLC for Christmas shopping and to see the lights on temple square. Christmas is so much fun again with  Kate. It really does bring magic back to the holidays.

Halloween in New England

We're back from Newport, RI and Boston. A lot my time was spent in business meetings, but in my free time we were able to get out and see the sights. It was so beautiful. The leaves were in their fall splendor and I loved all the quaint little towns. I also ate my first lobster!

We were in Newport for Halloween so we dressed Kate in her flower costume all day. She looked so dang cute! Newport is famous for its "summer cottages." In the background of one of the pictures is "The Breakers" the most famous of the mansions. It was owned by the Vanderbilt family.

It was a fun trip, but I'm glad to be home.

P.S. Hooray election day is over! Hope you all got out there and voted!

On the road again...

*Last trip to Boston (circa 2005) at Fenway Park.


I thought I would be sticking around St. George for a few weeks, but I'm off again on Tuesday. I'm going for a work conference in Newport, RI and then spending a couple of days in Boston afterward. This is the third year I have gone to this particular conference. Last year it was in Kauai and the year before it was in Puerto Rico. Since I'm now part-time I didn't plan on attending this year. Last minute changes happened and now I get to go! I'll post pictures when I get back.

On a side note two of my favorite shows on TV right now are The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. I've already decided on who I'm voting for so it's fun to just kick back and get a good laugh at all things political. SNL has been pretty funny too. Tina Fey does a wicked Sarah Palin impression and last Thursday it was great to have Will Ferrell back to reprise his roll as George W.

Beautiul Nauvoo!

To finish off my whirlwind weekend trip spree the girls (me, my mom, and Kate) took off to Nauvoo. It's a place I've heard about all my life so it was wonderful to finally be able to visit. We had two full days in Nauvoo. The first day we went from building to building and toured around the old city of Nauvoo. We learned about the way of life in the 1840's and saw where many prominent figures of the LDS church lived. The next day we went through a session in the Nauvoo temple. The Nauvoo temple has such a special feeling and I will always remember this trip. On the way back to St. Louis we stopped in Hannibal, Missouri the town where Mark Twain grew up. We also did a drive by of downtown St. Louis and saw the famous Gateway Arch. By the end of the trip Kate completed her 35th airplane ride!

The two Ds. Denver and Disneyland.

Three weeks ago Konan and I went to Denver to visit Kelli and Brandon. We had a great time chatting and playing rock band to the early hours. Thanks guys for the fun weekend! The top picture is of Kate and Ava in their backyard.

Two weeks ago my brother Steve needed to be in LA to fly down to South America. We thought why not go a day early and visit "The Land." When we got the entrance of Disneyland it was packed. We were nervous it was going to be too busy to even enjoy. Turns out the night before it was Miley Cyrus's birthday party and the park was shut down early. Dang, that Miley! However once we got inside it wasn't bad. The longest line we waited in was at the Haunted Mansion and it still was only about 25 minutes. It was during their Halloweentime celebration. There were so many fun Halloween decorations and they completely changed the Haunted Mansion. Kate was trooper and stayed in good spirits all day long! Her favorite attraction was The Tiki Room. She was memorized by the talking birds. All and all a very successful trip.

* My battery died so the good pictures are on my bros camera. Here a few I took before it completely died.