I had a great week with my Dad and brothers last week at Glacier National Park in Montana. Great weather, great food, great company and plenty of wildlife. Thanks for the memories, you bunch of old geezers! Highlights: York’s constant refrain of “Dude, they’ve got our scent!” in reference to the three Grizzly bears 50 yards behind us Grove’s never ending supply of YooHoo and candy bars. Nice! Posing mountain goats that were clearly competing for Most Photographed Mountain Goat of the Year  Dodging the never ending piles of horse and mule dung Recounting memories of brotherhood violence and torture …

I turned 33 today. As is my recent tradition, I took the day off from work and enjoyed a day-date with my wife. I think everyone should take their birthday off from work.  Katrina cooked me French Toast for breakfast then we dropped the kids off at our sister-in-law’s house where they were watched by our niece Brittany (thanks!) so Katrina and I could head up the Provo Canyon to go tubing. Yeehaw! The water was freezing but aside from our submerged numb butts and the occasional splash of water, we stayed fairly dry and had a great time. Then …

I’m not much of a photographer but I’ve always had fun with it. I was excited to have one of my pictures used as part of a project by a church in the Atlanta, GA.