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Tonight after dinner we were all enjoying a bowl of ice cream when Ryan says.....

"I LOVE talking to boys."

Kelly and I just looked at each other, dreading the future.

Jon and Anh's Wedding

Last weekend we flew up to Boston for Jon's wedding. He's a high school friend of mine. We took Ryan along and did a little sight seeing on Friday. We drove up to Gloucester north of Boston on the coast. Jaimee decided that we had to try some clam chowder, because that is what you are supposed to do. So we stopped at a nice little restaurant and I ordered clam chowder. At about this time, Jaimee wimped out and went with a boring regular type of soup. Wimp. We also ordered crab legs for our appetizer, because that is what you are supposed to do. Tasty but not something we would order again in the next year or two. There were some beautiful beaches and it would have been alot of fun, if it had not been raining.

The next day we woke up early for the long drive to the Dam Hoi (Vietnamese Engagement Ceremony). It was a fun ceremony where the grooms family presents gifts and introduces the family. Luckily they said yes, so the wedding was able to continue. We drove to the church for a beautiful wedding ceremomy. Then for the party afterwords. I had never met Anh, but she must be some kind of wonderful to be marrying Jon. She was so sweet and it was a pleasure to meet her. The next day we had Dim Sum in Chinatown with the bride and groom. That was a fun experience also. The best part was the chicken feet. It takes just like I imagined chicken feet would taste. Then the couple took the out of towners on a DUCK tour around boston. It was alot of fun.
I'd like to congratulate Jon and And on this wonderful occasion. It truly was a beautiful wedding and Anh is a great person for Jon. May they have many happy years (and children) ahead.

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Wife is Out of Town, So What Do We Do?

Jaimee and Ryan were in Utah last weekend. I was supposed to send Jannica out there on Friday or Saturday, but the flights did not look good. Jannica and I had the weekend together and nothing to do. So what else do you do when you have no plans. We decided to go to the movie theater.

Well I picked up Jannica at 6pm and gave her the choice. We could either go to the movie theater together or we could go to Ireland and watch a movie on the plane. Why not, right? After all, we didn't have anything to do? So 1 hour later we were at the airport with our passports waiting for our seat assignment. 1 hour after that we were sipping mimosas (maybe just orange juice) in our Business Elite seats. 8 hours later we were ready for a full days adventure in Dublin, Ireland.

The first place that we went was to see the Book of Kells at Trinity Unuversity. It is this really old copy of the first 4 gospels in the New Testament. It has some fantastic artwork on its pages and looks really cool. They had a few other old books of the gospels that was interesting to look at. The next stop was a little home from the 1850's where they explained to us how life was then and about this specific family. Kind of interesting. Then we were off to the Dublin Castle. It was a neat place but not as cool as many of the old castles. It had more of a palace feel, than a castle feel. Still neat though.

We checked out one of the shopping districts on Grafton St where there was a lot of street performers. Some fun ones, but nothing to right home about. Except some strange guy running around playing the accordian. It made Jac laugh. The we went to one of the main parks and watched the couples snogging. If you don't know what snogging is then talk to your parents. It led to a great conversation with Jannica though.

So we went to the hotel, watched Susan Boyle get second place live on Britain's Got Talent and went to bed. So then breakfast, ride to the aiport, and back home in Business Elite again.

All in all, a fun little weekend trip with just Jannica and me.

Providence Canyon and Auburn Too

On Sunday, we decided to get a hotel near Columbus so that we wouldn't have to drive too far to go to Providence Canyon.  Well we couldn't find a cheap enough hotel in Columbus, but we found one in Auburn, Alabama.  So we booked it (thanks priceline) packed real quick and off we went.  The hotel had a great pool and the kids loved it.  Later that evening, we ran downtown to explore Auburn University.  It has a lot more character than Weber State.  It was fun and we decided Jac could go there, if she gets a scholarship.   Go War Eagles.

The next morning we drove down to Providence Canyon where we hiked for several hours.  For those who are not familar with Providence Canyon, it was formed by reckless farming and soil  erosion.  There is a 3 mile hike around the canyon and then several small hikes up the canyons.  But these canyons are all made from dirt.  Not like the rock canyons in Utah, but the same colors.  Jac was running up one and tripped on a tree stump and dove to the like she was diving for home plate.  And she ended up as dirty as if she had slid to home plate.  After some whining about how it hurt she was better though.  After a few hours of hiking up these canyons, it started to rain, so we returned to the van.  It was a lot of fun and we'd recommend it to anyone that is looking for a fun beautiful place to hike.  But it is just over 2 hours away, so it can't just be done any day.

Daddy Daughter Braves Games

Ryan and I (Kelly) went to the Braves game against the Rockies tonight for a Daddy-Daughter date.  Don't feel bad for Jac; she got to go to London for a Daddy-Daughter birthday trip.  All day Ryan was excited and telling us about the Championship Basketball Game that she was going to go to.  As we were driving, she kept asking if we were at the Championship yet.  We watched a few innings and then when to the Cartoon Network kids area where she had some fun for 2 innings, then back to the game. She did great watching the game and then she decided that she wanted to be on the big screen.  So after a few innings of her dancing, she was on the big screen.  She almost didn't notice because she was having so much fun dancing.  But she saw herself and had on the biggest grin.  Then she was full of adreniline for the rest of the night.  During the top of the 9th after the Rockies had scored 3 runs, we decided to take off early.  Right as we were leaving a foul ball came screaming towards us, and I caught it (if by catching it you mean sticking your right hand out to catch it and then realizing that this thing is coming at you at a very fast speed and it is probably going to hurt and then pulling back your hand at the last second and letting it rickasahy off of the pole and then diving to pick it up).  So then I gave Ryan the ball because she had just gone for a crazy ride on my shoulders while I was diving for a foul ball.  She immediatley threw the ball back.  What in the world?  I had just risked her life to get that thing and she throws it back!  Well a nice little girl picked it up and returned it to us.  I didn't let her touch it again until we got back to the van.  But once she had the ball back, she wouldn't let it go and snuggled up with it to fall asleep.  

We had a good time and she really did enjoy herself watching the game.  Thanks Delta for the tickets in a great location. 

Jannica's got style

I do not usually wake up when Jac goes to school. Because I work nights, and Kelly has to get up early anyway, that responsibility falls to him. The other morning I was awake early because I was sick and came out to talk to Jac for a minute. I did a double take when I noticed what she was wearing and made her come into the light so I could get a better look. This is what I found....






The leopard print over the black and white polka dots is bad enough, but do you see the leggings over the tights? And the gold shoes?
Just when I think she has got the whole getting dressed on her own thing figured out.....