Sunday, August 10, 2008

Discovery Science Center





Disneyland

We took Sam to Disneyland. Sam is at a really fun age that he can understand and enjoy a lot of things.



We were a little worried that Sam would get scared when he saw Mickey since Mickey is a lot a bigger than what Sam is used to see, but he loved seeing him. He gave Mickey a big hug and was so excited to see him.

This is the new Toy Story ride at California Adventure. It was a really fun ride!

San Diego

The first stop of our trip was San Diego. We stayed at my mission friend Zil. Zil and Steve took us to some fun places while we were there

Sam loved the beach.


Zil watched the kids and we got to go to the San Diego temple. Thanks Zil!




I also got to see another mission friend, Mahelona.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Monday, June 30, 2008

My buddy Tim



I got a surprise recently when my good friend Tim Fitzrandolph told me that he was looking at a job out here in SLC. We were best friends for a while in highschool.

It looks like a really exciting position for him, and hopefully he goes for it!

He came out here to check things out, and we got the chance to go out to dinner. It was a fun night, two white guys and a bunch of cute Asians.

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Trip to Park City

We just got back from a great trip to Park city. It was on of those deals where you have to listen to a condo presentation and they give you 2 free nights in the resort as well as 100$ to spend. The best part was that at the end, when we had to listen to the presentation, they had all their sales reps tied up, and told us we could just go without hearing the presentation! And to top it off they gave us an additional $25 for our "troubles". It put a really nice cap on an already wonderful vacation.

Here are some pics from our stay:

Here is Sam in our room.
Here some of the buildings that make up the Marriot Summit Watch. It was a very big place.
We went to the pool a lot, and Sam loved it. It was his favorite part.
They had a fun activity center with lots of things going on throughout each day. One such activity was finger painting.
My favorite part of the trip was a beautiful lunch outside at a nice restaurant, Cafe Terigo in downtown Park City.
Mmmmm. We had a Crème brûlée for dessert and it was amazing.
Here is a nice shot of the beautiful scenery.
Sam and I have been wanting to see speed racer for a while now, and we finally got the chance, We had to drive to a little town called Kamas near Park City. Here was the modest theater. We loved the movie by the way. It was better than I was expecting.


Before watching the movie, I asked the guy selling tickets "We only have 20 min before the movie starts, where the nearest fast food joint so we can get some dinner before the show?" and he said they don't have any in their town! Then his eyes lit up, and he said, "Oh I know, you can go get some food from Chevron!" So we did. It wasn't the best dinner I've ever had... but at least it was a fun memory.

And here is a picture of Lucas looking very cute.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Barrand update

This is a soccer time of year. We won our 3rd game in a row last night in my indoor league. And I think that puts us into first place in our division. Last week we went to the Real game. We had great seats, and Real won.
Sam had his little pre-school graduation. He is still having some troubles overcoming his fear of standing/sitting/performing in front of an audience.


Sam had his first trip to the dentist, and he did great. No cavities and he didn't pass out like I did earlier this year.


Warm weather means boating with the Runyans! Here is Jake as the sun was setting on our last trip to the lake.


Marcia and the kids.