Unlike most Americans, I was alone on July 4th and decided to “celebrate” by catching up on my netflix queue.  One of the films I watched was Atlas Shrugged (part Read more

I started blogging about our new home a few days ago, but I didn’t have any photos.  On Sunday I went out with my camera and finally shot some photos Read more

I haven’t blogged for more than five weeks.  (UPDATE:  I found some photos from some events in those weeks and have made some new entries and back-dated them since writing Read more

On June 16th, Sam and I went to Pasadena to meet up with Cindy.  We were going to the chalk art festival, but there were other events coinciding with it Read more

Sam continues to make even simple meals at home into a culinary adventure. First a “simple breakfast” at home on Saturday morning. Afterwards we went downtown.  We walked over to Read more

On March 31st Sam had booked a para-sailing thing (cruise? tour? event? not sure what it’s called).  On that day we went out in the rain and cold and the boat was Read more

On Sunday, April 29th, we headed back into Zion for our final full day in the park.  Below is a shot looking back at the quaint little bungalow village we stayed in Read more

On Saturday, April 28th, we hopped in the car and headed northeast to Bryce Canyon National Park.  Sam was greeted at the lodge by an Asian woman (Filipino we think) who asked Read more

On Friday morning, April 27th, Sam and I got up a little later than my parents.  They were up at their normal Ohio time, but Utah is in the Mountain Read more

On Thursday morning, April 26th, Sam and I boarded a plane to Las Vegas.  Once there we met my parents, retrieved our 2012 Toyota Camry rental car and headed on our way Read more