London - Day 1

Our hotel in Kensington - The Enterprise. Lovely on the outside and tiny on the inside.

Scouting out London - more than a little jet lagged.

The Tower Bridge on the river Thames.

Jim at the Tower of London.
Tribute to those who died at sea.

The Door Game

During our fun, yet extremely tiring weekend together Mac discovered the joys of closing the door to my room. I would wait a few seconds then open it carefully so as not to knock him out, and he would laugh and laugh, then close the door again and wait for me to open it. This went on for a good 20 minutes and he was not at all pleased when I was ready to give it a rest. He's a cute and yet rascally little guy!

Heading Towards the Grove

Palmyra

Last weekend I flew into Rochester for a work-related seminar, and since I was in the neighborhood I took an extra day to explore Palmyra and experience some church history up close and personal.

This is the little cabin that all 11 of the Smith's first lived in when they came to Palmyra. The grove can be seen in the distance.

Here's a back view of the cabin as I was coming out of the grove.

Again, looking towards the grove.

Just Another Lovely Spring Morning in Utah...

...greeted by a foot of snow!

In Search of Warmth

Last weekend Evan and I headed south in search of Spring, which for some reason appears to be missing from northern Utah. We stayed at Arlene's (once Gordon's) fabulous condo at the mouth of Snow Canyon. It was great! We hiked and hiked until the blisters began to swell and glisten. Evan was scampering up the rocky hillsides like a young mountain goat and I was stumbling and crawling after him like...an, ...an...old, out of shape woman. It was a terrific trip if for no other reason than we could finally break out the shorts and t-shirts.

The Petrified Sand Dunes.

Hidden Pinions Trail

This last shot was taken at Red Cliffs, a great hike we did on our way out of town, on the recommendation of Don Lehnhof (my old boss), and it turned out to be our favorite.

More Mac

These are just a few shots of the little man from his recent trip here with Danielle. I really dislike having to send them back to Spokane, but they'll return again for another visit in May!