Category Archives: Vacation 2009

Slacklining

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Scott| Leave a comment

For Jeana’s family, we were supposed to come up with an activity for all the kids one day. Well, we setup the slackline in the back yard, and it was a magnet for all the kids – they loved it. Some of them got the hang of it rather quickly while others needed help.

Being the show-off that I am, and being around a number of others who were able to slackline, I tried to raise the bar and do some tricks. Pictured above you can see that you can do yoga on the slackline. Doing the Tree pose actually took me a long time to get my balance. I also tried a jumping 360 degree turn. I landed it once and took a quick step. Later on our trip, we setup the slackline in the mountains and I landed a 360 again.

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Posted in Slackline, Vacation 2009

Oquirrh Temple Open House

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Scott| 1 Comment

At the last minute, we made a reservation to visit the Oquirrh Mountain Temple (click the link to see construction photos, or find out why temples are built) open house. Audrey and Kate have wanted to go inside a temple for so long – this was the perfect opportunity. Audrey’s favorite part was seeing the baptismal font laid on the back of 12 oxen statues.

Jeana thought I looked funny wearing the baby carrying device (a.k.a. the Baby Bjornn). Her comment made me feel a little self-conscious, but then I saw another dad wearing one too, and my masculinity returned. I later saw a picture of a friend wearing one, which confirmed that, YES, it is acceptable for dads to utilize such a practical resource.

Audrey took a picture of the spire with Angel Moroni on top.

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Posted in Temple, Utah, Vacation 2009

Yellowstone National Park

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Scott| 1 Comment

Of all the times that I have visited the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, I have never watched a geyser other than Old Faithful erupt. This year, we were there late enough in the afternoon to see the Beehive Geyser erupt. The funny part was that we were waiting for Old Faithful and then all the sudden (okay, we were told Beehive was due any minute) the Beehive Geyser erupted off in the distance. I was too lazy to walk down the sidewalk to get a better view – well, that and Old Faithful was also due to go off soon. For a short couple minutes, we saw both geysers simultaneously erupting!

Even though a picture is worth a thousand words, a thousand words cannot capture what this really looks like in person. So many times on this trip I asked myself, “Why do we live in Texas???”

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Posted in Montana, Vacation 2009

Brad and Chanda’s Wedding

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Scott| Leave a comment

We enjoyed being at the temple in Rexburg to see Brad and Chanda’s wedding. Chanda was nice to let Audrey hold her bouquet. Audrey felt important. Brad and Chanda’s wedding day was so pretty and the temple was so beautiful against the clear blue sky.

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Mesa Verde

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Scott| 2 Comments

We decided to make an impromptu stop at Mesa Verde national park on our way through Colorado this year. The day was hot and long, but I am glad we did it!

The cliff dwellings were really awesome – they were 60 feet deep looking back into the cave! And the hole thingies (I can’t remember what they were called) were really deep too.

The “hole thingies” were a place where the dwellers would pray for rain, so Jeana told Audrey and Kate to pray for rain while they were down in there.