Happy Halloween!

Moab

Another trip...

We went down to Moab for UEA weekend. What a great place. We went to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks- finally saw Delicate Arch (on the license plates here in Utah). Did a little family history searching, including a visit to Hole n' the Rock, a home excavated by my Grandpa Christensen's brothers into a huge sandstone monolith just south of Moab, and searching the local cemetaries for family names. We are looking forward to a return trip.

Emily's Baptism

Emily was baptized September 13th. So many family and friends came- thanks to all. A win over UCLA later that day was frosting.

Cannon Beach- July 2008

So, all I ever blog is vacations. I guess I need to pull out the camera and get everyday life sometimes too. But, until then...

We went to the Oregon coast at the end of July with Jared's family- a trip 4 years in the making. We had an absolute blast. Couldn't have ordered more beautiful weather, and the kids were all old enough to love everything about the beach. We also saw Mt. Saint Helens and downtown Portland, and visited Grandma Price and Melanie and Jason Whitt. Out of over 200 hundred pictures I'm posting just a few.

Whirlwind East Coast Trip

Jared and I took off for a long weekend- 4 states in 3 days. We flew into NYC, drove up the coast and hit Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. We had talked about this trip for years and just finally did it. We went to Newport and saw the beautiful coastal mansions- you feel like at any time someone straight out of the early 1900s is going to step out of the house. Next we took the ferry to Martha's Vineyard, where there wasn't much going on in the off-season. I was surprised at the quiet, country feel, and had pictured something much smaller. We spent Friday in Boston, travelling by subway (loved it!), with our time divided between Cambridge and the Freedom Trail. Cambridge was one of Jared's areas on his mission so he was a great tour guide! We expanded our minds walking around Harvard, walked along the Charles River and saw Longfellow's home (also where George Washington was living as he commanded the Revolutionary War!). The Freedom Trail begins at Boston Common and winds through downtown, ending at Bunker Hill. It was awesome to see the sights of so many significant events in the early years of this country. Boston has done the most terrific job of preserving historic sights and building a beautiful city right around them. On Saturday we headed west, on our way back to NYC by way of northeast Connecticut (namely Canaan, Connecticut, the sight of a BD facility I have been dying for Jared to consider a transfer to). Saturday night we spent on the town in New York City. What can I say. It's everything the pictures say it is, times 100. We tried to see everything, and did a pretty good job. It was fabulous- a real smorgasbord for the senses. We could have extended our trip indefinitely if it weren't for missing the kids (a BIG shout out to Mike, Camille and Esther for taking care of them!!). We look forward to going back someday in the fall, but even then I'm not sure it will beat the wonder of seeing somewhere for the first time.

Sledding

Christmas in San Diego