Happy Easter Everyone!!

Just when we thought Spring was right around the corner and temperatures hit 60 degrees, it mother nature decides to snow for 2 straight days! We got about 4-5 inches of new snow. Nights have also cooled off and we’ve had run the heater more often. It was great weather last weekend; I sported some shorts last Saturday, replaced the gas tank for the bbq and grilled some steaks! Typical Utah weather and you never when “Old Man” winter will go away!


It was nice to see Alice & Boyd along with the kids a few weeks back. Sorry I didn’t have much extra time to go and hang out that week. I had about every night scheduled and it got a little crazy to say the least! However, it was good to get together in PG, have some food and have some fun!

The Jazz season has almost come to an end! There are about 5 games left in the season and the Jazz are currently 2nd place in the Western Conference! The playoffs are right around the corner and hopefully they can make a nice push to get to the Finals! Go Jazz

The Real Salt Lake season just started, which means summer is right around the corner. The first home game is a week from Saturday and we are excited to see them play in person and defend their MLS Cup title! It’s nice that the Jazz season is winding down and we are moving into the Real Salt Lake season.

This past week we got a new HP printer (mulit functional) along with some new Adobe software! We are excited to put these two things to use and create some new things. We both probably need a little Adobe training, but we'll be purchasing some sort of book/workbook to get a better understanding of it!

We are thankful to celebrate Easter this day! This is one of the single most important events in our worlds history and we are grateful to Jesus Christ for his selfless sacrifice and resurection!

We are thankful to celebrate Easter this day! This is one of the single most important events in our worlds history and we are grateful to Jesus Christ for his selfless sacrifice and resurection!

Take Care

Alan

Jazz Season Ticket Autograph Party.

This past Monday I had the chance to go to a Season Ticket Holder autograph party. The party was scheduled from 6 to 7:30 and I arrived at the arena about 5:35 to wait in line. Jenny didn't really want to brave the cold and go down to the Arena with me! It was freezing cold outside and the doors opened at 6:10! They had players and coaches spread out on the first and second levels and I was able to get some player cards and a Jazz mini ball signed. Deron William’s line was longest and I was able to get an autograph near end of the signing session. When I arrived at his table at 7:40, he said he would sign for only 25 more people then he would have to go. I'll get some pics and scans up in the next several days!

Cruise to Eastern Caribbean.

Picture of the Miami skyline and cruise deck. This is the day we boarded and left the port.

Alan striking a pose!!

Here are some brief Highlights of our recent Caribbean Cruise Ports Visited:

Bahamas – Private island, nice white sandy beaches and good lunch. Virgin Islands – Did some shopping and split a ¾ burger at a tavern. Puerto Rico – Bus tour of Old San Juan, browsed the local shops and even toured an ancient defense building near the shore. Turks and Cacos – Included Margaretaville and some shopping. They had some drinking and dancing contests around the pool. Had white sandy beaches here too!

Jenny striking a pose!!

Our cruise Director named Butch from MN was hyper and off the wall!

Who names their child Butch these days??

Here is a pic of our Head Waiter Sergei from Estonia!

Additional Highlights of the week:

Great Food – Filet, lobster tail, prime rib, and several seafood plates. Molten chocolate was the desert of choice and we even got the recipe for it!

Weather was mid-upper 70’s the entire time! It rained once briefly on the Virgin Islands when we were inside eating lunch!

Met some new friends in our dinner group form Los Angeles! Amy and Geoff were our age and they were a riot to sit by!

Interesting Carnival Liberty Cruise Facts:

-Half a million dollars of product loaded each week.
-Chefs serve over 30K meals a day.
-Busy days, 140 buses transfer people to the Miami ports for cruises.
-Carnival Liberty ship holds 3200 people.
-20 Different countries where cruise workers were from!

Overall it was a very fun adventure for 7 days! We were not ready to go home to the freezing winter awaiting us! Thanks to Carnival Liberty for hosting us and we look forward to our next cruise down the road!

You can't get any better reporting on cruising than this!! I hope you enjoyed the post!! :

Real Picture

Since the Major Leage Soccer season is winding down and will end at the end of the month, I thought it would be appropriate to add this picture from a game last year! This game was the same day Jenny had her bridal pictures taken and she could not attend the game with me. I brought a friend along with me and had him take a picture of me with Leo the lion! he is the mascot for Real Salt Lake!! Good times!!

Page AZ and Lake Powell.

Below are a few pics from my trip to Page AZ and Lake Powell over the weekend. I sang with the Kay Starr Singers at a Fireside on Saturday night and 2 Sacrament meeting programs on Sunday morning. Saturday morning/afternoon we rented 3 boats, one of which pictured above, and made a loop around Lake Powell. We launched from the Antelope Marina in Page AZ. A very nice Marina and area down there. Part of us jumped in the lake and nearly froze! The water temperature was in the 70's!!



This is Captain Petersen and myself outside the Stake Center just before we headed off to Lake Powell! Those are sure great white legs there!! I think the red colored tree in the background is much prettier!!

This is Glen Canyon Dam taken from our
boat! This crosses over into Page AZ and is
quite the view from both the water and
crossing over on the bridge itself!!
















This is one of the 3 boats we rented. There
was no water skiing, but it was a great 3 hour
tour!! Captain Petersen was running this
Ship!!

Honeymoon Pics

Here are a few pics from our honeymoon the first week of December last week! We went to the Mayan Riviera area just outside Cancun. Our room was great, free upgrade, overlooking the beach. Hope you enjoy!! The pics are from lunch in Playa Del Carmen, just before snorkeling in the Carribean and our beachfront view from our room! Hope you enjoy!!

We'll try to do better

Okay, so it's been almost a year since our first post. We'll try to do better!