Mason/Lewis Trip to Yellowstone N.P.

Since Mom and Dad Mason came to Utah to wath their granddaughter graduate, we decided to visit Yellowstone National Park. As impossible to believe, the weather there was colder than Park City. It dropped down to below freezing. We stayed in a cabin at the Grand Teton National Park and drove around Yellowstone visiting "old faithful" and all the other sights, saw lots of animals and snow. The trip was a long one and we tried to cram it all into two days.

We definitely need to plan a week next time and see the the other half or more that we missed. We also need to bring gloves and hats as it sleeted on us when we where waiting for "old faithful" to erupt.

Matthew was not impressed by the show, he thought it would start with a big bang and be "bigger."

All in all I think it was a nice way to spend time with the family.

Megan Graduates!

Can you believe it, one down, two to go!! Just kidding...

On Friday June 6, 2008 Megan graduated from Park City High School, Park City, Utah. The weather was a cold and very windy 55 degrees. We sat outside but luckily we brought lots of blankets with us. The graduating class was around 320 but they managed to get it all done in exactly 1 hour and 30 minutes. It was a very nice ceremony.



Good Luck to Megan as her new journey in life begins! Love you, Mom and Dad, Marissa and Matt!

Clay and Shell Celebrate 20!

Clay and Michelle celebrated our 20th anniversary by taking a trip to Los Angles and San Diego, California. We saw a show "Wicked", walked the stars, went to the Chinese Theater and saw the foot/hand prints of the stars, the Hollywood sign, and toured the U.S.S. Midway Aircraft Carrier. It was a great trip and a great way to start our 20th year together. (another thing checked off the "bucket list".)


As you can see, I wore my Army jacket! Got a discount because I'm retired, but Active Duty get in free!

Megan and Trent go to the Prom!

Park City Senior Prom, May the Third Two Thousand and Eight, The Marriott Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah.  Megan and Trent dressed in the school colors.  Don't they just look fabulous!!??  Drive safe and be home at a decent hour!

April Showers - Utah Style

Do you ever wonder when enough is enough?  Well not us here in Park City, because there never seems to be an end of the white stuff !  The kids are no longer impressed, hard to be when a foot of the white fluffy stuff doesn't even slow the school buses down.  And Momma, she's tired of shoveling the white stuff!!  But, you know what they say "April showers bring July flowers."   I think it will be July before all this stuff melts!!

Hoover Dam

On our way our of Las Vegas we made another side trip to Boulder City, Nevada... the home of Hoover Dam. The dam sits on the border of Nevada and Arizona. We drove across twice and spent a good amount of time walking around the area.

The tour guide said I was allowed to take all the "dam" pictures I wanted and I felt obliged to do just that. I was also told that on holidays and long weekends that sometimes it may take up to three hours to cross the dam due to a narrow two-lane road that runs the length of the border. So in some of the pictures you will see "super-highway" being built to by-pass the dam altogether and reduce congestion.

It was rather impressive to see the dam in person. A true engineering marvel.

Click here to see more "dam" pictures.

Dolphins!!

The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (home of Sigfried and Roy) also houses Dolphin Habitat just outside the casino doors.

Megan and Marissa spent some time exploring and took a number of these photos within the habitat.

Click here to view more photos of the dolphins.