Girl time!

I have Mondays off work, so I can spend time with the Van De Graaffs! Here's me with my sister, Kristin, and my neice, Jenna, decorating spoons!

Hollywood Halloween

Here's me with a few of my friends at work. They let us dress up for Halloween, which was tons of fun. That's me in the front as a vampire!

Check out this Halloween video we made that night. Careful......it's a little scary. : O

Hiking Stewart Cascades Trail

Andrea and I went on a hike to Stewart falls which is near Aspen Grove. We went with Andrea's cousin Emily her husband Craig. It was a short 2 mile hike in and the falls were small, but it was a fun adventure.

Umm in case any of you were wondering, Andrea is posing as a gargoyle. I guess it's a Halloween thing.

Ben's Graduation!

Well I done it! Ive done fineshed coledge. Her's the prooof.

Andrea's New Car

Well we finally broke down and bought Andrea a car. We got a 2002 Hyundai Elantra. Andrea just accepted a job at Highland Family Practice, a doctors office about 15 minutes from our apartment, and she's going to need a way to get there. Anyway, here are the pictures.

First Week at Work

So these are some pictures of my new office and of my first assignment. My office is in South Jordan at 11800 South and 5222 West. I work for Kennecott Land, who is responsible for developing the Daybreak site for homes. I work under the Safety Superintendant who was gone on Thursday and Friday of this week, which left me overseeing my first project. (see below)

A major feature of the Daybreak site is it's man-made lake that flows serenely through the neighborhood and provides fishing, peddle boating, and cannoning. This lake is fed by water that is pumped in by two 5000 lb. pumps. These pumps will each push 4000 gallons a minute into the lake. When one of them failed this week, it became a big priority to get it fixed. My job was to ensure that Kennecott Land’s Safety protocols were followed and most importantly, that no one got injured during the critical lifting of the 2.5 ton pump motor.

Once the pump motor was out we had to pull the actual impelers out since it was believed that they were causing the problems with the motor. It took a long time but eventually we got the whole thing safely lifted and set outside where they could be worked on. No one got hurt and there were no close calls which makes it a good day for the guy in charge of safety (and everyone else too).

And we couldn't live in Utah and not celebrate pioneer day. Andrea and I lite off some fire works just for fun. I found two of the longest sparklers I've ever seen. I think they were about four feet long. Andrea is pictured below displaying them.

We Sail!

This is a late commer photo but we're alvery proud of Andrea's diving skills!

Andrea and I made the 13 hour drive from Rexburg to Lake Shasta, CA to be with my family on the 4th of July. These are some pictures from our sailing adventure on the legendary sailing vessel, "Spraymaker".

Since most of Northern California is on fire right now, we got to watch this fire fighting plane scoop up water (2 acre feet with each pass) and then dump it on a fire burning a nearby hill side.