OKC

Last weekend I spent some time with Bart and Shantyl in Oklahoma City. Not the first place normal people would go on vacation, but I thought the city wasn't half bad.

Last Thursday, May 1, my flight from SLC to Denver was delayed because of the snow storm. Snow storm?! We finally landed in Denver, but no one could really tell that we landed. The ground in Denver was completely covered with snow. I thought that winter had ended back in April. I missed my connection to OKC, which was no surprise to me. I had a couple of books and a newspaper to read, food to eat, and no bothersome school emails. I got on a flight that made my layover only fours hours instead of six hours. That night, there was a hail storm that dropped hail the size of baseballs.

Friday and Saturday I went with Bart to spray houses and search for termites. I don't think that there is any way I could do that for a career. Besides walking through some really nice homes in Edmond, there wasn't a whole lot to be excited about. I am glad that I am going to school...

We had the chance to go to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial, which is a great reason to go to OKC. The field adjacent to the reflection pond had chairs for each person that was killed in the blast. I didn't have my camera to capture the memorial at night time but I found a picture of the memorial during the day. Quite an unique memorial to see during the day or the night. Each chair is lit by a light at night and the chairs are assembled in rows, representing each floor where the victims were found.

Tax Cleanup, Slingshots, and the Fourth Jazz Game

A couple of us went down to the tax lab yesterday to break down the lab. I took some pictures with my phone so Parker and I can remember how to put things back at the end of next year. Jonathan has already spent the time organizing the cabinets to fit 12 computers, 16 monitors, and one printer.
After cleaning up the lab, I spent some time with family friends and my family. My brother made a giant slingshot out of a truck bed. Here is the picture of Robbie shooting a water balloon at my brother. The slingshot shot the balloons pretty far!
Krista and I met up with Andrew, Kim, James, et al. to watch the Jazz' fourth game against the Rockets. The game was really close with the Rockets getting most of the attention from the refs. It's too bad that Kyle couldn't hit his stellar shots; I was pretty nervous that things might not turn out in our favor. However, the Jazz were able to keep the Rockets under check for long enough to win the game. I am looking forward to game on Tuesday--the Jazz will beat the Rockets at home once again!

San Diego

This past weekend I went to San Diego for the funeral of my Great Aunt Betty, my mom's aunt. I am glad that I was able to step out for a couple of days to go to the services. I don't think that I have ever been to a Catholic funeral. Quite a learning experience for me--most of my extended family is Catholic so it was interesting to learn more about their beliefs. I have a picture of Aunt Betty my mom sent me a few days before Aunt Betty passed away. I am sad that I didn't have the time to see her after she became sick, but we are all thankful she is isn't in any more pain.I was down in San Diego, I spent some time with my extended family members. My uncle and aunt from Tennessee were in town as well as my aunt and uncle from Minnesota were there with their kids, Owen, Greta, and Henry. I don't get to see them very often but the visits feel as if it has only been days since we have seen each other.

Owen, Henry, and Greta at the beach posing for a Christmas card

Greta at the beach
Owen looking at the ocean in La Jolla

Henry, Greta, and Owen at the Children's Pool Beach

The weather in La Jolla was great! We saw the sun for most of my trip (except on Sunday when we took these pictures). The temperature was in the sixties and seventies. I was quite sad when I found my car in SLC parking lot with two inches on the hood. Oh the joy of Utah life!