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!

Jazz Games & Babies

This week I watched two Jazz games. Almost makes you think I am a Jazz fan, but one of the games was against the Twolves. Go Twolves! (I am a long time Twolves fan; I spent a lot of time in Minnesota when I was a kid). Too bad the Twolves didn't whip the Jazz's trash again. The other game was against the Nuggets--Roy's favorite team. Good thing that the Jazz beat the Nuggets by 27 points otherwise Roy would have been in a bad mood. We kinda knew the deal was sealed when the Jazz had 77 points by half-time.

Just a recap on who I watched the games with: the Twolves' game I watched with Andrew, Kim, and their son James, and the Nugget's game I watched with Roy, Brenna, and their son Caleb. I just realized that Utah has changed my life forever--my friends have kids and I like watching Jazz games!

I took a quick picture of Caleb right after the game--hopefully you can see his awesome mohawk. (Don't mind the shadow from my hand). After the Nugget game, we watched two episodes of Law and Order--I am surprised that Caleb slept through the last Law and Order since it was a pretty intense episode!


I just stole a picture from Trista's Facebook account. This picture is from my trip up to Idaho--the Celestial Kingdom to some of my friends--last month. (Here's more proof that my friends have kids. I don't think that Dave and Trista watch the Jazz games. I know they watch the Yankees ...or was it the Boston Red Sox? Just kidding! Don't disown me for that comment!).