ola' familia: arrived on Friday about 1000 am. Visited the LDS conference center..wow! It is huge. We went into the visitor's entrance and the greeter asked where we were from. We told her and she went into hysterics. She moved to Utah 3 years ago from Vancouver and was a member of Salmon Creek Ward (our's). Knew many of the people we knew. Anyway, it was like a home coming for her. Then, she passed us off to the tour guide and mom immediately recognized her beehive teacher from Berkeley...Charlene Jensen. That was another reunion.
Took the tour; marvelled at the beauty of the place and the architecture...again, wow! And, to top it off, an organist was rehearsing as we walked through the conference hall. After that, lunch across the street and found ourselves in a foodcourt with hundreds of Japanese Nu-skin Conference attendees. You could not get in the line for Panda Express unless you wanted to wait for an hour for lunch. Nu-skin has to be a big hit in Japan.

Off to the Church History Museum to see Rembrandt etchings. So they were etchings...copies...I want to see the copper plates. Now, that is history.

Okay...then, onto Eden. To Dick and Martha's home. Again, a wonderful time spent there amidst family and the beauty of the valley. Using my "valley boy" talk...I'm so, like taken by the beauty of the place. It is always a joy to spend time with the Schicks of Eden. Great time there; delicious food, beautiful home and surrounding mountains, and of course Dick and Martha make you feel like your are VERY welcome in their home.

On Saturday, we got up and headed up above Huntsville about 20 minutes away from Wolf Creek to some land and two homes for sale. I am going to try to include photos in the blog. If that doesn't work, I'm going to try to use Ofoto or Kodak.com. The setting is beautiful. 2 acres of yellow, red, orange and green trees; a lot of land; hills; must be especially beautiful in winter. A small creek runs through the property. There are two homes there. Need some work but livable. Decks need replacing. Small walk-bridge, over the creek, needs replacing. There is a basketball court (3/4 size), an old playground centrifuge-like spinner ride that you seldom see anymore, and it works; small elevated tower with slide (like the fancy ones seen on playgrounds now); 2-car garage; cabin of about 2400 sq ft and one of about 900 sq feet. Scenery is very nice.

Anyway, we are going to see if it is feasible to consider purchasing this for family recreation, both summer and winter (wonderful snow mobile country).

So, if the HELLO feature works for me, you may see photos today; if not, then it may be after I get back to Vancouver.

Yesterday on the way back from Eden, I dragged mom into a Chevy dealer in Jordan where I found a yellow Z06 2002 Corvette. She was cordial. Took her for a quick drive, which we both found very comfortable. Going there on Monday to try to work out a deal by trading in my Z.

Then, on to Anne's game against Univ of Texas Pan American. They won in 4. Anne had an excellent night.

Somewhere around here is Marnie. She is up here with friends going to a reception for a friend from San Diego. We meet up with her today. Looking forward to seeing here face agian.

We have church today; tomorrow is a game against Utah State Univ. Then, home on Tuesday.

Whew...was that long enough? Great to read all the blogs. Nice to hear about Mike's ventures and great future. We love all of you. Like my mother keeps reminding me, "Don't Quit". Love, Dad.