Our Trip up North

This last weekend, we traveled with our good friends Ty and Natalie to Yellowstone. We stayed in West Yellowstone and spent a few days touring the park, all the while singing the Montana state anthem each time we entered the state (it felt like a solo, but I'm sure everyone was singing). We saw a lot of wildlife, some amazing scenery and even got to spend a little time in Jackson. Best of all, I got to introduce my son to Montana. He may have been born in Utah, but I think he just might be a Big Sky kid.

We were hoping to check off all the major wildlife while on our visit but missed a few. We saw buffalo (of course), elk, big horn sheep, coyote and various birds. We got pretty close to a very large bull elk and even recorded some bugling. At the end of the pictures is a short (albeit wobbly) video of this particular fellow.

Congratulations Jeremy and Amanda

We recently celebrated Jeremy and Amanda's wedding. Family and friends came together for their sealing in the Salt Lake temple and their wedding dinner at Memory Grove. We've enjoyed getting to know Amanda and feel that she is a perfect match for our family. We wish you two all the best and are so grateful to have been a part of the big day.

He keeps getting bigger!

It is about time to catch up on our growing boy. Not only is he getting bigger, but he is having new experiences all the time. Recently he has started eating whole food; he's tried his hand at rice cereal, bananas and peaches. All of which he seems to enjoy immensely. He's also started traveling, having visited Portland, St. George and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.

An interesting visit to Portland

In September Britney and I took a long weekend trip to Portland. We anticipated spending some quality time with Britney's friend Megan, my brother Hayes and Neil Diamond. One of these three was noticeably absent from the photos below. We bought tickets to see Neil in concert, but it turned out that this tour stop was cancelled (likely because Neil is dead). Despite that, we had a fantastic time in a beautiful city. Jensen met his uncle Hayes and Megan showed us the town.

We had some great food, toured the Portland underground (and narrowly escaped being Shanghai'd ourselves), took a drive up the Columbia River gorge and visited the Japanese Gardens and the Rose Test Gardens. It is a beautiful city that we thoroughly enjoyed. Jensen had his first flight and visited his 2nd and 3rd states (Oregon and Washington).