Nolan Wright came to visit

In an effort to wean Nolan off of the great Utah skiing slowly he flew in from Texas for the weekend for a ski trip. Nolan, Lane Molen, Travest Story, Mike Trionfo, and I went skiing at Brighton on
Saturday. It was another beautify sunny day, with a little more snow
to cover the rocks. After the skiing trip we went to a little Korean
restaurant here in Provo and met Sherisa (Nolan’s sister) and Ami. Ily and Isaac came to dinner too. Nolan brought his fancy digital
camera and took some pictures and videos. You can see them on his website by clicking here.

Alta ski trip

In order to celebrate our return to the tops of the mountains we took
a ski trip today to Alta. There was just enough packed Utah Powder to
cover almost all the rocks, the sun was shining, and we had a great
time. Melinda, and Mike and Nikki Trionfo came with us. It was a fun
first day of skiing for the year. We even took some pictures!

A Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a move back to Provo

We spent Christmas with my family in Kennewick, our last bit of relaxation before packing up the last of our stuff, putting it in either storage or my parents’ van, and driving up into the Mountains
of Utah. Luckily the drive was mostly uneventful and we are now getting settled in our apartment. Don’t forget to check out the pictures.

We had a Happy Halloween!

The weather was really cold, and Isaac never quite got excited about the cowboy costume Ily had in mind for him, but things turned out great anyway. Isaac got plenty of candy trick-or-treating at our ward party and amongst the haunted cubicles at Hewlett Packard. More here.

Dagmar, Ily, and I (!) made a cool quilt for Ily's Grandparents

Yes, I even helped Ily and her mom make a nice quilt for Ily’s grandparents’ 50th anniversary. I used our HP printer to print photographs from their life directly onto some fabric squares that Ily and Dagmar pieced together into this cool looking quilt for them. It was fun and it turned out well, if we do say so ourselves.

Job Offer from Hewlett Packard!!!!!!!

My manager has officially offered me a full time job with HP! I’ll be doing basically the same thing I’m doing now as an intern, just full time. The offer is contigent up on my finishing my B.S. in Computer Engineering, which I will resume work on in January. I’m planning on accepting the offer. Depending upon where I decide to finish school (options are here at Portland State U. or back at BYU) I will finish in either March or April and then start work as a full time employee in the Vancouver Division (that’s Vancouver, not B.C., Washington, not D.C.). Ily and I are very happy and thankful for this opportunity and just wanted to share the good news with all of you.

Two Trips to Kennewick

I took a weekend trip to Kennewick on the 16th while Ily and Isaac were in Utah for Cousin Allison’s and friend Cinda’s weddings. Then we all took a trip to Kennewick on the 25th so Isaac could see Aunt Melinda one more time before she left for another semester at the BYU. We had a little birthday party for Isaac while we were there with my family and Arthur, Sara, and Ezri. His birthday is September 5th and is two years old! Pictures here.