Washington D.C.

I just got back from 5 days in Washington DC about a week ago. My sister and I went on a trip to DC since we had not been there before. We were going non-stop the whole time that we were there and took around 500 picts. We saw all of the monuments (during the day and at night), all of the Smithsonian's that were open (except a couple of art museums), went to the spy museum, saw money being printed, went to the Holocaust museum(amazing!), went to Arlington Cemetery with the Grave of the Unknown Soldier and JFK memorial, saw the White House (and Marine One taking off!!), saw the Pentagon from a distance (just looks like any other building from ground level), Saw the capital building and the Library of Congress and much, much more. We walked about 10-15 miles per day and took the Metro Train to the places that we could not walk to or when we were heading back from where we had walked. It was a lot of fun. We ate at a lot of great restaurants and had fun seeing the are. I am going to put a few pictures here for you to enjoy.

Sis by the Washington Monument

Washington Monument just before we went to the top

Lincoln Memorial, Reflective Pool, WWII Memorial from the top
White House from the top
Capital Building with Ulysses S Grant Memorial in front and Library of Congress behind to the right from the top of WA Monument
Jefferson Monument from the top
Night shot with Reflective Pool, Washington Monument, Capital Building, Mars (or maybe just the moon!) Washington Monument at night from the WWII memorial pool.
Iwo Jima Memorial

Ford's Theater (where Lincoln was assassinated)

Me and F.D.R.

F.D.R Memorial showing the bread lines during the depression

Sis at F.D.R. Memorial in front of a water fall.
Me at F.D.R.

Lincoln Memorial
Me by the BIG guy
Lincoln Memorial at Night

Arlington Cemetery

JFK Tomb with Eternal Flame burning (hard to see the flame because it is so bright out)
Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
U.S.A. Capital Building

Jefferson Memorial
Jefferson
The White House

"Marine One"

WWII Memorial

Korean War Memorial (very detailed and life-like sculptures)Washington Memorial reflecting from the Potomac River

For some reason this car kept following me around the whole time I was in D.C.!!!

The museums did not allow pictures so you can use your imagination to picture what they were like or you can just go there and see them for yourself!

Jeep'n

After Boise I went up to Washington to visit family. My brother had a day off of work so we decided to hit the hills with his Jeep. It was snowing on us but that didn't stop us from getting out into it. By the time that we were got home we were dirty and sore but it was a great day in the hills.

Washington

This last week I had some time off of work so I was able to go to Boise for a couple of days to visit my Grandma and uncle Brent, Aunt Jackie and cousins Steph and Shelly. Doug and Stacey also came down for the weekend. It was a lot of fun to see them and be able to relax and visit. The weather was very nice so we decided to take my uncles boat out to Lucky Peak for the afternoon. The snow was still down to the water in some areas and the water was too cold to get in but air was warm and it was a great afternoon. The next day we went for a ride in Doug's Bellanca Cruisemaster airplane to enjoy the, yet again, nice warm day. From there I flew to Portland for the rest of my week before hitting the salt mines again.

Me, Steph, Grandma, and Uncle Brent at Lucky Peak

Doug, Stacey, Me and Steph "chillin" in the back of the boat

Steph trying to catch bugs in her mouth See how warm it was out there!
Out for a nice afternoon of flying

Grandma and Aunt Jackie in the back seat of the plane.

March Snow Storm

This last weekend gave us some shocking weather. It has been in the 60s here lately until this last weekend. On Friday afternoon it began to snow. This wasn't a typical snow storm for this area. When I woke up on Sat. morning there was 13 inches of snow on the ground and it continued to snow for the rest of the day giving us around 15 inches total. This isn't that much snow but you would think it was the end of the world when listening to the news. The whole city shut down. I had Sabbath off this week and wanted to go to church but when I arrived I made the first tracks in the parking lot and found out that it was canceled. Most stores and restaurants were closed for the whole weekend. It was fun to go out and play in the snow though. This city thinks that spreading salt on the roads is good snow management so there were many accidents out on the roads and the news advised everyone to stay at home and avoid the "treacherous" conditions. Here are a few pictures of the snow on Sabbath Morning.

The most snow my Truck has seen in a while!

It is hard to tell how deep it is on the car.

This is the parking lot by my Apt.

The Pond at my Apartments.

A Picture of I-71. I was the only car out there and the only plowing that was done was due to the Semi-Trucks that had passed through earlier.
Work is going pretty well. I am much busier than I was last year but I am enjoying my job. Many people have asked for pictures of the Operating rooms and of me at work. This is difficult to do because of patient confidentiality issues but I am working on trying to get some for you. Hope all is well with you.

Hopefully it will not be as long before my next posting.

Yes, I am still alive.

I know that it has been a long time since I have added anything to this website. Not a lot has been going on for me. I have been working like crazy getting only 2-3 days off a month and working around 12-14 hours a day the rest of the time. One fun event that I was privileged to attend was my brother Justin's wedding. He Married Randi Kingery on September 23, 2007. It was very nice to get a little time off for the wedding. It was on the Oregon Coast and they couldn't have asked for nicer weather. It was sunny and clear and everyone got sunburned. The next day was cold and rainy. I was the best man (and still am). It was a crazy busy weekend and it was great to see everyone. Here is a photo summary of the events of the weekend.

Rehearsal Dinner

Haley, Me, And McKenzie

Me, Justin and Jeff (up to no good)

What a great looking group.

Justin welcoming everyone to the reception

Justin, You know you want to smear that cake on her face!!

The GET-AWAY CAR (on the way to a 10 day tropical vacation to Punta Cana)