On the Road Again

For those of you who didn't know Dane was furloughed not too long ago by Vision. Furlough is a fancy pilot term for laying pilots off when the company can't afford to keep them on but the company is required to contact the pilots they layed off previously first if they ever start hiring again. Sadly, Vision sounds like it has all but closed up it's doors so I don't think Dane will be hearing from them any time soon.
Dane had a job interview with Westminster on Friday morning and they offered him a job to be a flight instructor and he starts Monday! Super fast but it will be so good for him to be flying again. That does mean however that we are packing up once again and moving back to Utah. This time we will be in Salt Lake rather then Logan so it will still a new home for us. I do laugh a little though that we picked to live in Vegas for the hottest time of the year and we are leaving right before the great weather months. The news keeps talking about how they are counting down the days until October because that is the perfect month here.

Lake Mead Fun!

Last weekend Dane and I headed to St George to see Les Mis at Tuacahn with my mom and dad. It was way good, but I might be a little biased because that is one of my favorite plays. I am sure if you ask Dane he wouldn't say the same thing :) It was a little freaky though because the bats kept flying around the stage, I was just waiting for one to land in one of the actor's hair :) The next morning we got up super early and headed to Lake Mead where we met up with Mel, Jim and Katie. It was pretty windy so we weren't sure how the day was going to turn out but we launched the boat and headed out to look for some good water. Jim found us a little cove with great water and we did a little wake boarding which is always fun! My dad did suffer a minor injury that day though when he was tossing Dane the rope he took one step too far and fell off the boat where he got a nasty bruise/cut on his leg. It was pretty funny to see him go in though and he didn't even lose his hat or glasses...impressive! That night we headed back to our apartment for a nice shower and some dinner then went to Trader Joe's where my dad got his favorite green olives and black licorice (yuck!) The next morning we got to sleep in a while which was kind of nice then around 12 we hit the road to head to the lake again. We met up with Jim, Mel, Katie, Blake and Todd this time and the water was much better. Jim found the best smooth water that was on the lake and everyone went skiing or wake boarding (whichever they wanted). When the sun started to go down we headed back to the dock and discovered Jim had a flat tire so they (no I didn't help at all :) ) had to change the tire and then we were off. We went to dinner that night and tried to hit Bingo but we were pretty beat so we just called it a night. It was a really fun weekend! Thanks mom and dad for coming to visit! Thanks Jim & Mel for letting us come boating with you! Below are some pics of our adventures! I am counting down the days until our Lake Powell trip next year!

The Vanity Plate

Since moving to Vegas I have noticed a MASS number of vanity plates! I kid you not at every stop light there is at least one but usually two. I have never understood the Vanity Plate, myself, but to some people it is their whole life written on a metal rectangle kindly made by the local prison and for just a small fee you can speak volumes! One thing that has always bothered me about the Vanity Plate are the ones that don't make sense. Or it takes you the entire stop light to figure it out. What is the point in having a License Plate that is supposed to be shared with the world if the world doesn't understand it ??

SLC Trip

This weekend we went on a quick trip to SLC to see my niece, Zoie, get blessed. We left Vegas around 2:30-3:00ish on Friday and I can't even describe how hot it was. My car ran out of A/C juice about half way to St George and it would get warm then cool itself off again. That's when you know it is too hot! :) We got to my parents house and played an intense game of Hand and Foot, of course Dad and I beat Mom and Dane :) Saturday morning Andrea cut my hair (which was in dire need) and I got to see her cute house and all of her chickens she has running out back :) We then headed to our old home of Logan. I needed to drop some stuff off at work and Dane wanted to stop by the airport and say hello to some friends. It was really fun being back in Logan, I do really miss that place especially in the summer, come December/January I probably won't at all :) We had some lunch and one of the best sandwich places ever...Logan's Hero's then headed up to campus to get some delicious Aggie Ice-Cream! YUM!! Sunday morning was here before we knew it and my sister's ward starts at 8:30! WOW!! Haydn did a really good job with the blessing and then everyone headed over to their house for some breakfast which was also delicious! Dane's Grandpa Vance's birthday was on Sunday so we went to their house to wish him a happy birthday and see how they are doing then we headed home. On the way home, we stopped at the Maverik for gas in Ceder City and I was going to the bathroom in one of the stalls when I hear a mom and her two girls come in. She is yelling at them about everything but who am I to judge it was probably a long car trip and if they acted like Lindsay and I (complete angels :) ) they deserved to be yelled at a little. The mom sends the two sisters into the handicap stall and she takes the other one. Of course I don't hear any covering of the seat which made me sick but to each their own I guess at least I wasn't getting any of the germs. Then I wash my hands and dry them and as I am walking out of the bathroom I hear them right behind me. Yep, the mom and the two girls sure didn't wash their hands. Now that's what put me over the edge! Talk about spreading disgusting germs everywhere!!