Talofa

A few quick photos. Here is the waiting area in Hawaii to get on the plane to American Samoa.

Outside my hotel:

On President's day I took my little brother and his wife and my little sister, Sara, and her husband on a snowshoeing trip up to the Salt Lake overlook in Millcreek Canyon.  I had a great time. Here are some photos taken my sister, Sara. Thanks for sharing Sara. And thanks to everyone for coming on our winter adventure.

Poor Girl

My two year old daughter, Mary, fell and cracked a bone in her leg. Apparently she didn't break her leg, just cracked the bone. Whatever. Anyway, she limps and looks very sad and cute but has been brave through the whole ordeal. To make things worse, she has barfed the last two mornings an hour before I was planning on waking up. Nothing better than cleaning up vomit at 6:00 a.m.

Jumping

Here are some photos of the kids jumping on the trampoline. This first one is exactly as I shot it. No cropping, editing, etc. I don't know why but I really, really like this photo.

These next two of Mary where taken by my wife and I really like them also. Good work Helen.

Weekend in Midway

We spent a weekend at my parent's home in Midway last week. Lots of good times although the weather turned bad Saturday afternoon. Friday evening we had a short bike ride around the neighborhood. Sorry no photos. Saturday morning we went on a family hike in the Wasatch State Park. Here are some of the happy hikers.

Here is Benjamin taking a break in a secret spot along the way.

We stopped for snacks in this nice little field.

After our hike we drove up to the top of memorial hill. Looks like we've got some fine soilders in the making.

More Family Photos

I've never held myself out to be nor do I consider myself a portait photographer. Too much pressure I guess. But from time to time people ask me to take their photos. Here are some I did for some friends recently -- I charge them nothing so no one feels like they didn't get what they paid for.

Mount Timp Redux

Here are my photos from the Mt. Timp hike. We got an early start and hiked in the dark for awhile. After about 45 minutes the sun came up.


Here we are taking a short break in a lovely little valley on the backside of Timp.

Lots of great wild flowers. Reminded me of Albion Basin.

Nice little waterfall. We saw several waterfalls on the hike. We also saw some mountain goats but they were too far away to photograph.


This is Emerald Lake and what is left of the Mt. Timp "glacier" in the background. We saw a few people trying to slide down it, but they weren't making much progress. Most of them actually abandoned sliding and were just walking down. We decided to come back down the trail.

Here's Rick coming through the boulder field. Rough going through this stretch.

Here is a good shot of the valley that the Timpooneke Trails comes through. We were on the Aspen Trail. The two trails meet up just past where this photo was taken.

Here we are at the saddle. Those guys are are headed along the trail toward the summit. You can see how the trail goes along the ridge. Steep going from here on out, but the exposure wasn't as bad as I had expected.


Me at the saddle. The whole purpose of that hat was not to get sunburned. Still got a little sun on my neck.

Here we are getting closer to the summit. You can see the trail snaking its way up the mountain on the right side of the photo.

Looking south from the summit. This is the trail you follow if you want to go to the "glacier."

Here we are at the summit. Great shot of Dave's head. You can see the triangulation station in the background and the crowds.