Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks with the fam!!!

I had a really great weekend vacation the other week with the family, as we traveled to Yellowstone National Park, Colter Bay, Grand Teton National Park, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was our last trip together as a family before Max heads off to Taiwan for his mission on July 8th. We had so many laughs and here is some of the action caught on camera below. Check it out!!

FUN FAMILY PICTURES FROM THE TRIP

MAX BEING A CRAZY LOG-WALKER

MAX BEING A CRAZY LOG-WALKER .... TARA JOINS IN

University of Utah Graduation 2009

Well, it is official.... I am a college graduate! It all with down a few months ago at the Huntsman Center at the University of Utah after 5 years of long study hours, pointless papers, Sigma Chi, Student Government (ASUU), Union Board, College of Republicans, fun, laughs, all-nighters, and everything in between. I am so lucky to have attended an institution of Higher Education and to graduate with three different Bachelors degrees (Economics BS, German BA, International Studies BS). ON TO ADULTHOOD!! Here are some pics from the days events... Check 'em out!

Journaling, Blogging, Networking, OH MY

You all might know how that feeling is when you have sudden, random, spurts of excitement about journaling or blogging. There have been multiple occasions where I went to Deseret Book and bought a fresh, new journal to START OVER recording my life for my prosperity, so that they might have a glimpse into my life and my legacy moves on. I know the value in keeping a journal for spiritual thoughts, funny stories, etc. but have always felt a little hesitant to dive right into to writing so much. I have to admit, my hand gets really sick of writing and because of my (self-diagnosed) OCD with details, sometimes journaling can be a real trouble.

Some of crazy OCD-ness include hating to write in anything but a G2 pen, because pencil fades and pens make it easier to read. The problem is that when I make a mistake, I get really frustrated. I have also been super bummed when I leave a spot to glue in a picture or something and never get around to printing it out, or my journal gets all lumpy and stuff because I have too much crap glued in. What about you guys? Do you ever get annoyed by stupid, small details like wanting to use colored Sharpies to make it more aesthetically appealing and then BOOM, it bleed through 3 pages?? Okay, maybe it is just me.

I have a friend from High School (shout out to Dana Robinson) who is THE ultimate blogger. She blogs a lot about her kids and told me last time we talked she was going to use a site like blurb.com (or something similar) to have her blogs published into books, so that her kids will be able to remember each year and all that went on! I think that is the coolest idea, but I only problem is that blogs are blogs and I only really use my blog to share updates to my (married) friends. [Seriously, what is it with married people and blogs? hahaha.]

Anyways, I stumbled across a cool new journalling website www.LDSJournal.com. I know, I know. Cheezy and cliche, but it is actually pretty cool. You can attach pictures, web links, videos, etc. to journal posts and can pay to have it bound in a full-color book for pretty cheap. I think is pretty neat and I might start to journal digitally in the future.

What other ways do you all journal? Is there a way to get over my journaling woes?
Comment and let me know.

--Randy