My first Post

This is for you MOM!

HURRAAYY!

I am blogging and now I have entered my first photo of Dad's future car... The Smorsche. It's tinier, cuter, and perfect for the respectable toyota yaris owner.

Love you guys.

This trip has so far been awesome!!!

Where else can you feast of the great and beautiful outdoors, but also have the great and beautiful outdoors feast on you?
Yes this is a lizard with a red head trying to eat my finger. He held on long enough for me to reach into my pocket and retrieve my iPhone, open the application, and snap this picture. It was awesome. I am sure glad that he doesn't have any sharp teeth.

April's first nature find of the day.

Ethan said it has leaves for wings.

Star Trek

Liz & I saw the new Star Trek last night on our Wednesday date and it was AWESOME. If you're not familiar with the old Star Trek, you should briush up first because it will be way more exciting that way. We loved it and I'm pretty sure you will too.


-- Post From My iPhone

Vacation

Let's hear it for vacation!!!! Yipeee!!! Going on vacation, going on vacation! See some of you soon! James and Liz, enjoy your VACATION!

Funny Headlines

-- Trudy McDaniel sent in the instructions for putting together an Ikea desk, which state: ``It is advisory to be two people during assembly.''

-- Doug Gordon sent in the instructions for a set of Tama brand drums, containing this warning: ``Stay away from the drum set if an earthquake occurs.''

-- Dave Zarrow reports that he saw a sign making this appealing offer: ``I Lost 40 Lbs. in Two Months! Call for Free Samples!''

-- Joe Bays sent in a glossy color brochure for the American Standard ''Cadet II'' model commode, featuring the slogan: ``Get more out of your toilet.''

-- Sandra Bowers sent in a story from the Akron Beacon Journal headlined, ``Police Find Man Dead to Death in Motel.''

-- Paul Morrill sent in a story from the Santa Cruz County Sentinel, concerning a man who was arrested when he attacked some sea lions ``because they constantly defected on his boat.''

-- Jeanne Reed sent in a bulletin from Weatherby Health Care, a physician-placement firm, with this headline: ``Born and Raised in the Midwest, This Very Talented Surgeon Is Looking for His Nitch Back Home.''

Q. You hate it when a surgeon loses his nitch.

A. Let's hope he didn't leave it inside a patient.

Workman Family Reunion

Now that the holiday is actually here, we are sitting at home, Jodi doing her nails, and I am just getting our pictures off the camera. But the weekend was much more delightful and eventful, starting with a celebration to mark our first anniversary. Saturday morning we packed up (and later realized we didn't pack all that we needed!) and headed to Bryce Canyon to join the Workman family.

It has been a long while since I have ridden an ATV, and this was Jodi's first ever experience. Needless to say, I did most of the driving, Jodi taking a venture only for the last journey back into camp. She enjoyed our racing around bumpy, muddy trails. Oh, forgot to mention that it rained. A lot. We arrived Saturday to a camp ground of mud, and a lot of people tired of the mud. We were happy that the sun came out shortly after our arrival, but only for a short time.
Saturday night we discovered that my tent, from Wal-Mart, which I have had since I was 12 (a bad combination) just happens to leak. It rained all night. Luckily it only leaks a little. Because we were the only ones from our the Hutchings family, we pitched in on breakfast duty with Grandma and Grandpa on Sunday morning. I made some really good pancakes and fried eggs.
We had the chance to attend sacrament meeting in Tropic, about 12 miles from Bryce Canyon. That was an adventure by itself. It being Memorial Day weekend, the Branch President had invited two veterans to speak. Sadly, in their reminiscing of war and deceased friends, they forgot Christ. I was very disappointed, but in my ponderings put together a fantastic talk for some Memorial Day weekend down the road someday. Jodi was worn out from swimming Saturday night and slept through most of the descriptions of death and bloodshed, and took another nap when we got back to camp. She had to use the car because our things were still drying out from the night before.
Sunday afternoon was spent in Bryce Canyon. We went with Grandma and Grandpa along the rim trail, meaning we got to look down into the canyon (as opposed to hiking down into the canyon). It was magnificent!

Sunday night each family had the chance to act out a little snippet of Grandma and Grandpa's history together. We were the smallest bunch, but made do with a great portrayal of them getting engaged, and trying to find places to spend time together while at school in southern Utah. Would have been easier with more cast members, but we managed without you.
Though we, and all of the Workman family missed you all (but were all very excited about Marquie's playing Dorothy this weekend), we are looking forward to being with all of you in July!