Mock Disaster

I was assigned to provide radio communication at the decontamination station.

On April 20, I participated as an amateur radio operator in a mock disaster drill at the Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem. The disaster was a simulated earthquake. Here is a photo of some of the other radio operators.

A Gorgeous Setting

In October 2008, Steve came out from Illinois for a conference and brought Darby with him. On this day, the three of us took a hike up American Fork Canyon.

Darby on the hike

Hiking in the Uintah National Forest

Such beautiful scenery

Mitchel and Darby

Nyla, Grandpa, and Darby

BYU Football Game, October 2008

Andrew with a Cougar Tail (maple bar)

Christmas Skating Party

After several decades of not skating, I did pretty well.

In the Hot Tub in winter

Nyla, Laurie, Mitchel, and Rick in Grandma and Grandpa's hot tub

Christmas 2008

Laurie, Rick, and Nyla

Madeline, 5 1/2, (Oregon) and Samantha, 14, (Arizona)

Nathan, age 9, (Oregon)

Brian (Oregon) is excited about his Bluetooth head set.

Emory, 12 1/2, (Arizona) receives a digital camera.

Pete, 11 1/2, (Oregon) opens an exciting Christmas gift.

Andrew has a crush!

Andrew (Oregon) opens his favorite gift - a sweatshirt representing Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, where olympian gold medalist Shawn Johnson attends.

Jeff opens his special gift - George Washington kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge.

A great photo of Miranda (Arizona) age 9 1/2.

Fun in the snow

Samantha builds three snowmen on Grandma and Grandpa's deck.

January 2009

Mitchel fingerpainting with Grandma.

Washing hands after fingerpainting.

Easter 2009

Mitchel, age 3 1/2

Easter 2009

Nyla, age 6.

Easter 2009

Nyla and Mitchel playing with their Easter eggs.

Saguaro National Park

This park, just east of Tucson, contains thousands of the world's largest cacti.

Tombstone, Arizona

On March 4, 2009 we drove to Tombstone. A section of the town has been preserved to look just the way it did in the 1880s.

Downtown Tombstone

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

In Tombstone, we watched a reenactment of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which is presented every afternoon at 2 p.m.

The end of the gunfight

Casa Grande

Karen standing in front of some ancient Indian ruins at Casa Grande National Monument, between Tucson and Phoenix.

At Biosphere 2

One of the "lungs" at Biosphere 2

During the day, as the air inside the biosphere heats up, it greatly expands. The lung receives the expanded air and holds it until evening when the air cools down. The air then moves from the lung back into the biosphere.

Biosphere 2

On March 3 we drove up to Biosphere 2, about 30 miles north of Tuscon. This is where ten people lived, sealed in this glass container, for two years in the mid-90s.

Sam, Mitchel, and Emory in the Apple Store

After church in Gilbert

After church on March 1, 2009, we had this photo taken. With Karen and me are Jeff, Cami, Emory, Miranda, and Samantha. The little boy in front of me is Mitchel, Laurie's youngest.

Miranda, Mitchel, and Samantha in a pet store

While walking through an outdoor mall in Gilbert, the kids wanted to stop in a pet store. There were so many cute puppies that we almost couldn't get them to leave.

Grandpa and Sam doing the "Dance, Dance Revolution"

Emory and Mitchel in Arizona 3-09

Sam and Grandpa after her final performance in "Thoroughly Modern Millie"