Park City Utah

This year we got to ski twice!  A friend of ours is living in Utah and we planned a trip to go skiing there.  Last weekend, we went to Park City Mountain Resort for night skiing on Friday and Canyons Resort on Saturday.  It snowed on us allll day on Saturday!

View of Park City from Park City Mtn Resort

Mike's new orange ski jacket.

Brendan and Maylin

Mike and Trent

Peak 5 lift at Canyons Resort

 Short Cut lift at Canyons

Inspiring Quotes

I've seen and heard a lot of good quotes lately.  One of the yoga instructors I like is all about a quote of the day in her classes.  Here are a couple I remember and like:

-"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain."

-"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oak trees grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

And this one I saw on a friend's blog:

Museum Adventure

Here are a few cool things I've seen so far on my museum adventure...

At the Oceanside Museum of Art, I came across photographer Carolyn Guild.  I love her photos.

 

 

 

We boarded a bunch of historic vessels at the Maritime Museum.

Today, I wandered around the San Diego Botanic Garden and saw some cool bamboo among other plants.

This bamboo was making a creaking sound while I was standing under it.

 

My favorite part of the garden was the bamboo section.

All You Need Is Love and George Strait

We went to Vegas for our annual George Strait super bowl weekend show.  I've seen him every year, except one, in Vegas on this weekend since 2004.  I figured out that this was my 16th overall time (I think) seeing George.  I've tried to see him at least once a year since college.  This year's show was the same as last years with Leann Womack and Reba, but we missed Leann last year.  Of course, Reba puts on a great show, so it's worth seeing her twice.



We also saw Cirque Du Soleil's Love show at the Mirage the night before seeing George.  It was a great show.  I loved the Beatles music, of course.

Leann and Reba singing duet "Does He Love You"

Reba in her "Fancy" dress for her encore

He's looking at me!

"Troubadour"

Grandma Limbocker

May 8, 1930 - Feb 3, 2011

I'm thankful of the time I shared with my Grandma when I was in college and living close by. I visited her as much as I could during those years. I would take her to church, take her to lunch or go shopping with her. We had fun together and she loved to tell me stories of her past. Sometimes we would just sit in her room watching TV together. She loved watching Walker Texas Ranger and Law and Order. I will miss my Grandma very much and I know she is in a better place. I feel very lucky to have some great memories of our time together.

San Diego Museum Month

  

So, it's museum month in San Diego county and I'm going to try and go to as many as I can....for fun....why not?  I hope to be enlightened and learn something interesting. 

My first museum visit was today at the Museum of Making Music.  They had a lot of cool old instruments on display and you could listen to samples of music from different eras.  I can't imagine the sound distortion if that place is ever really crowded, because the music is kinda loud.  At the end they have a room where you could learn to play and actually try playing different instruments. I plucked a few strings...it was cool.  I have learned that they have several cool concerts here, so I will be hopefully back to check those out sometime.

We'll see if I actually keep up with this adventure.