Lehi Rodeo 2009

After living in Lehi since 1996, I finally went to Lehi's annual rodeo. My parents have yet to go. The weather was great the first half hour...

but then it became very stormy with a lot of wind and rain.

The World Campion in Bull riding was even there. Here is a video of his riding.

The Wasatch Back Relay

Last weekend I ran in the Wasatch Back Relay which is the biggest race in Utah. It starts in Logan and ends in Park City for a total of 188 miles in a 2 day period. My team was sponsored by my work, so I ran with 11 other co-workers. I ran a total of 3 different legs which came out to be a total of 13 miles (a lot of it was up hill). It turned out to be really fun, and I hope to do it again next year. One of the fun things about the race was decorating our van.

Here I am stretching before my 4:30 AM leg.

We weren't able to get much sleep during the 2 day period. We slept only a couple of hours at a park and a couple of hours in a school's gym.

Training in Chicago

Last week I spent all my time in training sessions for my internship at PricewaterhouseCoopers. The training just happened to be in Chicago. Unfortunately, the classes didn’t get out until 6:30. So, after going to dinner, there wasn’t much time to explore. Below was the view from my hotal window.

A bunch of us interns made sure we tried Chicago style pizza. It was delish!

This was the view from the women's bathroom at a restaurant on top of the Hancock building. They sure do know how to treat the ladies. One of the guy interns had to get a sneak peak of it.

More Rabbits

It is official! My dad is no longer going through a phase. His rabbit obsession is now a hobby. He now has 7 “breeding” rabbits and 5 kits (they are 2 weeks old).

If you are in need of rabbit meat, feel free to ask him.

A Cruise to Mexico?

The day after graduation my friend, Brigette, and I drove down to San Diego to catch a cruise ship that left the next day. Originally, it was a Mexican cruise that was going to stop at Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico. But with the outbreak of the swine flu that changed. The four night cruise spent one day at Catalina and the rest at sea.

Here are pictures of the Children's Beach which has been taken over by seals.

Here is the cruise ship.

This is the view of Catalina and the World ship from our room.

This is the city of Avalon which only takes up one square mile on Catalina Island. Population 4,000. The rest of Catalina Island looks like Utah, so there are no picture of inland.

Brigette and I took a ride on this semi-submerged sub.

The ship still travelled to Mexico, but didn't let anyone off. Here is the view of Mexico from our room.

Mexico is in the background. I have yet to use my passport.

Here is a towel frog. Everyday was a new animal

After the cruise, we went to the San Deigo Zoo.

U of U Graduation

May 9 was my graduation ceremony. I graduated in December, but the ceremony is held once a year in May. There were 1,000 people that were graduating from the business school.