Butterfly Bush

The butterfly bush returns every year. It lives up to its name, attracting butterflies with it's fragrant smell.

Sunflower Volunteer in the Yard

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do."
                                                                                                   - Helen Keller

Albion Basin

I finally made it up to Albion Basin to see the amazing wildflowers. They did not disappoint.

The first thing Cathy and I saw were two moose!

The Trampoline

We ran over to Dave and Shaury's this afternoon to help them with some computer stuff and to help Dave hang a chandelier. Shaury was at work. Ez and I went outside to jump on the trampoline. I don't believe I've ever done that before. We had so much fun, but it's hard work, and a little hard on the knees. Then Jonah and Hazel joined us. Ez and Jonah both took pictures of Gram on the trampoline.

My Friend John

We went with the Ashworth's to the Gallivan Center tonight to attend a wedding reception. We stopped to visit with Ashworth's son, Justin, who is an attorney in the Wells Fargo Building, right next door to the reception area. While we were visiting outside the building, next to Channel 2 News, Mark Kobel, night anchor, walked out.

The weather decided to cooperate and it was very pleasant sitting for an hour and visiting with friends and ward members. I visited for quite awhile with my friend, John Sessions. It was his younger brother's reception. John and I go way back - to Clinton Elementary and SEM. Whenever we run into each other he brings up his fond memories of attending SEM. He's one of my favorite people. Tonight he again brought up the "Stories with Holes" books I used in my classes. These were short mystery stories. The kids could only ask questions in which I could answer with a "yes" or "no." There was a lot of deductive thinking going on and the kids LOVED these, especially John. John and his wife had their first baby a month ago and recently moved to Arizona so he could attend medical school.

John Sessions and Jayna

Gallivan Center archway, covered with wisteria. This must be amazing when in bloom.

I had to snap a picture of this cute little girl.

Davis Technology Conference

Our second annual technology conference was held today. I was the conference coordinator. It has been a few months of very labor-intensive preparations but it paid off because the conference went off without a hitch!

We had 13 breakout sessions; each offered 3-4 times during the day. We received lots of wonderful comments concerning the conference and the sessions.

I worried about feeding over 300 people at the same time, but it went well.

We had a lot of fun holding a couple of drawings throughout the day tor teachers to win technology equipment for their classrooms. We gave away document cameras, Mobi systems, a clicker set, Flip video cameras and portable external hard drives.  It was a relief when the conference was over and to receive positive feedback, but I have rarely been as exhausted as I was that evening!

The Last Conference Preparations

We couldn't fit everything in Roger's suburban this morning to take to Davis High for our technology conference tomorrow. We worked in the auditorium for about an hour, taking a break to go outside and stand on the hot cement in 90 degree weather to cool off. We were assured that the auditorium's air conditioning will be turned on at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow. We were also in the school, where they were shampooing the carpets. The humidity was so high I felt like I'd been swimming. I will be glad when tomorrow is over, but feel pretty confident that we're ready for 350 people.

The clouds were again amazing this morning. This was taken just outside of Davis High, facing west.