#flooey

Another quick trip to Utah this summer to see the family. We gather up at the Fruitland cabin, another little oasis of peace for me in this world. Seeing my nieces grow and blossom with their funny personalities, as well as the rest of us getting older, but not really any wiser. Time spent on the boating watching our next generation tube and wakeboard. These days I prefer to fish, and had a good…

Easy like Sunday morning. The family vacation comes to a close, but before we all go our separate ways we have one last thing to do, the dreaded family pictures.

We head on down to Treasure island beach in Laguna, California. Ironically my Corporate office is only a stones throw away, so I’m pretty familiar with the area. My newest sister-in-law hires a professional photographer to meet us…

“Though she be but little, she is fierce.”

-William Shakespeare

I could tell my niece was nervous as hell, but she wanted to be brave in front of her older cousins. Her Dad and Step Mom took her two younger sisters for a nice and leisurely day of shopping at Apgar Village in Glacier. As they drove off, she squeezed my hand a little tighter as I asked her if she was excited to go river…