Dad is a BYU Alum!

In an effort to prove to all that Dad has secretly been awarded an honorary degree from BYU, I'm posting some of the screen shots from the Alumni database. I'll point out again, I am NOT in the database, but Heather and Dad are.


If you were supposed to keep this a surprise until the actual ceremony in April, Dad, sorry for blowing your cover.

PCH 2008

I thought i'd throw a few pictures of the CA trip up during CPA study breaks. This first one is in Muir Woods, 30 mins outside of SF. It is in a ravine just inside the bay, making it act like a rain forest with all the collected fog. The scenes rivaled Brazil or Costa Rica. This was part of a trail we were taking.

Here's another picture from the same hike. It was a 9-mile round trip trail, and the entire thing looked like this. Funny thing, the day we went was the 100 year anniversary of the parks creation. There was a ceremony with media, and we didn't have to pay to get in.


This is at the east peak of Mt. Talmapias. It is about 2500ft (Boise's elevation), but looks at both the Pacific Ocean and the SF Bay. The clouds were high enough to cover the Golden Gate bridge, but its in there somewhere.


Another view from the peak


This is the dinning hall at Hearst Castle, the mountain retreat for newspaper mogul Hearst. It sits on a peak aside the ocean, almost half-way between LA and SF. It is unbelieveable how gaudy and beatiful it is- with the property covering 35 miles inland. It's now a state park, and costs $25 to take one of 4 mutually exclusive tours. Kind of like something from Harry Potter, huh Mom?

This is the front entrance to the house. He modeled it after a spanish cathedral, and many of the inside celiengs were extracted from european churches.

And the pool-it's even heated, and has an outstanding view of the pacific ocean 2 miles away.

Beautiful! Probably 2hrs south of Monterrey. I kind of felt like James Bond driving along this road.




We didn't take many pictures of all of us together- these were the guys. Andrew, my buddy from Philadelphia is in front, then me, then Andrew's cousin Eric. Eric is 18 yrs old, 8-9 yrs younger than the rest of us, but seemed to fit in just fine. Ann, the only girl who came with us, is taking the picture. The picture was near the top of a 4000ft hike in the Big Sur region, just south of Pebble Beach.

Sea Lions- that's a ugly creature. This beach, 2-3 hrs south of Monterrey, was covered with them. They're big, fat, and loud.

I love chain saws

In a little over 2 hours, the tree is history, and all we have left is a little stump that will need to be dug out. Then comes the replacement; what do we put in its place? We will look around at other locations, and check out some nurserys to see what there is to offer. I am sure the cat will be a little upset, since he used that tree to scratch and to climb, but I think he will get over it soon enough.

I love wind

Welcome to the windy part of the city. I am not sure whether to cry [because now I have to dig out a stump], or to laugh [now we can get a new tree]. I laughed.

The house sure looks naked though....

Future Accountants of America

This is hot stuff- a picture of my corporate tax section. Our professor is a die-hard BYU fan, and during the game last Saturday he wasn't getting very good reception. Despite being in the middle of Utah's largest snow storm of the season yet, he climbed up on his roof to adjust the satellite. However, the laws of physics weren't about to be pushed around, and he fell. It was only about 10ft., but he landed on his face. there is a 3 in. by 5 in. section of his face that got pushed in by 1 in and over by 1 in- it's amazing he lived through a hit like that. Obviously reconstructive surgery is needed, but the swelling has to go down first. He'll be out for the rest of the year. The great thing is he still has a sense of humor about it- and who can draw the line when the BYU football game isn't coming in clearly? They took a picture to go along with the card and things we sent him.

I'm sure Chad's characterization of the picture would include the title "hep-cats."

ASU game

This is from the ASU football game I went to with my friend Jeff. I was wearing dark red pants so I was decked out in school colors. Its strange they didn't upgrade our seats because of that!

Halloween

Here are a few pictures I thought I'd throw onto the blog. The first is my humble effort at recreating myself as a neapolitan ice cream sandwich. This was taken at the stake halloween dance with my roommate Kim.

Christmas is Coming!

I just thought it a good idea for all of us who are not on a mission right now to post our christmas list on this blog so we can know what everyone wants. (Heaven forbid we should have to come up with gift ideas on our own!)

Friday Afternoon Bike Ride

Andrew and I had nothing much to do last Friday, so we headed up Provo Caynon with the bikes.

Consumer Reports

I've thrown lots of websites in here, huh? If anyone wants to access Consumer Reports for the next month, use my account:

website: consumerreports.org
username: andrewlindsay
password: e86d7e35

Dress Shoes

This BYU kid sells Nordstrom overstock and floor models out of his place in Provo for cheap.

http://baughanstrom.com/index.htm

Mr. Woods

This was shown in my managerial class- the professor called it a 'reverential moment.'