Abrenya, Aflive, Tuanikope, Obane.

Spending my summer in Ghana is perhaps one of the best decisions I have ever made, perhaps second only to my decision to come here the first time. 

I love Ghana. I love the children I get to work for. I love Empower Playgrounds.

Check out their site here, and my travel blog here. 

Surprise!!!

I had so much fun this week with my mom here! She dropped by to surprise my brother on his 30th birthday and then we got to go play around town. She's always been the "fun mom" and I even heard from a few friends (Michael Lewellen in particular) that she was the "hot mom". 

I'll let you be the judge of that, just remember, I know where you live...

So, I realize this is not my typical post, but I was in the mood so indulge me. I was surfing the interwebs while on the phone today and started planning my apartment. This is the "could move anywhere and had unlimited funds" apartment of my fantasy. I love the feel, the broken in-ness of it all, and the pieced together classy eclecticism. Maybe I'm just feeling old and want to plan out my life for some sense of mature security, maybe I'm just feeling lazy and don't want to actually take and edit my own pictures, you be the judge. Perhaps this will be a new facet of my blog, creating my life, one room at a time. 

I Love California. I Love California. I Love California.
Is there a better way to escape a Utah winter than a trip to Disneyland, The Getty, Santa Monica, China Town, Little Tokyo, and LA? I think not...
Overall I had a great time with great friends, enjoyed some amazing food, and fell in love with a clock.

 Waxing Philosophical...
   I'm usually more of a factual blog post-person. "I took this photo at this place at this time, here ya go." But for some reason today I was looking back over 2 years worth of photos and it hit me that I've been to some pretty cool places, done some amazing things, and had a lot of fun. These good times seem to make the difficult experiences from that same period melt away. Maybe it's just the valentines candy talking, I do have enough of those chalky conversation hearts in my blood for insta-diabetes, but I'm happy for the experiences I've had because they've brought me to where I am today.

I've been told that I "never" post enough pictures and that I take "forever". So in an attempt to fix both of these shortcomings, here's a record 7 pictures. And my car is still warm from my drive out to the Great Salt Lake. No more whining! You know who you are...

So I'll be the first to point out, I hate winter. The cold and the snow and the getting stuck in it are not on top of my "fun to do" list. But winter time does lend itself to some beautiful scenes and fun drives, albeit a little frigid, this day was no exception. 

A Foggy Christmas at the Beach

 Morning walks on the beach are not the usual holiday activity, but that's why I love Texas!

My camera's finally out of the shop and doing great! Sunday drives, oh, how I've missed you...

Just returned from another great trip to Montana. This time to big sky country included camping, fishing at Cow Bone Lake and the best chicken and dumplings I've ever had, seriously.