Eyes of the Storm. Can you guess whose eyes these are?

Great Falls National Park

Ma and Pa at Shenandoah National Park

No hand bottle sucking at its best.


Baby Model


Anyone who can guess where this is in the U.S.
will win a prize. Hint: It is somewhere in between VA and Utah

Artistic Picture #1


Artistic Picture #2


Artistic Picture #3

Head Shot

My First Business Card

The tower at the Dulles National Air and Space Museum


On top of the tower pictured above.


The SR-71 Blackbird looking straight on.


The space shuttle enterprise at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Our Adventures in Fairfax, VA



We had a graduation celebration at Grandma
and Grandpa Jones' for Brandon, Jen and me.


This is Grandma and Grandpa Jones house in
Midlothian, Virginia close to Richmond.


This is a view of our windows and little porch.


Our apartment is on the second level.


A view of the surrounding apartments


This is the building (the Udvar-Hazy Center of
the National Air and Space Museum)
I have been working at
for the last few weeks. This past Friday I got
to stand on the tallest part of the tower
pictured here in this picture.


At the capitol on a bike ride with a co-worker.


We moved in with some help.


Arriving at our apartment with the our rental
vehicle that has the bean bag tied on with a tarp
and duct tape!


Through the mountains.


Across the farmland.


The trek across the nation.


My parents before I drove out to Virginia.

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
-Albert Einstein

HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY MOM !!!



My Mom turned the big 5-0 today. She has at this point 4 children, 2 Daughter-in-laws, 1 son-in-law and two grandchildren. Pictured above is my mom with Ethan.
My mom is one of the best people I know and can be an example to all in how kind she treats everyone and her patience and vigor for life.

I Love you mom!

- Tony

My Wife the iPOD icon

Look at Me...Look at Me!!!

LANCE & PHOEBE WEDDING

A DOG'S STORY


Phoebe looking stressed for the big day!


Lance's big day and happy as can be!

Once upon a time Grandma had a dog. Once upon a time grandma's son had a dog. They started hangin' out over a vacation one Christmas and got into trouble. Phoebe ended up pregnant and now they have to get married. But hey they're not complaining cuz Lance just bought a house with a pool...this is where the wedding was held. THE END.

Y MOUNTAIN



I didn't hike Y Mountain today but I did hike to the Y. This picture captures what you see from time to time from the campus of Brigham Young University. It also hides the scar the trail leaves up to the Y. But speaking of scars...something even worse than that is a project that was done on the bench of the moutain that just looks horrible to those of use who care....and for those that care I hiked the Y in 45 minutes up and back.

THE UTAH QUARTER



This is what I think should be on back of the Utah quarter....It is a lot cooler than the other options. Go Arches National Park.

THEE CANDY BAR












Provo, UT. Today on the Campus of BYU, I passed a bag of M&M's and a Twix on the ground with 30 cents but just about as my natural instincts of picking up the candy and eating it kicked in I thought maybe it was to good to be true and that someone was playing a practical joke.....so I just kept walking. Twenty feet later I saw I SNICKERS bar on the ground!!! Someones bag must of been wide open...but still fearing a psychological experiment I kicked the SNICKERS bar to make sure it wasn't attached to anything. It wasn't. I ate it. It was just what the doctor ordered....Now there is an idea...a Dr. Pepper candy bar.

This package of NIBS was given to me by my sweetheart on Valentine's Day 2006. 

BABY ETHAN



Bountiful, UT. This is montage collage of little baby Ethan who is only a month and a half old. He is a cute little thing and looks just like his father....I don't mean that his father looks like a baby...but that he looks like his father did when he was a baby.

BRACKEN HAD A BABY




Provo, UT. Today Bracken, one of my best friends of almost two years had a baby. She's a cutie...although the doctors don't really know if Tania had anything to with it. Hopefully she approved. Word is still out whether she has name yet or even if it is a girl! Yikes!

This reminds me of when I had a baby too. It sure is an exciting part of life!!!

The is the ascent into the Englestead Canyon. The top picture is of the descent....the other is the view from the bottom. thsi is just outside of Zion's National Park.

LEE'S FERRY BRIDGE


Taken circa December 2004 in Cheat Lake, West Virginia

The Lee's Ferry Bridge crosses Cheat Lake near Morgantown, WV. I actually don't think this is a lake but rather a lakeish like part of the Cheat River perhaps. According to Wikipedia.org The Cheat River is a tributary of the Monongahela in eastern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Via the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River Shed.

Bridges are cool in West Virginia and Pennsylvania...partly because the areas are so mountainous (at least according to locals) or hilly (according to those of us from Utah).

One of the most famous bridges in the world is located in the southern part of WV. It is the New River Gorge bridge which spans over 3000 feet and is almost 900 feet off the river below. The bridge is actually featured on West Virginia's quarter.

THE DAY AFTER

Well I guess it should probably be said two days after...which is better! What am I talking about...it is that Rusty who is my wife's cousin from WV got engaged. The word on the street is that it happenned at Bridal Veil Falls where they first became boyfriend/girlfriend.

The above picture is of the Bridal Veil Range and doesn't show the actual falls...which are beautiful but this picture entrigued me because it is what you see going up and down Provo Canyon. This is a view that I had everyday for about eight months as I drove up and down the canyon traveling from Aspen Grove to BYU.

This picture to the left is taken from Aspen looking towards what many people think is Mt. Timpanogos but it is not. It is called Robert's Horn.

I'll miss the Rocky Mountains when we move back east but look forward to exploring the Shenandoah.

Buona Vita in Downtown Provo, UT

LIFE IS BUONA VITA

Well it is the day of San Valentin...which is cool but there is a saint for everyday of the year...now that I've thought about it there are probably several saints for each day of the year. July 13 happens to be "el dia de San Joel".

Jenny and I are going to Buona Vita tonight. We are excited for it especially since we got a $20 gift certificate to use that we bought for $10 at UtahsBest.com which has now changed to CityDeals.com...good for them.

Forgive the ridicolous look on my face and take a look at what is in the glass....if it looks brown to you....you are right, but do you have any idea what it might be?

It is a strawberry-kiwi mix...not exactly what I thought it would look like. I put in two cut up kiwis without their skin and a handful of strawberries with a little ice.

It is not quite as exoctic as was expected!

The View from our Apartment in Provo, UT
Life is Busy...yes that is with a capital "B" Trying to figure out where to live in a place you have never lived is an experience a lot of college grads go through, but I guess you just never now until you go through...funny how experiences of life are like that.