Category: David

Jacob’s Ski Museum Trip

Outside of the museum.
Practice ski jump ramp
Bob sled track high above the museum parking lot
Dad poses in front of a bobsled, like the kind he rode back in 2002. A very bumpy ride.
Jacob poses/shivers in front of the bob sled
Jacob and friend pose in front of the Olympic torch (or at least a picture of it)
Jacob’s tour group – all girls – of course
Running back to the bus – in the rain

Family trip to Hoggle Zoo in SLC

Anthony, Ammon, Ben, Katelyn, Hailey (Ben’s friend and her sister), Sam, Grandma Grace, Jacob, LaReita
Kai and Julles
Sam and Anthony
Sam and Anthony watching a red panda
Ammon joins Anthony and Sam
Anthony, Sam, Grandma Grace, LaReita, Ammon, Kai, Julles
Dave, LaReita and Grandma Grace
Kai and Ammon
Sam and Ammon get up close with a bird
Julles, Kai, David, LaReita, Grandma Grace
Dad guarding the stoller
Ammon and Anthony in line for the merry-go-round
Anthony and Ammon riding
Dad and Ammon by the Red Panda Exhibit
Ammon and Anthony watching the animals
Ammon playing on a toy boat
Ammon, Mom and Sam
Red Panda (Jacob’s favoriate)
Red Panda
Ostrich
Gorilla
Old Orangatang
Bald Eagle
Elephant
Goose
Giraffe

Caymon Get-away

Dave went with his sisters, June and Julles, to the Grand Caymon island for a week get-away. June and Julles went SCUBA diving while Dave, true to nature, stayed in the room and sat on the balcony and read or worked on his computer. Though he did do mostly family-related things on his computer, such as updating this website and making some videos out of pictures from prior family vacations.

The siblings spent the non-diving time, playing board games, relaxing in the hot tub, taking walks, gossiping about childhood friends, preparing food and eating together, more talking, and watching Survivor.

Some pictures:

View from our 2nd floor balcony
Cruise ship passing by
Doc for snorkeling and diving boats – view from our balcony
Full noon at night
David, Julles and June ending our almost 5 mile walk to the grocery store
Portrait of a pedestrian

Cousin Brynn’s ballet recital

Yes, the big Berky boys went to the ballet. Their cousin Brynn Lewis was performing in the BYU annual ballet recital. LaReita sat up in the balcony with, Grace, her mom. On the way in they passed out ring-pop candy to the kids. During the intermission Jacob shows off his new tongue tattoo:

Jacob displays his new blue tongue
Dad captures Jacob’s blue tongue

Random pictures

Anthony starts the month with a bump
Growing his unicorn horn
Mom and Sam hike to to Cross in Spanish Fork
Ben gets his drivers license (with some help from Ammon)
Driving home
Mom’s last(?) Utah Valley Symphony concert
Anthony welds a new address number for our home
The boys and Grandma Grace attend cousin Brynn’s ballet recital
LaReita, Grandma Grace, Julles and Dave (taking photo) attend performance of Wicked

LaReita and Dave trip to San Francisco

Visiting with LaReita’s long time Cello teacher Irene Sharp
LaReita outside the new San Francisco Conservatory of Music building downtown
One of the concert halls
Attending a performance
Temple session with Bay Area friend Rula Scoville
A trip down memory lane past our old apartment in Daily City
Time at the beach
Lunch at Fisherman’s Wharf

Didn’t do their research

Ads that appeared on Dave’s phone. Clearly they didn’t do any research on the “Mormon” church, either what our churches look like or what our clergy are called:

Phone ad with a “Mormon priest” – not quite
Beautiful church, just not a typical “Mormon” church