Siblings

Got together a few days ago with my brother and two sister and had a little sibling bonding time. With all our crazy schedules its hard to get everyone together even though we all live within and hour of each other. We really wanted to get together before Laurel takes off to Argentina. We had a great time walking around downtown Salt Lake, getting a bite to eat, and scoping out some cool places. Michelle even got to use her camera here and there. I'm excited to see how her film turns out.

Brothers

Had a chance to make a trip down to Lee Creek with my brothers Brad and Neal. It was a good time. With our family being scattered most of the time it's been nice having some get togethers this summer. My sister Michelle was nice enough to snap this shot on the way down. We had the official job of opening all the fences on the way down for the truck and she became the official documenter of the day. Thanks Michelle. I'm the goober with the ipod connected to his arm. Nerd attack. Here's what was playing on it:

M83- Midnight City
Mineral- Palisade
Data Romance- Night Section
Dawes- Time Spent In Los Angeles
Miike Snow- Black & Blue
Nathaniel Rateliff- Early Till Spring
Panda Bear- Last Night At the Jetty
The Rural Alberta Advantage- Northstar
Ryan Adams- Halloweenhead
(click on the song name to listen to the song)

La Familia


I got to meet up with these people about a week ago and spend some quality time. Not enough time... but at least it was quality. With everyones schedule (Bradley doing his thing with his new start up company, Laurel teaching Middle School, and Michelle being extremely scholastic) we were able to carve some time out to go to a basketball game. Neal got to see his favorite player do his thing which was entertaining. Living on an island makes it difficult to get together with the whole fam. I'm glad my parents were able to come down from their hideout in Southern Alberta and meet me half way in the land of Deseret.

Last Christmas my brother Brad and sister Michelle recorded this rendition of "Do You Hear What I Hear" as a gift to my Mom. It was my sister Michelle's singing debut. She is pretty shy and isn't known as being a performer so it was a breakthrough. If you want a copy of the song I can email it to you. I'm trying to encourage them to record a whole Christmas album one of these days. It's in heavy rotation on my Christmas playlist. They played it for me for the first time when they picked me up from the airport having just gotten back from a semester abroad in Israel. They had just gotten the master copy from the studio and hadn't shown it to anyone. It was pretty neat. Hope you enjoy.