Memorial Day Weekend

Last weekend was Memorial Day Weekend and Matt, Jana, Adam, visit. Everyone (except me - working) went to dinner Saturday night, and on Sunday MiMi and Sabrina, McKay all came to Papa even had a barbeque! If you know them - unless it is roast beef they usually don't cook meat. Everyone was wondering how they were going to "barbeque" and since Jesse and I left our small bbq at their house they decided to try it out. When I say small, I mean like "squat next to" small (something like the one to the right). They also used the broiler to cook the burgers. It turned out well - we all had good food and a good time.

On Monday, we had pizza over at Nate & Audrey's with them and Matt & Lindsay and played some games. Pretty fun weekend! I didn't get very many pictures... in fact Carly took most of the pictures, but here they are!

Triathlon on June 14th!

Audrey and I signed up to do our first triathlon in the Utah Summer Games! The triathlon event is on Saturday the 14th of June and it starts in the Sand Hollow Reservoir (same swim/bike course as the St. George Tri I think, but different run). Anyone is welcome to join us and I think it is always more fun to work out in a bigger group. Wish us luck!

1500m Swim, 25mi Bike and 10k run

Laguna Beach... and the data center

Sunset at Laguna Beach, California

I was lucky enough to join Jesse on his business trip to California a couple weeks ago. I was able to get work off and finish my last tests before he left so he took me with him! We stayed at Vacation Village on Laguna Beach, which is south of Los Angeles. It was very relaxing (for me) but frustrating for Jesse. Some people had to finish things up at the data center (a place that TCN keeps their computers/servers) before we could come home, so we were sort of "stuck" there longer than we anticipated. This is Jesse and Florin in the data center in their "cage" the day we arrived (before installing equipment).


The weather was beautiful and since we were so close to the beach (literally 100 steps from our hotel room) I got to go to the beach every day. I also went on a few hikes in Laguna Canyon Park that had an overlook of the ocean. I spent a lot of time with Florin's girlfriend, Irina, who was there, too. We went to a lot of art galleries, did some shopping, and ate together. This little church on a pole is actually a mailbox - I found that everything in the town was centered around art (besides the beach, anyway).

Overall I had a good time, but I wish I could have spent more time with Jesse. Such a beautiful beach and fun city to visit!

Jesse and Mindy downtown Laguna Beach

Here we are at the beach.

(Irina on the left, Jesse in front, Mindy on the right)

This is the data center after all the equipment was installed.

Good job Jesse and Florin! :)

Tons of pretty flowers and plant life...
crabs, lizards, jellyfish, dolphins...
swimming, sand... Loved it!

Trip to California

So Jesse had a business trip to L.A. that I got to tag along on... which was very relaxing... every day on the beach... but my camera cord disappeared so before I can post pictures I need to go buy a new one. I'll post soon!