Aurora

You would think that after living in a state for over 24 years you would have seen most parts of that state, but yesterday I visited Aurora and Salina, which are really small towns in central Utah, for the first time. Kevin's parents own two rental houses down there, and I went with Kevin and his dad and uncle to trim the trees. It was great fun. It was pretty cold (although Kevin managed to get sunburned) and not too exciting (except the time I almost got whacked in the head by a very large tree branch), but it was kind of nice to get out of Salt Lake for a bit and go back to the country. I guess it was a pretty good way to spend one of my increasingly rare weekends.

Babies

Last Saturday, Kevin and I went to Kamas to work on my parents' garbage disposal. After we finished that we went up to the barn to feed the critters. We had went up the previous Sunday to visit my grandma in the hospital, and Kevin had liked the baby goats so much that he took his camera up to take some pictures. As he used to have his own photography business, the pictures turned out really good. My favorite goat is the little white one. She has been dubbed "Yoda." You can see why when you check out her ears. Kevin likes the Boer goat, who has been dubbed "Prince Andrew," because his mom's name is Princess, so of you may be able to guess where the Andrew part comes from. If not, don't worry about it. :)

Cool New Toy

One of the perks of having a real job is the ability to buy new toys. I have had the same laptop since I started college, which was five and a half years ago. My laptop and I have had a love/hate relationship for most of those years, but lately it has just been having lots of issues. Last Monday, I finally had a breakdown and decided that I was going to go to Best Buy right then and buy a laptop. So I did. This laptop is much nicer to me, and I can sense that we are going to have a long and happy relationship together. Lest you mourn too much for my old laptop, Kevin is keeping it to tune his Evo, so I will still be able to see it.

Here is my cool new toy: