Cancun

First of all, I apologize for all of the pictures. I have over 200 pictures

to choose from and it was very hard. But here goes my second attempt at blogging.

In November we went to Cancun Mexico for seven days

for our annual convention.

We arrived at the airport. Jason, Me, Lori and Gwen.

I think our boss Craig was taking this picture.

We sayed at the J. W. Marriott in Cancun. It was

a beautiful hotel and this is our room. This is the view from our balcony. The Carribean Sea

has the prettiest blue water I have ever seen.

The is the lobby of the J. W. Marriott. The
flowers were beautiful.

We went to see the ruins at Tulum, these guys were
entertaining and flying
upside down.
This is our group from the office, Gwen, Me, Jason

Craig and Lori.

We saw alot of ruins and heard how they tied in with

the Book of Mormon.

A friendly Inguana. He liked to eat flowers

that we feed him.

This was a mode of transportation. I think he

is serving sodas and treats to people on the

street.

Me and a friendly security guard. (Pretty short, Huh!!)

These are the Myan Indians that were the waiters and

waitress that served and entertained us at the

restuarant we ate at.

We traveled to Chichen Itza. This is probably the most

famous ruin that I have ever seen. We were

not able to climb to the top because over the

years the steps are crumbling. I think it has 90

steps to the top. It was impressive.

We were able to go to Merida and do a session at

the temple. The temple is very small and no one

spoke English.

Gwen & I got up at 5:00 a.m. one morning and

went out to walk along the beach. The beach was

wiped out from one of the hurricanes that went

through Cancun a year ago. I told Gwen I wanted

my picture taken standing in the Carribean Sea.

So she waited until a big wave came and I got wet

up to my butt.

Gwen wiping the sand off her feet.

The sun coming up at 5:00 a.m. over the water.

At our convention we had Myan people entertain us.

These are a couple of the dancers

One of the entertainers

More of the entertainers.

Gwen and I standing with three great warriors. We

thought maybe we could bring them home with us

to cook and clean. But decided against it.

Washington D.C. Trip

This is my first attempt at blogging, so it may not be to great.Everyone who knows me knows that I love to travel. In early August I had the opportunity of going to a meeting for my job in Washington, D. C. Gwen was able to take vacation and go also. We took a couple of days prior to the meeting and saw the sights.

The first night we were there we went to the National Zoo. Well, it would have been fun, but it was closed.

We didn't get to see the real thing but this was a neat statute. We were looking forward to seeing the Panda Bears. We did see a red tail panda

before he went back into hiding.

This is a picture of what our room looked like and what
$200.00 a night gets you.

This is the hotel that we stayed at. It is the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D. C.
close to the metro and the National Zoo. It was a big place.

This is an escalator that we took to get on the Metro Subway. It was dark down there but I think it went for two blocks.

he Washington Monument was really neat. You can go up to the top but we were to late getting there for tickets.This is The South Lawn of the White House. This is where thePresident comes out and speaks to the reporters. This is the National Christmas Tree that will be cutdown for a new one to be put up for this Christmas. This is a space capsule at the Air & Space Museum The National Capitol We went to the Capitol from Senator Hatch's office and we got to ride on this little train underground from the Senator's office to the Capitol Building. This is a mural in the Capitol. This scene depicts the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Gwen & I in Statutory Hall. Each state has two statutes in this hall. Utah has Brigham Young and Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television. For my Wyoming family I took this statue of Chief Washakie.This is the center of Washington D.C. It marks the way the streets go every direction. This is the Metro- subway.The metro Another picture of the Capitol Building

This is where all the money is made. The Bureau of Engraving

and Printing.

The Jefferson Monument in honor of Thomas Jefferson.

The is the Potomac River with the Washington Monument in the

background.

This is President John F. Kennedy's Grave and the eternal flame in the

background. This was really impressive.

This is a granite wall around the grave and eternal flame.
It has alot of President's Kennedy's famous quotes. This one is the

one about "My Dear Fellow American's, Ask not what your country can do

for you but what you can do for your country."

Arlington Cemetery - Very impressive with all the white headstones

lined up just perfect.

This is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

More of the changing of the guard.

We went into the Ronald Reagan Building and Gwen is standing

in front of her political mascot.

Me in front of my political choice. I think my is cuter.

This could be every girls dream. The Hope Diamon is 45.35 carat's.

A monument to honor the World War II Veterans.
Washington D.C. is a fun place to visit. Lots of history.