Happy Birthday, Michael!

February 13, was number two son's, Michael's birthday. I hope it was a fun day for you, sweetie!

> Cincinnati Skyline, see Kroger headquarter's building in the background

Michael is our family photographer and he is so busy these days keeping up all of his "gigs." He goes all over the country, literally to do his craft, and art. It you check out his business blog, you will see photos of weddings on the San Diego Temple grounds. It is not unusual to find him flying into Salt Lake City for a photo shoot.


Roebling Suspension bridge in Cincy


He has a connection with the missionaries in his ward area and offers to be their photographer when they get married. Several have taken him up on it and flown him out to Utah for their event. We get to see him a couple times a year if we are lucky.

Notice the cow gargoyle on the building--you can almost hear them mooing, right Michael?


Last October he was here for conference and had a wedding that week. It was great to have him here, even though the family could not be with him that time.



He tells me is doing one of those destination weddings in North Carolina in May on the beach. What a great vacation site to be shooting. Only drawback on that one is that it was booked fifteen months or more ago and it is the same day as Joanna's graduation. He will be there the next day, after he does the wedding party pictures and have some time to help celebrate this milestone for Joanna.

I am planning to be there May 8th, for the graduation in Cincinnati and spend a few days extra to be able to see Michael, Joanna and the boys. I think she is graduating from the University of Kentucky, which is by the lower southwest corner of Ohio, and the north east tip of Ky. Their CNNC airport is even in Kentucky. Kind of crazy, right?

View from my window seat arriving into Cincinnati


Anyway I look forward to being there and even spending Mother's Day this year with the Ohio group.