Trip to Las Vegas, Zions - the Angel's Landing Hike

We stayed at the Venitian in Las Vegas. We had fun enjoying the Venice like atmosphere.

We should have taken more pictures of Vegas but these are the few we have. I hired Nick Gough and his friend Amanda who are TV personalities in the UK to come to our company conference and host some of our sessions at the company's internal sales and marketing conference. Nick was HILARIOUS. Definitely turned what could have been a boring conference into something incredible. See more of Nick on his site: http://www.nickgough.co.uk/

Emily had a chance to attend one of the sessions I managed with Nick and Amanda. Overall the work conference but spending time with Em in Vegas and then hiking Angel's Landing was even better!

We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful morning to hike Angel's Landing.

This picture was taken at the base of the hike

Ready to go! If you have not done the Angel's Landing hike in Zions National Park,

we HIGHLY recommend it.

There were so many beautiful flowers along the trail. You'll see more later...

How do I get out?

We have too much fun together!


Check out that valley...can you see the trail below?

The trail climbs pretty quickly

I can't believe I got so close!

Yep...you are going to have to climb up that! How about this hike as a modern day example of the iron rod! Although there wasn't any fruit at the top, it was rewarding to get there!

Can you spot others on their way up?

a 1500 foot drop off on each side!

...More of the flowers

...and more.

Hold on tight...4 feet on each side, then the 1500 ft drop-off

Is that the highway down there?

No Fear!

Look at those switchbacks!

More beautiful spring flowers.

We made it!!!

I can't believe we hiked to the top of that!

What's the latest - April 2008

So, we finally decided to be more dedicated at keeping our family and friends updated on our life. Whether you are "bloggers" or not we hope our site helps you get the latest updates on our life...


SPRING IS HERE! Just as the trees are about to bloom and the flowers about to bud, our life is about to change! In March we found out that Emily is pregnant!

As I came home from a business trip late one Wednesday night and turned on the lights, I was so shocked to see our apartment decorated in blues and pinks with a big poster that said, "Welcome Home Daddy!" There couldn't have been a better way to tell me! We are so excited to begin building our family together and although we are still early in this whole process, we wanted to share the exciting news! All I can tell you is that I never knew there were so many books about having babies, and my goodness, so many names! The new edition to our family should be here in November. We are so excited to be parents and begin building our family together.


Highlights

Trip to San Fransiscio (Mar. 14-17): No better way to see the city than renting some bikes. One of my favorite Indian restaurants in SF - The Shlamar. Nothing better than the hole-in-wall restaurant....see more pics

Emily turns 26!!! (Mar. 9): Emily hit the big 2-6. Though she seems to think special attention shouldn't be given to her...how could we not! Her birthday included opening presents in the middle of the mall, dinner @ PF Changs with mom and dad Rytting, shopping with her mom and sister, breakfast in bed, dinner is SLC with family and Julia, her best friend. Happy Birthday sweetie - trust me, you deserve the attention. Sorry no pics :(


Trip to St. George (Feb. 29-Mar. 1): What a weekend. Hikes in snow canyon, watching Austin's(Emily's Brother) Rugby tournament, and time with family...see more pics.