Thursday, May 8, 2008

The Basement Apartment

So, we thought we would give you an idea of what the apartment looks like with some before/after pictures. I tell you, I felt so embarrassed to stand in line at home depot with my "Home Depot: Easy 1-2-3" bright orange home improvement book. All the other men in line had this look like, " Ah, he is new at this!" Well, slowly but surely, I am learning!





Dining Area Before



Dining Area After



Kitchen Before


Kitchen After



Bathroom Before


Bathroom After



Family Room Before




Family Room After. We won't tell you how many coats the wood paneling took :)




Bedroom 1 Before.




Bedroom 1 After. Painting closets is a pain



Bedroom 2 Before


Bedroom 2 After. It's amazing what a little white will do.

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!