A Busy Week

After only two days of work I began my holiday weekend.
First was the Museum Trip. The Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit was good. The painting
reproductions were only giclee prints, but it was cool to see some of the paintings life
size.
The exhibit at the UMFA was fantastic. There were some amazing
paintings. I loved The Poplars at Saint-Remy by Van Gogh.You
just can't beat seeing Van Gogh's in real life. The three dimensions of the oil paintings add
so much character. I love it.

Then on Thursday and
Friday morning we went to my mother-in-laws family reunion. It was beautiful. We camped up
Payson Canyon by a small lake. Thursday evening was pretty. The water was high enough that the
trees were coming out of the water.
We had
the dogs sleep in the tent with us. It worked out okay until there was noise outside. Then the
dogs went ballistic. Once they calmed down they were fine. Then at 6:30am they decided they
were done sleeping and needed to play and go to the bathroom. After breakfast we took the dogs
canoing. I was in a boat with Crystal, Daniel's sister, and her kids Amelia and Eli. Daniel
went with his dad and the dogs.I said
hi to Lacy and she just jumped out and didn't quite realize that the boat was on water. She
hates water. She panicked when she jumped out. She
tried to swim to me and then decided that land looked batter. She kind of looked like a seal.
Then it was time to get Winston to swim. He struggled for a second. Then he went straight for
shore. He got
covered in mud. Funny little man. They were very tired at the end of the Day.

Then yesterday was Daniel's Birthday. We went bowling and then to
dinner with friends. It was a fun day. We are going to lounge and sleep today. Much rest is
needed!

Tribute to MUSEUMS!!

Someone once complained to me that Utah is devoid of high class museums. I
beg to differ. I have worked at Park City's local museum, that
is currently under a multi-million dollar renovation.

I have worked at the Museum
of Church History and Art, a museum with a professionally trained team
mixing religion and history in wonderful exhibits, that rotate. They are currently preparing
for an international art competition that brings in some fabulous work (and some Richard
things -only Carrie, Jen and Gloria would understand).There is also the Museum at which I currently work, the Utah Museum of Natural
History whose standard have achieved a gift of 15 million dollars from an
international mining company.

Also on the University of Utah campus there is
a once in a lifetime opportunity to see world renown art. The Monet to Picasso
exhibit is currently on exhibit. The UMFA is one of only four places in the country to receive
this traveling exhibit, open through Sept. 1.I just
heard on the radio this morning about a
Leonardo da Vinci exhibit with
realistic working models of over 60 of his inventions and over 11 replicas of his paintings on
exhibit through Oct. 4. I don't know about you all, but I will be taking advantage of these
traveling exhibits. I plan to spend an entire day at the UMFA and the da Vinci exhibits on a
Wednesday July 23. You can email me if you are interested in going with me.