Amsterdam First Day

(Jessica is providing the text for her pictures.) The canal as we were leaving the airport.

A building on the way to our hotel in Amsterdam. I think it looks like a castle.

We were told that some people live on boats like this in Amsterdam.

Our hotel in Amsterdam. Need I say more?

Food!!!!! Our first dinner was a buffet. Some of the things I ate included this roll with chive butter, onion soup, green salad, pasta salad, chicken, battered fish, and fettuccine Alfredo.

A church.

Beautiful trellis roses climbing up an apartment building. My Mom noticed the fine-looking brickwork in this picture instead of the roses. Does this come from her growing up in a construction family?

We even went to a local park where we saw some amazing scenery, including this pond with water lilies.

Airplanes, Airports, and the food

Getting ready to leave from home. The airplane is ready and so is Jessica.

Jessica liked this picture of coming into Dallas, TX. What neatly curved streets.

Hmmm.....We do like our art-this sculpture was in one part of the Dallas airport. How many angles does it have and could you figure out how many right, obtuse and acute triangles this piece contains? What about isosceles triangles with two equal sides or equilateral with three equal sides? Are there any scalene triangles with no equal sides? I found out that you can find out more about this sculpture created by Dennis Oppenheim at the Dallas Airport site.

You can actually follow your trip mile for mile just like if you were riding in a car! (But without the fun of seeing cows, horses, new scenery and mile marker signs. Still Jessica did not mind the long flight since the destination held so much in store!)

Oh look, look, see, see, the yummy airline food! We have a salad with olive oil and vinegar dressing, a roll, water, chicken with potatoes and beans and an oatmeal chewie. Jessica said it was a pretty good meal.

Culmination of the first leg of the journey-arrival at the airport in Amsterdam. She's here!

Lagoon

Eva in a bumper car. She went back to this ride several times.

On the Musik Express which goes up and down and around really fast to music.

Sarah getting ready for the new Odysea ride.

Dave and Eva before they got wet on the new Odysea ride where the fish can be moved up and down and jets of water spray from sideline creatures like a dolphin and shark.

Eva on the dragonfly ride with the Kontiki boat ride in the background to the left.

Sarah and Eva on the Kontiki boat ride.

Jean Trisha, Sarah and Eva looking through the granite fountain sculpture that turns on its axis as it rolls.

For more information about the local ride amusement park for most of Northern Utah go to www.lagoonpark.com.

Leaving on a Jet Plane and Home Again, Home again

So from John Denver's Leaving on a Jet Plane...

to... Mother Goose "To market, to market to buy a fat pig"

Thus started and ended Jessica's trip to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. More about her trip in upcoming posts. The rest of us went to Lagoon after we took her to the airport. More about that in later posts also.

Red Rock

Visiting the original trading store of Harry and "Mike" Goulding as part of Goulding's Lodge.


Some of the magnificent formations seen from Goulding's Lodge. We were there for Dave's work since it is not a place we would normally be able to otherwise visit.

We saw so many stars at night and the day time sky was a radiant blue.

The red rock formations are a definitive display of the beauty of the earth on which we live.

It was a chance to see some of the wonders around us and we enjoyed the spectacular changes of scenery.

Pre-surgery class

We attended a pre-surgery class with Sarah at our local hospital. She's looking at a T&A in the future.

It was informative and short-two very good characteristics in a class for people of varying ages and attention spans. The class included a video, short presentation with Q&A and finally a tour of the areas to be visited during the hospital experience.

Although Sarah was very quiet during the class, she dressed up at home and willingly had her picture taken. We think she will do just fine for her surgery.