This is a pic of the UTAH EXPLOSION. They have done pretty well earning the gold at the Western Regionals as well as the silver at the Nationals.

Chris was picked represent the USA at the Paralympics in Bei Jing in August. Hope they do well. The USA is currently 3rd in the rankings

Quinn, Lewis, Herschel, Chris, Marty, Nick

Travis and I just got home from our wonderful vacation in St. George and Salt Lake. We had so much fun and it was so awesome to see everyone. We went to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa and I was able to catch a few pictures that I think are priceless!

Herschel in the news.

Herschel just competed in the National Goal Ball Tournament held in Utah this year. The Utah Men's Team took Silver, losing to Florida last weekend.

Goalball is a sport designed for the blind, the article explains more about the origins and play of goalball. Herschel was introduced to Goalball last fall when he started blind school and was fortunate to make the Utah Men's team earlier this spring, despite the fact he's only been playing a few months compared to the other blind athletes that have been playing for years.

Here is a link to the article spotlighting him and another teenager that just graduated and were able to make the Utah teams. There's also video that includes a short interview if you're interested.

http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/270948/140/

Here is the announcement for our son--RJ will be 8 weeks old this Tuesday and is such a chunk. He is over 12 pounds and is wearing 3-6 month clothes. He looks just like his two name-sakes. He's obviously named after his dad and it's almost creepy how similar their baby pictures are--almost clones. His middle name is after Grandpa, and he has his Elwood hammer fist. There's a whole blog with almost daily posts if you want to see more (probably more RJ than you'd be interested to see unless you are his grandma), thanks to Steve for adding the link on the side.

We are doing well, Rhett is taking board exams this weekend, so he's half way done with med-school! We are moving back to Utah in a couple weeks for the next two years where he'll do the rotation portion in the hospitals, and I'll work as much as I can in Radiology. If everything goes as planned, he'll graduate in 2010 and start residency--the current plan is Pediatrics and most likely we'll move out of state again at that point and at this point we could end up anywhere.
We're excited to move closer to everyone...we've learned we're not the biggest fans of Missouri and right now the desert sounds really great compared to the humid bug infested mid-west.


--Jessica

Our flat is in the Old Town area, its super cute and there is a lot of history, here are a couple pics from Monaco GP. The first pic is of the drivers before the race, they go around the track to wave to everyone!

Here are pics of Geneva!

Hi Family,

Things have settled down for us, for the most part! We have been in Geneva for a while now, however, we have both been all over the place. After my last post, John and I were in Geneva for a week, then I flew back to London to then fly out to Austin for a friends bachelorette party and John flew to Barcelona for a friends stag do (bachelor party). We then both met up in London and went to a couple of friends weddings, which were really lovely, John was a groomsmen for both. Then we were back in Geneva for less than a week, then off to Monaco for the Grand Prix, not sure if anyone saw the race but it was really exciting and we had a great viewing spot, different from the previous years, lots of action since it was a wet track. Recovered from Monaco and then we met up with Johns parents the following weekend. They drove down from Baden (northern Switz) to Geneva, we walked around, had lunch and then 1.5 hours to their chalet in Les Merecottes and stayed there for the night. Went on a really nice walk and took some pics, attached. We are settling in our new home, the weather has been pretty good, sunny and bright most days and rainy at night, doesnt bother me. Last weekend I was in Nice for a Canadian friends bachelorette weekend and this will be my first weekend in Geneva - finally! We are off to London on Tuesday, have another wedding on Saturday, then we are back in Geneva for a while. That is about it here. Wishing everyone well and a happy summer. Lots of Love, Dana and John

Here is my latest painting I was commissioned to do for this guy, of his wife. Thanks to Uncle Scott!! Scott called me and told me that there was a guy who came into his shop buying some jewelry and mentioned that he wanted a portrait done of his wife for her birthday. Scott then mentioned that he knew an artist that would be good for the job and he gave him my number. That day I got a call from him and I told him to check out my art blog to see if he was even interested. So he did and loved my stuff and had me paint this beautiful picture of his wife on there wedding day. I was excited but stressed all at the same time to do this painting. It was alot of fun and it was also quite the challenge, but I did my best. Kudos, again to Uncle Scott!!! Hope you all enjoy it!