Whitney graduates from Weber High School on 23 May 2006. Mom and daughter both doing fine.

Here is a photo of Scott's new store located at Jordan Landing in South Jordan Utah. It is located in a new strip mall which is a hot new shopping destination on the southwestern part of Salt Lake City.

Here's Jimmy....sporting the new look while working with his Dad at the new store.

Picture of the houses along the Luzern Lake. Looks like a postcard photo. Really beautiful
Us, Dana and John and John's parents on the boat described below.
We are on a boat in a large lake in Luzern, Switzerland. In the background is the town.
One afternoon we went into "the city" to see a musical tribute to Frank Sinatra. It was very good but not currently available in the US.

These 3 photos are of the street where Dana lives. In the photo below you can see Dana and Barbara
standing at the front door. When you enter, you immediately go upstairs to a landing. From there you enter her flat front door and climb another set of stairs into the flat. The living area is located over the shop below. The town where she lives is called Wandsworth Town.

So many wonderful days together...Darlene's parents stayed for two weeks, they were fabulous & so in love with that baby...Nate got a new job, closer to home and lots more money (yippy!!)...Summer & Emerald were able to come for the baby's blessing & we stayed at Sarah's for so much great fun with the kids. We'd love to hear from more of you, let us know what's happening with your family too!

Ken said…..

Barbara and I are enjoying our London visit with John and Dana. Most of our time has been spent relaxing and spending time with Dana. John works all day from about 9 AM to 9 PM when the NY stock exchange closes. We only see him 2-3 hours in the evening. This weekend we are going to Switzerland to “meet the parents”.

We have been buying daily travel passes and taking advantage of the trains, buses and “the tubes” and taking in the sights. Today we are going to a musical, “Sinatra”. We will attend the matinee, shop in downtown London (Ken’s favorite thing to do) and visit John at his work.. When John finishes his workday, we are going to dinner at a nice restaurant.

Dana Said. . .
I'm catching everyone up at once, sorry! As my dad mentioned in his blog, John and I have done some traveling the past year. I moved out to London March 2005. I won't repeat everything my dad said. But, last October we went to Switzlerland to visit John's parents and we went out there again to go skiing this past January. Switzerland is beautiful. Here are some pics of the skiing and visit last October. We (John, Ken, Barb and Dana) are going again this weekend to visit with John's parents. For Valentine's Day we went to Paris for a long weekend. It's been great being out here with John, but the visa issue has been a nightmare. I will be attending Kingston University this fall to get a Masters in Marketing. I am very excited to go back to school. All are welcome to come out and visit!

Pictures from Thailand and Hong Kong

Dana Said

Sawadee! (Hello in Thai)
John and I got back from holiday to Thailand and Hong Kong about a week ago, we had the most amazing time. Bangkok is a very cool city, very hot and humid, but so much life and weird aromas! We visited a couple Wats (temples), they are a Buddihst country, drove around in Tuk Tuks, and went to a Muay Thai Boxing match. Then we were off to Koh Samui which is an island in the Gulf of Thailand, off the east coast, if that makes any sense. We were there during Thai New Year. Part of the tradition is to spray water on each other to create a fresh start for the new year. Lots of supersoakers, we were in a tuk tuk and these lil kids sprayed us! It was very relaxing to get out of the city life of London and Bangkok. Then we went to Phuket which is another island off the west coast in the Andaman Sea. Very beautiful beaches. The Tsunami hit here, but not as bad as some other places in SE Asia. Our hotel was fortunate enough to not suffer any damages or any casualties! We went on a snorkeling excursion and saw lots of colourful fish and some black finned sharks and lots of jelly fish. We also went sea cave canoeing through the limestone caves in Phang Nga Bay. Went through various caves and went to James Bond Island, from Man with the Golden Gun. Some of the caves are so tight with the tide, that you have to lie flat in the canoe and mind your arms, legs, and toes, dont want them to get cut up from the limestone walls. Lots of relaxing and much needed sunbathing! Then we were off to Hong Kong! Most of Hong Kong is very Westernized, under British rule until recently. We enjoyed the fast pace lifestyle, prepared us for life back in London. We went to Stanley Market on the Southeast part of Hong Kong Island and went up the Peak on the famous Tram. Went out at night in Lang Kwai Fong,near Soho on Hong Kong Island and took the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbour to Kowloon and visited the Temple Street Night Market. John and I definitely plan on going back to Thailand and Hong Kong for another holiday sometime, but the 12.5 hour flight from Hong Kong and the 10.5 hour flight to Bangkok is definitely something we are not jumping back to do just yet.

Leroy and Beulah all grown up back for a visit to see Hannah and the new twins...soon to be new brother and sister. (see below)

Love the wildlife here at our house. On my early morning walk the other day I saw 5 raccoon, 1 opossum, 1 armadillo and 1 snake. Very cool.

I guess we should have not named this dove Hannah...but rather Fertile-Myrtle as she has prolifically laid another set of twins....this time in an adjacent pot on our patio...Heaven for bid that she should use the same pot Leroy and Beulah were hatched.

Neve Kelly is here!!! At 6:30am April 20th, 2006, weighing in at just about six and a half pounds and 19 inches long, Neve joined the Kelly Clan. She handled all of the flashbulbs and photographers like a runway supermodel. Enjoy the pictures!!!

Adam in concert! He does a few "gigs" each month and the name of his band is KILLBOTS and he plays the lead/rhythm guitar. This is the love of his life and he does well at it. The others in the band are also his roommates.

Adam's concert last month attended by Whitney, JoAnn (Maria's mom) and Laura (Maria's Sister) Sorry picture is small...got it emailed to me and don't know how to make it bigger...UGH