A Swell Vacation

A heartfelt Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Merkley's. We have been fairly busy since our last post, which was last year. A long time ago.


While in Arizona we went with Lauren's family to a fun-park that for a fee gave you unlimited go-kart rides, miniature golf, and bumper-boating. I had never heard of bumper-boating, but as you can see, Lauren was in her element. I couldn't get a clear picture of her driving a go-kart because she was too fast.

I gave myself a Christmas Eve trim. In case you are wondering, I was wearing a garbage bag. It will soon be the rage in style magazines.

We enjoyed a lovely Christmas-day dinner. And no, that is not an alcoholic beverage.

These nice folks are Lauren's family. From the top left: Becky, Stephanie, Jon, Dave, Sandy, Lindsay, Lauren, and E. The day after Christmas we started our journey back to Utah. There we encountered the nice lady pictured below.

This is my wonderful mother. In late November she had foot reconstruction surgery. Now she zoots around the house on this wonderful little cart and still gets more done than any of us. Kind of reminds me of a flamingo.

We went and saw this little movie. Look at the cute little puppy and the PG rating. Oh what a nice family movie to go and see...not. I have no idea why that was rated PG. I still managed to cry the last twenty minutes of the movie because the story was almost identical to the end of my dog's life.

To work off some of the emotion from the night before, I went snowshoeing up by Snowbasin.

My cousin Trevor is pictured on the right. He is 23, attends BYU, and is single. Interested parties may inquire.

For some reason somebody made an "E" on the snowbank by the road where we parked. No doubt it was one of my fans or the paparazzi.