Christmas Break Fishing

When we were home for the Holidays, I got out with my buddies and did what I love! I spent 3 days on the river. I went up with Adam B the first day, Todd G and Bobby H the second, and Dave Gray and Andrew N the final day. I caught my best fish the first day on a streamer. It was so great to get back on the river. The final day was somewhat rough for me. We got up to the river and I realized I had forgotten my waders. I had hung them in the garage to dry and forgot to put them back in my bag. So we went to the fly shop in Heber and I rented some. We finally got out on the river and I was trying to cross the river to get to a spot I wanted to fish and I slipped and drenched myself! It was freezing, but I was lucky I had some quick dry stuff on. My phone got soaked and is now bugging out. It was still fun to get out and be with Dave. Here are some pictures from my days on the river.

A beautiful brown trout on the Middle Provo

Adam B and I ready to go hog hunting

Adam wolfing down some Dairy Keen, a fishing tradition...mmm train burger..

Todd and I getting ready to get some lunkers

Enjoying a beautiful day on the river. It started snowing really hard and as the snow came down the trout started sipping flies off the surface. There were trout everywhere, it was a beautiful sight!

Bobby H and I bundled up for a great day on the river

Bobby, Todd and I after a great day on the river

Once again, Dairy Keen. This time we decided not to take it in the car. You have to love the train burger at Dairy Keen.

Dave G and I with the waders I rented! This is right before I slipped and fell into the river.

White House Christmas 2006

Lizzy and I were lucky enough to be able to go to the White House to see the Christmas decorations. It is always fun to go there, and they do a beautiful job decorating during the holidays.

Lizzy and I at the White House

White House Ginger Bread House

Lizzy and I in front of the White House Christmas Tree

We ran into my friend Andrew C. while we were there. He was kind enough to strike a pose for us!

Lizzy in front of one of her favorite pictures in the White House...Blah...

Here we are with the friends in the scheduling and advance office that we went with. The Toronto family, Martha L., and John P.

We'll be Home for Christmas

The Holiday Season is here and our cozy basement apartment smells like evergreen pine. What great memories surround this time of year. Elizabeth and I began the Holidays with a trip over to Eastern Market to get our Christmas tree. It was fun watching Lizzy's face light up as we found the perfect little tree (for the perfect little price). They even delivered the tree to our home which made the deal even more attractive. We quickly put the lights and decorations on the tree as we listened to my favorite Christmas album: Kenny G Christmas. Mike Q and Scott P were there to help us out and ended up doing more dancing to the music than tree decorating, but it was fun having them there. The unfortunate thing is our beautiful tree didn't take water and dried out. So after a few weeks of no water, we decided to take action. So on Saturday Lizzy and I returned to Eastern Market and were given a brand new beautiful tree! It wasn't quite as small as our first, and even sticks out into our hallway, but it's scent is incredible, and it drinks water!

Mike Q. and I decorating our 2nd Christmas Tree!

Life in the District is great! Work continues to provide me great joy despite the long hours. The health care issues our nation is facing are fascinating and I feel incredibly lucky to be in the position I am. I have been spending a lot of time over the last few months playing guitar with Mike Q. We have been learning some great songs, including Christmas music, with the goal of playing at our local coffee shop, Ebenezer's, that has an open mic night.

Lizzy studies constantly. Her schooling has been demanding, but she is doing well and has even found time to knit, her newly found hobby. She has already completed several items including leg warmers, glove (it is only glove because the second isn't complete), and a scarf. She is quite the little knitter.

We are so excited for our return to Salt Lake for Christmas!

Fishing Withdrawl....

As the weather here gets colder and the fish, more active, I have found myself waking up in the middle of the night casting a make believe fly rod. I long for a cold mountain stream, a tight fly-line, and a fighting brown trout.