Trip to Austin (Texas) for Fraud Training (2/08)

At the end of February, I had the opportunity to go to Austin, Texas for the first time. It was almost like spring - I loved the mountain laurels blooming!






















A large building..


















Beautiful flowers in the window at a bank.









A beautiful picture from my hotel room. I loved the clouds and the city lights.












The architecture of buildings downtown are one of the most interesting sights to see in Austin.
















Our hotel and training were located in the Omni - downtown Austin location. It was a beautiful building.











Lots of flags were flying - reminding me that I'm proud to be an American!


















A square on the sidewalk in downtown.













The statute of liberty in Austin - a great sight with the buildings and clouds in the background.


















These statutes on the capitol grounds reminded me of the Church's statute in Salt Lake City and Nauvoo.










A shot of the Texas state capitol building in Austin.











Another interesting building's architecture.














Roxann and I went to a store selling glasses to get our glasses tightened. We found these "Texas" sunglasses on the shelf along with other sunglasses.





















A tree growing crooked on the capitol grounds.














A very interesting bulding's architecture is in the background.













A fun morning's breakfast! Delicious with some maple syrup! Yum!










A picture of Austin's freeway at rush hour.












Cannons in various locations around the capitol grounds.














An inside shot of the Omni hotel. We had lunches in the bottom of the picture at the tables.

Good-bye to PacifiCorp! (March 12, 2008)

Sheila was so sweet to make my last day at PacifiCorp a wonderful send off to my next job. This picture was taken beside my cube in internal audit. Sheila arranged a luncheon at Newport Grill with my department and a few friends. Then after my exit interview, she surprised me with one of my favorite cakes from Beaverton Bakery which is my favorite bakery. I helped myself to two pieces of this German chocolate cake! It was scrumptious and I enjoyed every single bite. Sheila also gave me a wonderful gift from Bath and Body Works. Thank you to Sheila for the special day!

After six years and three months, it was hard to say good-bye to all my friends and a job that I loved. I have all my memories and hope to keep in touch with many of my coworkers who have become very good friends! I had three exciting jobs - senior tax analyst to implement PowerTax for fixed asset tax depreciation, project manager/business controls consultant for implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and senior internal auditor to test controls for Sarbanes-Oxley, perform operational audits and conduct fraud investigations. I owe a special thank you to my last manager, Sean for giving me the opportunity to work in internal audit and be able to do process level testing of controls which gave me the experience for my new job! President Hinckley was right - things always work out! I am very happy!

Ashley, Jason and Paisley - all smiles!

This is such a cute picture of Jason, Ashley and Paisley. We were getting ready to go to the airport on my trip home so I took the opportunity to take a final picture with the three of them together. What a cute family! It makes a mother and grandmother very happy!







Here's a picture at Rubio's in Folsom, California. Paisley met her future broker (Darrell) who is a friend of the family. Darrell performs miracles! He is amazing with investments! Darrell treated us to a delicious lunch.

Paisley's favorite position is laying on her dad's chest! She never fails to quickly go to sleep in this position. They look so very comfortable together!!!

Aunt Charity and Little Paisley (1 month - March 2008)

"Aunt Charity" loves little Paisley. In the second picture, we were driving in the car and Paisley started fussing. So Charity held her little hand and she immediately stopped fussing and went right to sleep. There seems to be a connection with Charity and Paisley. Charity is already looking forward to shopping and watching chick flicks with her cute little niece! As you can see in the pictures, they are very content together!

Folsom - Beautiful California! (March 2008)

We went to Jack's Urban Eats for dinner one night. Ashley, Jason and I had sandwiches and fries while Charity had a salad. The food was delicious!

Just for fun, I asked Ashley and Jason to make funny faces for this picture! These fries were interesting - shoestring potatoes topped with blue cheese dressing and spicy chili oil. Pretty yummy!














The sunsets in Folsom were beautiful. These pictures were all taken in the front yard where Jason and Ashley live. I loved the beautiful colors and the cloud formations.









This picture of the two photographers was taken just before a wedding where Jason was hired to be the photographer. This was a beautiful setting for the wedding. I was fortunate that I could watch Paisley while Jason and Ashley took photos! (Jason is a professional photographer on the side and really enjoying his new business. Ashley also works with him. The photography work is marvelous.)

Adalei loves blueberries the best! (2/2008)

Cute little Adalei just loves fruit. Blueberries are her #1 favorite! When she comes to my house, she always wants a snack with blueberry yogurt. Peach is her second favorite and tonite she told me that strawberry was #3. She just loves yogurt also.

Adalei is sitting on my stairs eating frozen blueberries out of my freezer. She just loves them - fresh, frozen, in yogurt, etc.

She likes to put her blueberries in this small gelato dish from Spain.

I keep a supply of blueberries for Adalei. During the summer, I like to buy her fresh blueberries but now I have 2 bags of frozen ones in my freezer.

Pictures of Pretty Paisley (March 2008)

Little Paisley is so cute - just looking at her pictures makes me miss her and wish that I could hold her and be with her.















Paisley has been jaundiced for the last few weeks so the doctor ordered 20 minutes of sun bathing every day. I had to take some pictures of her out in the sun. That California sun is quite bright. She shut her eyes because of the bright light and quickly fell asleep. It was fun to watch her stretch and move while she was asleep and also when she was awake.











What darling mother and daughter pictures!