The Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh Edition

It's been a pretty quiet week this week, which is a blessing. Tuesday was one of the best days in a long time. We finally was able to hear the baby's heartbeat at our latest midwife appointment. This fastpaced little whoosh..whoosh..whoosh that represents the life growing inside my wife *154 was the heart rate for those scoring at home*. I also got to hear my wife's heartbeat as well that went whoosh......whoosh. And I think some Chinese food she had eaten the day before...which for the record went glurg...glurg...glurgle..bleck...fashum. But anyway. In other health news, all my blood tests revealed good news for me. Cholesterol and blood sugar levels were excellent so I'm still alive I guess. If Tuesday wasn't packed enough with doctor's visits, it also marked the 4-year anniversary of Shell and I meeting for the first time. I can't believe it's been four years. Susan, Emma and I picked her up at the airport and apparently I spontaneously combusted at the sight of her. Now I think that's a tad bit of hyperbole because as I remember it, no fire alarms were eset off. I DO remember being a bit smitten. How couldn't I?? Of course it was soon after meeting her that I discovered she can't tell the difference between RED and BLACK...as evidenced by the fact she told us her RED knapsack should be somewhere on the luggage carousel So after search for 15 minutes for the "red" knapsack we finally found the actual piece of luggage and off we were for fun and adventure. Here we are 4 years later married, living in Canada, owning a house, two dogs and a baby on the way. So apparently not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. I've been scanning in more old photos this week. A wide variety of stuff too. Here's a small sample: Me and my mom at a baseball game (c.1969) Me and Cinnamon (c.1971) Contemplative in SLC Shelley and Dixie getting ready to go to Ft Funston Some shots of Salt Lake Valley...oh how beautiful it was to wake up there in the morning :) Next week I'll try to have some photos of the Mormon Temple and other old pics. Not to be left out is today's picture of the dogs :) It's still cold and frozen here, though my friend Rachel SWEARS it's turning 'springish'...I'm holding her to that. My golf clubs are calling to me. I want to wear shorts again. I even miss mowing my lawn (okay that's not true). In political news, last night one of the most important figures in US history passed away, George F Kennan. Kennan was the author of The Long Telegram, the document that became the basis for the policy of containment of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Kennan was 101. To read more about him check out This Article in the Washington Post. You've probably never heard of him unless US Foreign Policy and history is your thing, but trust me when I tell you that inside the State Department and government circles, few men had more impact in the second half of the 20th century than did Kennan. March Madness news: The Utes won their opening round game against UTEP. They've got Oklahoma on Saturday...eek I'm worried. Of course I'm got two other teams in the field- North Carolina and Old Dominion. If you're into brackets for the tournament I went 13-3 on Day One...pretty good. You can view my brackets by clicking on the bracket name below: CHICAGO ALBUQUERQUE SYRACUSE AUSTIN FINAL FOUR Well the sun is up, the sky is blue, its beautiful and so are you. Cheers