My Grandma's 75th

My Grandma has been playing the organ for the majority of her life and for her 75th Birthday we gave her a special present. My family pulled some strings and we were able to surprise her with the opportunity to play the Tabernacle organ at Temple Square.

Lake Powell Triathlon

I have been working with Joe Coles, the race director of On Hill Events, for the last few months. This triathlon was in October and it was my first time going to Lake Powell. Maybe I'll actually go out on the lake next time.

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This is the rest of my favorites from Europe. The first two and very last pictures are in Italy and the rest are from various places in Greece.

I got asked to take other people's pictures quite a bit and I showed a few others how to use their camera even though we couldn't communicate very well. This is at the bottom of the Spanish Steps.

This was our last night in Italy. This is from the top of the Spanish Steps and St. Peter's is the dome in the back.

Mykonos, Greece.

This is looking out from the courtyard of the house where we stayed.

Mykonos was a photographers dream. It was hard to take a bad picture there.

The Mykonos town mascot.

Mykonos at dusk.

Mascot and Friend.

We ate very well the entire trip, but in Greece especially.

A shop in Ioannina.

We went to the Perama cave in Ioannina. I had just gone to Timpanogos a month earlier and this was probably three times bigger. I was impressed and all the pictures I took with no flash. I love my camera.

This is neighborhood built within the walls of an old fort.

Greece had a little bit of everything. Parts reminded me of Utah, Mykonos was just like a postcard, and this mountain village is what I picture the Alps looking like.

It's the little things, right?

Fur trapper or gay Austrian?

Meteora Monastery. This made the amount of driving we did in two days more than worth it.

We went to the Acropolis of Athens to see the Parthenon, but instead we saw Police Officers and News Crews. Apparently, the workers were on strike because they hadn't been paid in over six months. I have another reason to go back to Greece now.

Some hard working Italian fishermen.

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I went to Italy and Greece, with my brother Jeremy, from Oct. 5 - 16. It was incredible to say the least. I only put a few pictures on my website out of the hundreds I took. Here are some more of my favorites. A special thanks to my Aunts, Nancy and Lisa, for making the trip happen and to Antigone for taking us to many amazing places in Greece. This first group of pictures are all from Italy.

Dome within the Vatican Museum.

The Golden Hallway in the Vatican Museum. I don't know what the real name is, but Golden Hallway seems appropriate.

Vatican Museum.

Jeremy with St. Peter's in the background.

One of the Swiss Guards at St. Peter's.

Sant'Angese Cathedral at Piazza Navona.

I'm so clever!

St. Maria Basilica located by Piazza Repubblica. I actually liked this one better than St. Peter's because of the contrast. The outside looks like it is in shambles and then you walk in and are just blown away by how massive it is.

The Colosseum.

Inside the Colosseum.

 The Ruins of the Roman Forum.

Monument to Victor Emmanuel II. This was my favorite monument in Rome because it gave the idea of what the ruins would have looked like in their full glory.

Picture frame doorway at Pompeii.

Vineyard inside of Pompeii with the Amphitheater in the background. The Amphitheater is the oldest surviving Roman amphitheater and Pink Floyd played a concert there.

The ruins of Pompeii with Mt. Vesuvius in the background. I saw a lot of ruins between Italy and Greece and Pompeii easily takes the cake. Its amazing how well preserved everything was. 

The shoreline of Sorrento.

The streets of Sorrento. 

A group of cardinals (I think) walking by St. Peter's.

Piazza Navona.

 That would be me helping out with a street performance at the Piazza Navona. After three days of non-stop walking, supporting someone else's weight with my legs almost killed me. It was fun though.

Did you know there are a lot of churches in Rome?

Jeremy in front of Trevi Fountain.