Hey everyone it's Beau, wow!!

Hey everyone, so this is my first post, Mom won't leave me alone about posting so you can thank her for the privilege you all have to find out what's going on in my life. So this is Roxy the pain in the butt kitten and Hurley the endangered desert tortoise, just my little fam. So basically a lot has been going on with me. I just started back at school at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. I'm specializing in Yoga Teaching and Zen Shiatsu Massage. It's a really cool program and I'm definitely in my domain. I am learning so much and gaining some really good skills. My goal was to work with golfers on their core strength and flexibility but I'm open to all possibilities that are being presented and the more I learn the more I know God is directing my life and all I have to do is follow that direction. It's been really fun and challenging and I am so blessed to be part of such a cool up and coming industry. Here's a pic of a couple of us after teaching yoga to kids at a nearby homeless shelter. Maybe I went to serve or maybe just to hang out with the three cuties on my right :) oh well, I guess that's what comes with the yoga territory. But seriously it's really cool, next week we have the opportunity to volunteer at a burn victims recovery hospital to help them repair their damaged muscles. I also changed ManageMyMusic.com to VendThreads.com and have had quite a bit of business and am finishing up the website. PS websites are a pain to develop. It's basically screen printed and embroidered apparel for bands and businesses. It's fun and I am interested to see what will come of it. Other than that, just been playing a lot of golf and dating here and there. I did shoot my first legit 70 round this week on a par 72 course, the yoga really helps my back and balance so maybe if things continue to go well I'll be teeing off on the tour soon :) I'll be sure to send everyone a postcard. Cool, well that's about it, Happy Birthday Shalaine and if anyone has any questions or concerns you can always contact me on myspace. Love you all.
Beau

Happy Birthday Shalaine!

Here are a few things to love about Shalaine:

She is a sister extraordinaire
She keeps the family blog alive
She is the mother of the cutest child on the EARTH
She has great style
She is great at games and you definitely want her on your team
She makes delicious treats
She always remembers occasions and always sends thoughtful gifts
She's hilarious
She's kind
She's socially graceful and classy
And last but not least... this is what comes up when you google image search her name...

Rad! She and Cort as Veterinarians/Couple missionaries! So many reasons to love her.

I love you Shalaine! I hope you have a wonderful day and wish I could be there to celebrate. We'll have to do plenty more in 4 weeks!

Love,
Jordan

Here's the view from my hotel window in Antwerp. I was there on business last week. I'm working for GlobalSim...a company that makes simulators for big ship to shore cranes, helicopters, and other cool stuff.

This is where I went to church Sunday. It's the old cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. They started building it in 1351 and finished in 1521. The service was beautiful (all in Dutch) the pipe organ was awesome, and we got to sing in Latin! I was in heaven! I went from Antwerp to Amsterdam...

This is the Rembrandt Museum...which I toured, then I climbed on one of these canal boats and toured the canals. What a cool city. Everybody rides bikes.

It was a good trip. I learned a lot. I'm excited about the new job. I met a lot of interesting people from all over the world. I missed having Laurel there...because everything is just better with her around as you all know.

These Days

I know I won't be included in any of the family memories/pictures for the past 6 months but I have been alive! So here are some pictures of random things I've done lately:

A trip to LA for work. And plenty of sneaking out to play...

...like saying I had "family thing" to sneak away from work and go to Disneyland. Shh! So at about 12 am while in the middle of take-off, Space Mountain broke down. I was bummed because it was the final ride i needed to complete the mountain trifecta, and it was the last ride of the day. But people in space suits came and escorted all of us "cadets" out of our "spaceships" while apologizing for having to interrupt our "voyage". I'm just glad we didn't breakdown in the middle of the corkscrew. In case you're wondering what the inside of space mountain looks like with the lights on, here:







Boring.

Also, while in CA, I hung out with a lot of football players (the charity I work for is the official charity of Fox Sports NFL). Hence the reason the 4 of us from my department went down to LA- for the NFL rookie premier at the LA Coliseum. Here are my coworkers and myself with D-Bo "the Show"- number 82 for the Kansas City Chiefs:










Look at his belt!

Outdoor movie by the Brooklyn Bridge for her 125th birthday:

Entire ice cream cone in the mouth.



















A ride on the Staten Island Ferry:















A trip to Westhampton for Memorial Day:




















Seeing Hamlet at Shakespeare in the Park:
















Apparently you're not allowed to take pictures at the performance. I learned this after the staff woman below came over and insisted on watching me delete one I had taken. So instead, Patrick sneaked a picture on his phone which was masked behind a Junior Mints box. We're putting on our most casual, just trying to read the back of the Junior Mints box, faces. But that didn't fool her- because she came over and made him delete it in front of her again. Luckily he had already emailed it to me... And while she was watching him delete it she noticed this little gem saved on the phone as well....

...oops.
Patrick dubbed her Dog the Bounty Hunter of Shakespeare in the Park.








And ladies and gentlemen, my first video post on the blog! I can't believed this worked. It makes me want to sing I love technology circa Kip Dynamite. This is Paul S. rehearsing for our gala last night where he performed. I was there early doing things and he was practicing- sorry about the hotel staff's heads in the way. It was a great evening!



Post some CA pictures if you guys have any!
xoxo

Senior stuff.

I did it!!

Here I am graduating :) And here is the breakfast I ate every morning since 8th grade (when mom started working)