American Idol Try-out

This is at 6 am when we showed up for registration. By then, there was aleady 5-7 thousand hopefulls lined up down the block for their shot at Hollywood.

This is Becca on the floor, just minutes before our audition (you can see the try-out booths in the background).

After a 13 hour drive to Omaha and waiting 12 hours at the Arena for our shot at "Hollywood", each of our 25 second auditions weren't good enough to impress the judges. So it appears our chance at fame will have to wait yet another year :-) The road trip, however, turned out to be an overall fun experience, as we enjoyed hanging out at the hotels, visiting Winter Quarters Temple and visitors center, and see various landmarks along the way. Check out more of our trip here:

Lake Powell

Our 3 day get-a-way Lake Powell trip with the Welch's was fun, and for Becca the first since being in the family. In was a nice time to relax and hang out with everyone, and test our skills on the water-weinie, wakeboard and cliff jumping. No major injuries were reported, despite some good wrecks over the wake and some red sunburns. Check out more footage from the trip here:

Yellowstone

This is at our first site just chillen. We fished from off the dock by the boat. No bears were seen at camp, but we did hear howling wolves at night and a few deer came innocently strolling along.

We spent a few days up in Yellowstone with the Jacobson clan, and had a fabulous time enjoying the family and natural surroundings. While we all caught a good amount of fish, the overall amount wasn't as much as in years past, but still tasted as tasty as ever.