Yellow Stone Trip 4th of July Weekend

We made it back from Yellowstone National Park it was so much fun! Blake has never been up there before so this was a new experience for him. It was cute he was so excited to see every little thing that it made it new and exciting for me too. It was a long day of travel that first day but well worth it when we got up there.

What we Saw!

Buffalo lots and lots of Buffalo
(We got stuck in a herd of them crossing the road)

Two Black Bears

( I had never seen a Black Bear before)

Elk and a Bull Elk

(Blake had to get off the road when he saw the Bull It was Exciting)

Dear and Bucks

one lone Coyote

(grandpa said it would be a cooler story if we said it was a wolf but it was indeed a Coyote)

Tons of Not very smart People.

(Orientals trying to Pet Wild Animals)

Attractions:

Old Faithful

Geysers

Mud pots

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Water Falls

Mammoth Hot springs

(grandma Was said because this has changed and is no longer active)

Grand Tetons on our way up.

We had a great trip we stayed in my grandparents Moterhome with them. My parents and Caleb had their Trailor also. After yellowstone we were happy to go to bear lake and have a hot shower. We all needed them by then. That is where aaron and his new bride chrissy meet us and spent the night. It was a great trip to have with everyone before we make our way to Oregon Next week.

Percussion Retreat in June

My professor Lynn Vartan decided that it would be a fun idea to get people together during the summer and have a percussion retreat. She was right it was a blast we had two of her students from Suu (me and Joe) along with three students from California come and enjoy this week of playing music and having fun. The week consisted of three private lessons (in which i learned and memorized a new piece which for those who know me know that the memorizing part was a huge accomplishment.) Three master Classes where we play for each other and get feed back and talk about issues such as how to promote ourselves and further our education. We also worked on several ensemble piece that we recorded together at the end of the week. So much Fun!

Along with working hard we took a day to see some interesting and beautiful things around cedar city.

Our first stop was stoping around Cedar Breaks. It was a beautiful day for this.

Lynn, Aime, Kat, and Megumi ( I am not sure how she spells her Name)

Next we found our way over to the Parowan Gap which i had never heard about before but it turned out to be a really cool Site.

Needless to say we had a great week and look forward to doing this in years to come.