Random Summer Sign-Offs

Sitting in the Vegas airport awaiting flight home after staging world record Monopoly attempt that involved eight Elvis impersonators within the replica Eiffel Tower. Could my job be any sweeter? I submit to you it cannot!

Some random nuggets from my week in Utah with the family earlier this month:

• We've deemed a new color on the color wheel....it is called "Coronado Blonde". That's the bleached-out color our kids hair gets after being to Coronado. Even our brown-haired kid's hair goes much lighter, so he's Coronado Brown.

• We went to the Twin Falls Temple Open House. Matthew didn't want to put on the little shoes to protect the carpets. Why? "Because you told me Booty is a bad word, so we can't wear the booties....."

• We had to evacuate the Twin Falls hotel at 3:30 a.m. when the fire alarm went off. It ultimately was a false alarm, but they didn't know that for quite some time. That's a scary experience to think "Gee, this might be real." Packed up the sleeping kids, grabbed the wallets and got out.

• When wondering if we should eat at Shari's in Twin Falls, Kathryn asked the restaurant if they "had multiple locations". They said, yes, they have many restaurants across the west. As a chain-lover when it comes to restaurants, I see that as a seal of approval. (It's also part of a big inside joke with me). But because they could confirm that there were others just like them, we ate there.

• Good to know I can still water ski. It may be only one lap around Hyrum Lake once every 3 years, but it counts.

• We fell in love with Idaho, especially Twin Falls. New game plan when I leave NYC: get a professor job at College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls

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