You Raise Me Up

On October 2, Lisa, Yumiko, and I went to see Josh Groban.

It was really good. The man is an amazing singer.

This was the first stop on his current tour. His first tour show ever was in Boise, so he wanted to start here for old times' sake.

For the first show on the tour, things went very smoothly. They had all the lighting and sound and everything worked out very well.

We managed to get some pretty good seats, too.

It was a lot of fun!

Digital Worker

The last week in September I went on a recruiting trip to BYU. I drove down Wednesday night. Thursday morning I met up with a guy from Marvell's Arizona site, and we set up our booth at the career fair, and Friday we did interviews.

Here are a few photos...

Our booth.

Rachel stopped by briefly while on break from her job in the same building, and was our "booth babe" for a few minutes.

It was cold in Provo that weekend, with snow on the mountains and getting down near the valley floor. (This photo was in the evening, after the snow had been melting all day.)

After winding up interviews around 5:30, I went out to dinner with Rachel and Justin, then headed home.

And what would a visit to Utah be without some beefy, cheesy In-N-Out goodness?

Homecoming

September 12, the doorbell rang. Nobody was there, but this clever invitation for Lisa was waiting on our front porch.

Lisa chose the smaller rock.

Lisa being Lisa, should couldn't just take the rock to school. (We suggested that she paint YES over the NO, and leave the big rock in his locker for him to deal with, but she decided to go a different route.)

Before the day of the big dance was the day of the big Homecoming football game. Which is also where they announce the candidates for Homecoming Queen (and King, but honestly, who pays much attention to the boys?) Lisa was nominated. (After she found out she had to go to the office to ask which organization nominated her, because she's involved in five groups that it could have been -- orchestra, musical theater, National Honor Society, ski team, and Japan Club. It was the latter one.)

Anyway, she made the top 10, so she got introduced at halftime at the game.

Then Saturday was the dance. Here are a few photos:

Lisa was excited to wear a new dress this time.

She was in a small group, which was more laid back than some of the monster groups she's gone to dances with in the past.

 

She had fun.