Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Scott's Real Estate Information

Scott has just started his new job in Real Estate. He is working at Lewis, Wolcott and Dornbush in Park City. If any of you know of someone interested in investment properties or buying a luxury home, please contact Scott.

Office: 435 649-1884
Fax: 435 649-6716
Mobile: 801 558-7914

scottr@lwdparkcity.com
Main Office1283 Deer Valley Drive
P.O. Box 2370Park City, UT 84060

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http://www.lwdparkcity.com/

Scott Robbins
After receiving a B.S. degree in chemical engineering at the University of Utah, Scott earned his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.A successful management career in industrial manufacturing included sales and marketing responsibilities which eventually became Scott’s focus and area of expertise. After extensive worldwide travel, he recognized the unique value of living in Utah and established a real estate practice with a strong emphasis on recreational property.Scott, his wife Vicky and their three teenage children enjoy skiing, golf, tennis and biking. After a successful college football career, Scott has maintained a keen interest in coaching little league football, baseball and basketball. Currently he volunteers as an assistant football coach at East High School.Active in all areas of residential real estate, Scott believes strongly in attention to detail, listening well, and responsive follow-through. Golf and ski properties in the Park City market are his specialty.

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Washington DC - final stop of our family vacation.

Any trip to Washington DC is overwhelming with all the things to see. We did our best, but tried to take a somewhat relaxed approach so we didn't get too burned out. We started things out with a bus tour, and of course, we saw the major monuments - Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln (plus we made a point to go back on our own and drive by at night since they're really impressive at night).

We sat on the steps of the US Capitol on the evening of July 3 and watched a dress rehersal of the 4th of July concert, then walked to Chinatown for dinner. Union Station is the most visited tourist attraction, so we had lunch there one day. We also visited the Air & Space Museum, the Nat'l Museum of Natural History, and the Nat'l Zoo (had to see those pandas). There is speculation one of the pandas is pregnant, so there were some news stations standing by in case a new panda was born. Nothing so exciting happened during our visit.

A couple of highlights in DC were our visit to the Nat'l Holocaust Museum, and we attended an exhibition called Bodies. It's almost unthinkable to imagine what the Nazi's did to the Jews during WWII. http://www.ushmm.org We'd encourage anyone visiting Washington DC to include this stop on your trip. Some of you may have heard about Bodies - the Exhibition. It's from China, The nine-gallery exhibit reveals the intricacy and interdependency of the body’s bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and organs. Whole bodies preserved to the cellular level by infusing tissues with liquid silicone rubber http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/ and It's quite amazing.

We concluded our trip by a visit to Arlington Nat'l Cemetary and watched the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Quite sobering to visit and think about all of the men and women who have sacrified their lives in the name of freedom. An expression we heard more than once on our visit was, ..."freedom isn't free." I'm glad our children had the opportunity to get a personal sense of our nation's history.

Only one regret about our trip. We had hoped to visit Palmyra, NY, while staying in Cooperstown. However, the schedule for Niel's baseball tournament was so full, there just wasn't enough time to make the 6-hr round trip drive, plus spend any meaningful time visiting some historical church sites. Oh well, I guess we'll have to make another trip!!

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Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

Arlington National Cemetery

The National Zoo

Giant Panda in his air conditioned cave.


We watched the fireworks from the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington.

Almost as spectacular as the Logan fireworks.

Niel, Sam and Kirstyn were able to sign a copy of The Declaration of Independence.


At the Vietnam War Memorial were able to find the name of Randy Saunders from Nibley.

Part of the Museum of American History collection is on display at the National Air and Space Museum. The museum is closed for renovation and is scheduled to reopen by summer 2008.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men and Women are created equal...

Kirstyn taking a nap in The Museum of Natural History.

Fourth of July parade down Constitution Avenue.

Friday, July 6, 2007

Final Cooperstown Report

I have a few minutes before checking out of our hotel this morning, so I wanted to report the final results of Niel's team at Cooperstown. The Sluggers ended up about 52nd place out of 96 teams, so about in the middle. Our final record was 3 - 5. We beat teams from Michigan, Ohio and Delaware, but lost to teams from Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Minnesota. The kids had a great time, as did our entire family. Kirstyn told us she now likes baseball much more than she used to - some of the games were pretty "intense" and Kirstyn really gets involved! She thinks all of the boys are soooo cute, and they all thought Kirstyn was really "hot!"

After leaving Cooperstown, we went to a Yankees' game on Friday night, June 29. They beat the Oakland A's, 2 - 1. Our seats were in the left field bleachers, but the atmosphere was pretty cool. Prices were a little steep as you'd imagine - hot dogs @ $4.50 ea, bag of peanuts @ $5.00, parking @ $20. At least the tickets were provided by the team.

From New York, we left the next day for Atlantic City. Fun time "on the boardwalk" and at the beach. Vicky and Kirstyn went to "Movin' Out" at Harrah's for Vicky's birthday, while I took the boys to a movie.

After 2 days in Atlantic City, we headed for Washington DC. A stop in Baltimore for lunch at the Inner Harbor and a visit to the Aquarium was a nice diversion. I'll update the blog again after Vicky has posted pictures from DC. We're on our way home today!