Hotlantan' the ATL

What's up everyone! So... back in January I accepted a job with AT&T and we promptly moved to Atlanta, Georgia during the following weeks. I drove a Penske rental truck and towed our Corolla behind it while Mallory and Nixon had the pleasure of flying to Atlanta. It was a long trip with stops in Provo to see my good friend, Ben Stevens; Albuquerque to see my old roommate, Doug Taylor; Dallas, and then Atlanta. It was a total of 42 hours on the road in four days. I got to see many parts of the country that I have never seen, but then again everything from Boise to Mississippi was pretty much ugliness. The Arches National Park area in Utah was pretty, but from Albuquerque to Atlanta I was following a huge storm and didn't see the sun for a couple of days. It also snowed in Texas (yeah... who would've thought). It also snowed a little in Atlanta twice and everyone freaked out and shut down the entire metro area. But that was back in February.

We are glad we made it to Atlanta. I am very fortunate to have survived the trip when I arrived at our apartment complex I noticed that the trailer hitch had nearly busted in half! I had just gotten off the freeway in rush hour traffic too. When I backed the car off the trailer, the tongue snapped off completely!

Fortunately, Penske never really asked questions and I didn't have to pay a thing!

I work on the 15th floor of a building in Dunwoody, Georgia. It's in the northern part of metro Atlanta. This is a shot of from my office towards downtown Atlanta in the distance.


Nixon has enjoyed Atlanta so far. Although, he does miss the attention his grandmas give him.

He loves to stand on his rocking chair and check himself out in our mirror.

You'll also notice that he has a thing for playing in his toy box.

Nixon got sick one week. It was sad.

Holly and Dorn came to visit. We had good times at the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium, which is the world's largest aquarium. We also hit up an Atlanta Hawks game. They played against the Charlotte Bobcats. We got to see Michael Jordan and the Hawks won in OT as Joe Johnson hit the game winner at the buzzer.

The jellyfish were my favorite.

Nixon's first play experience in a sandbox!

We got some good berries and let Nixon go to town.

As sweet as Nixon is, he is still a little stinker sometimes and just doesn't get what he wants. Such is the case here:



Over the Easter weekend we went to Charlotte and visited with Melanie (Jebb) and Kenny Winn. We had a fun time with them and Nixon loved playing with their daughter, Madison. We hung out with Melanie's family just north of Charlotte for the holiday. Mallory dyed eggs for the first time in her life! I really thought she had better parents than that. ;) The kids also went on a little Easter egg hunt. It was quite fun even though Nixon had a better time taking the eggs out of the baskets than in to them.

This is a nice mansion in the South in the neighborhood where Melanie's family resides.

This weekend we took a little trip to Athens - home of the University of Georgia. Today was their annual G-Day spring football game. It was a lot of fun and quite a bit different than the Boise State experience. The stadium holds over 92,000 people and it was nearly half full for the spring scrimmage! It's a beautiful stadium on a gorgeous campus. I wish we were here when fall hits so we could take in some of the action.