Where did April go?

I can hardly believe it's almost May! This year is just flying by. Here are a few things that have been keeping us busy the last few weeks...

1. We went on another trip to Utah for the weekend. Ryan's grandma Hemingway passed away at 88 years old last week. I'm glad we were able to attend her funeral and visit with family.

2. Landon has been working hard at learning how to walk. He pushes, pulls, and drags his walker everywhere with him. Sometimes he'll get brave and decide to venture out without help. He's still a little wobbly, but getting better everyday.

3. My sister, Cindy and I purchased a yearly pass to the Oakland zoo. Jared loves to look at the animals. Allison likes walking around the zoo and notices a few of the animals and Landon could care less about the animals, but enjoys watching all the kids at the zoo.
Here's Landon, Jared, and I on the train ride through the zoo.

Cell Phones

We've all gotten on a plane, put our luggage in the overhead bins, and traveled to our destinations only to realize at the end of the flight that the cell phone never got turned off. "I guess it can't be too dangerous", you think as you walk off the plane. Well, I was curious as to the actual reason for the no cell phone rule and apparently there is some justification for not allowing cell phones to be used in the air. The biggest reason being that travelers are worried that flying will no longer be an escape from our noisy cell phone world. I couldn't agree more. Can you imagine a flight of a couple hundred people all talking on their cell phones? A part of me wishes that other places had the same rule. Everyone understands that you were not able to answer your phone when you tell them you were flying. It's too bad some people aren't so understanding when you tell them you are spending time with your family or in the middle of dinner. Maybe I'm the only one with this problem because Ryan gets so many calls every day. For the most part I've gotten used to calls interrupting our time together and most of the time I understand that the business we're in depends on a lot of talking on the phone, but every once in a while it would be nice to pretend we're flying and make a no cell phone rule.