As many of you know, my dad is a cinematographer. He now works for the L.D.S. church and makes their movies and ads. He has also worked on many feature films for Disney and other motion picture studios. In fact, he the High School Musical series.

My dad’s travels have taken him all around the world. He was there when the Berlin wall came down. He filmed a movie about the birth of Christ in Jerusalem and was attacked by Christian rebels. He has been to every continent and I can not tell you how many countries he has been to. He travelled quite a bit while I was growing up. After I graduated from high school, he started working for the Huntsman coorporation and the travelling stopped.

He has recently started up with his travels again. Within the past year he has been to Brazil, Tonga, Paraguay, Texas (for the hurricane,) Mexico, Panama and several others that I can not remember. He however, has just returned from another of his ventures. This time it was to Ecuador.

Every time he returns from a trip, he brings us a gift from that country. They are always cute, fun things that will be priceless to my kiddos when they are older. Harvey usually gets a hat, I get a piece of native jewelry, Kyra gets a doll, Kaeson’s varies and Toad usually gets a stuffed animal. This time however, Toad was surprised. My dad picked up a hat for Toad. He said that he randomly found it in a marketplace and wasn’t sure if it would fit. Man, does it fit. Toad loves his hat and won’t take it off. It is a very simple wool hat but it is the jackpot for Kelty. He loves it.
Thanks dad for all that you do. Thanks for thinking of us while you are out of town and for bringing back a piece of your experience for us.