San Francisco... That's fun to say...

I sincerely wish I knew how to rotate this photo... sorry all- someone give me the tutorial via comment please... We spent the week in San Francisco (known in french as the city of lights) with Leigh's mother and Uncle David. What a city it is! Leigh massaged computer types at a convention in San Jose monday-Thursday and Matt flew out to play for the weekend. It was voted (2-0) to be our favorite vacation as of yet. We spent thursday getting free stuff at Leigh's convention and walking around San Jose. Friday we joined Leigh's Mom and Uncle David walking around the San Fran piers. We toured a liberty ship, saw the aquarium and realized that Matt was the only one in the whole city wearing shorts... at least they weren't his denim pair...

We enjoyed great views of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge, all which were wonderous to behold. Shopping in the square brought big city feel and gave us a chance to check out the architecture of the city which give the city so much culture. It was so much fun to hang around with the Walton siblilngs. Kudos, kudos to Uncle David for being such an amazing tour guide and gracious host. All in all we give the trip 4 1/2 out of 5 stars... (half star deduction for Matt's blatant exposure of his white calves...)

Weddings R Us and the blue room

The Blue Room in the Manti LDS Temple... Have you been there? It's breath-taking. It's better than one million dollars. It's one of life's wonderful surprises. If you attend the temples and haven't been to this one, GO. If you're not yet a member of the LDS church, BECOME ONE, so you can experience the pure joy of sitting in a bluerfect room of blue goodness.

In all seriousness though, the Manti Temple is a wonderful place. Matt and I got to attend Andie and Aaron Trammel's awesome wedding slash sealing there on October 12, 2007. The day started early at around 5:30am with the long travel to Manti in a covered wagon. Psych, we actually got to ride in a pimpin Cadillac. Very comfortable and smooth automobile.

Amiee Garner, a friend of ours from Church, was kind enough to come to Manti on such short notice to be the wedding photographer. The blonde Williams' clan mixed with the brunette-filled Trammel family made for some very attractive shots. Like clock work, neither Matt nor myself remembered to bring a camera to take pictures of the lovely event -hence you get a picture of the manti temple instead of a picture of the happy couple.

After pictures, everyone in the wedding party mingled at a texas roadhouse and enjoyed some good eats. We then traveled back to Provo, five deep in a Geo Prism singing to the local radio station's old 1990's hits (Bryan Adams was rippin up the charts).

All in all, it was a great event.

Fall is here and I'm not in school...

Okay, so it is autumn again in Provo, the leaves in Provo canyon are turning all sorts of colors, mornings are crisp, Nordstrom's is packed on Saturdays with all the returning students spending Mom and Dad's Fall semester stipend... and don't even think about trying to get a bench at 24 hour fitness after 5 pm. For about the last decade or so fall in Provo has meant that both Leigh and I have been neck deep in procrastination as we plowed through another semester at the Coug. This one, however, is different. We have no classwork responsibilities, no homework responsibilities, and unfortunately until recently... no backup plan. But alas, we have begun a new chapter in our lives and are beginning to plan accordingly. Matt has found amusement driving to work each morning and watching sleepy-eyed students somnambulating to their 8 o'clock classes... Leigh has been the epitome of effectiveness at home taking care of all traditional domestic projects as well as working as a real estate agent (an occupation which has thus far brought her no satisfaction) and a massage therapist. All in all we have had a ton of fun... traveled a bit and enjoyed each others company.

Congrats! Congrats! to Andi and Aaron Trammell who announced they are getting married next friday, October 12th. That makes a bakerssss dozen marriages for Richard and Camille this year. Pretty cool... all our best to those two kids and their collective 7 studly boys...

Reunion pics...get ready to meet the Garlocks

This is the Oregon Coast. The coast usually packs a triple punch with rain, wind and cold. We caught the week that it wasn't rainy which only happens about five days a year.


The paddle boats were quite a hit after 1975 called and wanted their speed boat back...the paddle boats were faster anyways, especially with three strapping Garlocks manning the paddles. And check out that white meat on matt's thigh. Yah baby.

We have skits every night with the different families representing. This is the Patty's family doing some sort of Giant Head skit. Our family did an Antiques Roadshow spoof. The Tommy's took the cake though with there Garlock Hai-kus.
Classic.



Other relatives in very candid shots. This was the night of Grandma Margaret's 84th birthday.

Entertainment, yes please

Once again, three weeks have passed since we last wrote. And what an interesting three weeks it was. Here is a quick run down:
1. Leigh finally discovered why the phrase "half an hour" or "I'll see you in an hour" was said with a "an" instead of a "a". Big news huh.
2. Willie got to take a quick trip to the city of angels with his friend Bryce to watch some major league baseball games. It was Team Williams first separation since the merging of their lives back in Feburary. Leigh made another discovery: Matt is her link to the outside social world. As Willie was at the games, Leigh found herself slipping into an addiction of watching America's Next Top Model marathons. She has yet to recover. The Angel's games were quite exciting for the male duo. They got to sit four rows behind the plate, on soft chairs, for free.
3. Leigh got a new job with a project management company called At Task, Inc. She enjoyed her position as a glorified secretary (Office Manager). But then she quit to do Real Estate -to make more money. But then she decided she liked At Task (its a really great company) and wants her job back. Last week she was juggling both jobs which made for a VERY grumpy girl. Good ol' Willy was able to tame the beast with his supportive shoulders and calming words.
4. The picture that is attached to this posting was taken of us in Europe in a 14th century village...Alright, you caught us -it's just a pic of us on top of the Y mountain. But it was a monumental hike because we swallowed our pride and decided it wasn't that dorky to hike the infamous Y trail. Utah is heating up so Team Williams started the trek up the mountain around 8:45 am. It is now our goal to go hiking every week to prepare Matt for a hike to King's Peak with the varsity scouts. We'll let you know how that goes.

Picture to Stare hard

Jobs and what not

What a difference three weeks makes... since the last update, Leigh has finished her third educational pursuit and got officially licenced as a bonafide agent. So the score becomes 3-love for the better half... (Yes we keep very detailed score here... we divide the weekly points by BMI, and then times by conversion factor of 71.4 to see who does saturday laundry...) Willy made a good faith attempt at getting into a grad program by squeaking in a couple applications with only hours to spare on the deadlines... I would not recommend it as a strategy. Leigh has got her hands full Covey-izing her affectionate, but slightly disorganized husband.

New this week: Leigh has had 2 non-sick days in a row, Mary I think she heeded your advice about faking illness, she has been sick clear through A-rods record setting spring... We are both really hoping that this nasty little bug is out of the schneebs for good and she can return to her chipper energetic old self. Matt's dip into the construction world ( being done in the mean time while he finds more ways to put off applications for next year...) has been true to the adage feast or famine. We're still waiting for some bids to get accepted and hopefully it will spur steady employment and insurance and all. Leigh decided to take matters into her own hands last week, called up a friend and got a job the next day as the office manager for a software company- @ TASK. She continues her midas streak of being gold at anything she wants to do. We have somehow despite illness, joblessness, and all, been blessed with all that is needful for us to survive and in fact live confortably.
We recently got called to be the YM and YW presidents in our ward, thus proving the theory of callings via dart-board. It has been fun to get out of 'singles ward land' however and to meet with young people. On to the next episode shortly we are hoping- Love to all... Matt and Leigh