More Pictures of Mae

Here are some more pictures of Mae. The first one is of her in a new sling that Becca got to carry her in. It has taken a little practice for both of them, but it looks like they have got it figured out. She is growing so fast. Its amazing.

I'm getting ready for my final exam (only one this semester) on Monday. It is always a relief to end a semester. I don't think I'll be taking classes this summer, but I will start doing research for a professor at the university. I'm really excited about that. The research project will be studying "computational plasticity." Sounds fun huh? I think so. Basically computational plasticity involves writing computer programs to model how a material will react (stretch, break...) when loaded under any conditions. We will be testing some of the assumptions traditionally used in such models, and if they are not valid (which they don't appear to be so far), we will try to correct them. This project will hopefully be part of my dissertation research.

On a somewhat less geeky note, yesterday my brothers in law Kirk and Jason, along with two of Jason's friends went fly fishing on the middle Provo here in Heber. Kirk caught three or four, Jason's friend John caught one or two, and the rest of us caught many rocks and trees. Sorry no pictures of them, as I let all of the trees and rocks go. Catch and release, that's what I always say.

I just wanted to add one more picture of Mae. This was taken yesterday. I think that worried look on her face when she is sleeping is cute. Anyways, thanks for reading.