It's summer!!! And we've been living in the pool!
And the Winner is...
Thanks for everyone's help in deciding on a new logo for the business! We ended up going with #3 after hearing back from many, many people (Nathan emailed most people in his address book for their opinions). #3 was different enough from a normal san-serif font so that it wasn't boring, but also so that it wasn't so trendy that it would look strange 10 years down the road. We also took the "design" box and made it a little smaller so that the logo wouldn't be so bottom-heavy. Here's the result:
Breathtaking Colorado
We spent the last weekend in Colorado at a Family History Expo. It was my second time in Colorado, and I fell in love with it! We got to stay at my old seminary teacher's house, Sue Ockey, and got to spend some time with her and her family, which was so fun! I knew them back in Minnesota when I was growing up.
Colorado was beautiful! We drove through Glenwood, which is probably the equivalent of Park City for those of you familiar with Utah. I was so amazed at how sheer the canyon was while we drove through it! I decided that I really, really, really want to move to Colorado. It was so green and the winding roads and canyons made it incredible to drive through.
We also passed a city called "No Name," but I was too slow to get my camera out and get a picture of it...so I stole one off of the Internet. :)
Great Minds Think Alike
While we were at the Embassy Suites for the Expo in Colorado, we met so many fun people! Our booth was right across from a guy named Bill Burch, who owns ArchivaLife. It was kind of uncanny because our booths looked so similar. We each had a quill in our design, our colors were deep reds and browns, and we both used parchment as a backdrop. Here is Bill's website and here is our Richardson Design website so you can compare.
Bill was one of the reasons we didn't go stir crazy of boredom during the down times. It's always fun when you have fun Expo booth neighbors. I realized we never got a picture of Bill, but he's in the video below. :) He actually had a really unique product. It's basically a really nice, leather bound, timeline/journal so that you can write your own personal history without it being a major undertaking, and it's succinct and interesting enough that your grandchildren will want to read it.
Click on the image above to see a larger view.Here's a video that shows some of the aspects of it that we really liked. At 1:20 it shows the overview of the timeline (a.k.a. "Lifeline"). At 2:03, Bill shows you sample Lifeline filled out.
Isn't that such a clever idea? Me likey. Plus, you can't go wrong with a quill, parchment, and deep reds, right? :)
The Jailbird
Here was one of my favorite booths.
His name is Ron Arons. His booth was called, "Got Black Sheep?" He helps you find ancestors who have criminal records. :) So if you want to find out about your criminal ancestors, check out his site! He had a great outfit and it even matched his booth backdrop! He was a really witty guy. He and Nathan had fun punning.
The Funky Embassy Suites
The Conference Center part of the Hotel we were in was so beautiful! It was funky, but classy at the same time!
Here's where the vendors would present for their classes.
Nathan is hoping to present at the Family History Expo in Sandy, Utah in August about how to use Microsoft Word Stylesheets to make writing much faster and easier.
We're looking forward to the next one in August!
