for a living

Greg and Talese are trying to make some money. This is what we are doing right now.

Greg is a new lawyer. He graduated from BYU law school in May of 2006. He got his first job during the summer of 2006 working with a lawyer in St. George doing corporate litigation. This lawyer was closing down his practice, so in December of 2006 Greg moved back to Pleasant Grove to look for a new job and study for the bar. While looking for another law job, he started working for Installpro (satellite dish installation) in their warehouse. He took the bar in February, 2007. In April, 2007 we were happy to hear that he passed! Here he is at a 'happy birthday/congratulations on passing the bar' party with friends. This is obviously before he lost the "Jesus look" for job interviews. And here is Greg with his mother, who is mostly beaming with pride that her son finally cut his hair, shaved his beard, and put on a suit. But also mostly, she is proud that he was just sworn in by the Utah bar as a lawyer. Now Greg is working for a small family law firm in Orem, and still working mornings at Installpro in the warehouse. Yes, he is working 11-12 hour days, plus another 3 hours at the gym, and spare time on Saturdays helping his parents prepare their house to sell. The man is a work horse. And he has the body to prove it.

Talese just started her sixth year at East High School as the Community Education Manager. A random and confusing title, indeed. Basically, she administrates over activities that take place during out of school hours. At East High, specifically, she runs open gym during lunch for the students, she runs the make-up credit program after school for students that have failed classes, and in the evenings she runs enrichment classes for adults like pottery, auto body, and Italian. Here she is with two of her favorite students she saw grow from Freshman to graduation. Talese also dances professionally when she can. She spent 7 1/2 months in 2006 dancing on the "Norwegian Sun" cruise ship in their production shows. Here she is admiring part of the set for their Latin production show "Que Noche". This year, she will be dancing with the Radio City Rockettes in Nashville for the holiday season. Many people don't know that the Radio City Rockettes have expanded to perform in many other cities across the U.S. They have! This year is the 75th anniversary of the Rockettes, and Talese was able to participate in a photo shoot for a soon-to-be-published coffee table book about The Rockettes for this anniversary year. She went to NYC in August and got to pose for cameras in three of their vintage costumes. Here is the 'snowflake' costume: