Thursday, September 15, 2011

IM Flash Technologies

Mark's work hosted a family open house day in August. We were very excited to see where our Daddy works. This is the only day of the year that family members are allowed into the building. IM Flash has extremely tight security and doesn't allow visitors of any kind beyond the front desk. I was amazed by how large the facility is. The "spine" or the main hallway seemed large enough for a small airplane to fly through. We watched a video on the processing that occurs in the labs. I was impressed by how state of the art this facility is in little town Lehi Utah. Needless to say we were pretty impressed by Dr Hamblin.
The "PI" Process Integration group was in charge of an ice cream booth. They provided the ice cream base with several toppings and then used liquid nitrogen to freeze the ice cream on the spot. Mark took his turn making ice cream for the crowds.
Mark's two bosses made ice cream for us while my three children brought a whole lot of crazy to the "spine" of IM Flash. Good thing they are super cute and are only allowed in one day a year. We found out that IM Flash is not stroller accessible at all.

Daddy from Claire's perspective!
The crazy family. I love Claire's little arms wrapped around her Mom and Dad's legs.
We found out that we weren't allowed to take photos inside after we had already taken a few dozen!
Grandpa kept the kids busy with ice cream. Yep the whole family came to see where Mark works.
Our sweet nephews Jonas, David and Trevor dressed in bunny suits in front of a scene from the lab. My kids wouldn't dress up so it was fun to watch these boys get excited.
Sean working in the lab
Mark is doing great in his job. He is getting smarter, quicker and more confident with his work. Mark will be teaching a few freshman electrical engineering seminars this semester with his professor Dr Hawkins. Today was his first lecture and he said walking onto campus was like coming home. He finds great joy in teaching and is thrilled to be working closely with BYU and Dr. Hawkins. I'm sure we will see Dr Hamblin back in the University before he's through.

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