Hey Everyone! I think I am going to get a beach cruiser for my birthday so that explains the picture. I really want this one but it is a schwinn and Sport Chalet doesn't carry it so it is probably a little too much. But I just like the colors anyway, i just need to find a bike with these colors that we carry. Looks cool though, huh?

Everything is good with me. My stake had Roadshows last night and I was in my ward's. It was fun and everything went well. A little hot but fine. It is really humid and hot right now in San Diego. Today is actually a lot better though.

Last night I also went and saw Garden State. Very good. More for the younger generation, sorry Mom and Dad. I also saw Hero last weekend. Very good. If you like Chinese subtitled movies or if you just like film you would like it.

School is still going on. I am realized how ridiculously busy I am. I don't have any time to do my homework. I just need that to take priority over playing! :)

Hope you are all well. I miss you all! Have a great Sunday!

Marnie

Well we went 1-1 today. We losed to U of Oklahoma in 4 but beat U of Memphis in 3. We are now 3-2 and are doing very well. We didn't play so well in the Uof Oklahoma game but we played really well in the other game. Sam (our coach) told us that if we won the memphis game he would take us out to dinner, so we all went to TUCANOS!!! Oh it is soooooo good. I ate too much. Peter is bummed cuz he never goes out to eat with us because he would have to pay. We would be poor if he went out with us every time. We had lunch and dinner paid for today. It was great.

All is well, and we will be in Portland next Wednesday for our Tourney up there. I am very excited to see Mom and Dad and Kim. My team is coming over for dinner on Friday, and we are so stoked.

I am beat and need to rest. Love you All!

WE WON AGAIN!! We beat Central Florida in 4 games, and it was a very close match. It was very exciting to win our first home game and improve to 2-1. Volleyball is great. I got two more aces tonite and played all four games.

We play U of Oklahoma and U of Memphis tomorrow, and we are so excited to play more teams for the chance to end this weekend with a 4-1 record.

We love you all and continue to think about each one of you. I hope Grandma is doing fine now and hope that she is able to return to her normal life.

Love, Anne and Peter

WE WON! We are now 1-1 after beating University of Montana in 3 games. It was an awesome match. And so far we are looking pretty good overall and I am stoked to be able to play tomorrow night against University of Central Florida (at home...first home game) and then we play University of Memphis and University of Oklahoma on Saturday at the BYU Mizuno Classic. And no we don't play BYU until October 26th. We've play 6 games so far within the first two matches and I have been able to play in 5 out of the 6 games.

So far, school has been pretty good but I have a heavy load with taking Biology, Chemistry, Cell Biology and Physics. But so far I've been getting As on all of my quizzes. Tests start next week, so I will get back to you on how things are after that.

Peter and I have purchased a new laptop from Dell and we are very excited to finally not have to use my old desktop computer that seriously has wanted to die on us for the last couple months. Anyways, it is a great computer and we still have a printer coming with it. It is great because I will be able to take it with me on the many many roadtrips with volleyball.

All is well and we are having lots of fun. For those of you who have not seen Napoleon Dynamite yet, you must...most hilarious movie. My volleyball team quotes it every chance we get.

"Napoleon give me some of your tots"
"No go find your own!"
"Idiot!"

We love you all and miss you! Hope you all are doing well.

Love, Anne and Peter

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Race 

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Hello everyone. Good to hear that Dad hasn't waivered in his opinions. I love it and totally agree, but maybe not with the red face and increased HR. As you can kind of see from the picture, we are getting another typhoon. However, this is different than all the others, because it is hitting just to our west, which brings us the strongest winds. The one last week went pretty much directly over us but petered (no offense Peter) out upon landfall. This one puts on the side where the winds plus the movement of the storm equals a pretty good typhoon. They say it'll be the worse winds in 60 years here. And, the howling outside is proving it. Very strong winds and gusting. Again, I am thankful that I don't live out in the cho (Japanese community), because their houses are made of cardboard and I feel there will be a lot of damage. Here, we are in reinforced concrete and can barely hear the wind. Very comforting. This typhoon was not supposed to come anywhere near us. It was supposed to go directly to China, but did a 90 degree turn and is nailing us. Another day off!
Adina's brother, Ray, is coming to visit us (At least some family is coming to visit us...Marnie excluded from that one) the day after tomorrow. He'll be here for 2 weeks and we are going to give him a good introduction into japanese culture, history, and cuisine. Should be fun. He just got home from his mission in Ecuador about a month ago or so.
Isaac ran/swam in his first Duathlon on Monday right before the storm came. It was a 50m swim with a 1.0k run. There were 8 kids in his division and he took 3rd. He is not a very strong swimmer, although he could be with some practice. He has big flippers and a slim body. His strength comes in running. He really has a long stride and some good endurance. He can run forever. Even though he is really thin, he is solid muscle, not a lick of fat on his body no matter how much crap we feed him. When I was that age, I am sure I was chunkier than he.
Marnie, good to see that you are enjoying school. I hope this advertising class gets you some exposure and hopefully a job doing what you love to do.
And just to let everyone know, we will be coming back to visit the states from 28 January - 18 February. We will mostly be with mom and dad, but we will visit the Archuleta's as well. But, my primary reason for coming is to secure employment for August 2005, since my papers are in to be released from active duty.
Hope everyone is safe, happy, and healthy!
Dave

Typhoon Songda

So, I can find my way into the writing portion of the blog....but the photo part will have to wait. I've tried to upload a couple of pics and I have no idea where they went.

Kim and I went to Seattle on Saturday; had a good drive up and back and a good time there. We went to see the Rock and Roll museum at Seattle Center, which was originally placed as a memorial to Jimi Hendrix but has expanded to include many more individuals. I would suspect it is a mini-hall of fame compared to Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall. It is tied into the Science Museum if you desire to pay the extra $$$ to view that part. We just did the R and R part; that was enough. We drove down close to Pike's Place Market and had some dinner at a "hole-in-the-wall place that she knew about??? Actually, she and Tim went there a year ago when we all went for a Pacific NW Dental Convention there. Kim is a good companion and does very well away from Bradly. She has an interview on Thursday at the GAP. I know she is excited to travel to Cleveland and Ft Benning. If she had the time off to do so, she'd be going south to Cali...but, hey....she has to get a job and make some $$ for next semester.

Work has been busy...one of my old residents is applying and interviewing for an OMS job with Willamette Dental on the 10th of September. It might help to have him in the area so my access time can improve. If you tried to get a consultation with me right now, they would book you for January 2005. And, then you'd have to wait 4-5 months after that for surgery. That is not a good thing. I told them they need to hire another OMS and have him take on some of this backload. I really don't see it hurting my income or my amount of work. Just gets things closer for patients...and I think I'll have fewer "no-shows".

Concerning the upcoming election: you know how I feel. Is there any doubt? I have absolutely no trust in Hanoi John. I can remember very well the antics of Hanoi Jane and the added cruelty given to our POWs because of her visit to Hanoi. I absolutely place Kerry at the same level as Jane as they both actively spoke out against our troops, actively joined the ranks of the garbage that worked with anit-war activists to cause a breakdown of the American will to fight to the end. He and she, were outspoken critics of the administration and the policies of the US. You have a right to be against any policy that the administration issues forth, BUT, to do it the way they did it...and by doing so, added credibility to the anti-US policies in Viet Nam and the US.....AND....contributed to the inhumane treatment of POWs and the loss of more lives of our servicemen and women who were in-country. Kerry is as low as you can go and his sleething dogs are out here again, protesting at conventions and at campaign meetings...using exactly the same tactics as were used in the 60's and 70's. Look as the low-lifes who are hired off the street to battle the administratioin. They pay the activists to go out and disrupt the general order of the public during these rituals of theirs. Throw in a few "veterans" and that makes their point appropriate. Anarchy before our eyes and the Dems don't see it. Their eyes are blurrred by images of....PEACE, LOVE, etc..... well, wake up and smell the smoke and gunpowder of the people who would like to destroy the good old USA from within and without. 911 has not gone away. Maybe we need to review the footage of the carnage of that terrible day. Just remember that on election day, Benedict in on one side of the ticket......the dark side. You vote how you may, but there is no question how my vote will be cast. I don't like our young men and women being killed and maimed by the enemy....however, that is a given in war. BUT, I really don't like our young people being killed and maimed because of the likes of John Kerry and Jane Fonda.
Has dad lost his mind? Wake up sweet peas.......smell the artificial roses for what they are.

Yeow, that was a real release. Kim really did well at calming me down when we walked by the kiosks of Bumbershoot at the Center on Saturday. There were more of the anti-Bush folks out there with very demeaning tee-shirts (hey, they are lucky this is a free country; they'd be shot in commie lands).

It'll be nice to get the election behind us. Then, we can see which way the US is turning.

So, that is my blurb for the Labor Day 04. Read it and smile. Enjoy your day. I have to go get ready for my "Professional Driving Day". Peace and Love, man.....Dad

So school has started up again. Last week was a good intro to what this semester will be like. Two of my classes will be pretty much repeats and the other three should be really interesting. I am really excited because my professor for my advertising creative development class is the head of an advertising agency in San Diego called Lambesis agency and his name is Nick Lambesis! His agency does the Skyy Vodka, BeBe, and Airwalk (when it was big) ads. He has some really cool ideas for the class, one of which is doing an ad campaign for Rubio's Baja Grill and we are going to have to present it to Paul Rubio, the owner, himself! Kind of intimidating but it should be a good experience.

It is SO hot in San Diego right now. Mostly just where I live though. San Diego State campus is probably 20 degrees hotter than anywhere else in San Diego. It is making start to dream of when I will live in Seattle or thereabouts.

So I may be moving again. My landlord at the condo I live in now is planning to buy a house in San Diego and so he wants to sell this condo. So me and my roommates are going to stick together and move most likely. We are looking at a small house right now that is very close to campus, like across the street. It is a cute little house. The yard needs some revamping but the inside is like a cabin with dark wood paneling and vaulted ceilings, pretty cool. So we may move there if we have to move. That would probably be the beginning of October so at least i can get into my routine before I have to throw that in there.

I am in the ward's roadshow right now and that is going on this Saturday. Should be a corny little show but fun nonetheless. Hopefully Kimmy will be able to come visit sometime this month (mom and dad), that would be cool. But I guess that is all from me now. Hope you are all well and not roasting like I am in heat!

-Marnie

Mike- Nothing---he had his eyes dilated today so was blind for half the day...and he beat Brent at football last night.
Brooke- went out to the backyard today and wiped off a counter
Jane- she is having a sleepover with her best friend this weekend
Sadie- has to have her cast on for FOUR MORE WEEKS!
Ellen- got fully up on her hands and knees with stomach up...crawling is not far off!

Mom- did not break her foot after all when she fell on the stairs taking the dog out...just black and blue. I got a very attractive ortho shoe (ha!ha!) but it really does make it feel better.

Georgia is hot, hot, hot!!!

Mom

Well, today I got to school and had a normal day. We have a game at U of Utah tomorrow and so we are able to get 4 people in for free. So we have to put their names down and if we have extra spaces, other girls from the team who need more can use them. So I only had to use one of the spots so I let one of the other girls use the rest of my spots. And as she is writing the names down, I notice that she has written down Megan Bodily. I freaked and was like "How do you know the Bodilys?" And she told me that Megan and Forrest are her Aunt and Uncle. They used to go to Gualala every year during memorial day weekend. Her brothers are the ones who did commercials all the time when they were younger.

Yeah a little crazy, small world. Also, One of the other girls on my team's sister-in-law is married to Patrick...cannot remember the last name...but he is from Valentine, and he was dad's ex-seminary student.

CRAZY!

Anyways, All is well here. I am starting tomorrow as a defensive specialist as long as nothing changes, and I hope to crush the U of Utah. Wish us luck!

Love- Anne

Hey Everyone,

I sat down today and drew names for the Sibling gift list. And here it is:

Mike --- Brent
Brooke -- Tom
Dave --- Anne
Adina --- Buffy
Brent --- Marnie
Buffy --- Peter
Tom --- Kim
Tracey -- Brooke
Marnie -- Tracey
Anne --- Mike
Peter --- Adina
Kim --- Dave

There you go for those who were asking.

Peter and I are doing great. I started school last wednesday and all is going well. I've been playing volleyball practically everyday but it is so wonderful. Peter starts school tomorrow and is very excited to be busy. The last two weeks he hasn't had much to do except clean the apartment and go hiking. He went hiking in the Uintas this last thursday and friday and had a blast. Friday they ended up hiking 20 miles because he didn't want to have to sleep in a tent for another night. Our first volleyball game is wednesday versus the U of Utah. And we are hoping to play well. We have a pretty tough schedule with this being our first official year in the Division 1 of NCAA. So we play a lot of tough teams but we hope to do well. Just wanted to update you all on how we are doing and we love you and miss you all.

Love-Anne and Peter

P.S. Peter is so jealous of Dave and Adina...he wishes he could have gone with you.

I wanted to make it clear for the record that Brooke didn't intentionally stay overnight to spite us. It was good for her since she really could not have managed coming at home at all. However prior to the surgery, the doctor had indicated that she would be able to go home within 3 hours of surgery.....definitely not the case....so that everything would have been covered.

All survived, however...especially Ellyn who gave both Mike and I "I got my way" looks as she started to nurse!!! (Don't tell me 6 month old babies aren't able to wield influence!)

Mom

I am really enjoying getting to know these three darling granddaughters here in Georgia better. I laughed when I read Buffy's entry....I've been there and done that! Your experience at the concert reminded me of our outing to the ZZ Top concert. I felt as if I stuck out like a sore thumb and also almost lost my hearing. Although the worst attack recently on my ears was the drag races that Dad took me to. (I also share your dislike of roller coasters-when we go together we can just sit on the bench and let those others indulge!)

I am now a lady of leisure...feels very weird! I am looking for work...as required by Oregon Unemployment services...and would be willing to take another full time opportunity if it was the right job for me. We'll see what comes around.

Brooke had to stay overnight at the hospital...good for her...not good for us, or Ellyn since Ellyn refused to take a bottle. We finally managed around it by taking Ellyn in for one feeding at about 5 pm (after about 12-14 hours without food) and then Mike took Ellyn in at about 9 and she spent the rest of the time there. Fortunately, she is a VERY good baby as long as she is regularly nursed.

Brooke came home on Friday morning and is pretty much couch-bound. Getting up and down is very painful but she needs to do a reasonable amount of walking every day. She can't carry the girls for at least a week. So I spend a lot of time carrying them around to give them to Brooke...who, of course, is much preferred over me!!! She is in a fair amount of pain but is gradually improving. She is hoping that we can get Sadie's cast off next week so that she can move around on her own. She does a good job scooting with the cast but there are definite limits to the scoot!

The morning I took Jane and Sadie to the funeral for a classmate in Jane's primary class. He was run over trying to stop their car from rolling down a hill. He was just eight years old and it was a very heart-rending funeral. Jane sang "I am a Child of God" with some other primary children. He will be buried out in Utah. The family had one 13 year old daughter and then were unable to have any other children. They went to Russia and adopted 3 little boys. This was the oldest one. They had had him for about 5 years. A really tragic accident.

Mike is very involved in his work and is trying to catch up from the day and a half off that he had during Brooke's surgery.

I love reading all your activities...even if I don't always respond. I love you all!!!

Mom

Well, I am still able to hear despite an evening at The Cure concert with Brent. As you may know, Brent has been a long time fan so being a good wife I agreed to go with him. As we entered the concert venue I realized that I must have missed the memo about the all black dress code with died black hair (hmm, and I thought it was a nice summer evening in southern CA and not Halloween). I off course was wearing the total pastel gap girl outfit with flip flops (darn, I knew I should have warn my black combat boots instead!). Anyway, the first half of the concert was really good untill the more than loud screaching sounds from the guitars turned into a constant painful stabbing sensation in my ear drums. I really do think I've proved myself to be a supportive wife.
Magic Mountain: I decided to join Marnie, Bob, and Brent after my ballet class at CSUN ignoring the fact that I have not enjoyed roller coasters ever since the Buffalo Bill's experience. We met up and went to a ride called Dejavu and I waited in line having a great time talking with everyone and getting to know this Bob guy (nice guy... very funny) and making a point to not think about my impending doom. We get on the ride and let's just say I didn't have a good time feeling like I was going to fall out of my seat dangling several hundred feet in the air and then get my spine adjusted several times over. I know what you're thinking, I drove myself to Magic Mountain and what was I expecting... a nice mellow day at the beach? But we did go to one of the park's nicer restaurants for lunch before Brent and I had to leave for the concert and I was glad to see Marnie and her friend.
Mental Note: Disneyland GOOD, Magic Mountain BAD!!
By the way, Brent has had a great first week at his new store (everyone really likes him as their new GM) and I have survived my first week of school as well. We hope everyone is doing well and wish Brooke a quick recovery!!

More to come..... 

So I went to Disneyland on Monday for my friend Michelle's birthday. It was really fun. I got to go on the Tower of Terror for the first time. It is really cool! Definitely fun. It makes California Adventure much better.

On Friday I am venturing up to Valencia to go to Magic Mountain with Brent and my two friends Brooke and Bob. It should be fun. I haven't been there in a while.

Today at work I added an accident to the Stinchfield list. I cut quite a gash in my left pinky while putting a pocket knife on display. I don't think I need stitches. It shouldn't be that bad.

Overall life is good. I start school on Monday and I am excited to get back into it. Hope you are all well. I love you all.

Morgan, strutting her stuff. 

#3
So, shame on us for talking about the fact that there is going to be a third broken bone. As you notice, the color of the cast is different. And, the cast is bigger. Well, let me tell you little story.....
He falls down on Thursday afternoon last week. Adina takes him right over to emergency, he says his arm hurts and points to his wrist. They take an xray of his forearm and, sure enough, a fracture of the radius. They put a cast on and call it a day. That night and the next morning we notice that there is alot of swelling at his elbow along with some bruising. First thing we think is that the cast might be too tight, but blood flow to the fingers is fine and they aren't numb or anything. As Friday continues, the bruising worsens. Adina takes him into the same doctor and she says that it is normal swelling. Adina asks if the xrays included the elbow area, the doc says that the elbow looked fine and that it was in the xray of the forearm. "Ok", we say, the good little patients we are. We take him home all weekend and the swelling is still present on Monday night and the bruising is a little worse. So, I go into work this morning and my first patient just happens to be a nurse from medical who's husband is a doctor down there as well. I am good friends with them both, so I ask her to just check to make sure that the 'xray of the elbow' was actually taken. Of course, no it wasn't. It was just an xray of the forearm and wrist. I ask for another look to be taken, she sets us up for an appointment with her husband, he takes an xray of the elbow and upper arm, and, sure enough, the humerus is fractured too. No wonder he said the cast before was heavy for his arm to hold it up, the poor kid had a heavy cast being supported by another broken bone! He must have fell and locked his arm or something so that it caught all the weight (including his double chin) of his fat little body. So, he has a broken radius and humerus and will be in the new "cool" red cast for 4-6 weeks. Oh well, we caused it by jinxing ourselves I guess.
On another note, we leave for Mt. Fuji to hike it on early Thursday morning. Should be an interesting trip. We will be sure to take alot of pics.
Dave

Amazing what you can do going 80 mph... Anyways, this is the new haircut as of the 20th of August 

just trying it out to see if this works 

Last night the girsl fell asleep holding hands, very cute.

Well, I wish I could say these pictures were from the A's in Tampa, but the truth is the rain-out never came and my plans to drive 6 hours to see the A's were spoiled by Military Appreciation Night. Still, it was a fun night. And Zito won this time, probably because we were not there.
Brooke gets her surgery this week, Thusrday. Mom flies in on Wednesday to help watch Ellyn and "Baloo Tast" Sadie. (Blue Cast) My life gets busier and busier this time of the cycle. I get to go next week to my first appointment toward getting laser eye surgery. I hope to go up to D.C. in February and finally get them fixed.
We are still planning on doing everything we can to get to Fort Lewis next year. It is going to be very hard to say goodbye to these nice quarters, but I am sure we will find something to like up in Washington. And it will be so nice to be close to home!
The only movie we watched this week was Hidalgo, which I liked a lot more than I thought I would. As far as gametime goes, I am mostly still messing around with Doom 3 and my football games. Oh, and flight simulator of course. But there is just less and less time for that stuff. The Olympics are pretty much on all the time here. Anne, we watched the Volleyball girls play Cuba today, it was a sweet win and we thought of you.

We love you all!

mike, brooke, jane, sadie, ellyn

Jane and Sadie at the Columbus Catfish game

Had to take the soldiers to Military Appreciation Night at the ballpark. Hey, at least we could take the family!

Hey everyone!
I just completed my very last day at the Beverly Hills store and on Monday I begin my next new adventure at my OWN store in Palmdale. I am really excited to get in there and make some changes. The store has only been opened for three years so it is ready to go thru the roof in sales.Plus the Manager that is leaving was supposedly a real jerk and no one liked him. It is not like I need everyone to like me , but it makes my job that much easier. Buffy starts school again on Monday, going into her second year of three. I am sure she will do just as well as she did the first year (3.8 something, I am really proud of her). We purchase a new car on Thursday. It was a deal we (I) could not pass up on. I ofoto'ed some pictures and I would put it on here but I can not figure it out. Anyhow, I am going to try to make it out the Georgia in October to visit Mike and maybe do some golf or something. MArnie is coming up to go to Magic Mountain with Me on Friday then Buffy and I are going to "The Cure" concert that night. I can't wait. Kim let us know if you are planning on coning down this fall and when. Everyone else we love you and PLEASE be careful. We DO NOT want to see anymore pics of people in casts.
Love Brent

Who's next? 
That's right...another Stinchfield has been doomed to live in a cast for the next few weeks. Parker fell from the monkey bars during my Primary Presidency meeting this afternoon - our local Branch President bestowed that one on me this last Sunday. Anyway - he tried to catch himself and ended up with a buckle fracture of his left radius. Today was quite an adventure...
It started out with Bible School, which I am volunteering for and the kids are attending each morning from 9-12. Aside from sending Parker and Morgan into their classes kicking and screaming, it went well. Went straight from bible songs and "Praise Jesus" to the Primary Presidency meeting - at a park near the library. That went well aside from the fact that I don't know what I am doing, and the kids kept squirting me and my binders with the out-of-control water fountain that shoots water up like 12 feet into the air. Toward the end of the meeting, we were wet and tired, and Parker had just fallen, so we hit the road. It was obvious that Parker was in pretty serious pain, so we drove directly to emergency. (No, we did not make him hobble around for a day before seeking medical attention :) Upon arriving at Emergency, it became clear that the stress was too much for little Parker and he wet his pants. Soooo - we changed amid screams in the radiology department. Then Morgan sauntered with a serious case of Montezuma's revenge...so basically, we were wet, tired, smelly, and in pain. I put her in some spare cargo pants of Parker's. An hour and a half later, when they determined it was a fracture, they decided to train someone in casting. And all they had was purple fiberglass - not very manly in Parker's eyes. But - another hour and a half later, it was on - and we were exhausted. But all is well. Parker asked me to take it off as soon as we got home and had a fit when I told him I couldn't. My only hope is that he adapts to his new limb as quickly as Sadie did to hers.
Thus leaving the question for the rest of you....WHO'S NEXT?
Adina

Mom and I have thoroughly enjoyed our visit this year to the Education Week. It has been full of new areas of interest and recreation. We've spent the first three days with Anne and Peter and will finish our last two days with Peter, as Anne took off to a retreat in Park City with the VB team from UVSC. We had a PF Chang's lunch with the two of them and Peter's parents. After lunch, we went to the Provo Town Center to see "Saints and Soldiers"...great LDS movie, well done and exciting. Saw a musician/commedian tonight at the HFAC. Last night, did Oklahoma with Peter and Anne. Tomorrow evening we're planning a musical presentation in the HFAC again. Class-wise, we have been taking a lot of financial planning and real estate investment courses. The financial planning includes how to get out of debt and stay that way. Interesting that paying the min payment on a credit card takes 43 years to pay off if you don't add anything new to it. Hooray for the US women's relay swim team and to Paul Hamm for his HUGE comeback...wow! Congratulations to Mike for being rated 1st of 31 Company Commanders in the Brigade by the outgoing Brigade Commander(Edited by Mike for correct terminology, I will probably never be a Brigade Commander) on his most recent OER (like a Navy fitness report). Man, that is good news. Sounds like our two sons are front-runners in two of the 5 US forces. You guys are awesome...and, let me add...all of you 7 and spouses are awesome. We couldn't be prouder of all of you. Here, the P word works.
We are headed home on Friday. Pick up Kim in Idaho Falls and escort her home. Visited the Jessie Knight Bldg, room 2015, row 7 again, much to your mother's dismay, to revisit where she and I met some 38 years ago. That's where you all began, in a sense. Oh well, take care and keep this Blog going.

Marnie resting in a teepee at the San Diego Zoo

For those of you who have seen Napoleon Dynamite, this is Derek's impression of Napoleon with his llama Tina.

Marnie riding a turtle at the zoo on Monday

Brooke and I at the zoo

I just wanted to let you all know that Sadie is doing really well. She has adapted to being a floor dweller without complaint. She now has the nickname of "Scooter" because that's what she does- everywhere. She doesn't even try to walk and she doesn't get frustrated. Kids are amazing. She is crying right now though. She doesn't want to go to bed. I had better go get her calmed down so Jane can sleep.

These entries are so much more fun with pictures so I figured I would add one that most of you have probably not seen.

Today I got a calling in my ward. I am going to be on the Activities committee. Something I have done before so I am not too worried about it. Mom, now I will definitely be going to more activities!

Got your pictures Dad but I don't understand the ones with the rounded frame around them..is it supposed to look like that? it is with your new attachment right? Anyway looks like fun with all the Schicky's.

I registered on Friday and got all of my classes so I am stoked and I don't have too many books to buy so that is good to. But it is a bummer because two of the books that i have to buy I have already owned before but I sold them back! :( Oh well.

I am working like a hound for these next two weeks then school starts. I am going to take a break between shifts though to go to Disneyland, the San Diego Zoo, and Magic Mountain. Hopefully they will all work out.

Well I love you all. Happy Birthday Brooke, Jane, and Isaac. And Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! and to Dave and Adina too in case I don't right in again before that! It is so good to know what is going on with everyone. Now I don't have to call Mom and Dad and pester them with questions about everyone that they usually don't know the answers too!

Well, Happy Olympics! I hope you are all watching. Michael Phelps won his first gold yesterday and hopefully the USA will win many more!

See ya!
Marnie

Okay, this is for Dave and Adina and anyone else who cares. I am having back surgery on Aug. 26th. I have a herniated disk that is pinching a nerve that runs all the way down the back of my right leg into my heel. I have had this since the end of March. At first I thought it was a tight hamstring (I had just started running again after Ellyn was born) but it wouldn't get better. I was trying to be as active as possible trying to work my way through it (running, doing Mike's PT program etc...). That just made it worse. i went in to see a Dr. He referred me to a DO (doctor of obstetrics I believe). Luckily it was our very good friend Mark. His wife is my best friend here and we used to run together. Also, we had kind of talked about my leg a few times (I was worried it could be blood clots, it runs in my family). So, by now it is the end of May. Mark tries to have me do a few different things, tries to give me a few chiropractic adjustments and at the end of my appt. he tells me that it might be tight hamstrings but he thinks I have a herniated disk. He puts in the referrals for the MRI and wants me to start on physical therapy. What had started as just a pain that came and went behind the back of my knee finally became the very constant pain that went down my whole leg. There were a few weeks while all the referrals were getting lost in the mail and being typically Army slow that it was so painful I thought I should just cut my leg off. I started physical therapy in July. At first it wasn't helping but they upped the weight on my traction and I actually started obeying the advice about doing as little as possible. That is not an easy thing to do as a mother of three. If I do my housework slowly and carefully without alot of twisting and lifting I can do most things but I can't lift anything more than the weight of my kids and technically I'm not supposed to lift them. I'm not supposed to be doing any housework either-Ha. The trick with this is that many times it will heal itself. However, if it hasn't within 6 weeks it probably won't-and-if you wait more than 3-6 mos. you risk permanent nerve damage. So, while the pain has become much more manageable I do not want to risk permanent nerve damage nor do I want to live as a semi-invalid. I had a consolt with a neurosurgeon and he says that I will not heal without surgery. So... I will have a microdiscectomy. That is where they make an inch to two inch insicion at the base of my back, cut away a piece of the bone move the muscle and nerve bundle aside, remove the portion of my disk that is pinching the nerves and then stitch me back up. There are parts that will never heal and since he thinks that this was brought on by sudden weight gain during pregnancy he says I can pretty much guarantee I will have to do this after every kid-birth control. I should be able to lift my girls again after the first week and return to a careful normal routine after the second week. It will be 4 more months before I can start lifting and running again. So there is my drama. I'm excited to have the pain gone, I'm not excited about all the little risks. I am very grateful to have Barb coming to help. We will have a good time-well, she might not, but I will. Alright, love you all and in case I don't get back on here in time I want to wish my sweet nephew a happy birthday. Unlike your highly organized and thoughtful mother I do not have a package in the mail for you but I do love you and hope you have a great birthday. Brooke

Last night, in the game where the Colts faced the Chiefs, the officiating was deplorable. Twice the Chiefs were threatening in the Red Zone and the old yellow hankies start popping out left and right. Holding??!! Give me a freakin' break! Then it is 14-8 and Trent Green has orchestrated an awesome drive in the last 30 seconds. 7 seconds left, from the 20, there is no question what will win the game. The Offensive Coordinator calls for a post route that will clearly defeat the tight Nickel coverage of the Knucklhead on the other side of the ball. Green hikes the ball, Morton is moving to the end zone triple teamed but the slant inside throws them off and he gets the jump on all of them...until one of them cheats and trips him OUTRIGHT TRIPS HIM! Oh? So your not fast enough? Go ahead and trip him, I know that will work! Well it did. And the Free Safety took the opening for the interception in the end zone, ending the debacle. The replay camera would not function and the booth pretended not to see it. All that was left was a still digital photo of Morton eating the turf with 3 guys standing around. Hmmmmmmmm, wonder what happened there? I am filing a complaint with the NFL. Brent, I got your number, that won't happen again! For those that do not know what the heck I am talking about, our XBOX Live sessions of NFL2K5 are getting pretty intense. Like Dave said, technology is great.

Hello all!
Sorry I have taken a while to get back on here and write. My summer term is almost to an end. I have 5 school days left but 8 days until I leave for home... which I am really excited about. I have had a tough couple of weeks due to roommate problems and I really just want to get home! Not that I don't love it here because I do, just stuff going on. My classes are still going good. Child Development is tough, but I am trying. I absolutely love my book of mormon class. It is something I look forward to everyday and math is just math. Really nothing has been going on here. My RA just got her mission call and I find out in about 25 minutes where she is going. I am excited to find out. I will have to tell you all when I find out.
Tomorrow night I have to start on White Glove which is the end cleaning of the dorms and it is like a toothbrush clean thing. My roommate Alli said when she did it in Winter they started at 5 pm on Friday and finshed at 6 am the next day. Yeah, I will definitely be sleeping all day saturday.
Anne, that is awesome about the scholarship... I might be coming down with Kathryn sometime in September. She has to look at a beauty school there so I think I am going to drive down with her. I will keep you updated.
Please tell Sadie I love her and I hope she gets better soon! Brooke, Jane, and Isaac.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I am going to be really busy with finals and packing so I thought I would just put that on right now.
Mom and Dad! I miss you guys! I can't wait to be home with you! I love you lots!!!! See you next Saturday!
I love that I can get on here and see what is going on with people! I would post some pictures, but I don't know how to yet! I downloaded that program.. but yeah! please explain how!
Love you all!
Kim

Yes, our 2 year old has a broken tibia. For those that did not hear, Jane leaned the electric driver's seat in the Honda back and hyperextended Sadie's knee in the car seat behind. Yes, nasty in a Joe Theisman kind of way. So our most active child is relegated to this look for the next month. Great.

Ann, I'm so happy for you and Peter. Free money is ALWAYS a good thing. Good luck with Volleyball.
Buffy

Hey Guys. Could everyone email me with your email addresses? I don't have most of your personal emails in my address book and would love to be able to email you as well as blog. I'm counting down the days left of my internship... 2!!! Last week I worked with the cutest woman who was 100 years old. I swear she had the voice of granny in the Tweetie and Sylvester cartoon!! Anyways, here's my email address:
stinchpt@yahoo.com
I'll be looking forward to getting your addresses!
Buffy

It's been great to read all of your postings and keep up on what you're all up to. Anne is now in Utah and started volleyball today after an early morning episode with some kind of flu or bad food. I'm still in California working until this Friday when I leave for good ol' Provo. We had a fun time this last weekend at a family reunion for my family near Santa Barbara. They say the tar that gets all over the place is natural, but it's hard to believe when you can see 8 or so oil drilling platforms from the shore. It comes off your skin fine with baby oil if you ever run across that problem. Anyways, here goes the great news that Anne got today at Volleyball. Sam, her coach, pulled her aside today and let her know that there was some extra scholarship money and they decided to give her a part scholarship that will cover all of tuition and books for the next year!! Yea, we're pretty excited about that. Well, I gotta get back to work. I really like this blog spot thing although me and Anne have a debate going on how to pronounce the "Sundry" of The Sundry Seven.

Peter

I am so glad this thing is working. I haven't felt this "in tune" with everyone's lives in quite some time. It is amazing that I can sit here in Japan and read about and see pictures about what is happening in all of your lives. Really is amazing. I love technology. Just had to get that out.
Tom, relax, I am not trying to say you are being frivolous or anything. Sorry, I meant ONE xbox. I was typing fast and didn't put much thought into what I was saying.
Dave

So I just got home from work and was catching up on all of the blogs and very much enjoying reading about how everyone elses life are going and realizing how plan mine is. But then I thought, I am a GM of my own store in Beverly Hills. How freaking great is that. Today I helped out Natalie Portman (Star Wars and other movies) with rash guards. Buffy is jealous but she was BEAUTIFUL!! I told Buffy it would be like her seeing Matt Damon and she agreed. Other celebes I have help are Tracy Morgan from SNL, and the blonde girl from MAD TV(very funny).There have been others but I can't remember right know. But todays tops the list. I had to let one of my department heads go today because he shoved a customer on Friday. He has a REAL bad temper (Yes worse then Tom). It was the straw that broke the camels back and unfortunately I had to let him go.
Buffy has create a workout program for us and I am going to do my best to do it. Maybe I can lose 40 lbs and get to 200. We love our new place even though it is hot as he@#. It is midnight and it is 90 outside. Buffy is in her last week of her internship then has one week off and starts school for her second of three year. Mike, I am going to see what kind of good deals we can get on plane ticket and I want to come out maybe in October to maybe go to a Georgia or FSU game. We will see what the cost is. Probably three or four days. Anyhow I should probably go to bed, but we are stoked that this is doing well and I think it is just the idea Mom had with the hard copy but this is easier. Love you ALL, Brent

Worker's painting and repairing the whole family room and the upstairs landing areas up to the bedroom doors.

I smell the smell of white paint. Now, that could have been purple or green or red paint, but, I am reasonably assured that it is white. Why, because the Hansen Construction guys have a double high scaffolding in our family room painting and repairing the mess created by the Legacy Hospital going up behind our complex. They started around 10am this morning and have been going ever since. I set the ac at 65 degrees as the outside temp is at least 100 today. I did the usual calls to DFAS, Tricare, Willamette, and made a trip to Beaverton (for camera parts...2x teleconverter and tube for my Fuji 7000). Trying to figure out why the Navy sent me a notice that I have been awarded a bill for 89000 dollars for who knows what. They said that the Denver DFAS crowd does a verification on the mess and if it is in error, they will correct my W2 that just came out. What I believe happened is that in Feb 04 when we filed our taxes and got the W2 from the Navy for 2003, they still showed me receiving income from the Navy and on active duty. They corrected the w2 back to just the one month of income in Jan 2003, but somehow, some yahoo noted the 'unseparated member still getting paid ?????? about 82000 more than I really got. So, we'll play wait and see what happens and hopefully, the error will be found. Oh boy, another crisis to inform mom about. Oh well, it'll work out in the end. Got my Black Arrow Clancy game going. It is pretty good. Running around a train station in London. Well, I have to go check on my family room and stairway status. I'll send a photo later if I can figure out, again, how to make it work.

r/ Dad

I have burned through 1 xBox and the only reason that that happened is because the hard drive went bad. Let us all remember that I was the first one with the xbox so mine had the longest time, so, watch out.

Good ol' Japanese Dentistry 
Hey, thought I'd put a picture to catch your eye. If you look close, yep, that's right, there is a root canal in every tooth, and yep, half of them are failing, and yep, that is one bridge on the top and one bridge on the bottom. Yikes!
So we are wondering, Brooke, about the back thing. What happened and what is the diagnosis/treatment/prognosis? Adina is dying to know...and so am I, for that matter.
Tom, scary to think that you have burned through two xbox's. By the way, when does the new one come out? And, you are jumping back into school, eh? Probably anxious to get back so that you can get closer to the end. It should start really speeding up now. Hold on!
Good to see that everyone else is adding to the posts. Love to hear all the news. By the way, if anyone is looking for a retarded female cat with a hook for a tail, let me know....I'll mail her to you. I am sick of her. Can't wait to get back to the states, get my own house and get a dog.
Isaac has a tennis clinic for the next three days. He is excited about it. He certainly has the body and energy for it. Can't keep his shoes on his feet for more than 5 months before he grows out of them. Both he and Taylor.
Parker is a brute, but I love it. He'll take on anyone. He plays shy initially, but watch out when he gets used to you...hmmm....sounds familiar doesn't it?
Morgan is Morgan. Spoiled and sucking her fingers still. Even through the Tobasco sauce. Don't know what to do about that one. Hopefully it'll wear off before she is 4 years old. Hope sooner. And she isn't interested in potty training at all right now. She is just content with the diaper.
Adina is very busy all the time. She is the primary president now (which accounts for half of our branch), PTO Treasurer, and busy mom. Luckily she has a friend here that has 4 boys. They trade days to go running and workout. Although she almost killed herself running the other day with the horrible heat index (humidity/temp) here. Although, running outside here is fun because you have alot of hills and we are kind of out in the country. Alot of rice patties, trails, and inlets from the ocean. It really makes for a beautiful area. Very traditional japan-ish. I'll have to take a picture of where we run.
Well, I am rambling, I will catch up with you all later.
Dave

I forgot to mention, that I, of course, think buying land in Utah is a fantastic idea!!!
-- Tracey

Well for the Mike and Brooke fam this has been an eventful week. Let's see...movers took an extra day so my limited time to help the family move was more limited, broke my monitor, broke my printer, air conditioner went totally out and needs a 1600 dollar replacement on the Oklahoma house, broke my lawn mower so I borrowed my new neighbors and that broke while I was using it, and today when Brooke took the girls over to the house to grab something off the kitchen counter she left Jane in the car (the driver's seat) and she started playing with the electric seat and proceeded to back it up over Sadie's leg behind her which severely hyperextended it and Sadie can't walk right now. Run on sentence I know, how about a run on week..ENOUGH ALREADY!! So we might need to take sadie in to the Doc if she is not walking by tomorrow night. Poor girl and of course Jane feels terrible. Lesson learned: Don't let your kid in the driver's seat, ever.
The good news. We are in our new house. It is for the most part set up and it is wonderful. By next week we should be golden. It can only go up from here. The A's are now up 1.5 games on Texas after an 18th inning single by Jermaine Dye and the Giants just won a great game. Doom 3 came out this week which is a big deal for my hobby, computer games. Doom 3 is significant because the programmer, John Carmack is an absolute genius and constantly is pushing the envelope on what computers can do with graphics. After not being able to hook up with Brent and Tom in the new ESPN football game over XBOX live for a couple of weeks, we finally got in a game each. I beat Brent but Tom layed the scunion down on me. I now have a 'Den" that everyone can be jealous of and well worth a visit by any one of you.
The week ahead: I have a 8 mile road march tomorrow at 0430. We are at the machine gun ranges this week (the ones you visited Tom). Brooke will continue to knock out as much of the house as possible with her bum back. I'll have to get the two lawn mowers repaired and I am trying to get the Probe ready to put out on the lot for sale now that I have the new truck. The name, haven't decided yet but I really like "Bobby Brown':) Much to Dave's chagrin. Like I said, hopefully this week will go better. Madden 2005 comes out this week, first time it will be playable over XBOX live so Tom and Brent we will have to get it, at least rent it and see if it is better than ESPN. ESPN is pretty dang good. I'll have to sell some games on ebay to get it but I think it will be worth it.
That is about all the excitement in our life. We love you all and good to see you using the blog. I sure like checking it out every morning.

Mike

So it has been a long time since we posted something here. Sorry about the delay, I am sure you have all been dying to know what is going on in Cleveland since it is so exciting here! Well, our life is fun, eventful. Hayden makes most things fun and some things completly impossible. He is really starting to talk and says all sorts of things including "thank you," "cheese," "baseball," "more," "snack," "teeth" and he even says "I love you" although you have to be listening close to know that is what he said. Tom is most proud of the fact that everytime we enter the living room he runs for the the X-box controllers and says "box." I tried putting him to bed last night while Tom was playing X-box and he just kept crying and pointing at his bedroom door saying "daddy box." Incidentally Tom is on X-box number 2 since he wore out the first one and it broke.
Hayden is learning how to say his prayers at night but he only lasts about 8 seconds before he gets up and runs around. He has apparently taken a liking to the show "Dora the Explorer" because he runs around singing "back pack, back pack, yea!" He has learned how to swing a baseball bat and he throws incredibly well so he is always impressing everyone at Tom's softball games.
Tom starts school again tomorrow, he's anxious to get started so he can get it over with. It's been a lot of fun having him home for the last month. We got season passes to the local amusement park and we have spent a lot of time there. We have been to the zoo and the pool a few times as well as several Indians games. It's been a very full summer. We had a great new couple move in upstairs from us, they have a 7 month old and she stays home during the day which is great for me. In addition, we had a new LDS couple move in across the street and we are fast becoming to friends. To make things even better some of our friends from our ward in Provo just moved out here for him to attend medical school and they live nearby us, it's great to have them here. I am excited to think that this year will be even better than last year because of all our new friends. This website is a great idea, it's so fun to hear about everyone. We'll talk to you all later!

Hello all! Just thought I would send out a little update on me. Not much is different but school is rapidly approaching so I am trying to get ready for that. I am a little nervous for this semester because it will be the majority of my advertising curriculum for my major. I want to actually retain the information I learn and not just try to get a good grade. I will have to take a whole different approach to school! I register on Friday so hopefully I will get all of the classes that I want. It is difficult now at SDSU because of all of the cut funding for education in California. There aren't as many classes available so it is hard to get what you need.

The Olympics also start on Friday. I am very excited about that. I really love the Olympics and it will be fun to see them in Athens. The opening ceremonies are on NBC at 8pm on Friday, don't miss it!!

Still really warm in San Diego. I wish it would get cooler. I have decided that I really am a Northwest girl at heart. I like the style of clothes for that climate so much better. I can't wait to be able to wear even a thin sweater or a long sleeved shirt again! The sun is nice though, as long as it isn't sweltering hot weather.

Well I best be off to bed. I will catch up more with you all later.

Marnie

ps: truck name: Rover

Sadie and her bud at the old house

2nd attempt to do photo with caption

I was recently asked when I was going to use Blogspot to post something. I thought I had but, since you asked, here goes. It is early Saturday a.m. and I am up, and have been up most of the night due to some antibiotic ear drops for my right ear. The sloshing of the fluid in my right ear keeps waking me up. I decided to get up about 45 mins ago and take a look at the "spot". I noted Dave and Adina's blog and made my comment. I figure if I can get 4-5 nipponese over here for a few days at 25000 yen/night...I can quit work and start a nippon bed and breakfast.

I'd love to post you some photos but find ofoto easier to manipulate without going to "insert to URL in place of bladeebladeebla......"?????????? Could it be easier to just insert a photo directly in to the posting and forget about the multiple keystr0kes required to get a simple photo online?

I have the same problem with the 350Zforum.com site. I still don't know how they post photos.

We are going to Ron and Teri's (sp) this morning as soon as they call, to help with their move-in. Ron sounded a little disappointed with the way his real estate agent is handling the acquistion of their new home..and the condition the home was left in by the previous owners. We had the same problem with our previous owners who took lock, stock and barrel when they left the home.

Well, I settled for 4500 measly (sp) dollars from Farmer's Insurance. That is all they would give up toward my diminished value. Very very short of the 20000 that I calculated in my loss to the Z accident caused by one of their clients. In any case, it bought us a new BBQ stainless steel which I have been eyeing for some time. It didn't cost 4500 by the way. There is a really nice one for tailgating and just plain family tripping at www.freedomgrill.com. I would like to have that for future church, work and family events. Nice.

I extracted a tooth for Jason Paoli, live-in at Bennett's home, two nights ago. Bennett's DDS invited me to come to her office to do the deed. It was really nice to see an active practice and how non-institutionalized it was; more like a home. It was an easily delivery/shuck and of course, I thought of having my own business again. There is nothing quite like owning your own business......as long as it goes well. You just have to go about it differently from my last misadventure.

For those of you who may be wondering, yes, I am voting for BUSH/CHENEY in the upcoming. I will comment no futher on political issues concerning Hanoi John and the ambulance chasing companion of his. Okay, enough.

Upcoming events in our local family: Aug is education week at BYU; Sept-Oct is AAOMS meeting in San Francisco; November is Thanksgiving in Cleveland; December is December-no plans except home; January is visit from Japan Stinchy's and Kim back to school; February is a week in the Caribbean; March is home; April is BYU graduation; May is San Diego graduation; June is home; July is home; August is Stinchy/Schick reunion in Florida and the Japan Stinchy's return home...and I stop there. There may have been things left out and things to be added later, but remember, this is 3:49 am. Give me a break. Here is the photo I promised:

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Oh, sorry, couldn't figure out the URL/insert/JPG/[application]/{ABCXYZ} or whatever.

Later, Dad hehe

So we had kids come over to stay the night. I don't know what it is....quite a bit of trust I guess. These japanese parents want so badly to send their kids into an american home that they pay 2500 yen ($25) per child to spend the night at an americans' home on the american navy base. They come over at 5pm and leave at 12pm the next day. They speak very little english, but the kids don't need to speak the same language to have fun. These three are 8/9 years old. Last night we had 4 of them. We don't even seek these out, they just fall in our lap. And, the strange thing is, the parents have never met us. They have never seen our house or how we live. But, we take good care of them. We took them to the pool last night and they loved that.

Things are going well here. We have been going on short, several hour, hikes to get us ready for the Mt. Fuji climb on the 27 August. We go hike at the Nagasaki Prefectural Forest. It is kind of like a National Forest. Very nice, a lot of paths, waterfalls, swimming holes, shade and snakes! The kids have really loved that. We are going to be driving up to Camp Fuji (a US Marine base) at the base of Mt. Fuji. We will stay there in the lodge. We are taking a babysitter with us who will stay with Taylor, Parker and Morgan while Adina, Isaac and I hike the mountain. It is a long drive up there though. Luckily, when you rent a van from MWR, they pay for all the tolls (which would likely be $600-800). The driving trip will take 14-16 hrs each way. Which is crazy when you think that it is about the distance from San Diego to Sacramento! And Mike, we will be driving through Nagoya on the way. Should be fun!

Jane, I know you have a birthday coming up. Happy Birthday! We have something on the way for you. Isaac is having a birthday party here next week for his 9th birthday. It is going to be a magic birthday and I am supposed to do some magic. I guess I better start practicing again! 9 years old....can't believe driving is only 7 years away.

So, the plan for us in the coming year. Adina's brother, Ray Jr., is getting home from his mission in Ecuador this week. Then on 08 September-22 September, he will be coming to visit us for 2 weeks before he has to get down an dirty with school, etc.. In the end of November, I go to Seoul, Korea for 1 week for the 38th Parallel Dental Conference. In the end of January (not sure on the exact dates yet), we will be flying space-a again as a family back to the states. We will be there for several weeks. The primary purpose of the visit is to find a place to work when we come back for good in July/August 2005. We will go visit the Archuletas for part of that time. Then Mom/Dad will come out here to visit us in the April/May timeframe. And hopefully whoever else wants to come. There is some great Japanese food, culture and sights to see! Just think, this is your only chance to come and see it with free lodging and minimal food costs! All you have to pay for is your plane ticket, and that is usually not as much as you think. Hope to see some more of you!

Then we will be leaving Japan in July/August, coming back to the Vancouver area. I know the next few years will be 'establishing' years and will involve a lot of hard work, but I am extremely excited and pumped up to take on the challenge.

I am going to get on with our Saturday here. We love you all and miss you! Keep the posts coming!

Dave (and family)

The 1979 F100 Ranger

Well here is the infamous "Truck". I would like everyone to submit a name since it a vehicle that demands a name. $1550 with 100, 000 miles. Took it out on the freeway and it runs great. Big V-8 that I am sure will suck the gas though.

Truck Interior in Great Shape

Jane and her new Golden Retriever Puppy "Bailey"

Well, I guess as I see your mother run off away from me when I start talking about buying land, that I should take the hint that it isn't what she had in mind. I have always looked at homes and land just about wherever I've visited, vacationed or just driven by and have this urge to purchase land for some future use. This Eden valley is beautiful. Dick and Martha were corrrect when they first announced what a beautiful place it was...way back when they first looked at lots around here.

I couldn't even begin to believe that I'd be able to own a home here and one in Washington at the same time. However, I can own land and use it as an investment for the future.

Now, not to panic my youngin's and their families who are planning a move to Washington, I need to let you know that my first goal is land. I'm certain there are areas like this close to Vancouver that would excite me as much as this. I like the country and I like nice mountain views. What I need to do is just drive around my own home land more and see what there is to offer.

I don't want to move away from my "incoming family". We are thrilled that you would consider even moving our way. Keep in mind, however, that this land here could turn in to winter season housing by way of a lodge type of home. Then too, we could check out the possibilities in our own community.

Mike has already stated that I should keep to my own back yard and not get into things out this Utah way. Well, I can take that as valid advice.

Anyway, you will only have to suffer through the last ofoto of pictures I took of a $115,000 dollar lot above Dick and Martha's. I like the view and the location. Not a place to settle, but investment and/or skiing housing.

That's about it. Your input is welcomed. L/ Dad

And the other part of the nightmare, "I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream" Karma is death.

Hi all,

On a quiet Sunday afternoon we were all getting a good laugh out of our wacko 2nd child. She won't take the hair off, it is hilarious. Especially funny as the hair reaches her diaper in back. We move tomorrow to the new house. I also get my 79 Ford F100 truck tomorrow. That should already help with moving stuff. I will go take a picture later today so everyone can see how cool it is.
Brent and Tom, we need to play some football now that it is working. I saw the Village and did not like it very much, false advertising. I am very jealous of marnie and her trip to the Comicon. That is too cool, well maybe nerdy, but I think it is cool. Nothing really else to say. We will have more after the move.

Mike

Sadie's new hair thing. Greaaat!!