Jane got her braces off yesterday!

Hi, I am now 1! (Notice Sadie in her new favorite outfit, red tutu with big blond wig, with nothing else!)

Yeah, Sleeping Beauty Hair, Right...

Birthday Girl Destroys Cake

Ellyn,

Sorry We are late, But Happy 1st birthday! I hope you had a good day and had fun with your family!

We Love you!

Love, Auntie Anne and Uncle Peter

Happy V-Day everyone!

I saw this article on cnn.com and thought I would post it:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/14/valentine.town.ap/index.html

-Anne

Hey everyone,

Well this afternoon, Peter received an email supposedly from Washington Mutual saying that it had suspected fraudulant activity with our account and that it was currently deactivated and that we had to follow a link to reactivate it. It sends you to the normal wamu.com sign in page to sign in. Then it asked for the card number, pin number, expiration date, and the 3 or 4 digit number on the back of the card(basically everything you would need to use it). So after Peter had done this, because we assumed it was Washington Mutual, we noticed on the wamu.com website that they said that they would never ask for our pin number over email. So immediatly we figured this must have been something wrong so we called the Washington Mutual number and we were told that it was not them who sent it to us and that it had been a random person trying to get our information. We ended up cancelling that card and changed basically anything that would have to do with what info we had given to them.

I am just alarming you all that this is something that can happen and to delete the message as soon as you receive it or let washington mutual know about it. Anyways, we have everything resolved now and are going tomorrow to make sure everything is changed. I really hope you all will never have to deal with this.

Other than all of that stuff, we are doing great and having fun here in Provo. We love you all and can't wait to see you all again.

Love, Anne and Peter

Today was the San Diegito (sp?) Half Marathon, no your sister Marnie did not run it but her boyfriend did! Matt did really well even in the rain! Here is a shot of him just after the race.

Things are going well in San Diego. I am getting into the jive of school, slowly. And I am already counting down the weeks till I graduate(May 21st...). My internship is going well and I am learning a lot. Sport Chalet is still the same, drama drama drama. But it is fun sometimes.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!! Sorry I couldn't see you all, Dave and Adina, when you were here! Congratulations on the practice!

I love you all!

Marnie

David- Brent and I told my mother about the dental practice you are planning to buy and funny enough, my mother is in the market for a new dentist. She had mentioned the description if the dental office and said she thought it looked like a nice place. She then asked us to find out the name of the dentist and sure enough it's the same one that she was already considering! Congrats on finding a place that you were looking for and hopefully all the details work out well.
By the way, Happy Valentines day to everyone!
Buffy

Well we got home. Let me just give you a quick synopsis of our trip back.

• 0430 Wednesday - Woke up in Vancouver, drove to SeaTac airport (3 hours) and arrived at 0829, one minute before 'showtime'. Much too close because if you miss showtime, you don't go.
• 1130 Wednesday - The time we were supposed to leave SeaTac. Incoming flight delayed 1.5 hours. Finally got on at 1300 only to be told that they needed to close a door on the bottom of the plane and it would take another 1.5 hours, so we all got off. Waited for 1.5 hours, got back on, the plane taxied out 100 feet, then they said the door opened again, another 45 mins waiting for them to close it again. So, about 1600 we actually leave SeaTac, 12 hours after waking up.
• 11 hour flight to Yokota (northern) Japan. Lost 17 hrs to time change.
• 1830 Thursday- arrive Yokota Air Force Base. We get off the plane, go through immigration for 1 hr, sit for another 30 mins, then are told that because of the delay, the flight crew cannot safely fly the next let tonight.
• 2130 Thursday - Finally arrive at lodging at Yokota to spend the night (the airline paid for lodging and food).
• 0330 Friday - All the kids wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed. I wake up, Adina sleeps for a little longer.
• 0900 Friday - Bus pickup to go back to terminal.
• 1400 Friday - Plane leaves for Iwakuni Marine Corp Air Station.
• 1600 Friday - Arrive Iwakuni.
• 1700 Friday - Find out that our reservations for lodging in Iwakuni were canceled because we were space available and there weren't any rooms left.
• 1701 Friday - Decided to just drive home today.
• 2100 Friday - Arrived in Sasebo.
• 0400 Saturday - Kids all awake bright eyed and bushy tailed again. Dave wakes, Adina sleeps.
• And now it is 0900 Saturday.

So, it was a long trip, but the flight only cost $13 per person. We'll take a little of inconvenience for several thousand dollars in savings. It may take the kids a while longer to get adjusted to the time change again.

So, the trip was successful. We accomplished what we wanted to do and have found a practice. It is in Washougal, WA. It is 21 miles from mom and dads front door. It is a small town right on the Columbia River down East of Camas. It is the same place where Buffy's mom moved to recently. It has a small town, rural feeling to it, yet it is 15 mile from downtown Portland. The best of both worlds. It is growing well though with a lot of houses being built. I have signed the letter of intent to purchase the practice from Dr. Howard Davis who has been practicing there for 25 years and has a very loyal patient pool. He does just the kind of dentistry I am interested in and is very supportive in making me successful. The practice has a view out of the treatment rooms that is very relaxing, looks right out into the woods, nice big windows. The equipment is brand new and the practice has a very homey feel to it. It really is just what I have been looking for. I will be starting to work there in August and will purchase it 1 year from that date. We've got an excellent CPA/Lawyer team going through all the details and they agree it is an excellent opportunity.

Good to be home.

Dave

Awesome stuff here...
Beats any other online mapper.

http://maps.google.com/

Hey everyone!

I realized nobody knows my address... so I thought I would just post it!
440 S 2nd W #411
Rexburg, ID 83440

Just got home from a trip home to see Dave and Adina and the kids. Had a blast at home! Especially playing pounce! haha anyways! Just the same old same old. Just studying and hanging out with friends. I am trying to look for a job so I can save up money. There are new restaurants and stores opening so I am going to apply there.
It snowed a little this weekend. Wish it would snow more so that when I go snowboarding it won't be so icy.
Also all of those with Verizon phones I have a Verizon phone now so it is free. The number is (360)635-2864. I still do have my Cingular one. It is just one to be able to talk free to Treven.
Mom and Dad... I also need an oil change soon on the Durango. I am guessing about the beginning of March. I just talked to you Mom, but I forgot to tell you that.
I love you all and miss you! I will post more pictures soon just have to download them onto my computer.

Hey Everyone,

I thought I would let you know that Peter had accepted an internship for the summer(May and June) at the Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Mississippi. We will be there for two month and then will be back in Provo until December. This is a possible permanent job opportunity for Peter when he is done in December but we will not know anything about permanent stuff until next fall. I am excited to experience the South and actually somewhat know what Mike and Brooke are talking about. We will hopefully be able to visit both Mike and Brooke and Tom and Tracey sometime while we are there. We will see!

We are both doing great and hope to see you all soon.

Love you!

Anne and Peter

Well, this time has seemed longer than it actually was. That is a good vacation. I have been able to accomplish a lot on the dental practice side of things. I have discovered that the practice I was looking at initially is nothing close to what I wanted, so it has been left in the dust. However, there is an excellent opportunity that I am pursuing right now in Washougal, WA, about 30 mins from Mom and Dad's. Good practice, well equipped/staffed, with much potential for growth.
We fly back to Sasebo tomorrow morning, but won't actually be back to our home for 2 or 3 days. It is a long trip. We wish we could have seen more of you all, but we did get to see B&B and Kim while we were here. Great trip overall. Makes us really want to get back in August. Well, hope to hear from all of you soon. Blog away!
Dave

After discussion, we have not totally given up on the idea of a practice. Our CPA had the great suggestion for a middle road solution. We will give up our bid for this space that we have been working toward and I will exert stronger efforts to get employment. As soon as I get a steady permanent job, we will proceed forward. In speaking to both lenders, if I had employment, it would go through without something in writing from Willamette and without a 2nd on our house. We would then look for what spaces might be available at that time. We both feel very peaceful about that solution....except that it is sort of up to me to get the job...so I can definitely use your prayers and fasting to help me in that endeavor.

Thanks for all your support,

Mom

Our adventures in Santa Clarita continue with the filming of CSI Las Vegas in our little apartment complex. Yep, that's right, a whole crew of well over 100 people, five semi's, trailers, security guards, fake cop cars, fake prostitutes, a fake villain, cameras, lots of lights, and a few of the stars were all chilling in our tiny parking lot last night. They used our friend's apartment that they had just moved out of to film a stake out of a criminal living in a white trash apartment. I'll admit that our apartments aren't the most stylish but they made it even more ghetto by shining neon blue spot lights on the sides of the buildings (very Vegas I guess). I also got a peak at the inside after the "art department" was done with our (Mormon) friend's old apartment. It looked exactly like a trashy crack dealer's place complete with alcohol bottles and cigarette butts everywhere, multiple phones, little mirrors with razor blades and all the cheasy 70's furniture you can imagine as well as clutter and trash. I hope to get copies of the pictures I took with the apt manager soon.
So last night instead of watching TV or reading for entertainment, I went up to my friend's apt and watched the filming from her bedroom window while eating pizza. I think it will air next month but I'm not sure what date. All I can say is it was VERY surreal!
Brent just got back in town last night from Mammoth for work meetings and snow boarding. Unfortunately the film crew was completely packed up and gone by the time he got home at around 10:30pm (sorry Brent). He is still in one piece but I don't think he feels like it. It was his first time and apparently everything hurts.
Barb and Kenn, we will pray for you as well and hope you are at peace with the decision you make.
Buffy

Actually, Brent...I may NOT be getting Dad a practice for his birthday and he may thank me for it.

Just to keep you all in the current loop, both financing companies have asked for some conditions that we may not want to do....such as a 2nd on our house, and a written contract with Willamette for the phase out. We don't want to do the first and Dad thinks we would be killing ourself by asking for the second item with Willamette.

We haven't made our final, final decision but are leaning on giving up the idea of the practice and enjoying our later years with a guaranteed income...and a lot fewer worries. I am sure Dad would be successful at the practice but it takes time...and if the financing isn't there, you can't do it. We definitely do not want a repeat of Poulsbo.

We have been praying fervently for a clear answer as to the direction we need to go and this may be our answer. We will be fasting this Sunday for the right thing to happen and invite any of you who would desire to join us in that fast. We need to make the final decision by Monday.

We love you all and the most important blessing we have in our life are each of you!!!

Mom

We would love to wish you an excellent Birthday and hope that Mom can buy you a practice for your Birthday. Have a nice one. We love you.

Brent and Buffy

Have the most wonderful birthday ever!! I wish I could be up there with all of you to celebrate! I love you!

Marnie