Dad,
Hope this doesn't happen to your big toy, you never know what the other guy is going to do...as your Z found out.
Dave 

Well, I just experienced what others have complained of….writing a long and involved blog only to have it disappear when you try to publish…..Groan!!!  It really does sap your energy after all that thought and cleverness (Actually it was really a fairly boring recitation of what I have been up to this last week but since you can’t read it, I can pretend that it was clever)

In looking for how to recover it, I discovered a thing you can download so that you can blog in Word and publish it directly into the blog.  It puts a toolbar so that you can link to the blog.  Pretty nifty.

To more briefly communicate my ramblings, I have had a busy three days.  We went up to Utah last weekend to take in two of Annie’s games…We also had a birthday dinner at the Cannon’s for Marnie….very fun!   Anne’s team won one match and lost the other.  (They won against Wyoming yesterday!  Yea!!!!)  We returned on Tuesday afternoon….Dad took care of the financing details on the Corvette to get a better interest rate and David and the kids came over for hot dogs, a fire, and hot tubbing. It is so fun to have them close!  (Adina was playing bunko with some neighbors)

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday…..I attempted to clean up the house amidst a Art Museum trip, a visit to my old company, Westfarm Foods, to see my friends there, Mutual at our house for the young men, a book club, a trip to the temple for Stake temple night and various other errands.  I’m not sure how I could make time for gainful employment.  My life is filling up and I like the flexibility!  Plus my visit to Westfarm confirmed the correctness of my decision to leave….what a nutso place!!!

David and Adina and the kids brought over delicious steaks and corn on the cob last night which matched up with my baked potatoes to make a great dinner.  Treven and Kim came over after dinner and we watched “Kicking and Screaming”.

I need to go get in the shower…very soon…since I need to be at Isaac’s soccer game by 10:30 in Camas. I then will go to half of Taylor’s game  and I’ll go off to the Lion King with David’s family and Kim.  An implant course, mandatory, at work came up for Dad so we had an extra ticket.   We originally planned for Jane or Sadie to take it but Brooke is over at the coast camping with Adam and Mindy and all the rest of the clan.  I’m sure they are having fun, if a little damp fun!!!

Dad and I will go to the adult Stake Conference tonight and then to the “live” broadcast one tomorrow…then take off for Utah to exchange the Z for the Corvette.  Very crazy!!!  I thought I had filled up Dad’s time enough to make him too busy to consummate his dream…Silly me!!!  You’d think that I would learn something in 36+ years.

I’m hoping that we will have a weekend home at some point.  Next weekend is Sean’s wedding in San Francisco!

Love you all,
Mom

I am making this post because I am tired of coming here to see if there is anything new and would get hit right in the face with that mug. So, I am going to post something, Here it comes, get ready, drumroll please, ta da, curtains.................Happy Friday!!!!!more to follow.

Playing with the Web Cam, gotta love the monitor lighting!

Could have had one of these, if you just would of laid off the pedal. But hey, you finally got one back, congrats!

Best not to let me get a hold of a Vette.

Well Dad, you got the color of the FIA GT winner last year so you are right on. Just 2 rules for this bad machine:

1. NO bumper stickers OR window stickers!

2. Don't ruin it with a GPS.

Love your wisest son, Mike

Parker in Papa's glasses.
San Diego, 2002 

Going for a walk at that same beach I talk about below. 

Morgan squatting next to the Columbia River. This beach is about 2 miles from our front door. That is Oregon on the other side. 

This is near where we stayed for our anniversary last month. Beautiful views.
Dave