Dad and I are on our way up to Utah tomorrow morning to spend the weekend with Martha and Dick. Beppie Anne and Geoff arrived today and I think they leave on Monday like us. Tomorrow, Martha has invited Brenda and Charlie and Linda Burton up for lunch.

Both Dad and I have had busy days at work. Only two more weeks to go for me but I think I probably have about 4 weeks of work to do in those two weeks! I need to leave the last few days to just clean up my office and electronic files and e-mail so people can find what they need without wading through a lot of junk.

It was great having Marnie up here for a few days. She looks really cute with her new haircut. Harry Connick was good...only surprised me because he didn't sing more. A lot of jazz piano which was good too.

I have miserably fallen down on putting together the hard copy newsletter and doubt if I will have time until I am done with this work thing...So I especially glad we are communicating through this mode.

I need to start heading for bed soon...our flight leaves at 6:15...and you all know Dad. That means we have to be at the airport to 4:15 whether or not any of the workers are there!!!

We love you all....liked your pictures, Marnie.

Mom

Hi everyone I got braces on! I also am geting my tonsils and adenoids removed soon!
I do not know when I get surgery. I love you guys.

Jane

Well, Peter and I are doing well, just working everyday and working out every night. We are heading to the Angels game tomorrow night, and then maybe hiking on Saturday and baby sitting Saturday night( It is Peter's Brother's anniversary...the one with the twins).

Anyways, I am mapping out what I want to decorate the apartment with...I never realized how expensive some things can be. But I won't be buying anything until we move up there. I pulled up the floor plan for the apartment from the byu website and sorta planned out how it is all going to look. I am so excited to be going back and having our own place. It is finally worth it to decorate because we will be there for so long. We are living in Wyview..the BYU Family housing. I move back a week from Monday and I can't wait. 6 1/2 days of work left...boy have I waited for this moment.

Peter is enjoying himself as usual. He applied for a job with the Water Department up in Salt Lake. It is exactly what he wants to start off doing. If he does end up getting the job, we will be working it out so that he can work and do school at the same time. Believe me, we will be insanely busy this next fall with my school and volleyball, and his last semester and possibly this job.

I probably should be getting back to work...reading Harry Potter....I know, I do nothing around here. But it is good.

We love you and miss you all!

Love, Anne and Peter

This is my first post and even as I speak Sadie is scrambling into my lap. We'll see how this works.

Today was a good day. My friend helped me paint the playroom at our new house and two "accent walls." We were able to get it all done in 4 1/2 hours. First of all I would never have been able to do it without painting in the middle of the night with my crazy girls in bed and then of course there's the back issue. But the two of us together knocked it out without too many problems (Sadie did paint her dress-it was an ugly old one- and Ellyn's two blankets). Jane was practicing her stalking techniques waiting for her little friend to get home from the store.

The next good thing that happened was that our rental agency called and asked if our current tenants could sign another year contract-um...YES! Phew for that. I hung up with them and my friend Emily called and asked if she could bring over her homemade rolls. I absolutely love her rolls. They are the highlight of my Thanksgiving. So you can all see what an exceptionally great day this Monday has turned out to be.

Now I wouldn't ask Mike how his day was if I were you. He had two AWOLs and a suicide attempt. Let's just stick with my positive upbeat message.

Dad and I are both sitting at our respective computers in the study getting our church work done.  We are going up to Utah next weekend to spend some time with Martha and Dick and Beppie Anne and Geoff.  Very fun but we do have to get the loose ends tied up here for all of our church things.

It's nice to have Dad back...this house gets very quiet with just me rattling around.  Yesterday, we ran around washing cars...(found a great full service car wash)...looking at dining room sets (was wowed by the cost of them)...getting bills out (depleted the accounts).  It was really hot...103 degrees on Friday and 100  degrees on Saturday.  So we decided to go to the movies to get cool.  We went and saw "I, Robot".  It was a much better movie than I expected!  When we got out at about 9 a western wind had come in and it was substantially cooler.  Today is delightful...about 80 degrees or so.

As far as my reading, I am still...and will be for the foreseeable future....wading through Les Miserables.  My first reading was the abridged and now I am trying to get through the unabridged.  Victor Hugo certainly does like filling you in on every possible detail of each character and setting!!!

Three more weeks to go at work...with about three months worth of work to do.  I have 3 supervisors on vacation until the end of the month so we are shorthanded besides.

We are looking forward to Marnie coming up tomorrow morning until Thursday morning. We are going to a Harry Connick concert on Wednesday night.

I've enjoyed all your news!!!

Mom

 

Brooke took this last night.  Today we are busy putting things in boxes that we would rather not have the movers touch.  That has been my last three days actually with work from about 5 am to 10 am and 5 pm to 7 pm.  The movers are coming 3 and 4 August so that will be the official move date.  We hate the unpacking part but it will be nice when it is over.  Mom, you will probably still be seing some of the mess, sorry! 

Mike

Hello from Sasebo!
We are just having a busy Saturday here with the ridiculously hot weather.  Have a Pioneer Day thing with the Japanese Branch.  That'll be interesting since most of the Japanese branch work on Saturday.  I don't understand it!  Should be fun though.
Other than that, we have a cubscout swim party tonight.  Time to cool off.  Hope everyone is doing well. 
Dave 

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted for so long! Whoops! It involves accidentally erasing emails and being pretty busy...Anyway, an update on me...

I am currently in the middle of one of the most fun and probably my favorite weekend of the year...COMICON INTERNATIONAL 2004!!! It is a totally geeky convention at the San Diego Convention Center for comics, sci-fi, fantasy, and all that jazz. It is totally fun. It started today and already I have had a blast. Tonight I went to the Star Wars Fan Film Awards which were awesome. A guy that works for Lucasfilm did a one man live show of his adaptation of Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode IV). It was amazing. He did all of the voices and soundtrack and everything. He has seen Star Wars 475 times!! Tomorrow I am starting again bright and early. Tomorrow we plan on seeing Keanu Reeves and the guys who played Pippin and Faramir in the Lord of the Rings. Hopefully there will be some surprise guests!! And Jude Law is going to be there on Saturday for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow! I am very excited. Comicon is so fun. Some of you will definitely have to come with me one year. It is an experience. I will definitely post pictures once I have them on the computer.

On Monday I am flying up to Vancouver to see Mom and Dad and to join them for a Harry Connick Jr. concert in Portland. That should be fun. Then back to work until school starts at the end of August.

Life is good here. Church is good. I like my ward and I have a feeling I will be getting a calling soon. Work is good. We are losing a lot of cashiers to out-of-state schools but I know we will live through the inconveniences. Play time is good too. I try to get to the beach as often as possible to attempt a tan. Mostly I just hang out with my friends Bob and Derek and an assortment of others. It is a fun summer. School will be hard in the fall so I am enjoying the free time now.

I just read The Da Vinci Code. Excellent. Definitely recommend it. And for any fellow Jane Austen fans, The Jane Austen Book Club is a good book as well. I am currently trying to read all of the Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events so I am prepared for the movie coming out in December.

Good movies seen lately: The Terminal. Excellent. Napoleon Dynamite. Independent, very funny. Shrek 2. Funny, cute. Anchorman. A little dirty, but funny. Planning to see The Bourne Supremacy and The Village in the next couple of weeks. I will let you know how those are.

Love you all. It is fun to read this and know what you all are doing. I will try to keep up with it.

-Marnie

Another of some 15 foot tall Buddhist gods. 

Our trip to Korea. Everyone has probably seen these, but it might be interesting to see anyway for those who haven't. 

Well, I just finished with Enrichment Meeting in our backyard. I think everyone enjoyed it...and we had a good turnout. Almost 40 sisters.

I am tired though after making 20 mini loaves of bread, hauling all the toys up to the bonus room for the nursery. Moving tables and chairs around and on and on!!! Although, I guess I'm no more tired than I am after Enrichment when it is at the church. I'm not quite sure why I keep getting jobs like Activities Committee or Enrichment which are such great productions. How about just handing out the bulletins!!!

The house is really quiet with just me here. Dad is up on Orcas Island with the Scouts. Peter and Anne---good to at least have a bite on the car. David, if they can't sell it, they are going to bring it up here and we will take care of the payments for the year and then when you get here you can take it back as your second car. If you disagree, let us know.

Anyway...so much for my wanderings....I love you all...and really enjoy hearing all your news. (but I'm not in the market for a video card!!)

Mom

ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder (TV Tuner, Video Capture) 9700 Pro Video Card. I am going to sell it on ebay if none of you want it.

$100.

For the going price at resellers: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-366&depa=1 Not trying to make a buck, just trying to recover some of the cost. Anyway, let me know. It is still a pretty dang fast card.

Mike

Hey Mike,

Peter would love to go however, we will already be back in school by then. Maybe some other time. Anyways, Peter and I are doing great going through our daily routines at work. We got a call about the car but we have to wait for her to call back to be sure that she really wants to see it. Dave, USA says that you need to email them to give us permission to obtain the pay off amount in the event that we sell it. Then we might have to have you sign another power of attorney in that supposedly the DMV doesn't acknowledge the general power of attorney. The email address is jmorse@usafed.org ...her name is Julie and just let her know that you give us permission to access the payoff amount to your account 7312137. Thanks so much...To everyone else, hope all is well and we are always thinking of you!

Love, Anne and Peter