Kelly and I doing cannonballs into the pool after being thrown in because it was my last day!

Kelly decorated my locker for my last day at Sport Chalet! Lots of inside jokes from 2 years!

It is hard to get a feel for how close it is until you are there but I will be taking more pictures later. I explored a little yesterday and it is amazing!

My new apartment is just behind that green and white house. I will have more pictures later but I couldn't when I went to see it because the woman that lives there now is SO messy!

Matt taking me and my roommate Sandy for a ride around downtown!

IT WAS ME!!!!

Love ya Mom

Brent

Me and Mike were trying to figure out who did the "You're not even worth $100" thing. Who did that lovely piece of work?

Dave

Marnie, Congratulations on the apartment. We are definitly jealous of the location. I am sure it will be awesome.

We are finally beginning to settle down here in Vicksburg. We are having tons of fun hanging out, enjoying the area. Peter's parents came in town for a visit and we were able to visit the National Military Park here and learn more about the Civil War. It was fun. Once Peter started working on Tuesday, It was just me and the in-laws. We were able to go and visit a couple plantations before they left on Wednesday. The plantations are beautiful. I want one soo badly now. I think if I were to live in the country it would have to be on lots of land like some of these plantations.

Mike and Brooke, Peter and I are both planning on coming the weekend of Memorial Day (like the 27th or so). Peter will stay the weekend and leave me there to play with you all because he has to get back to work. He is going to come the next weekend and stay and then we will both leave together. Please let me know if that sounds good or whatever.

The weather is HOT! Humidity sucks when you have to go out running every day. But it is nice, my skin is doing better here. The Utah dryness kills me. The only down side is that I am attractive to mosquitos. 7 bites in 2 days :( .

We love you all!

Love, Anne

Hey everyone! I don't have much time right now to post but I thought I would let you know that I found a place to live! And it is really great! It is a studio in...wait for it...LA JOLLA!! It is like one or two blocks from La Jolla cove and it is really nice. I know what you are thinking really expensive? well, sort of but not at all for La Jolla or San Diego in general really. I will tell you more about it later and will post pictures of the surrounding area and stuff. I move in on June 1st. Thanks for your prayers. Things are really falling into place. I will write more later! Have to go!

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Marnie

Hey,
I feel a little out of the loop because I have no idea what story got into the chicken soup book. Could you possibly describe the story that was submitted? Sounds great anyhow!
By the way, I went to the doc since I had been getting worse. They hooked me up with a z pack and an inhailer which I was saddly very excited about. Turns out that the flu turned into laryngitis and bronchitis. I'm feeling a little better today but very weak.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Buffy

Congrats on the story making it into the book - we will be sure to get a copy!

Another Saturday of games and practices has come and gone. We are all sandy, tired, and sweaty. Parker managed to scoop a few base hits today...he was beaming. Taylor actually HIT the ball today - something we have been waiting for. It's not as easy as it seems. These kids play machine pitch, so the ball is coming at them at about 40 mph. And Isaac hit a homerun and two doubles! It was great. We shut the other team out. Lots of happy kids.

I had softball practice today - Dave helped out with coaching. He's been really great - helping me practice this week. Lots of constructive criticism, of course. Along the lines of, "Are you AIMING for my feet?" and "You do have your contacts in, right?" Well - I'm happy to report that the criticism works and I am doing better. I'm excited for our game next week.

Tomas - sorry to hear about your finger. I'm sure it was a great catch. I worry all the time about Dave injuring his hands during baseball, football - or whatever. One of his latest ambitions is wood working. Wants the table saw - the whole thing - and I'm terrified he'll saw off a finger or something. Anyway - you gotta live - just need to be careful. Hope you recover quickly.

The tooth fairy is making her rounds here tonight. Earlier in the day, Dave and Taylor were fooling around, and Dave bumped Tay or something and knocked a tooth out. It was ready to come out anyway. But, sure enough, Taylor heads outside to show all the neighborhood kids (and parents for that matter) and was sure to tell them his Dad punched him and it fell out. It's probably a good thing we are leaving soon - before social services shows up. Then, Parker lost a tooth at dinner. His first, so he's excited. Now Morgan is convinced her teeth are going to fall out at any given moment.

Anyway - so glad to hear that everyone continues to do well. Time for baths and bedtime stories here. Love you all.

Adina

Well, we got home from the temple tonight and found this email from "Peg" at Chicken Soup to indicate that my story has made it to the final cut. I sent you the email from her which indicates it'll be out in bookstores in September. So, pick up a copy. Chicken Soup for the LDS Soul.

They are doing another book, Chicken Soup for the LDS Women's Soul and are looking for stories. You can submit through the website for LDSLiving.com. Check it out. May be fun and worth some spending money.

It'll be interesting to see the final text and bio after they have chopped on it.

Anyway, this was a good day here. Hope the same for all of you. And, Marnie, today is you last day of school? Congrats. Love, Dad

Well, this will be short but I wanted to report on the latest here in Cleveland. I had a softball game last night that we won by a lot, like 25-10, but in the 4th inning I dove for a ball in center field, caught it, then broke my pinky on my right hand. It was all bent to the side. So, this is new. Now it is in this temp splint and I have to go to the doctor on monday to see if it needs a pin or anything like that. SO, it is sucky for multiple reasons. But, we figure, if I could break one finger. other than the pinky on the left hand, this would be the one to break and also, at least it is not an arm or something. The bad thing is that we start clinic in a week and I am not going to be ready by then obviously. So, we will see what happens. It will all work out somehow so, that is life. 4 weeks they are saying . Tom
P.S. at least I can still play xbox

The interview went well but I don't anticipate that I will be called in for another interview. It is a supervisor position for a call center working with four other supervisors as peers. The income also is significantly less than I have earned before. I told the woman that I would only consider it at the upper range of the income scale for that position. I think she felt I was good but overqualified for the position. Which is good since I am really enjoying staying home and it will take more and more for me to be willing to give up my freedom!!

Love you all,

Mom

Hey All,
Thanks for the well wishes. I wish I could say I was better but just got back from urgent care again to find I somehow have pink eye along with my continuing flu fun. This doesn't quite work out with school since tomorrow we go over both my neurology practical and spine practical that are both next week. I don't think anyone will want me up close and personal practicing spinal mobilizations on them! I'm waiting to hear what my professor thinks I should do via email. All I can say is get the flu shot like I will be next fall!!!
Buffy

I think that is the tagline to something and it's definately true about the blog! I can't believe how many posts have been written since I last checked. I usually check several times a day but I just haven't felt up to it lately. Congratulations Marnie! Your big news must have posted at the same time as my Oprah blog because it wasn't there before I wrote my entry, sorry I missed it. Your job sounds so exciting! I bet all those interviews were grueling! I can't imagine the stress of meeting with the President of the company! Good Job!!! I can't wait to hear about the details once you start there! Good luck finding an apartment!
Mike and Brooke, we wish you the best. Buffy good luck with your finals, I sure hope you're starting to feel better. I am so happy that Dayne has been able to come home, thanks for the updates. There is so much more that I would like to say but for now just please know that you are all in our thoughts and prayers even when I don't get a chance to write it. As it's been said before I feel so blessed to be a part of such a fantastic family, I love you all. Thanks so much for your love and support.
Tracey

Hey Everyone!

Thank you so much for your congrats. It really means a lot, you have no idea. It can be hard to be out here away from family by myself but I know that this is where I am supposed to be. It is nice to be recognized. Thanks.

Mom and Dad - Can't wait to see you guys next week! Will be so fun! Hopefully we can squeeze Star Wars in because I am so excited for it to come out! Thanks for everything.

Mike and Brooke - That is too bad that you didn't get Fort Lewis but I am sure that everything will turn out great. At least it isn't Iraq. Should be safer in Korea. Hopefully you will be able to get in a visit to Japan to where you served your mission! It will be good to have Brookie and the girls in WA near everyone. Comforting to know that they will be taken care of and around family and lots of people that love them. Good to hear that baby Dayne is going home. I hope everything is well with them.

Dave and Adina - Sounds like things are winding down. Can't wait to see you in August! I got the new fender for my bike and as soon as Matt and I have time to put it on I will be sure to post a picture of the bike.

Brent and Buffy - Get well soon Buffy! It sucks to be sick and it seems like it is going around. Matt is getting sick right now but he is going to NYC for a week so hopefully it will go away while there so I don't get it! Brent I will be needing a discount card now because Saturday is my last day at good ole Sport Chalet. Alma is pretty upset with me and I don't think that Ted is very jazzed about it either. I just don't have time to continue working there. I was going to do the Friday night and Saturday thing but I don't need to and I don't want to overwork myself. So I put in my two weeks on Monday but I can't work next week because I start on Monday! So I got people to cover my shifts and helped them out a bit. I have a feeling that I will be going in the pool on Saturday! I will have to bring a change of clothes (we throw people that are leaving into the pool on their last day).

Tom and Tracey - I had forgotten about sleeping through Braithwaite's class! Funny! Tracey that is exciting about Oprah. I caught the tail end of it at work yesterday but didn't see you but I did tell everyone that you were there! I got an email today that I forwarded to everyone with the new Cedar Point rollercoaster! I just might have to come out there so I can ride it, and see you guys of course! :)

Anne and Peter - Looks like fun in the South! The guy that I work with at my internship just went to New Orleans and was showing me pictures. Looks like a really cool place! That is where Harry Connick Jr. is from! :) I am sure you will have lots of fun South stories. Keep us posted!

Kim and Treven - Seems like things are coming along with the wedding. Let me know if you need help with anything. I went to Amber Bessey's wedding last Saturday and she had the reception in her grandparent's backyard. I took some pictures. I will be sure to send them to you so you can see how she did it. Hope Idaho is treating you well. I wish you could have come down for my graduation too!

So things are going well here. I continue to search for an apartment and I am enjoying my last week of this life before I move into a completely new routine with a real 8-5 job. Like I mentioned above Matt is leaving for a print conference in NYC tonight and will be gone for a week. I will be finishing up my finals on Friday due to a mix up with computers and annoying professors but it will be done. Next week I start the job and next weekend Mom and Dad will be coming down for my graduation on the 21st. Crazy times! I will be moving the weekend after that as well. Can't wait for things to settle down so I can get used to the new routine. Don't know where I will be moving but I will probably still be living more towards downtown San Diego due to ridiculously high priced living in coastal north county. Again thank you for your support. It means a lot. I love you all.

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Marnie

Michael,

Remember that all things happen for a purpose. I know this is awfully disappointing for you but remember what you told me about the advantages. It isn't what you really wanted but it might get you your advanced education more quickly and is probably safer.

I think it is the type of thing that has happened a lot to us in our lives...something that is very much of a disappointment at the time but that years later you look back at as a blessing.

We are estatic about having Brooke and the girls come out to Battleground for the duration....

We love you,

Mom

My assignment: Korea. Do not know where or what or how long yet. Brooke and family will move to Battle Ground for the duration where they can be close to MAC flights. Yes, I am very dissapointed that Fort Lewis didn't happen.

Mike

Marnie, I'm sorry I left you out of my revised Blog. I am so excited for you. That is awesome. You know with all the graduates every spring out there pounding the pavement it says alot that you have a full time job with benefits right away. I'm very, very proud of you. Love, Brooke

P.S. Dayne is out of the hospital as of yesterday morning. She will be hooked up to oxygen at home for the next month, but all is well. Thanks for your concern and prayers. I love you all.