Summer is about to begin

Well, despite this being Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start of summer, the outside indicators would tell you otherwise. After some very warm weather, things cooled off this week. We shouldn't complain, it has been in the 60's during the day, but we were enjoying the warmer weather. We also have had some rain, which is sort of odd. Most "rain storms" last 2-3 minutes, but we actually have had some sustained showers. One morning there was even water running in the gutters.

As a family all continues to go well. We have added a photo from last weekend of Matthew and Nikolas holding Oscar. We all did have a great weekend and despite our scare with Nikolas were glad we got to get away.


On Saturday we took the boys to see the #12 Alltel race car which was here in Elko. Nikolas and Matthew had a chance to change a tire on the car. The company set up a display for the kids to try out and Nikolas did a great job, with a bit of help from Gail and one of the crew members. Matthew gave it a try and was very quick.

We were going to go visit Gail's family over this long weekend, but due to a bit of sickness, we were unable to go. Despite this we really enjoyed the weekend together as a family. There was supposed to be a country fair Saturday as well but we could never find it. We did discover a fruit and vegetable stand that had some great fresh fruit. We also bought a mini grill and have begun grilling again. The entire family really enjoys this, particularly Andy.

The boys are excited for their last week of school. Both will be out on Friday, which seems quite amazing, but the kids do not get off as much time in the winter as they had in NH. Matthew has had a bit of a stomach bug, which we cannot figure out what is wrong. Hopefully, it will resolve itself, but we may need a trip to the doctor.

Gail had a busy week. She was able to do a Pampered Chef show and finally after a few months things are really picking up and Gail has quite a few shows coming up over the next few weeks. Gail has cut back a bit of her cleaning which has her home two more nights a week. This past week was the first week of the modified schedule and it was great.

That about sums up our week. We hope you are all well and hope you have a wonderful week.

We have had one busy and exciting week. School is coming to an end and the boys are quite excited by it all. Matthew and Nikolas only have two weeks to go and are quite excited for summer to arrive. Speaking of summer, we experienced some summer like weather the past few days. Since Friday it has been in the upper 80's to the lower 90's and quite pleasant. Everything has fully bloomed and we actually are seeing some green once again. The tops of the mountains still have snow but where the snow has melted, the hillside is green and quite pretty.

The biggest event of the week was of course Gail's birthday. We all think she had a great day, but was sad and had a "I wish we were back in NH day." She was quite overwhelmed with all the well wishers who remembered her birthday, particularly her friends from NH. We went out for dinner to celebrate and all had a nice evening.

We were in Utah again this last weekend, which explains the lateness in posting. We left Friday afternoon about 1 pm and made our first stop in Tooele so Gail could do a Pampered Chef show at her sister's, which seemed to go quite well. We then headed to Cedar Hills to our friend's from NH, where we spent the night. We all stayed up to late visiting, but it was a great visit. Gail and Paula put on a wonderful baby shower for yet another of our NH expatriate friend's Irene. The boys and Andy played outside and went to the local Cabela's to check out the fish tanks and animal displays. The boys really enjoyed the indoor trout pond. Saturday night we were off the Logan, to see Irene and her new baby, Oscar, who was being blessed Sunday morning. Logan was beautiful and we may consider living there some day. All went well and we were home by 7pm, quite tired and ready for bed. As I said, we had a great weekend.

We hope everyone is well and send our best until next week.

What a quick week we have had. We all continued with our normal routines. Matthew and Nikolas went to school, Gail and Andy went to work. We did have some neat things occur this week.

We all travelled to Salt Lake City on Thursday for Matthew's doctors appointment. The appointment went very well. Overall we are pleased with the medical care he is getting from his doctors in Utah. This appointment lasted 2 hours and the doctor took the time to talk with all of us. She has come up with a diagnosis we had never considered so between now and September we all have some work. While in SLC we had a nice dinner and did some shopping. Gail also did some Pampered Chef stuff.

On Friday evening Andy and the boys went to the Father and Sons camp out. All reports were that it was a great time. The boys really enjoyed building a fire.

We continue to experience some wonderful spring weather. That about sums up our week. We hope you are all well.

Welcome May

Another wonderful week has come and gone here in Elko. The trees are in blossom, we actually do have flowers blooming and it is refreshing and invigorating to see the beauty of Spring all around us. Much like New England though winter reminds us it is king. Tuesday it never got about 40 outside and we even had some snow flurries.

Everyone continues to do well. The boys are counting down the days until the end of school, while Gail and Andy hope these last few days stretch out a bit more. We all cannot believe that the school year is about to come to an end. The boys will be done on May 30th. Matthew has shown some great improvements over the last months and we are excited to see him settle in. Nikolas continues to be the adventurous 6year old that he is, anxiously awaiting his 7th birthday in a month. The boys enjoy playing outside and two nights a week get to the pool with Andy. Which, by the way, despite being still a bit chilly, the outdoor pool in Elko has opened and Andy now anticipates that once this is discovered will require its more regular use.

Gail had an exciting development. She has signed up a new consultant as part of her network for Pampered Chef. She is entering a new phase as she begins the building of her dynasty. Gail continues to work at the daycare and enjoys doing so.

Andy's week went well. He had a trial on Tuesday that went well. His client was found guilty of the least serious of the three offenses he was charged with. Next week will be quite busy as he has 3 trials and 2 preliminary hearings. All of which occur over a 2 day period.

We just returned from a nice weekend in Boise visiting Gail's family. We went up Friday afternoon to attend our nephew/cousin Torsten's baptism Saturday morning. After the baptismal service we had a nice family get together, did some shopping and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We mostly visited with family and it was nice to get away.

Overall we are all doing quite well and hope the same for you. Until next week.