As fall descends on Nevada we are all glad ther is only one more week until the Wizard of Oz. The Mierins' clan has been quite busy as the performance dates of Oct 15, 16 and 17th fast approach. Nikolas has been singing, Matthew tolerating, Gail still has her hair and Andy is doing his best to stay out of the way.

All kidding aside, it was a good week. The boys continue to do well in school and are enjoying the fall and looking forward to Halloween. Matthew has gotten his zombie soldier mask and Nikolas has not quite decided what he is going to be. We are encouraging him to be a munchkin, but the idea is not going over well.

Andy and Gail were busy as always. Andy was in Wendover on Wednesday, but otherwise in the office. We had our nephew here for a few days so the boys had another playmate.

We celebrated Andy's birthday in style. Saturday evening our friends came over with their 2 girls and baby boy and Andy volunteered "us" to watch a friend's son for the evening. All in all we had 7 kids under twelve and 4 adults in our apartment, which was quite a feat. The food was great and we were glad to spend time together.

Sunday evening turned out to be nice as well. A neighbor of ours from NH was driving to SLC and stopped for a visit. We enjoyed getting caught up with them and reminising about New England.

We hope all is well whatever part of the world you are in.