The boys returned yesterday from a quick trip to Provo, UT to attend our Stake's Father and Son activity. It was a baseball game between BYU and the University of Utah. Each came home a bit sunburned but had a great time. I say quick because the boys arrived at noon for the game and were back to Elko by 7 pm. They stayed with our friends in Wendover Friday night and had a great time. Gail enjoyed the alone time at home and even managed to attack a few projects with an empty house.

While the boys were gone, Gail did attend the Ruby Mountain Symphony concert and helped with the artist reception after. She was glad to have her boys back but also enjoyed a day to herself.

Other than the exciting weekend it was a fairly typical week. Everyone was busy and made it through the week safely. Andy was in Jackpot Friday, then drove to meet clients in Wendover before meeting up with the boys.

Nikolas had a great 1st game this week. He hit a double and played some great defense. Maybe the Boston Red Sox could use his bat and glove, based on how they have been playing. In any event he and Andy enjoy practicing and we will keep you posted on his progress.

We had one last blast of winter thursday with a bit of snow failling. We did not let it get us down and the weekend turned out beautiful.

We hope all is well with our friends and family.

We had quite a week. Everyone got through it safely, just all very busy. The past three days have reminded us that spring may actually arrive. We have enjoyed sunny skies and temps in the 70's. Hopefully this will keep up.

Matthew and Nikolas returned to school after an enjoyable break. Matthew had a PT evaluation this week and he has shown some great progress. Nikolas continues to prepare for his chorus concert and we are all excited to hear him sing. They are counting down the end of school in 8 weeks.

Nikolas had opening day for little league this week and Andy was especially proud to see him in his Red Sox uniform. Unfortunately, the major league team has been causing him some serious heartburn, but that aside he was excited to see Nikolas in the uniform. He and Andy both bought new gloves and have been practicing at the local park. Nikolas has quite an arm.

Saturday, Nikolas and Andy worked on moving things from our old storage unit to the new. Nikolas made the comment "Dad, look at all of those giant CD'S." Once Andy stopped laughing uncontrollably, he explained those are not CD's but records. Nikolas' response "Oh, what is that." Sad to admit, but times have certainly changed.

Gail had a busy week between her cleaning, voice lessons and board meetings. She has settled into quite a routine. She had a first this week-sushi. A new sushi restaurant opened in Elko this week. She and Andy went for lunch and she admitted it wasn't bad.

Overall it was a great week. We hope the same is true for you.

We all had a busy, but exciting week. It was Spring Break so Gail and the boys went to Idaho to visit with Grandma and Grandpa and had a great trip. They visited the zoo, had a sleepover with their cousins and attended a birthday party for Gail's Grandmother. All returned safely on Sunday. Unfortunately, the fun had to end and the boys return to school Monday, ready to finish the last nine weeks of school.

Andy was gone as well this week. He was in Wendover on Wednesday for court and then was off to visit some juvenile programs in the southern part of the state. One of the programs was located on the edge of Death Valley. He spent the night in Las Vegas and then returned Friday. Andy travelled through some old mining towns and found Goldfield to be the most interesting. Virgil Earp was Sheriff at one time and from the looks of things not much has changed. There is a hotel being restored as well as an old stone courthouse which was neat. The one nice thing was the weather was great in Las Vegas, so he was glad to have some warm weather.

We hope all is well with our friends. Take care until next week.

We have survived our wintry week. We started out thinking spring had arrived, but then once our hopes were high, Mother Nature sent us wind, snow and cold. We awoke several mornings to snow on the ground. It appears now that Mother Nature has had her fun, we shall have spring arrive this week. We shall see and we will keep you posted.

The boys are excited because this week is their spring break which means there are only 9 weeks of school left. The boys also received report cards and both showed great improvement. Nikolas had all A's & B's. Matthew brought his grades up and his teachers report he is doing better. We are proud of both of them

Gail and Andy continue to be busy as always.

We were excited about General Conference this weekend. Andy and Nikolas went into Salt Lake City. Andy was able to attend Priesthood Meeting and he and Nikolas went to the Sunday morning session. Nikolas said it was neat to hear President Monson speak. Despite wintry weather they travelled safely and were glad to have them home. Andy said what made conference especially special was celebrating Easter hearing the Lord's prophet testify of him. We wish you all a very Happy Easter and hope you have a great week.