As you can see from the photo it was an interesting week at the new Mierins household. Friday afternoon Gail called Andy at work to tell him the van was on fire. She was working in the kitchen, looked outside when she heard a clicking sound and saw the windshield wipers go on, then smoke started pouring out of the van. Andy arrived home to fire trucks and police cars and while the boys were very excited, Gail was less than enthusiastic. It appears it was an electrical fire that began in the dashboard. As you can see the fire melted most of the driver's side, but thankfully other than one CD, none of the other things in the van were damaged. We are waiting to hear from the insurance company, so for now the van sits in front of the house. Outside of this it was a fairly calm week.

Matthew started summer school this week and all reports thus far are good. Nikolas and Matthew are enjoying their new rooms. Nikolas got a "ripstick" for his birthday and spends a good part of the day riding it up and down the sidewalk and in the eever increasing empty sections of the garage. We have all worked very hard this week to unpack boxes and there only a few remain. Then the fun of moving our storage unit stuff begins. That about sums up the week

We hope all is well wherever you may be.

We are slowly, but surely making a home. We are discovering it is a ton easier to pack up than to unpack. Despite a few setbacks, including a backed up sewer system, we are settling in. The boys enjoy having their own rooms and Andy was in his glory mowing the lawn Saturday. Gail did a fabulous job cleaning our apartment and cleaning the house so we could move in. Everyone is so glad to have a house and the room that comes with it. We were welcomed into our new ward by a cleaning committee that helped get the house clean so we could unpack boxes.

This morning was exciting. We travelled to Wendover to witness the sustaining and setting apart of our friend Brian as the new District President in Wendover. We are excited to have he and his family among our friends. The meeting was very spiritual and Andy was asked to participate in Brian's ordination as a High Priest. He was glad to be asked and to be a part of this wonderful event.

The boys are enjoying summer and especially having a yard to have water fights and play. Matthew will start summer school Monday, something he is not happy about.

We hope all is well wherever you may be.

We have made it into our new home. Our move went very smooth and now the fun task of having to unpack everything begins. Thankfully, it was relatively cool out and it did not rain.
We are all very excited about our new home. After living cramped up for so long we think we are in a palace. We will post pictures as we take some.

We have all been very busy leading up to our move. Andy enjoyed his trip to NH/Boston. He got to see several friends, enjoyed spending time with his family and took in two Red Sox games. He also said the conference was good.

The boys have successfully finished another year of school and are looking forward to a fun summer.

Sorry this is so short, it is late, we just got the computer up and running and now need to get to bed.

We hope you all have a great week.