We are in the midst of some beautiful spring weather here in Northern Nevada. You can smell the sage in the air, the trees are in full bloom and everything is actually green. We probably will not see any rain until the fall, so we better enjoy it while we can.

All of us are doing well. Nikolas continues to tear up the baseball field. This week he went 4-6 with another RBI. He is even beginning to play great defensively. His overall BA is at .581. Matthew has been making a great coaches helper and he even enjoys coming to the games. We are so proud of both of the boys.

Gail continues to struggle with the nagging cough she has had, but it seems to be on the decline. She was in SLC this weekend doing some Pampered Chef stuff. We joined her Saturday and had a nice visit with our friends Irene, Daniel and Oscar. We enjoyed getting away for the day.

Otherwise it was a typical week. We hope you are all well and until next week.

Greetings friends and family. Spring is setting into Northeast Nevada and it is the one time of year we actually have green around us.

We had some exciting things occur this week. The biggest was Andy being sworn into the Nevada bar. Thursday afternoon quite a few people gathered at the Elko County District Court to see Judge Puccinelli swear him in. We are all very proud and glad to have this over, the uncertainly was a bit troubling. We now know we can stay and have options. Andy was quite busy this week, he was out in Wendover on Wednesday and then tried a few cases in Carlin. He remains quite busy and is looking forward to transitioning out of the juvenile work in August.

Gail was not feeling so well this week, but seems to be getting better. She has had a nagging cough that just won't go away. She is staying busy and is getting more involved with a local theater company.

After much deliberation and thought we have decided not to enroll Matthew in the new charter school. Matthew is glad and we have had some transition meetings as he will be going to a new school next year.

Speaking of Matthew he continues to work on his entry for the Elko County Fair and wants to know how long until the fair begins. Nikolas continues to tear up the baseball field and after a great week he has raised his BA to .560. We are so very proud of the effort he is making.

We want to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all mothers. We all hope you have a wonderful day.

What a wonderful week it has been. The biggest news was that Andy passed the Nevada Bar Exam, giving us some sense of security. He has a temporary license, but had to successfully pass the NV bar exam before October 2009. He will probably be sworn in within the next few weeks and hopefully we will have a picture to post. The results came out on Wednesday and what a relief it was for everyone.

In addition to this great news Andy won on two issues this week in Court. Thursday he won a motion hearing forcing the State to produce a witness in an upcoming trial. The witness was a phlebotomist who drew blood on Andy's client. NV has a statute allowing the introduction of an affidavit, without the witness and Andy challenged it on constitutional grounds. He was excited about this, then on Friday he had a long hearing concerning whether one of his juvenile clients should be certified as an adult. The end result was the judge ruled against the State and the juvenile will be adjudicated in the juvenile system. Andy was especially glad.

Andy and Gail went out twice this week to celebrate.

Gail continues to do quite well and slowly but surely the Pampered Chef business is picking up. Gail is also serving as the music director of a local theater group and she had her 1st meeting concerning the upcoming performances. She is quite excited to find an outlet for her talents.

Matthew and Nikolas are counting down the days until school is out. In 4 weeks the boys will be done. Matthew continues to work on his Lego project. The command center is looking quite commanding. Nikolas is enjoying baseball more and more. His Monday game did not go so well. He was 0-3, and struck out twice with the bases loaded, but like a good athlete he didn't let it get him down and he roared back for Saturday's game going 2-3, with 2 RBIs, his BA is now .353. We are all so very proud of him.

Wow, our slugger of a son continues to tear up the ball field. Nikolas has a .363 BA and in yesterday's game he drove in an RBI. He is really enjoying playing baseball and Andy is even happier having the opportunity to spend time with his youngest.

Matthew continues to do well. He is diligently working on his command center to enter in the Elko County Fair. Matthew has also discovered the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books and would not put down his book. He read one of the books in the series within 24 hours.

Gail was gone Friday and Saturday doing Pampered Chef shows in Utah. She reported that the show went well and was glad to be home. Well, she was glad to be home until she saw her sons. Andy decided he was tired of shelling out ridiculous amounts of money to get haircuts for the boys. Friday night he bought some electric clippers and Saturday morning AMM Barbers was in business. Andy was quite proud of his work. The boys liked the job as well, Mom not so much...Andy reports the couch is not that bad to sleep on.

Andy has been a bit on edge. This week bar results are released, so we will let you all know by next week.

We hope all is well with you. Until next week.

What a crazy week this has been. Wednesday we were under a winter storm warning and received 8 inches of snow. (Now before any of you laugh, I have not gone soft, this is the most snow we have had all winter, as in the whole winter we had less than 8 inches of snow fall and in one 24 hour period we doubled our snow fall.) Yesterday it was sunny once more and back into the 60's and today (Sunday) it was in the 70's. You have got to love Nevada. The boys were quite disappointed because they thought for sure they would get a snow day, but no such luck.

The boys continue to do quite well. Matthew is working on his Lego creation to enter in the Elko County Fair. It is the most complex Star Wars battle station yet. Nikolas is playing baseball and loving it. He had two games this week and went 2 for 6, scored a run and is just doing great.

Andy was suppose to have started his trial this week, but last Saturday his client was in an accident and broke two vertebrae in his neck, thus the trial was continued. With a cleared calendar he was quite busy filling in for everyone who was trying to cover for him this week. On Friday he was in Wendover covering the cases there and he managed to do 14 cases in one day, the most he has ever done.

Yesterday, after Nikolas' game we all went up to Twin Falls. Gail went to the temple and Andy and the boys went to Costco and running other errands. Andy wanted to go as well, but we got there too late. Hopefully, next time. We did have a nice day together and enjoyed going out for dinner.

Well, we hope is all well with you.

We all had a very busy week. Matthew earned a few new Webelos badges at the Pack Meeting and we are all very proud of him. The boys had a good week and are counting down the days until school is out. We registered both for a new charter school that is opening this fall. We are still debating whether both boys will go. All things considered everything is going better.







Yesterday (Saturday) Nikolas had opening day for the little league season. He was so excited to be able to finally wear his uniform. He has his first game on Monday night and he and Andy are enjoying the experience.

Andy and Gail are doing well. Gail has begun to book some Pampered Chef shows and will soon hopefully get back into full swing. Andy begins his jury trial this week and we will all be glad when it is done so we can spend time together again. He was gone most of the weekend getting ready.



We wish you all a very Happy Easter. The Easter Bunny was nice enough to bring us fruit and Fruit-Loops this year. Nikolas had his second trip the to dentist on Thursday morning and an hour and nearly$2,400 dollars later he had some silver teeth. Thus, you can understand why we are having a more organically based Easter.

All kidding aside, we hope each of you take time to reflect on the magnitude of the Easter season. It brings to pass the event required for us to find eternal happiness. We hope you all have a great week. Until next week.

Spring continues to tease us here in Northeast Nevada. We will have one day where there is clear blue skies in the 60's and the next it will be cloudy, in the 30's with flurries. With the arrival of April we hope to see more of the former and less of the later. All in all things are well with the Mierins family.

We all had a fast and busy week. Andy had to travel to Las Vegas for a meeting on Wednesday morning, so he left on Tuesday. His meeting went well and he was back to Elko by Thursday. He is anxious for the bar results to be released which is still a month away. He received word he was recommended by the character and fitness committee and now just waits for the exam results. He has a jury trial beginning in a week so he has stayed busy getting ready.

Gail and the boys travelled to Idaho to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa. They left Wednesday morning and came back on Sunday. All reports are the boys had a great time and enjoyed the opportunity to play outside and visit. The boys are not to excited about returning to school, but it will only be 2 months until the school year is over and there will be a trip back to New Hampshire. Nikolas has enjoyed playing little league and is especially glad to have an activity just he and his Dad do. The season starts in a week and he is anxious to get out and play.

Since we were all gone there is not much else to report.

We hope all is well with our friends and family.

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