February is Here.

We are in the midst of what is considered the first significant snow storm of the winter. It started snowing Thursday, stopped a bit and then picked up again yesterday and has not stopped. Looking outside it appears that we may have about a half a foot. This does not sound like much, but considering the City of Elko budgets $50,000 a year for plowing iand plowing entails pushing the snow into the middle of the road, so everyone can drive through it creating a brown slush, it is significant. Thursday the snow got so bad the road connecting Elko with Spring Creek, the adjoining community, was closed.

We are all doing well. Gail was supposed to go to Salt Lake City Thursday night to do a Pampered Chef show and then visit with a friend Friday. Due to the snow storm blowing through she was unable to go. Hopefully, she will be able to reschedule soon. She is enjoying her new work schedule as it allows her to be home with the boys in the afternoon and all day Fridays.

The boys are enjoying living in Nevada. The have done more sledding than ever and this past week was the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. The boys got to go to school in their best cowboy gear and Matthew went on a field trip to hear some of the performers. The boys continue to do well in school. Matthew is enjoying cub scouts.

We enjoyed a nice visit with our good friend Bill this week. He was in town on business and it was great to see him. Andy knows him from his mission and he was one of our witnesses at our wedding. Living here has allowed us to reconnect with many of our friends, which we like. Last Saturday we also hosted our first dinner party and it was nice to be able to do so. We invited one of Andy's co-workers as well as a family from our ward.

Andy has been busy as always and enjoying the world of criminal law practice. His case load has picked up and over the next several weeks he has quite a few trials. He is planning to attend a forensics conference in Las Vegas in April. The science behind his cases is always very interesting.

We were all saddened by the passing of President Hinckley. Thankfuly, we were able to view the proceedings over the internet. Gail and Andy got to watch and the boys wandered in and out.

That about sums up our past week. We hope you are all well.