Well, spring is slowly trying to make its way to Elko. We had beautiful, sunny weather this week with temps in the 60's only to wake up this (Sunday) morning to snow on the ground. It was melted by noon, but sure dulled the spring excitement. Gail was so excited about spring coming that she left the back windows of the van open all night, only to discover small snow drifts on the back seat of the car this morning. Good thing it's only water.

We all had a good week and everyone on this end is doing well. Matthew finished up several sections of his Webelos scout book and will get three new awards this week at pack meeting. He also finished writing ten different poems that will go into a book for his fourth grade class. He ended the week by reciting a poem to the class, something he was very nervous about.

The boys are excited about thier spring break coming up the end of the month and Mom, well, she's working on keeping them occupied. She is planning to head for Boise later that week where the boys will be able to have some fun with their grandparents. Andy is going to be busy getting ready for some jury trials coming up over the next few months.

The most exciting thing to occur this week was the trip to the dentist. Matthew got out without any cavaties, again. Nikolas is excited, because as he descibes it, he gets some silver teeth. His molars are not doing so well and the dentist wants to put some crowns on them. Dad just says "Yipee."

This morning a stray dog appeared on our doorstep. It was still there when we came home from church, looking very lonely and a little hungry. Mom and dad are encouraging the dog to go home, where ever it came from, Nikolas is just stepping over the dog on his way in and out the door, and Matthew has given the stray a name. "Cooper" as he is now called, shows no signs of leaving, we may be the proud parents of a big black dog, whether or not we wanted to. Stay tuned for updates.

We hope you all are doing well. Until next week.