We have just returned from a nice trip to Idaho to see Gail's family. We left Thursday evening. Friday was Nevada Day which celebrates Nevada's statehood so we all had the day off. We got to Idaho fairly early, but all went to bed to get some much needed rest. Friday morning Gail left to go to Sunnyside, Washington to see a friend of hers from high school who was producing a show. She went with another friend and had a great time. The boys stayed with Gail's parents and spent Friday doing so shopping and going to the movies. Saturday morning we helped Grandpa, did some more shopping and then went to Gail's sisters home for trick-or-treating. Nikolas went as a Christmas elf and Matthew a zombie soldier. The minute they got back the trading began and after the requisite dad tax began to consume huge quantities of sugar.

The rest of our week was busy, but good. The boys had parent/teacher conferences and are doing OK. Both need to do less talking and more work. Gail and Andy were busy at work as always. Overall, everything is going well. We hope the same is true for you.

What a fast week has come and gone. Our home has returned to some semblance of normal with the conclusion of the Wizard of Oz. As a result, Gail is in high demand on other productions and has been invited to perform at the upcoming Snowflake Festival in December.

The boys did have a decent week, although Matthew found himself in the Vice Principal's office for a conference with his father. It appears things have been worked out. Sunday was our ward's Primary Program and Matthew and Nikolas both gave talks which were fantastic.

Andy was in Las Vegas for a conference Friday and literally was there and then gone. He reported it was nice, but glad to be home. Saturday, Gail did a Pampered Chef party in Wendover and has another scheduled for December. Hopefully, business will pick up for her.

Overall, things are well for us and we hope the same with you.

The Wizard of Oz is finally over and now normalcy will return to the Mierins' household. Gail did a fantastic job and the reviews were all great. Nikolas played an outstanding munchkin soldier. We tried to put pictures up but for some reason we could not get them to upload to the blog. We were glad to have Gail's sister here as well as he sister-in-law to attend the Friday evening performance. It is always nice to have family visit.

Since the play occupied most of our last week, there is not much else to report on. Thursday to Saturday was spent at the convention center with the play. Andy was in Wendover Friday for some trials which went well.

During all of this madness we did celebrate Andy's birthday and Andy and Gail's 16th Anniversary. Andy and Gail did get to have lunch this week. Maybe they will find something to do now that everything has settled down.

We hope all is well with you wherever you are.

As fall descends on Nevada we are all glad ther is only one more week until the Wizard of Oz. The Mierins' clan has been quite busy as the performance dates of Oct 15, 16 and 17th fast approach. Nikolas has been singing, Matthew tolerating, Gail still has her hair and Andy is doing his best to stay out of the way.

All kidding aside, it was a good week. The boys continue to do well in school and are enjoying the fall and looking forward to Halloween. Matthew has gotten his zombie soldier mask and Nikolas has not quite decided what he is going to be. We are encouraging him to be a munchkin, but the idea is not going over well.

Andy and Gail were busy as always. Andy was in Wendover on Wednesday, but otherwise in the office. We had our nephew here for a few days so the boys had another playmate.

We celebrated Andy's birthday in style. Saturday evening our friends came over with their 2 girls and baby boy and Andy volunteered "us" to watch a friend's son for the evening. All in all we had 7 kids under twelve and 4 adults in our apartment, which was quite a feat. The food was great and we were glad to spend time together.

Sunday evening turned out to be nice as well. A neighbor of ours from NH was driving to SLC and stopped for a visit. We enjoyed getting caught up with them and reminising about New England.

We hope all is well whatever part of the world you are in.

Looks like this evening we could get our first snowfall here in Northeastern Nevada. All the sudden Thursday the heat was turned off and if the trend continues we may have an early winter. I am told this is common. We shall keep you posted.

Our week went fairly well. All of us have been quite busy, especially Gail as she works tirelessly to make sure the Wizard of Oz goes off well. She has been out late each night and half of Saturday. She will be glad in two weeks when it is over.

The boys are both doing really well. We got mid-semester grades and both are getting mostly B's which we are very proud. Each is excited for Halloween and cannot wait to be the bloodiest, meanest warrior to ever walk the earth.

Andy continues to stay busy with work and teaching. He is really enjoying his class and glad after the first exam he did not receive any nasty grams. He was in Wendover this week and had a trial that at the conclusion the judge complimented him on the job done. His client was found guilty but satisfied with the representation.

We really enjoyed the opportunity this weekend to participate in General Conference. How grateful we are to live at a time when we can truly hear a prophets voice.
We hope all of you are well.

Another great week has come and gone at the Mierins' household. Not much has changed since last week. We are really enjoying our early fall. It is still relatively warm and very sunny which is great. The boys continue to do well in school. Matthew finally has begun his PT which we are very glad about. Nikolas was quite excited this week as he earned the right to attend a pajama pizza party at school for being well behaved.

Gail and Andy continue to be quite busy. Gail is looking forward to the performance of the Wizard of Oz so she can put this behind her. She was not quite ready for the stress involved, but is glad to be involved in music. Andy continues to be busy with work and his class. The class' first exam is this week so we will see how his popularity drops.

Saturday was a fun day. We all went to the air show at the airport and saw some neat planes. Always great to do something together as a family.

Well we hope all is well with you.

We all had a fairly good week. The boys continue to do well in school. Matthew came home this week and announced he wants to play football. We are not sure where this came from, but will do all we can to help him prepare should he actually want to play next year. The boys are still enjoying being outdoors playing each day. One nice thing about living in Nevada is very few days were you cannot play outside and so the boys get to do so quite a bit.

Gail is busy as always and a month away from the Wizard of Oz. She will be glad when the performances occur which are scheduled for October 15-17 at the Convention Center. Her cleaning business is going well and we are glad for the most part the economy is strong in this area.

Andy was gone two days this week to Wendover for Court, otherwise he was home and we are glad. We had a nice trip to Salt Lake City yesterday to attend the temple for our Stake Temple Day. On the way home we stopped to have dinner with our friend's in Wendover. We were able to get a baby sitter so we had a nice adults night out.

We hope all is well.