Yes, we're still around :-)

Hey there!

Last week the boys didn't have school Wed, Thurs & Friday so true to our form, we firmed up plans on Tuesday night to go visit Grandma Jane & Grandpa Tom. I can't even remember the last time we were there, but the boys are already asking about going back. It's not that we don't see them, they come here. . .which isn't very fair for them to always come this direction. Anyway, we arrived Wednesday night for supper and we ate at the Clubhouse or whatever it's called there at the Dunes. The boys were thrilled because it was Pasta Night ~ you create your own pasta dish and they cook it for you, using one of 3 sauces. Picture a made to order omlet set up only there are 3 kinds of noodles, all kinds of veggies, seafood, bacon, etc. It was very good and the boys really enjoyed it. On Thursday the boys and I decided to use the indoor pool up at the Club and we swam for 1 1/2 hours and were the only ones in it. It was also a good time. Friday Jane took the day off and we all drove to the Omaha zoo. Halfway through the zoo, I realized I had the camera set for bright lights/snow. We had to go back and retake the family picture, which turned out great. Brayton liked to sit on all the statues they had around the zoo

of the animals. It was really a nice day for the zoo. A little chilly, but not too bad.

When we were at their house, Taite stayed in the movie room most of the time. Brayton played with the "new" toys (something different from what we have) and Jane and I shared a lot of laughs cooking and drinking wine! :-)

The fun didn't stop there though! About 3 miles from home, Brayton was working on pulling a tooth, so Chris tried to help him while driving. Taite and I were plugging our ears so we wouldn't hear anything gross. Once we got home, they did get the tooth out and he only has 3 more that are loose! I told him if he pulled the rest he would look like a pumpkin!

Our dryer quit when we just got started on our laundry from the trip and Chris fixed it yesterday ~ just the heating element which was a relief! I thought, here we go, all our appliances are about 8 years old, so things should go downhill from here. . .

Taite came home with exciting news last night . . . (drum roll). . . He was voted onto the Student Council!! He was very excited and wanted to go out to eat, but no dice. We're mean that way! LOL

It seems like there were more things to share, but I can't think of any right now and I should get to looking at supper ~ oh yea, that's what. . . When we came home from SD, Chris made supper and he even made homemade bread! He figures if anything ever happened to me he should be prepared to at least make the fresh bread. It was excellent and he made pork burgers to go with the bread, which was even better! I think we'll keep him around!