Livin' in Millville

Wow! Time flies when life takes you by the head and spins you around like a top. So many things have happened since I last posted (almost a year ago!).

In a nutshell....

Ross - No longer employed with Intel or Target. Worked for Intermountain Healthcare for about 6 months, no works for Media Lab as the Office Manager of the Utah Chapter. bought a Motorcycle - 1982 Honda CB650. Over half way done with school. I graduate in March of 2011. Excited about that.

RuthAnn - As of April 10, 2010, RuthAnn is no longer employed with Continental Airlines. In their divine wisdom (he says with sarcasm dripping off his tongue) they decided that they had over 600 reservation admins too many. She had two options, Furlough or Early Out (early retirement). She decided to take furlough so that she could get her severance. Her flight benefits go away on October 10, 2010.

Todd (17) - has become a conservative democrat! He loves to get into debates with his uncles. He has really enjoyed his government classes and was part of Mountain Crest's "We The People" team. This is all about the constitution. Mountain Crest took 2nd in State. He also worked for the local radio station this year during all of Mountain Crest's sports working the sound board and working local promotions as well. He enjoyed that and they thought he did a really good job, giving him on air props at the end of basketball season.

Joey (14) - I think Joey found his niche. He played football last fall for the first time and actually did really good. He found that he liked it a lot, but I think that he likes the girls knowing that he is on the team. He is such a lady killer. All the girls dig him! I think that he has benefited the most with our move up here. Grades are good, he learned how to ride snowmobiles, 4 wheelers and made some good friends in his distant cousin's. He even worked on the farm a few days helping milk cows! also in South Cache's Production of School House Rock!...Ya know, Conjunction, Conjunction, What's your function...

Maggie (12)- She has also benefited greatly from the move up here. She is a great student, she has become a big helper in the kitchen and wants to learn how to cook. Sometimes she wants to learn too fast, but I try to help her out. She is the Beehive President and is looking to go to camp with her mother who is Camp Director. She loves to hang out with her friends and has become just the cuties young lady there is....(bias? YES)

Abby (4) - What can I say about this little monkey. She just loves to play with her two dogs: Roxy and Wilbur...or Rocky and Willwur. She is in preschool and loves her teacher. She is just a little smarty pants. She does her own thing. For example, she makes her favorite "sammich" by her self: Mayonnaise and Pickle. She gets her own cereal and milk in the morning without spilling and sets the table. She has her own jobs that she does (cleaning the toy room)and she does it pretty well. She loves playing out doors and can keep herself pretty much entertained for hours. Scooby-Doo is her favorite show and Scooby is actually one of her many nicknames.

We went to Mount Rushmore last year as a family via Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, Cody and Casper Wyoming. It was so much fun. We camped out pretty much the whole time in tents or cabins. It rained almost every day, and RuthAnn's Parents came with us to Mount Rushmore. We had such a good time. It was fun to see my kids get into the history that was all around us. I think Joey really likes the Crazy Horse Monument site. He got into how they were blowing this monument out of the side of the mountain.

We spent a lot of time at Bear Lake and with our friends and family. It was such a great year in 2009 for the family. Financially it was crazy, but as the great John Lennon once said "All You Need Is Love." That is such the truth!