Yes, we are alive and well

Sue is really computer illiterate and Peter just plain quit blogging. So now they are at Auntie Ann's house and she is blogging for them. School has already started for Sue. She has quite an active PM class this year so it won't be nearly as nice a year as last year.

They are working on painting and recarpeting the house. Peter's room is almost done. We call it the Cougar Den because it is dark, dark blue and only has a very small window. It really looks pretty good. Sue bought wallpaper for the kitchen but the boys vetoed it so she will have to put it in her bedroom or someplace without boys (which is no where at Sue's house). They think the colors are too girly and the butterflies make it too lame, even though it is mostly white with bugs on it. Peter came with us to the furniture store so that Sue wouldn't pick out girly furniture. They ended up with a black leather couch with dual recliners and a tan reclining chair. They are putting wood flooring in the kitchen and Joe picked out fishing motif wallpaper for his room. We will try to post pictures when all is done but that will probably be a good long while. Jesse doesn't get a room because he is going back to college in a few weeks. He is thrilled that he got to give his two weeks notice to ShopKo, but he did decide to work for them over Christmas break because he will make good money. Jesse thinks this is an incredibly boring blog, so I am sorry to have put you all though this. Jesse has started wearing cool hats and so Quin is stealing them so he can look cool too. He thinks hats is a boring subject too.

Sue has gotten several interesting calls lately. One was from Joey. He started with, "Mom, there is a cop here who needs to talk to you. Don't get mad." After that kind of introduction you can guess she was a bit nervous. It seems that Joey and his friends had climbed over a fence with no trespassing signs (at the Old Mill) just to look around. The cop was very nice and let them all go with just a warning after talking to their parents. Then she got a call from an Idaho Falls Emergency Room. Chancey had been with his friends in Yellowstone and got a concussion playing racquetball. She is just hoping for a little less excitement.

We hope you haven't all given up on this blog and that someone really checks it. Please leave comments to encourage the slothful souls at this site.