FAMILY & FRIENDS

This past month has been so much fun for Alan and I as we have traveled and spent time with our family. The end of January found us in Moscow, Idaho visiting Alan's sister, Kathy's, family. We had a blast playing games, talking, and laughing! I spent my birthday in Kennewick, Washington with Alan's other sister,Lora, and her family. They blessed their new little daughter on the 1st and then we had 2 1/2 days of playing Bang!. I think we played 30 different times! It was a blast! Sorry, Ian, I got on your case. You are awesome!! We were home for 5 days, did some more work on the tile in the entryway, and then left for Sun Valley for a week. We got home the day before Trent & Clarissa came home for the weekend. We had a blast with them just hanging out and playing games! We had a week to catch up and then left for Utah for another week to make one last visit before Alan started back into farming. Needless to say, it was a busy, but fun month reuniting our friendships with our family members. The last couple of days have been spent going to basketball games with Bruce, Gaylene, Rod, & Kim. We reaquainted with Thueson cousins that we haven't seen for a long time! It's been a great month!

WORLD WINTER GAMES - Special Olympics

In February, Alan and I had the MOST amazing experience of going to the Special Olympics World Winter Games where my nephew was competing in Cross Country Skiing. It all started with the opening ceremonies in Boise on Saturday, then we went to Sun Valley Sunday. He did the preliminaries on Monday, competed in the 500m on Tuesday, placing 5th. On Wednesday, he did the 1K and placed 2nd! Finally, on Thursday, he competed in the Team Relay, and they placed 2nd! It was so much fun, a very humbling experience, and one that we will never forget! Thanks Rich & Janice for raising great kids! Thanks Shane for being such an outstanding athlete!