This week in Utah

Hi Family,
Just wanted to say hello and hope you are having a good week.
I wanted to tell you about mine.
I got to watch Peter Thur and Fri. He is one ball of energy as you can imagine. His haircut makes him look like a little boy-no more toddler for him. It is really a drastic change.
He talks more and that's always great when you can communicate. I bought him some ducks and
that was fun. He was very good about taking care of them.They sure are a wet animal. Either they spill the water a lot or they pee a lot. Not sure which. Molly is having to take care of them now so she will soon be the expert. They have a pond in their back yard if you remember.

I was so pleased and honored to be given the "silver bowl" award on Wed. It is awarded to one person per county. It is sponsored by UNICEF. I was given this because of the dictionary project Rotary does every year.
It was in the local paper here Sunday. Don't know if it will be anywhere else.

I have finished my school for this semester. Onward and upward.
I have a guest speaker for Rotary tomorrow, the Lady is running for Senate in the State. She's pretty sharp.
Our neighbors have left on their mission. The Howards are gone for 6 months to the Indian territory and teaches them to set up gardens. Plus help in the wards.We collect the mail for them.
My flowers are looking very well this year. I have peas planted, that's all until we rototiller the ground.
Oh, another big thing. We are taking in two exchange students until they find another place. They are from Chezch(?) Republic and Brazil. Two boys. They will be here about a month and then move to a home that works out better, probably one with High School students. We are called a "welcoming" home. That will be in Aug.
Glad to hear from you. We remember you in our prayers.
Love you all
MOM

Sick as Dead Dogs....

...rotting in the desert surrounded by buzzards, dipped in rotten lard, fried to a crisp and molding over lava made of boogers sitting on top of rotten potatoes and a clogged Jackson toilet in the middle of the Hunger Games Cornicopia.

WE HAVE BEEN SO SICK! Since our benefit concert. Since BEFORE our benefit concert. It's been ridiculous. Honestly, I think we might have pneumonia. And being pregnant on top of it...and chasing Peter (who rode his bike for two hours straight last week--roughly 2.5 miles with 8,000 adventures along the way--I'm telling you...this kid could solve the world's energy crisis)...its been a DOOZIE.

So Vic has been sleeping in "Lucy's Room" for over a week so we can both get better sleep as we are both coughing, twitching, snoring, tossing and turning.

I have started closing the door of his room so I don't have to look at the mess. I even asked him yesterday if he could "please clean his room". That's when I felt like I had a teenage boy. Which kind of made me smile for a second. Just a second. But then I realized, I HAVE TO TELL MARLENE! I have to tell her that I hope she never gets sad thinking that her first baby, her little baby boy went and grew up on her. HE DIDN'T! He is still a little boy and always will be so don't be sad. You can come clean up after him and take care of him and hold him and ask him to clean up his room anytime you'd like!

I can't stop watching this...