HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

Happy Mothers Day Mom, Chris, LeAnn, Cathy, Kathy, Camille, Cindy!! You are all wonderful and I appreciate the great examples that you are for me. You are all so kind, thoughtful, caring, faithful, patient, and good. I look up to you and admire you all. Your children and turning out great and those around you love you. THANK YOU!! I hope today is wonderful for you all!!!
Love,
Nate

50 POUNDS AND COUNTING!!!!!

She's lost 50 pounds since most of you last saw her.

I'm so proud of my Sweetie!!!

A Week of Ups and Downs

THE UPS!

A few weeks ago, Sam recieved a letter telling him that his essay on Americanism: What Freedom Means to Me" had won either first, second, or third place and invited him to an awards banquet where he would recieve a cash prize. He was suprised he had won because it was a class assignment in the fall of last year. We, of course, were pleased and proud.

Out of 500 essasys submitted from 8 local schools, Sam won first place and a $50 check in the 6th grade boys division. But that's not all! They submitted the winning essays to a district wide contest as well with schools all across the valley, from Salmon to Preston. Sam won first place overall and won an additional $75! So he walked away with $125 last night! Isn't that amazing!

The DOWNS

So Henry's friend called me Monday morning as I was getting ready to leave for classes in Rexburg (I almost didn't answer the phone) to tell me that Henry had broken his arm when he fell off his friend's skateboard. "Yeah, right," I thought. "It's probably just a sprain."

No - it was REALLY broken. Bye-bye soccer season....

So that afternoon we went in for surgery. He has two pins in his arm currently. Funny enough, he has pins in the same arm he broke when he was 5 years old, and the same doctor did the surgery Monday as did the surgery all those year ago. Crazy, isn't it?

He'll be in a soft cast until Tuesday next week when he gets his hard cast and can go back to school. Two weeks after that they will cut a window in his cast and pull out the pins. Three weeks after THAT they will remove the cast (mid June).

AND as a bonus - Janie's been complaining about her throat and gagging on her food.

Sometimes, her tonsils are so big they're touching. So we may be going in for ANOTHER surgery after school gets out. Bye-bye family vacation to Oklahoma - we'll be funding the doctors' vacations this summer.

LIFE - it does a body good.

Time to give us your guess....

Clark's papers are in and the wait begins. I think we all need to guess where he will serve and see who is the closest.

My guess is somewhere in South America.

Clark hopes somewhere in Europe.

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Love you all!!!
Chris