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Hi!!! This is Erika so if i spell something wrong...sorry!:) We haven't been up to much except I just got back from Alpine 4-H camp. While I was there I made a marshmellow gun and guess what my mom thought it was...... COOL!!!!!!!! As soon I got back we went to my 2 cousins wedding WOW it was short. Then i went to my dads and Roger and mom went to Jackpot.


This morning we went to Jaxson's T-Ball game it was VERY COOL!!!!! I think his team won but I'm not sure.

And thanks thanks for reading "Neu' Beinnings"!!!!!!!!!HEHEHE

What a crazy week it has been again! I didn't have any big plans for the week and that turned out to be a good thing. My good friend Christy called on Monday from the hospital. Her husband Dan was having trouble breathing Sunday evening and they ended up heading to the hospital. They found a mass in his chest wall that needed to be removed. Thank you to the surgeons and staff at PMC for their quick assessment and removal of the mass. They had to take a little bone with it but so far everything looks good and Dan is on the mend. They will decide what the next course of action will be. In all this, I have been blessed with the knowledge than Dan accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He has been on the path for a while now. He is a great friend, a great husband to Christy and a great father. I have also been blessed with the opportunity of hanging with the kids. Great kids! Good friends for Erika and good friends for me and Roger.

Roger has been very busy this week. We haven't had any evenings together since the weekend. Two lunches and a quick wave in the morning.

Erika went to a horse judging event on Monday and placed 7th overall in the junior division. Great job for the first time out! She qualified for state but the state contest is during the week of church camp at Cathedral Pines near Sun Valley. She has been helping Grandpa with the sheep this week and I haven't seen too much of her either!

I had the opportunity to have lunch today with my friend Patty. She is doing ministry in a little town in Illinois with her husband Quentin. Lovely to see her and spend time with her. I am so bad about keeping in touch with people so it was terrific to spend some time visiting.

Beautiful weather today so I think I will go out and enjoy it!

Well, I have decided it to start looking for a regular job. I have loved the past year having some flexability with my time and have loved working at the school but in this day and age, we have to have a regular added income in order to buy a house that we would like to live in. Bummer. Three part time jobs can't cut it.
June is off to a busy month. I have been cleaning and organizing Roger's place to make it comfortable for us and Erika had one free week after school got out with nothing but soccer. She finished the season on Saturday. Although it wasn't necessarily a winning season, it was a good one for the girls. This was the first time she was on an all girls team and it has been great to watch those relationships develop. They really look out for one another. They did great in their tournament this weekend too. Won two out of three!
Now she is off at horse judging and starts day camps for 4-H this week. 4-H camp in Alpine next weekend and in a wedding for her friend Elise this weekend. Keeps me pretty busy!
Roger purchased a camp trailer at an auction last fall so our next project will be to fix that up. Not that anyone can afford to go camping with the price of gas the way it is! It will be fun family project by any means! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Bye for now.

Another quick note. Maybe by next week I will figure out how to do the pictures quickly.
We had a lovely memorial day weekend here. Erika went to celebrate her birthday weekend with her dad. Hers was last Wednesday. Her dad's was on Friday. She went fishing. Played a lot of Uno Attack and caught and banded hummingbirds! If you get a chance you will have to ask her about it.
Roger & I went to Bye Bye Birdie athe the Mystique. One of Erika's classmates is in it and one of my student council kids is in it. It was really good. My friend Ruth gave us a couples massage at the salon/spa she works at. We had that little treat on Saturday and then went and did a little shopping and went to see Indiana Jones. More fun! We had a lovely lovely weekend!
Went to the horse races. Had dinner with my Grandma and did home chores. Great to not be on a schedule!
Today I will be working on stuff for the Charter School. Getting ready for passage ceremony to be held at Frazier Hall at ISU tomorrow. Lots of stuff to do!
Erika is camping up Mink Creek with her classmates today (if the weather holds out). If it rains like the dickens they will be coming home this evening.
I better get moving. A lot to do and the day is half gone already! Long office tour this morning. We went out to Fort Hall to look at auction properties while on tour.
Hope you all have a great day!

Just a quick note. We have been busy with passages at Erika's school. What a great thing it has been to be involved at PCCS this year! Lots of community spirit.
We celebrated Erika's 10th birthday yesterday! 10 years old! Wow! Makes me count my blessings so much to reflect on the time I have had with her. She is doing good. Still adjusting to our new living arrangements but it is all good.
She is presenting her passage today. I am certain she will do a great job. I am so proud of her.
Roger started horseshoes this week. Life should balance a little soon because soccer will be over after next weekend. Praise team and horseshoes will be our only evening requirements besides the occasional auction or 4-H meeting.
Just a little update and back to work. Have a lovely day in this crazy Pocatello weather. Rain is good but I am ready to be finished with the snow!

Just a quick note. Busy time of year with school and real estate. Student council has been having parties and school activities for the last month culminating Saturday with a dance for the 7th & 8th grade. Total reinforcement for having Erika at PCCS. What a great group of kids and a fun time. Getting ready for passages and visiting with parents to set up panels. A lot of phone time for the past 2 weeks.
Real estate is busy too. Gil is out of town so I am covering the phones for him and doing quite a bit more showing and general 'realtor' stuff. Not going too good for Roger and I. We have been looking at place for a couple of months (almost three) and thought we were in line to buy it. The sellers listed it with another agent and did not wait to talk with us after we spoke on Friday. Feeling a little betrayed but I suppose it is an answer to prayer. Roger was praying fervently for something to happen yesterday. Not necessarily the answer we were wanting but an answer for right now. So we wait and keep praying for God's plan for our perfect place. At least we are together and not looking at tail lights driving away in the night.
I better get to work. It is not getting done without me today! Darn it!
Have a super day and I will try to be more diligent about posting on a regular basis.

Wow! What a beautiful time we had at the wedding and through out the whole weekend! We have been blessed with so many friends and family that love and support us. How wonderful it is to be given a second chance to make things different and hopefully, happier.

Chad and Kass weren't able to join us but we look forward to sharing our new lives with them and missed them dearly. We got a call from Kevin on Sunday! What a treat! Jess might be able to come up for a quick visit in the near future and it has meant so much to me how much support Kris and Jeff have been able to offer. Uncle Randy and Cousin Eric came down from Washington with a beautiful cheesecake and Susie and Dan and family came bearing gifts and food.

My parents were amazing with the amount of love and support they continually offer. They really love Roger and love having him in the family. My folks fixed a lovely assortment of lamb, ham, fruits and veggies for the reception and my friends from church made a beautiful cake with fresh flowers and everything!

The wedding was lovely. Roger suprised me in the middle of the ceremony by having my good friend Karl sing "The Broken Road" by Rascal Flats. Karl and my friends from worship team started the ceremony with beautiful songs of praise and my friend, Pastor Bill, gave a message of encouragement, hope and love filled with humor that suited our new family to a t.

Erika has been such a pillar of strength throughout the last two weeks. She has been so mature and understanding and helpful that it amazes me to see. She stood with Roger and I and held flowers and rings during the ceremony. I know the changes in her life are SO HUGE but she is being a trooper! She is sad about leaving her grandpa and the farm but she is being great about it.

We (Roger and I) got to run away for a little honeymoon. We spent the night after the wedding in a motel in Lava (not so nice) and then three nights in Vegas. What a great place to visit. There is so much to see that you don't realize that hours have gone by and you are just wandering. Lots of walking and sight seeing. We had a lovely time.

We flew back to SLC on Wednesday then rushed up to Erika's school for expedition exhibition and science fair. We missed Erika's presentation by about 20 minutes but she did place 3rd in her division in the science fair. I am so proud of her!

Thursday we took to move stuff around at Roger's then we brought the necessities to make our lives more comfortable. Then it was back to work on Friday. Roger and I spent part of the weekend fixing up Erika's room to make it feel more like home and then just reorganizing kitchen, closets, garage, etc. Erika spent a wild weekend with her dad chasing illegal fishermen and playing mexican train.

Now we are trying to settle into something that resembles a routine. A little weird, but going fine. So nice to have someone to share everything with. We (Erika and I) have been on our own for a long time. Luckily, we have so many friends that we count as family too.

I should have a couple of pictures later in the week and will get them posted to share. Now, I better get to work. The phones are ringing and it is getting busy again. Work is good.