I'll start a new entry though may not finish before I get interrupted. Last Saturday was Margaret's birthday. Happy belated birthday, Margaret.

Last week on Thursday evening Mark and Karen had Rose and me over for dinner. Shirley had clients and couldn't join us and she missed a wonderful evening. Drew was there and Ksren's daughter, Sally, came in while we were still there. Mark made steaks on the grill and Rose and I agreed they were maybe the best we had ever eaten. Rose says she could have kept eating but was embarassed to since everyone else had finished. Mark is building a chicken coop in his back yard! He plans on getting three chickens and having them lay all the eggs he and Karen will need and perhaps more than that. Pete, maybe you can advise him on raising chickens when you're here this month. Remember how Scott and Ding used to 'pick eggs' when they came to visit you and Janet.

We had Brayden and Jalen this weekend. Scott dropped them off Thursday night on his way to the lake. It was Goldman, Mad Dog, Doug, Dane, Ray, Groves and Scott for a guys' weekend at the lakehouse. They took some bedroom furniture down and burned an old chest of drawers that I bought cheap when I bought the place. They went over to Mad Dog's Dad's place and cut some wood. I think Doug had a new chainsaw he wanted to try out. I'm eager to get down there to see what else they accomplished. Doug turned forty on Friday. It was too cold to fish but I think "a good time was had by all".

Kelly started therapy after his rotater cuff surgery per Pete's weekly call. Shirley said this is a long recovery process and requires lots of therapy. Kelly, you have her sympathy.

Brayden and Jalen and I spent Friday night and Saturday with Suzanne and Lukas and Josie. The kids played so well together and weren't ready to come home when Aunt Rose picked us up. We went out to eat to compensate. They liked eating out but still had long faces. They're both really good on the guitar and drums on Rock Band and Brayden can read really well for a kindergartener. Scott says spelling secrets around him doesn't work too well anymore. They both start baseball practice this week.

Stephanie is going to be fifty on the 7th. Joe and I are not sure if time flies as you get older or if it just takes a person longer to do things! Happy Birthday, Stephanie.