Steven/Shannon 082508

Hi Everuyone;
Topics for the pictures:
My gorgeous wife, Shannon, with Tyler---first day of 3rd grade.
Pineview resevoir is beautiful with the Rietz family.
Reitz and Cleggs enjoy some a dinner without kids.
Is that raw fish?--Spencer and Chelsea discuss the finer points of sushi
Class II fracture---ughh
Tyler's team singing the national anthem before ball game.
Tyler on the side lines getting a breather.
From "spree school" to college----he's gone. Wahhhh, wahhh
Spencer sleeps in the storage room his last night at home to
accommodates guests.
It's the Tyler and Jordan show first day back at Morgan elementary.
Tyler's teacher. Third grade boys thinks she's hot.
Jordan with Mrs. Warden, Jamie's old teacher.
Allyse is an 8th grader at Fairfield Jr. "Mom, don't get out of the car
and please take this photo quickly so my friends so see me with a parent
around."

This past week has been a lot of fun. We had Brandon and Ashley here
along with her parents and family. They were bringing Chelsea down to
drop off at BYU. Spencer packed up and left last night. He started a
new job at the Utah Valley Regional hospital in the physical therapy
department and he starts BYU classes next week. Well, it's official.
Jordan broke his thumb on the first game. But, we're moving to switch
his cast to a thumb splint so he can continue to play. I was up until
1am the other night trying to figure out a way to create a Kevlar
splint. The league rules say he can practice with a cast but can't
play...stupid. His team won 32-0 last Saturday and Jordan was holding
back tears on the sideline---being assigned to ball boy duty. Tyler
lost his game 31-37. He played all but 3 plays of the game, scored a
touch down, sacked the quarterback twice, threw for a 30 yard
completion. Jamie is busy back in school today at Davis and says she
really likes her classes. She's a great little driver with the manual
transmission Saab. We're sharing a car this year while Spencer is at
school. Allyse is back in 8th grade practicing her flute again.

A little Hunter History

Hello All,

    This Sunday, I attended church at the Inglewood 1st Ward.  When walking into the building, I was greeted by a smiling face and a program.  Talking wiht Bishop Michael Lambson, he said that this was a church that Grandpa Hunter was an early member of this ward.  I could imagine Dad, as a little child running up and down the isles, waiting for church to start.  Anyway, I miss my family, and look forward to finding a way to bring us all together again.

 

Thanks
Michael Hunter
CTO Friendlytek.
michael@friendlytek.com
801-787-6522

Anna & Steve's Trip Report

Steve and I are taking advantage of this afternoon to catch up on the last of the Olympics before the closing ceremony tonight.  We have enjoyed following some of our teams (and Hayden and Jessica's) through their competitions and have loved the tivo feature to fast forward thru the commercials and the longevity of the events but still enjoy the highlights.  But now is also a good time to catch everyone up on our latest trip instead of just the pictures we have sent out.  Steve and I both start school tomorrow and so new adventures will be starting.
So back to the beginning of August:
Thursday (July 31)
Steve and I pack the Audi and take off to Grace for our first stop to visit Grandma and Grandpa Clegg.  We fill up the car for the first time at $4.09 a gallon in Logan, a fabulous gas price for Utah.  We expected this to be our cheapest tank since we figured the price would climb higher and higher.  We were very pleased to watch the gas price sink to at least $.50 cheaper a gallon.  But while at grace, Steve and I visited with Grandma and Grandpa, went and took a swim in the pond, enjoyed Stuart and Kendrick coming over as well that night, ate some fresh raspberries, and more visiting.  We took off around  noon to meet up with  the family in the Teton's.
Friday (Aug 1)
We met up with the family in the Tetons after following Stuart and Kendrick alternating on the motorbike. It was a pretty drive from Grace to Jackson and just as great in the park.  We set up camp and enjoyed a cold dinner of sandwiches.  The boys all grabbed suits and we walked down to the lake in the dark.  The boys (Steve, Larsen, Boston, Stuart) changed in the bushes and then crept into the dark lake.  It was cold but refreshing.
Saturday (Aug 2)
Up with sun, as we usually are camping, we packed the car again including a few more items mom and dad supplied us with for our trip.  We acquired a sleeping mat and the fridge cooler to help live in our car for the next week.  We all headed down to the lake again where a few of us washed our hairs in a swim and Kendrick and Larsen swam out to the buoy.  It was just fun to be with the family and to enjoy the majestic scene of the Tetons.  After lunch together we split, us heading into Yellowstone and the rest of the family making their way into Jackson to fix the bike and go back through grace.  Steve and I drove up into Yellowstone.  We loved the drive and chose to go out of our way to see Old Faithful and a few other geothermal sites.  However, we missed a turnoff and didn't realize it until 30 miles through the park and just outside the Montana border.  So we definitely saw more in Yellowstone than we expected.  We also got held up behind a herd of bison that were wandering on and off the road and in between cars.  We were eager to get out of the park with lots and lots of tourists and hoping to find a nice place to camp.  After we drove through several forest fires, one that was on both sides of us and protected by firefighters, we came into buffalo bill state park and we camped on the edge of a reservoirs.
Sunday (Aug 3)
Driving again.  We set a goal to attend church in Sheridan WY and had to keep driving to get there on time, we barely made Sacrament meeting.  We drove through some really pretty areas though and I had  steve taking pictures of some fault lines and mountain formations that I thought my students would benefit from.  We took a detour to see devils tour and then got back on track to see Mount Rushmore before we camped in the Badlands.  We noticed more and more bikers as we came into Rapid city.  Once we got there, just outside of Mount Rushmore, we realized there was a bike rally taking place and the city and all the roads were just crawling with Harley davidsons.  It was really incredible to see so many bikes and bikers all in one place.  We did get to see mount rushmore though and really thought that was amazing.  We made our way into Badlands, enjoyed a drive though those interesting landforms and then camped in the park.  That night we were attacked by mosquitoes so we set up camp as soon as possible and jumped into the tent. 
Monday (Aug 4)
We woke up to a huge black storm cloud brewing overhead.  It was a day on the road with only Rochester and Mom and Dad Greene to look forward to so we wasted no time packing and hitting the road.  We made time for a quick shower from our portable shower at the edge of a picnic table and then we were comfortable driving again.  I loved seeing the prairie through South Dakota and thought of Laura, Ma, Pa, Mary and Carrie crossing those prairies.  We even saw a sod hut.  The black storm clouds eventually caught us as well and we were soon driving in a blinding rain storm.  Steve kept his eyes on the yellow line on the side of the road and stayed as close to it as possible.  It was one of the worst rain storms I am have ever been in.  It was as bad as some of the blizzards we have driving in.  After twenty minutes we broke through the waterfall and made our way through more prairie and the beginnings of corn fields.  We crossed over into minnesota about midday and really enjoyed the greenery.  We pulled into Rochester around 4 where we checked into the motel, showered and then picked Mom and dad Greene up from the airport.  Dad Greene was visiting Mayo clinic for some medical testing so it was fun to spend time with them in Rochester.  We went to dinner at a very unique restaurant .  We enjoyed a wide range of food from shrimp chips or puffs to roasted tomatoes, chicken marsala pizza, cheese and fruit to fabulous desserts.  one of the highlights or interesting experiences at the restaurant was a swarm of secret serviceman filling the sidewalks and then the restaraunt.  We were later told the president of Iran was eating in the same place in a private room.  It was because of his party that we were not able to get the cheese we really wanted because he ordered it all.  :)  It was a cool experience though.
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And I am stopping there for tonight.  Steve and I both have school in the morning and need to get to bed.  Much love to all of you and Congratulations to the Hungarian water polo team for taking gold.  Is hungary enjoying that Hayden?  Once again...We love you all
Anna and Steve

Peter's Week...

This week I started a very private blog, tracking the details of why my days at work are positive, negative or neutral.  Don't know if I'll ever share it but at least it's sort of therapeutic.  We had a fun skills building day on Tuesday where we had workshops on communication, meetings, and effective planning.  One session allowed us to anonymously text the one thing that we think needed to be done to improve the company the most.  The answers came up on a screen and .... well, I'm definitely not alone in my frustration with our management.  The week overall ended slightly positive as the COO wanted to know how I was doing and what I thought about the company.  I told him honestly and he told me that he had been thinking of leaving as well but that he was soliciting several of us to try and get some processes in place and rein in the the other C-level guys.  So, could be positive.  We'll keep trying.

So I officially moved back into my bedroom over the weekend.  Let's see, when did Anna move out? It's only taken 5 months to move upstairs! But now, I have to other bedrooms with nice clean sheets if anyone wants to come visit.  It's been a great week for weather and I've had some good rides.  Last night, I went out and rode down to the lake and back.  Pretty good time and never even got tired.  It was a little over a twenty mile ride.  We're working on the cycling merit badge for scouts so this week will be doing the same ride again.

The Olympics are over...now on to the next media event--the Democratic National Convention.  If you want to watch it, they use our stuff and you can see it at www.demconvention.com and click on HD Quality Video.  The quality is SOOOO much  better than the Olympics.  I told our marketing person she should get a saavy reporter to write an article on "How NBC and Microsoft Robbed the World of the Olympics." The picture was very small and also it was very choppy and stalled. By my calculations, 60% of those that wanted to watch it online, couldn't using the Microsoft technology. 

My brief consideration of switching to vote Democrat ended yesterday with the instant message from Senator Barak stating that he had selected Joe Biden as his running mate.  Wrong choice if the Senator really wants us to believe he can effect a change to eliminate bipartisanship!

Have a good week!

Forward from Hayden

hello my family! my little heart is filled!...i have been going through pictures...reading weekend update entries and loving it all! thank you for all the good letters...i am glad that everything is moving on smoothly without me. it was fun to go through and see who has long hair who had long hair and who looks different who is getting taller and the whole works! mom...you cut you hair!...i saw that from the weekend update and it was so crazy how much you look like your mother in the one picture! i love you mom! i got a good laugh out of seeing kendricks picture of him trying his best to fit into my shorts....with the stick pushing out on eitherside! i take it that the other picture (with the whole family) kendrick has a big rock jammed in the back of the shorts...kendrick...you little chipowa! so those were amazing pictures provided by anna. i loved it!

this week was alright...good i guess you could call it. we ended the week with president gasser and his wife coming down to speak in our little branch...it went really well with the more experienced missionaries translating for them. it is really interesting to see the translating process...the gassers would use a word that the missionary wouldnt know and another missionary would help him out....you just take everyones knowledge of the language and use it to move the translation right along without skipping a beat. i was conducting the meeting so i didnt have to translate in sacrament meeting for the gassers but i did have to translate for the president in a couple of interviews that he held for a couple of men here in the city to recieve advancements in priesthood. have passing the interviews the whole branch plus missionaires (about 20 people) gathered in a little room and were able to watch as one recieved the melchizedek priesthood and the other the aaronic priesthood. it was really powerful and exciting to watch as there are now 2 melchizedek priesthood holders in this small city. so that is that...afterward we had interviews with president and he told me that i will be here for a while but that it will not be my last area before i go home. so we will see how things shake down.

this last week i went on splits with the finnish elder...it was really fun and we tore it up in gyula...well i dont know if we tore it up but i guess thats what you say when you have a great day here on the mission. while i was there we met with a man and his cousin that spoke finnish. the kid was so excited because he has been out for 3 months and hasnt spoken to anyone that speaks finnish...so we met up with the guy and they spoke finnish for a while while i talked with his cousin in hugarian who didnt know finnish...so we had finnish, hungarian, and a few english words here and there becuase we all knew english to some degree...when it came right down to it we settled on the most common ground that we all had with each other which was hungarian. pretty fun huh? i was grinning from ear to ear just amazed at the crazy situation that i was in. it was also good to see that they were excited to hear the gospel and not just talk finnish or english with us.

so i think that i am about to wrap this up but i just want to tell you all that i now have my old bike back now and am dropping out of the tour de france of this next season...
the day me and my companion got my bike back we took a tumble in the ditch ...my companion was trying to pass me on a narrow side walk and i wasnt having any of that so i ended up grabbing his arm not letting him pass...then he gabbed my arm so that we couldnt pass each other...the result...we went barreling in the ditch and i ripped my pants putting a basball sized bruise on my thigh...we were laughing so hard that i didnt really feel it...the bruise is going away though.
ill be more careful next time:)

i love you all and miss you! keep up the good work...
love me

Winder Clegg Family

Hey!,

This is Dan writing for our family. I’m probably the least qualified to write this but the only one that will. A long time has gone by  since our family has written anything. So I will attempt to bring everything up to date on what we have been doing. David has been doing nothing all summer other than golfing, skateboarding and playing videos. I get him to mow the lawn every once in a while or help me the one time I worked in the yard this year. He is now playing football and has to practice every day. Next year he is going to help Kent on the farm. Erin has had about the same schedule as Dave. She went to girls camp and just got back from a (2) week stay in  Idaho. She came back with a new crop of freckles and a smile on her face. I was jealous she got to stay two weeks. Much thanks to Mom and Dan and Kent and Mignon for having her. Hayley has spent the summer reading , going to trek and girls camp. Jill was the camp director and they went to a cabin up by Pinedale reservoir. Jill has had a pretty busy summer. She and I went on trek with Hayley. She also has been working one or two days a week at the golf course. Zan has been playing and squeezing a little time for work in . She went to Lake Powell twice and to New York. Oh that’s right, I forgot to mention that Jill took all the girls to Washington DC and New York for a week and a half. They had a great time. They went to  a Broadway show in New York. They stayed with Krissy Moye, Jill’s roommate from college. My summer has been real busy. I changed employment about 6 months ago. I am now partners in a new company with some guys I have worked with at my old company.   I has been a real challenge staying on top everything . Ben and Zan have both been helping, which has been great.  I have never missed so much sleep in my life. I’m one of those people who can’t turn off my brain at night. Anyway as hard as it has been, I have realized how much the lord is helping us. We have so things that could have gone real bad but ended up as a miracle.  This last week I flew to San Antonio to oversee lift with a big crane. We built the large tank on the ground and then picked up and set it on another tank section. Ben designed and oversaw the large speader bar that hooked on to the tank. I always hate doing these big picks cause all that could go wrong. This one went real good. I attached some pictures.

Well I better go and try to get my 4 hours of sleep before it all starts over tomorrow.

Love Dan

 

 

 

 

[Fwd: Steven/Shannon]

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Subject: Steven/Shannon
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:39:42 -0600
From: Steven Clegg <steven@sharkwatch.com>
Reply-To: steven@sharkwatch.com
Organization: SharkWatch.Com Inc.
To: cleggfamilyIdaho.upload@blogspot.com

Hey everyone;
Been on the road the past couple of week. Two weeks ago we had our Sun
America Sales Meeting on the Potomac river at the Gaylord center. I've
included some pictures of the interior. We had a party one night in the
Smithsonian aerospace museum. There was food everywhere and they even
had a little conveyor belt that was about 20 feet in length. It went
behind these curtains where 4-5 chefs were preparing fresh sushi as fast
they could. It was pretty tasty. They had flight simulators and all
the attractions for free.

Last week I spent a few days in Boise catching up with my clients. The
trip is short and always enjoyable. I spent Wednesday evening at my
friend's football practice. He's an assistant coach for his 10 year old
boy's team. They boys were running through some pretty tough drills but
the interesting thing was they had to start and finish each drill with 5
push ups. By the time the practice was over 2 hours later I counted
roughly 200 push ups!

Yesterday we started football!! Jordan and Tyler both had games and we
were being supportive parents by attending pre-game warm ups and post
game speeches. Jordan sustained a class IV sprain on his thumb ( I just
made up that rating...see the picture). He put a hard hit on someone
just before half time and I noticed he was nursing his thumb. He then
ran a kick return back for 15 yards and took a couple of snaps from the
quarterback before halftime. Jordan plays corner on defense, kicker,
punter, tailback, and backup quarterback. Anyway, he's been icing down
his thumb and we're not sure how well he'll do this next week.

Tyler had his first game, too. He plays defensive end and full back and
was one of the team captain this week. Tyler scored a touchdown
yesterday on a broken play. He was supposed to hand off on a reverse
and somehow it fumbled. He picked it up and ran to the opposite side
and down the side line for a touch down.

Shannon volunteered to get t-shirts, hats, hoodies ordered for both
teams. That's been a fun task. She was talking to each parent during
both games yesterday so she didn't see much football.

Well, I promised not to talk about so much football next time, but it's
fun. We watched the tail end of David Clegg's game. He plays like his
dad did---no fear.

Spencer has cleaned out his closet and is anxious for BYU. We went on
our last home teaching assignment today. It was a little touching ,just
like the last time I went with Brandon. Spencer gave a great lesson.
One of our home teaching families lost their son to motorcycle accident
in June so the lesson was very applicable.
This is turning into an epistle so I apologize. Next time I'll keep it
brief;-)

Peter's Week

Well... three bad days, one neutral and one good day at work.  The good day was Friday so all in all, that has to be a positive week.  I feel like I did get a lot done although not much that will result in new income for the company.  I'm at a point where I think I should call our troika of executives the naked princes--they think they have everything covered and they don't know how exposed they are.  The VP of engineering asked me if I was going to stay around and that I couldn't leave as I was so integrated.  "I'm integrated and understand all the problems but I'm not making any progress," I said.  But I'm there for the short term--several more months at least.  Would love to get some sort of support business for the industry going that I could have more control over. We'll see.  I feel like I have reached a milestone this last couple of weeks in that I've had good, vigorous and open conversations with all executives in which they know exactly what I think and yet they still seem to like me.  I'm hoping I have that Aunt Virginia trait of being able to be completely and bluntly honest but people love you because your intent isn't malicious. 

Had a great day on Saturday.  Started with weights to make my shoulder feel better; then to an Achievement Day with Alyssa where we ate pancakes and did some little service projects.  She had on her new school shirt with sparkles.  The neighbors gave a table and chairs to Ginny that looks nice in their kitchen and now they can seat up to 12 at the table comfortably.  Then yard work.  Then finished cleaning the carpets (new info on carpet cleaner if anyone is interested).  Then for a bike ride. Then to a birthday party for one of the scouts had in the very first group - they turn 30 this year! Then to a reception. Then shopping. Then home and turned on the TV just in time to watch Michael Phelps win his 8th gold medal---wow! What a day. 

Will probably take next weekend off in going to Idaho as the three day weekend for Labor Day follows that and will go up then to work on the house on those days.  Hopefully, will be ready to paint by then!

Hope you are all enjoying the wonderful weather.... I love this time of year with the cooler temperatures but warm days. Did anyone see the Full Moon last night? It was awesome!

Love,
Pete  

Don Clegg Family

We have been busy this last month with 4th of July, girls camp, yard sale, and fair week.

   We are know getting ready to spend the first part of this week on the East beach of Bear Lake. We are looking forward to some much needed time away to relax. We cleaned out the old camper, which hasn't been used since 2003, by having a yard slae. We made nearly $400. A lot of work but was a good experience for the kids to barter with customers over there goods.

  We got a taste of the lake on Firday as we spent the day with some of the guys Don works with and their families. Some of us forgot the sunscreen and are now paying the price. All in all it was a fun time. We missed not weeing the Webbs this weekend and hope someday they will actually come and use the cabin.

  Greshen worked Monday and Tuesday getting the 4-H projects ready for judging and display for the fair. Then Wednesday we spent the day and night at the fair taking it all in. It was fun. Emily, Grant , and Abby had a great time on the rides taking breaks after getting sick on some of the rides to get mord drinks and food before going back for more, then spending their yard sale money on items at the fair. Don, Greshen and Macie listened to some Blues Brother impersonators, ate good food, and Don talked to more people than I have ever seen him do in a long time. It was great especially when he ran into Jon Tingey.

  Don received a Manufacture Distinguished Award at Monsanto this week. St. Louis said that it is the first one they have ever given out at the Soda Plant. It was for all his hard work on research and finding out some transitions at work. We are very proud of him.

  Hope all is well with everyone, With Love Soda Cleggs

Peter's Week

I've been keeping a little score on my whiteboard of good, bad and neutral days at work. This week was 3 good, one bad and one neutral. Not bad... Part of the good was that I met for a couple of hours with the CEO and we went over problems that need to be fixed which was good. We'll see if it makes any difference.

So a very nice weekend at home. Fall golds and yellows are coming in. The clouds were beautiful. And we had our own Olympic competition at the slide on the pond. See the video and a few pictures here:

The Long Haul...

We're back on the screen again after the long haul of not writing.  I (Paula) have been trying to plan a trip to visit all of you and see how things are going.  This will come but I am writing to keep in touch until then.  The Twin Falls Temple open house is going on right now.  Gordon and I have ushered groups through and Larsen and Boston put footlets on the visitors.  The girls had to tape their blouses to themselves to prevent exposure as they bent over.  This next couple of weeks will be intense dance practice for Larsen and Boston to celebrate the temple.

 

Stuart graduated from ISU in Business Administration in Marketing.  Invitations were far and few between but you were all welcome to come.  He's working at Odell's Furniture store in Pocatello for right now checking out different options for permanent work. 

 

Anna and Steve have spent the last week and a half traveling back to Illinois to see Steve's parents.  They took the scenic route and have enjoyed Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, Nauvoo, etc.  They are enrount back to Utah where Anna starts teaching at Evergreen Junior High in US History and Utah History.  Steve will continue his studies at U of U in Math. 

 

Jessica is doing great in Vilnius, Lithuania.  Here is the exerpt from her last letter: 

 

 "So anyways…last week we went to Kernave.  Kernave is the original capital of Lithuania.  The King of Lithuania built up these hills that approaching armies would have to deal with before reaching the Lithuanian force.  We ran down the hills and crossed this big open meadow to the river and forest (pictures included on other email).  We had a picnic, then tossed the Frisbee, and got bored and so we wondered into the forest and discovered the joy that is the Wild Forest.  EVERYTHING grows in the forests here.  Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, mushrooms, etc.  I felt like Sal, the little girl who hangs out with the bears in the forest with blueberries.  We were so happy there in the forest.  : ) We didn't have a lot of time for adventuring, so we headed back across that big meadow, towards the giant hills.  And I suddenly felt very small and un-violent.  Imagine great armies marching across that very meadow!  They were there!  This country has very rich medieval history and we get to tromp through the actual sets such history was acted out."

 

Kendrick spent a fun week with us during the Spudman in which he swam 1 mile, biked 26 miles and ran 6 miles.  We cheered him on at the finish along with Micheal and several others.  He's been cutting hay and baling for 3 farmers in Washington just across the border from Moscow.   He's combining now and hauling grain down to the barges at Lewiston.  He's attending Moscow again this fall and looking into the Mechanical Engineering program. 

 

Hayden or Webb Elder as we know him for now is Branch President in Hungary.  He says, " Well, well well!  I'm here in my new area!  I am out in the flat land of Hungary in bekescsaba but there are still many trees and beautiful old buildings.  I recieved the call for my new assignment last Tuesday morning and was assigned to this area!  I am really excited but I was a bit anxious about the whole thing because with the assignment I was called to be the branch president as the city that I am in was opened with in the last year and a half.  That made me a little nervous and I have yet to see the full effects of this new assignment but I'm waiting with caution and attention:)  so I will now have to lead the meetings in church and organize church services and make sure that the new members dont say anything too crazy:) that should be interesting."

 

Larsen turned 16 last Tuesday and was ordained a Priest today by Gordon.  He's been one of the main balers for the farm and is the "go to" person for his Uncle Doug.  Football practice starts this week.   He was voted Junior Class president so he'll be busy this year. 

 

Boston is Boston.  He worked on the farm swathing, raking and working with Gordon sorting cows on the farm this summer so Boston's Bakery got put on the shelf until later.  He will get to play football this year in school.  He's excited. 

 

I will be back in school on Mondays and Wednesdays with classes in Accounting, computer, writing internship for the Consumer Economics Department and a Consumer Economics class. 

 

Gordon is moving forward with his partnership and business.  I don't know where he's moving forward to but things are going well. 

 

Elva, Gordon's mother is still living with us and doing well.  We love this time of year with harvest and all the fun things going on.  We love you all and hope to see you soon.  Paula

 

 

 

 

Peter's Week

A three flat week! One slow leak; hit something riding after dark on Thursday and then yesterday, coming down Provo Canyon highway, I pulled over to restart my iPod and the front tire just blew out in the dirt.  Fortunately, every time I had the spare parts to get it going and didn't have to walk home!  With the last one, I used a trick Willy told me about which was to wrap a dollar bill around the tube so that it didn't bulge out of the hole in the tire.  Worked pretty good!!! I also was riding my bike chain and with my powerful legs, started to pump up a hill and busted the chain.  Pretty interesting trying to get home without a chain....and it was pretty worn so I'm not that strong. 

It's been a good week as far as food and family goes! Don rode back from Idaho with me which made the drive go much faster than normal.  He was here on Monday and Tuesday working on a Monsanto project.  We went to Tucanos for a meat fest on Monday and ate too much!!! Then, Tuesday there was a bad accident so Frank came this way as the Freeway north was closed all night.  We went to Fudruckers and had gormet hamburgers then stopped by and visited the Hunters and picked up the new carpet cleaner.  Then, I came back from the temple yesterday to find Dan and Jill in front of the house so we went to Marcaroni Grill for shrimp pasta.  With the leftovers I had a great meal on Sunday.  Anyway, it wasn't just the food but great to spend time with Family! All the Littlefields stopped by tonight for a few minutes.  I love summer with the breezes from the canyon and the gentle weather.  Tonight, the crescent moon was in the west, just above a spectacular sunset with billowy clouds. 

Work has been....work. I started marking a score each day as to whether I like it, want to change jobs or am neutral.  This week was two positives, two negatives and a neutral.  Very interesting organizational dynamics.  I see we are making progress but am concerned that it's not near enough progress to stay in the game competitively.  Will be interesting to see what happens.  I've been helping a friend of mine that was doing real estate (he went to Costa Rica with me) as he wants to promote live Rock Concerts using our technology.  I also got a Roku box...it uses our competition and I wanted to compare.  Pretty cool in that I can pick from 10,000 movies (most of them are junk right now) and they will instantly show on my big screen TV.  We need to get Move technology on that box!

Well that's about it.  Looking forward to getting tomatoes and cucumbers out of my garden soon.

Love,
Peter

Steven/Shannon

Hi Everyone;
Another week as we march toward ends of summer. I drove up to the ranch
on Friday evening to drop off Allyse. When we got there it was such a
beautiful evening that dad I sat in the rocking lounge and talked until
dark. Mom came back from her 55 year reunion and we continued to talk.
When I finally got on the four wheeler and went over to Cancun Idaho,
all I could see was two little round heads poking out of the
water---slowing moving back to shore. It was Erin and Allyse. Next
morning I woke up at 5am and Dad talked to me until about 6am. On the
way back to Fruit Heights, I stopped while driving thru the east side of
Preston and took a picture as the sun was coming up. The sprinklers
looked beautiful against the morning sky. Then my throat started to
tighten as I remember my allergy to moving sprinklers. After arriving
home, I grabbed the boys and headed for Larry Miller Speedway in Toole.
A guy in our ward was racing that morning. We missed his race but were
able to walk through the pit crews, see some fantastic cars, meet the
NASCAR drivers, and I let Tyler and Jordan drive the mini race cars. We
headed back around 3pm. Shannon and Spencer headed out for Lake Powell
this morning with Francis family. It's been two years ago that I blew
the engine on my diesel truck trying to reach Lake Powell on the last
Francis reunion. Unfortunately things didn't work out to go this time
either. They'll be gone until Wednesday evening. I'm leaving for Sun's
annual sales meeting in DC until Thursday. Thankfully Jamie is watching
Tyler and Jordan for the next couple of days. That's all for us. We'll
have some more pictures next week.