Lost the Camera

Well, it has been a long, cold winter here on Fairway Rd., but the Christmas holiday season was great. All the family was here from Nebraska to Washington to California. 23 of us cuddled up nice and cozy. We added one to our number as Haley was married to Severin Bergeson. So we had a wedding thrown in to keep us busy. The night of the reception in Moses Lake the temperature was 0 and the father of the bride was late with the wedding dress. Haley took it all in stride as she began the reception in sweats.

The worst part of the season was the loss of our digital camera. I am sure with the wedding, two receptions, and Christmas, it just got left somewhere. If anybody packed an extra one and took it home let us know. Of course, as a result there won't be any good pics on the blog for awhile. Good news came with the gender announcement of the Specht's new arrival in April. Makaley wasn't too happy to learn that she was going to have another brother. Can't imagine why. Vard had his share of bad luck playing football in the fall and had his knee injured. He underwent surgery and has been rehabbing every since. He used it to good use though as he was able to avoid most chores, etc. around the house while he was here.

More good news since the new year, Kase walked on and made the football team at BYU. The kid is still "livin' the dream". The downside is that he had to quit his job teaching language at the Mission Training Center which he loved. Dax and Jen will be graduating in April and Dax will be one of those engineers that I often refer to when I am working on something. Hopefully he has heard me enough that he will keep us do-it-yourselfers in mind when he is trying to "save space" on one of his designs.

Another Connell Eagle will be flying high in June with Blaire's graduation. She will continue the BYU-I tradition if Obama's stimulus package comes through or some other funding miracle happens. She has been doing a great job applying for scholarships and did more than Kase in her first week ( I think that would be 2).

Spring is just around the corner and it will be time to plant pumpkins again!