What's up? . . . . .

Here's an update about what everybody has been up to . . . . .

Andy starts Spring term next week as he finishes his sophomore year at Western Oregon U. He's got a job that works great with school, three nights a week from 7-midnight he works for a janitorial service. Cleaning Monmouth city office buildings, library, police station, etc. He's a night owl anyway, and the job works with his school schedule plus helps with some expenses (not beer I'm sure). He's hoping to get a FT job on the WOU campus during the summer doing maintenance/landscaping. All the guys he rooms with want to keep the house they currently are renting, so they are all working on finding jobs in town for the summer.

Josh and Dani really have alot going on! They have made an offer and it was accepted on a beautiful home in Lafayette, it is expected to close in mid-April. Josh really enjoys the PT company he works for in Salem, so he plans on staying there awhile. Dani looks so cute with her baby tummy, their baby is due June 2nd. She plans on continuing to work as long as baby will let her. The two most stressful things that happen in anyones married lives, having kids and buying your first home is happening to them within a couple months of each other! They are pretty laid back about the whole thing, unless they are hiding it really well!

Chad and Nic are busy with their jobs and Lucas. Nic is finishing her student teaching at and elementary school in town. She is working in a 3rd grade class, she worked her first 10 weeks in a 1st grade classroom. She will make a great teacher! she has great ideas and has such a good attitude about how kids should learn. She will be heading to job fairs and getting her application out to different school districts in the next month or two. Chad's position at Wells has been changed again, lots of re-organizing these days in the banking business. Especially if you are in the mortgage lending areas. He's not especially happy with how things are going right now, it's a hard time to be in banking I think. Lucas is the happiest little guy, really good natured and rarely complains unless there is good reason. He is really starting to have a personality now, and he loves to play peek-a-boo and giggle at our cat.

Dale just heard he is going to Germany this summer for Leupold, they plan on buying a 1.5 million dollar machine for their shop. They want him to design and run some parts on it before it gets sent here to make sure it works correctly. Not sure exact dates yet, end of July or August sometime. He's trying to talk me into going with him, but it's really spendy to go there in the summer, plus he wants to make a side trip to see his Uncle in London or Spain, depending on where he is that time of year. So will see how that all works out.

Well, there you go . . that's about it!