We are waiting for the weather to cool. It has been above 100 degrees for many days now and the lawns and plants are struggling.

We have had many fires in Utah....over 500 square miles burning in middle Utah and we are smelling and seeing the smoke. Our air quality is pretty poor and we are glad that the grandsons with asthma aren't here right now.

Amy has 6 weeks to go until the baby is born. She and Wes are in the last stages of finishing their home. They bought the worst house in the best neighborhood, gutted it and remodeled it. Hopefully it will all be done before their baby comes.

Matt and Nick are going to California to a comic book convention. Matt will leave first and then Nick will join him. Nick will fly alone and Colett is feeling some anxiety about it. She and the girls will find girly things to do while the boys are gone.

There are houses being built behind our house now and the one directly behind us is too big for the lot. They angled it so that it looks right into our back yard and back door. We are NOT happy and are even contemplating moving because of it. It is sooo close.

Wayne has some contracts in Boise, Idaho so we are thinking of going there for out 38th anniversary. That is where we started our married life and have fond memories of our time there. Can it really be 38 years? I look into the mirror at times and wonder who that older woman is. I still feel very young and my face betrays me.