I have once again forgotten about this blog.  My apologies.  I suppose I am not a natural at this.  Well, by way of catching up:
     Bruce is now happily employed at the local waste treatment plant.  We are loving his four minute commute and regular (compared to plumbing) hours.  He's home by 3:35 most days which is absolutely awesome.  The 'on call' weeks are less than stellar but he has a definite career path now which is such a blessing.  He is once again in the Elders Quorum presidency, 1st Counselor, and is also the 11 year old scout leader.This works out really well for us because Garret would refuse to go if Dad wasn't there.
     I am no longer working outside the home but have brought the kids home to be homeschooled so I'm busy, busy, busy with that.  I am still the Stake Young Women's President and continue to find it challenging but wonderful.  After working at the high school for three years, it is a great pleasure to work with the youth of the stake.  There is such a difference between them and their counterparts in the world.  I have also taken up playing guitar again and even dabble with the ukelele.  It's been a blast!
     Avery is a studious seventh grader with big plans for her future.  She has visions of Exeter Academy and Harvard.  I would be happy with a high school a bit closer to home and BYU for college but I love her ambition. She participates in chorus and band (flute) at the middle school and sings in the local children's choir, Broad Street Singers. She also takes part in whatever dramatic opportunities present themselves, currently playing a sheep in Honk, Jr. and planning to try out for The Sound of Music.  She is dying to take dance lessons which she will start soon, we hope.  She's the one with the ukelele so we dabble together.
     Garret is still a video game junky, who loves to watch cartoons.  The eleven year old scout program and homeschooling seem to be broadening his interests but slowly.  He seems to be really enjoying art more and more.  Particularly drawing and cartooning.  He has also become very interested in veterinary sciences.  In addition, he recently put together a robotic arm from a kit and is pretty obsessed with that.  Here's hoping these new experiences spark an expansion of his interests into something with a potential future.  We shall see.
    Our menagerie has changed a bit.  We no longer have chickens and our poor little bunny is a bit more angelic of late but we still have Sara, the cat, and have added Ink, the black lab mutt.  Mr. Foxworthy would still be quite proud of our car collection as well, though it has been upgraded a bit.
    Here's hoping my next post won't be two years in the making. No promises though.