Why We Haven't Been Blogging

So outside of the normal evil influences that keep us from blogging (long day with Owen/work, end of season television, etc) there have been some extenuating circumstances lately that have kept us from regularly updating everyone on the adventures of their favorite little boy.


The main thing has been our class. We've been taking a seminary class. Ryan took it for graduate credit and Tara took it for a certificate. It's been a lot of work all semester, but here at the end it all piled up. We wrote a 29 page term paper, Ryan took a final and we had to play catch up on our quizzes since we missed a week due to vacation. That has really consumed our last two weeks. But it's over...Hallelujah! It was a great class, but it's always a good feeling when you're done.


We've also been doing some travelling - yes, again. Last weekend was Ryan's sister Tara's high school graduation (yes, another Tara for those of you that didn't know that). She was the valedictorian of Lakeside High School. She did very good on her speech and was even spotted performing several strange dance routines at inopportune times - and yes, they're all on video. We'll try to get some picture of that up soon. Way to go, Ta! We're proud of you...even if you are going to LSU. Also, we're going back to Louisiana again this weekend to hang out on Toledo Bend. But after that we're here - for a whole month until we go to Minneapolis for Ben's wedding.

And in between all of that, Monday nights have become socializing night. We've either gone to someone's house or had people over every Monday for the last month and even threw in one Friday. That's been a lot of fun. If you want to hang out with us, let us know and we'll schedule a Monday night with ya!

And since 76.2% of you only come for the pictures, here's a picture of Owen and Sadie when Sadie came over to play recently. We told him it's improper to show that much leg to the girls, but Sadie didn't seem to mind.