Greetings from South Ogden

OK, so if you can't tell we got to Utah safely. It was an entertaining trip, mostly because we spent a lot of time reading The Tale of Despereaux out loud to one another. Now before you think that we were driving distracted, the passenger was reading it aloud to the driver. I have to say, I am greatly impressed with my husband's ability to do voices. I was actually scared of the villainous rats just because of the voice he supplied. But other than that it was pretty uneventful. 

So far we have seen both families (well everyone but my brothers who have extremely busy schedules) and our friends in Wyoming (Mindy and Spencer Allred) along with going through the Draper Temple. We still have friends in Logan to see and brothers to have lunch with and Olive Garden to go to with my parents. But even with this busy schedule it has been a very nice and relaxing trip. We have missed our friends and family. 

While New Mexico is now our home we still have friends and family that we really want to keep in touch with. So all of you who we have not seen yet and may not be able to see this time, please let us know and we will make sure we take a trip to where ever in the World you are and see you. For seeing and catching up with friends makes our day!

From these visits we remember why you are all so dear to us and you each help us with difficulties that we are facing or will soon face. Not only that but you just warm our hearts. I do have to say that even with all the warm fuzzy I am really cold and looking forward to going back to sunny Farmington, New Mexico. So in closing please keep in touch all of you, for you each have a special place in our hearts! 

Technology: Is it really our friend?

So Sunday Eric got a call where he had to go out on a job in the middle of the Apache reservation at 1:00pm. This meant that not only was he going to miss the Superbowl but church as well. He was really upset partly because he would not be able to sit with his little buddy Connor Perkins during sacrament. So before I had to take him to the shop we did everything we could to make sure Eric had some Sunday worship and peace. But as we were leaving Eric made a comment that he really didn't want to listen to Alex's music on the way there and back. So me being so intelligent (insert laugh here) thought it would be great for Eric to take the ipod nano with him. 

This is significant because I basically use it for work and the really long trips to Albuquerque and Utah (3 and 7 hours respectively). So Eric has not really used it, but I love LDS music and have a very wide selection on the nano. With that Eric agreed to take it. Well yesterday after I got up I saw the nano laying on the table near the door so I picked it up to take a charge it for work the next day. However when I tried to maneuver it all I got was a white screen. At first I thought I did something but it was like that from the moment that I picked it up. I tried everything to make it work charging, hooking it up to my mac, nothing. So after discussing it with Eric we decided we could afford to purchase a new nano from Apple. Eric was kind enough to say that it would be his valentine's present. So I purchased a very nice new, blue ipod nano with 8GB of memory. This one will change songs if you just shake it a bit. I was so excited. 

Well then this morning as we were getting ready for work, Eric, being his inquisitive self decided to see if he could get the old nano to work. And would you know it, the silly thing is working again. It had no charge but it was working! Well apple is so effective that the new is already being shipped. Eric asked if we should send the old one back, but I stated that it was already on its way and it had more memory. So now we have to ipods, which I think it is good because then Eric has one to take with him on jobs and I have mine for work. Meaning if one malfunctions it is the technological skill of the owner. 

Oh technology is amazing and yet full of headaches at the same time! Have a great day and remember if you are a friend to technology, it might be a friend to you.