Winter Camp

Hello all,

Here is a link to a website with photos and videos of the winter camp I went on with the scouts this weekend. Let's just say that igloos are really hard to build and kids are really dumb sometimes. That about sums it up.

http://web.mac.com/thecurrits/Site/Paradise.html

Love you all,

Danny

State of the Family

Thanks for all of your contributions to the State of the Family letter Grandma wrote. I guess Dad did our contribution in a phone call. It was really fun to read what everyone is doing. I thought Rich and Jane's Enchilada Party sounded like fun, and Leah is going to get a degree in Hindi. Studying a language can be intriguing. Nobody can do as much as Travis and Agata in one year, and I think that was the short version of their adventures.

We made it to Jenni's brother, A.J.'s, mission farewell in Draper. He did a very good job. He talked about families and family prayer and family home evening.

Dad is fixing a crooked wall or two in the basement. When he's done, I'm sure it will look nice. We are going to Tyler and Dawn's for the day (tomorrow) to help them paint. Dawn and I are doing a little maternity shopping.

Saturday I was invited to three parties. It was exhausting. Just when I decide that being a house mouse is a wonderful thing. Spring is coming (inspite of the storms due this week.) We have really enjoyed staying home this winter (when we could) and watching it snow. We have learned to play cribbage. At first it was just tedious, then the strategy became clear, now we quite like it.

We saw Tommy yesterday and had a good, good time with him, watching a mystery on tv, eating strawberry shortcake. We surprised him with the destruction in the basement.

Soon we will be gardening. It will happen. If you have anything to put on our summer calendar, let us know. July is baby month, and Alex comes home in August. In between all of that we would love to see all of you as much as possible! All I can say is Oliver had better still be crawling when I see him. That wonderful stage is all too short....

God bless you all in all of your efforts. We love you!

yurt trip way back when

So I thought I'd post pictures of my yurt trip that I went on in December. Or January. Yeah, January. Anyway, I think that we should do this sometime as a family. it would be stellar. we went to a different yurt this time and the trip in was cake. It would be fun some time to do it with every one.

Happy Birthday Danny

Happy Birthday Danny! Today is a windy, stormy day. Two storms are blowing in. Danny was born during a big snowstorm. We had an old blue Dodge Dart (yes we did) and our driveway was on a hill. We slid off the driveway into the snow on the front lawn. Eventually we got out of that mess and made it to the hospital. The maternity ward was pack with women delivering due to the big snowstorm. (something about barometric pressure....) So today the weather remembers Danny's birthday. Or maybe Feb. 7 is always like this.

We hope you have a wonderful day and a Wonderful Life! (hear that bell ringing????)

We love you,

Mom and Dad

Happy St. Agata Day

Today is Agata's Name Day. Congratulations to all of the Agata's all over the world. (and especially our Agata.) I wish we could all get together tonight and have a big party. Maybe we will soon. I hope.

Alex writes tonight. Hopefully his email account will work. We went to La Frontera last night. It was very cold outside. We got plates of hot spicy Mexican food then came home and read and enjoyed the night. Today is sunny, but tomorrow it snows. I'm trying to catch up on all my reading before Spring comes with all of the wonderful work outside. I've dreamed of reading a book for so long that I'm really enjoying it.

Tommy's feeling better. He was pretty sick. Dawn's Mom came through her surgery. It was successful. We're grateful for that.

I wonder what the weather is like in Poland and how Barbara is doing this winter?

Happy Birthday to Danny soon!

Recipe

Here's a new recipe from Sunset Magazine for a "healthy" dessert. I think it sounds delicious, but I haven't tried it. You put peeled grapefruit pieces in an oven proof dish, sprinkle brown sugar on the top, broil until sugar is warm and bubbly, then top with a dollop of Greek yogurt. It reminds me of Jenni's dates with Greek yogurt. I was going to try it today, but ran out of time to search for Greek yogurt.

We hope you are doing well. St. Agata name day is this week. Congratulations, Agata, and Danny's birthday is Thursday. Tommy is here recovering from a week of influenza officially diagnosed by medical experts. We have two snowstorms coming in, one tonight and one tomorrow. Keep 'em coming. I don't want to hear "drought" again.

Dawn's Mom has pretty serious surgery tomorrow. We hope all goes well. Dawn and Tyler tried to be there for her surgery last week, but it literally got cancelled at the last minute. That's got to be rough. She had to wait a week. Please remember them in your prayers. I don't think they will make it back for this new scheduled surgery.

Alex finally got his emails. For two weeks he wasn't receiving anything. I kept thinking maybe I was hitting the "send" button wrong. I guess he got five copies of his newsletter. He will write Tuesday night.

Our whole city has been paying their respects to President Gordon B. Hinckley. His funeral was today. The spontaneous love and reverence has been beautiful to see.

We miss all of you and hope you are doing well!