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02/20/17 Excerpt from Letter to Ray and Suzanne

February 20, 2017


Becky and I had a fun visit.  She was a trooper and stayed at work with me all week (poor thing...already decided when she comes back next year I'm taking a day off!!!).  We took 2 hours off and went shopping at Kohls, DI and Ross.  Ended up finding some cute skirts and blouses for Becky at Ross.  We got a matching skirt!!!  Not that we'll ever wear it at the same event but maybe we will?!  Who knows?!  

Kevin and Becky came for BBQ night and we had yummy dinner and then played jackbox.tv.  That is a really fun interactive game that allows 8 people to all play a computer game together on the TV.  

AJ is off to Texas to present his thesis at some conference.  So he's gone for the week now until Saturday I think.  He'll be flying out at 8:30 tonight. 

I had off today -- YEAH!!!  I got up and went to the gym and did a weight lifting class. Then I came home and spent 4 hours trimming bushes and trees in the yard.  Filled 2 trash cans to overflowing.  But everything looks really nice!  I got an electric trimmer and it has been awesome - I have about 20 rosebushes -- and I did those a couple of weeks ago and then all the other stuff today.  Total of 5 trashcans of debris. 

We also played pickle ball with our friends this afternoon. Dallas and McK and Bryce and Marlee also played on another court. 

We took Dallas and McK and Bryce and Marlee to Rigatti's tonight...first time we've been back since your birthday.  And we called ahead 45 minutes and still didn't get our meal for 45 minutes after we got there.  Sigh.  Probably be another 8 months before I go there again.  They are so slow!!!!!  We got 4 pizzas (mediums) and it wasn't enough so we went to the Red Barn and got ice cream afterward.  It was fun!

Bryce and Marlee aren't engaged (she is on her mission until April and can't get engaged).  But will you please save June 3 and plan a trip here that weekend? 

AJ is dating a girl named Helena who honest to goodness could be Marlee's older sister - bushy red hair and all!!!  I hope she is the one because she is adorable and it would be fun to have grandkids I couldn't tell apart! Haha. Not getting my hopes up though!

We survived volleyball and basketball season with Katie and soccer season for Holly starts Tuesday -- so we are still -- as always -- keeping everybody busy and engaged in good activities!

Oh yea, and we are planning a trip to Hawaii in April.  A friend at work sold us one of his weeks at his condo -- the Cliffs at Princeville on Kauai. You'll have to look it up.  It looks AMAZING!!!!  I'm so excited. 

Andy is headed to Logan Wed-Saturday this week for playoffs.  Some idiot (I can say that right?) decided that Logan needed a turn at hosting playoffs so the whole state has to risk their lives to get up to stinking snow country to play basketball!!!! BOOOOOO.  You probably won't see him because he will be coming through late both times and will be with Robert so I don't think they'll stop.  Who knows though, right?!

Anyway hope you are doing well.  Take care and tell me what's going on in your neck of the woods!
Love you! Shelly

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