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So it's Sunday morning and all is quiet on the Richey front - except of course for Zack's walking. Zackary loves to walk a lot - back and forth and back and forth all over the house. It's his way of burning off all of his excess energy, thus the reason he can eat the way he does and yet still be in such good shape. Perhaps we could all learn something from Zackary - he also drinks water all day long. At night he comes up and down the stairs at least 10 times to fill his 16 oz. cup up with more water. Now how can you fault him for that? How bad is water for you, right? Troy and I are very grateful for Zackary; he needs very little help with his schoolwork and still gets excellent grades, he's very honest and respectful, and I could go on and on so I won't. However, just yesterday I asked him if he would wear flip flops when we go swimming if I bought him a pair. (Zack always wears tennis shoes and socks and doesn't especially like to wear sandals or flip flops, but I thought for swimming it would make more sense to wear flip flops...) So he said "That's okay, Cheri, I can just wear dad's, you don't need to spend your money." Most teenagers I know jump at any opportunity to spend their parents' money and get new things out of them, but Zack is always worried about us having enough money and is very considerate about that and appreciate when we do spend money on things for him. He is a very humble young man and we are very blessed.

Okay sorry to get off on a tangent about Zack... yesterday we all got to go to Cora's birthday party at the South Jordan Rec. Center. It's a really nice place, and the kids had a great time, so thank you to Chris and Jen's family for providing the fun activity and good food. I should have brought my camera and I could have shared some pictures but that's okay; I'm pretty sure no one needs to see me in a swimming suit anyway, so you're welcome everyone for doing you a favor. Granted, it's not nearly as frightening as it would have been two years ago, but still. More skin than flesh & bone is not a pretty sight. :o)

Our big news is that we just purchased a brand new travel trailer. We are all very excited to use it and be able to go camping all summer long with our whole family - Zack and Maya refuse to sleep in a tent, and quite frankly I'm not a big fan of sleeping on the ground with the dirt and insects myself, so we'll all be much happier with the trailer option. Troy can get in his fill of the great outdoors and fishing, and the rest of us will now be able to enjoy it as well thanks to the flat screen TV and built-in DVD player in the trailer. Not to mention actual beds with mattresses and oh, yes, air conditioning! SWEET! Man I'm getting excited just thinking about it... I just wish this dang snow would go away!! It snowed again last night, just when it had all finally melted and we thought maybe, just maybe, spring was finally here and we'd seen the last of it. No such luck. :o( I keep hoping! Until next time...and I'll really try to be better about that...peace out!