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I've been all OVER!

You know Matthew worked so hard to raise money for his choir trip, but we decided he was too young to go. It was nine days away from home and he's only 12! It was too bad because he raised more money than anyone and actually had 60 bucks more than he needed to pay for his entire trip!

So, we went with! Heh heh!! I spoke to the choir director and assured him I wouldn't get in an authority struggle with him (something that apparently happened in the past when parents went along.) He stressed he needed complete authority because Matthew would be going into detention centers for troubled youth to perform.

I agreed and he agreed to let Matthew stay in the room with us at night.

Matthew had to do everything just like everyone else...get his spending money from his sponser, lug his own luggage...he road on the bus with everyone else. All he did was go to bed in the rooms with us (and I made sure his shirts were ironed...so sue me. Heh heh!)

We even got the group discount on the rooms...which helped a lot. We ate out once. At Casa Bonita in Denver.

Here's some pictures! That's Matthew's choir down there singing...he's in the front, on the right end, by the drums.

Oh, what fun! What a good idea for a family vacation, glad it all worked out with the director. I want a vacation after G’nad is done with chemo...we’ll call it AGDC. :-) Maybe next spring.

Our chicks are huge. They’ll be four weeks old on Wednesday...half way to the freezer. Man do they stink. We’ve got them outside in a wire dog run that’s been wired on the top as well. We have tarp over it for the rain, and Gunner gets staked out there at night to keep away the coons. It would take some work for one to get in, but they’re tricksy.

We’ve been watching TV on a little 9” for the last 3 months...this past weekend, that all changed. I took the kids to a swimming tourney, and G’nad stayed here and spent part of tax rebate. He helped the guys from Radio Shack install a 50” Panasonic plasma!!! Boy did we surprise the kids...it’s not often that we get to do that any more. Then we watched National Treasure 2...also a surprise. The kids did great in their races as well, so it was a really good day.

Good luck with your birds. Hey, how are the bunnies?

Mrsnad