Allen & Stacey

Allen & Stacey chillin' on the couch.

Allen is working on our new DVD drive. He can really perform surgery on the insides of a computer!

This past weekend was such a busy one! Nick had his State Band competition on Saturday and. Becca had her 13th birthday. Also: Allen came to visit and brought his new bride, Stacey, to meet us! All this was on Saturday. Friday, Rod and I took the day off to drive to CA to get our car, so we were on the road for 11 hours. When we got home, we went to the last football game of the year at Cortez to watch Nick with the band. We got up, gave Becca some presents, took Nick to the school so he could ride with the band to Maricopa, and went to Sam's for some grocery items. When we got home, it was time for me to head to Maricopa; Rod and Becca stayed behind to wait for the arrival of Allen and Stacey. Nick wanted to ride home with me after the competition, but his teacher said he had to stay, so I headed home without him. It was fun to meet Stacey. It just so happens that her birthday is the same day as Becca's, so we all went out for a birthday celebration. We had some wonderful Mexican food at a little restaurant called Don Lencho's in Peoria. Becca loves pumpkin cheesecake, so that is what we had for birthday cake. Stacey is a welcome new member of our family and we are delighted to have her. She and Allen drove for 12 hours from Layton to Phoenix for this short visit. They could only stay for the remainder of the day Saturday and left early Sunday morning so they could get back to their jobs on Monday. While here, we were fortunate to have Allen work on our computer, so now we have a slick new DVD burner. Allen is a whiz kid at the computer stuff!