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We did not have a baby this week. We did, however, get everything packed up and ready for when the baby does decide to come. Alison is betting on the week after next. On Sunday, for Family Night, Rea wanted to visit the temple grounds. So we drove to the Draper temple and walked around. It was very beautiful and the kids enjoyed seeing the flowers and walking on the wide edge of the oval flower bed in front of the temple. It was a good family night. Thank you, Rea! We actually had nice weather most of the week, finally! There were still some storms, but mostly at night, so we could play outside a lot. The kids spent lots of time in the backyard. They are really enjoying the new tree fort. Some day this week Mike ran a 5k. He had a fun time running beside one of his coworkers, and his new shoes fit so well that his feet didn't hurt afterward. Mike signed up to be a playtester for the new version of High Frontier. It's supposed to take only 2 hours, but it's taking hi...

This weekend was Easter, and what better thing to do for Easter than make a 4 lb derby cheese? We started early in the morning, and by 3:00 it was in the final stage of pressing (50 lbs, 24 hrs). With the cheese pressing we left for the Poulson's house to see Katie and Josh for the first time in a while. We had a dinner there, and played a game of Willow. The good guys won (that means that the game took a long time) I made a post on a message board about my card game, and while I was at the Poulson's I noticed that some people had commented on it. People have been reading the rules and providing good feedback. Ryan Hendricks has introduced me to a game called High Frontier. It is surprisingly difficult, but also very fun. The first game I got a horribly inefficient rocket (but a fast one) and won because I had taken over a huge number of asteroids. This game I have not been so lucky. I have a very efficient ship, but I have to plod along and have failed on almost ...