Jennifer

Hello Family,

Hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of summer!

Steve and I went fishing (with Steve's brother and his wife) at Courtright Reservoir in the Sierras. We caught 8 trout and took home 3 for dinner. And we played a few umpteen games of Hand & Foot.

I enjoyed watching some of the Olympic Games and the impressive (and expensive) Opening and Closing Ceremonies in Beijing.

We've been going Wii Sports and Wii Fit crazy! We're getting good at some of these "sports" and getting great exercise while we're at it -- along with a little competition. In fact, we had a Wii Bowling night with some friends. Surprising how sore your muscles are the next day!

We felt a 4.0 earthquake a couple of weeks ago; it was 14 miles away and 10 miles below the earth -- reminds us that we live in earthquake country and could be taken off guard at any moment. Always an overwhelming feeling that mother nature is indeed powerful.

We had a fun day Saturday taking a tour through the Sand Mines at Black Diamond Mine Regional Park with Jeff and two of his sons, Caleb and Tucker. Very interesting stuff. And fun listening to two very inquisitive boys. I also learned that the safest place to be during an earthquake is under the ground, like in a cave, or in the Sand Mines. In fact, you wouldn't even be able to feel it since the energy of the earthquake would go right through the earth (such as through the mountain) and it's energy would be release at the surface, which is why people, that are on the earth's surface, feel the quake. Think of it as being one of the center marbles in that steel marble gadget that businessmen have on their desks and you pull out the one marble on the end and let it go and the marble on the other end swings out -- same principal. The one end is the earthquake, the other end is the earth's surface -- the marbles in the middle don't move. There, you learned something new today.

We've been visiting Finn "live" on webcam. Sometimes he moves so fast he's a little blurry, but it has been great fun to see him when we can't be there live. And we clap our hands and wave at each other. Isn't technology great?!!

Congratulations to Misty & Eric on the birth of their little girl, ZuriAnn Berlyn Kay. And congratulations to Dave on turning the big 4-0!

Love, Jennifer & Steve