Hello, Yes we are still alive. Bruce and Brittney came to visit us here in Virginia, and we had a grand old time. We played lots of board games, and card games. "The Farming Game" was really fun, as was "Settlers of Catan". We also went up to Washington D.C. We went to the temple, and saw a bunch of the sites. We also rode on their Subway, it was actually a pretty good subway. I think that was my first time on a Subway. Then on New Years Eve we went and saw a musical called "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" with our friend Brother Kunkle. It was pretty funny, though there was a lot of swearing, and some other themes that I didn't approve of. Bruce and Brittney both participated in the play as spelling bee contestants. Bruce spelled hoarfrost correctly, and Brittney got both knache and cow, then they called her up again and gave her something like rhinosineau which is apparently a made up word meaning a word containing five or more silent letters. Bruce got out on the word xantheses. We had a pretty good time, and I won a lot at "Settlers of Catan". (Am I supposed to add like an R with a circle around it to that?)
-Blake

In case you haven't noticed we bought a new house recently, and this is what it look like.

blake comin' home for lunch

See the big fancy building where I work.

in the house

"cozy nook" under the stairs


Blakethoven learning "Moonlight Sonata"
we put this table together with the other one when there's a crowd for dinner

mi casa es Suz's casa