On a happier note...

Thanks for all of your sweet comments and words of encouragement about the below post! I am lucky to have so many wonderful friends and family members who care about us and our family. My boys have so been looking forward to me posting about the pinewood derby/ dessert auction our ward had last weekend. Our ward has this event as a fundraiser for YM/YW camps during the summer and it's always very successful (we love our youth)! Anyway...good news Alec got 1st place and Nate got
4th place for the derby and they were just thrilled, talk about making a 7 and 9 year olds' weeks, they're still talking about it. They designed the cars and helped Andy, but I think the key was the wheels and axels this time...Andy did everything he could to ensure they would do well, probably because he is competitive too and has been somewhat disappointed in the past many years, where the car he has helped build has not even placed...he was determined to figure it out and through much trial and error (they've done seven cars now) has at last felt the sweet reward of victory along with his boys. Andy got stuck at the hospital that night, but the next morning it was a celebration like they had won the superbowl! WELL DONE, BOYS, WAY TO GO!!!