Greg and Sara in Puerto Rico

We are not jealous. We promise. Really. We're not. Totally not. At all. I swear.

Oh, He** Yes We Can!

Just Having a Moment...

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

--Homer

I LOVE YOU!!!!!

Barack and Roll!

So we caucused for Barack on Tuesday and it was insane! (Seth and I debated whether you can use caucus as a verb--we think so). There were thousands of people at our caucus location and the organizers seemed prepared for a couple hundred. Saw about a million people I knew there- Jason Peterson, my good friend from high school and senior prom date, Mrs. Brewer, English teacher from West, a bunch of Brookwood parents, including Adrian's basketball coach, a couple of attorneys I knew from court. It was really a lot of fun. The kids all came along and were very patient. Although I think now their understanding of the caucus procedure is that you go stand in a long line and get stickers. (Truly, that is pretty accurate.) Also met a really nice woman who works for KC Hospice and plan to contact her to tour their facility and volunteer. I am so drawn to that work.

In the end, the split was true to the statewide results: about 1900 for Barack and 400 for Hillary. Saw today that the Clintons just put 5 mill. of their own money into the campaign, meanwhile, Barack has raised over 7 mill. from supporters since Super Tuesday. I would love to see this man as our next President. We need someone with vision and someone who believes in this nation and its people. We've been missing that for a looooooong time (like 8 years at LEAST!)

Oh- also, I have the flu. :o(

Happy Four Monthaversary!!!!

I love you more than I have
ever found a way
to say
to you.

Next door there's an old man
who lived to his nineties,and one day
passed away in his sleep.
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away.

I'm sorry, I know that's a
strange way to tell you that I know
we belong...
That I know that I am the luckiest.

Well, school starts tonight. Actually, it started last Wednesday, but I was in Hutch, so I missed the first class. However, it my experience, the first class usually just consists of getting the syllabus and meeting your instructor and classmates. Fortunately, pretty much everyone from last semester agreed to enroll in classes again on Wednesday nights, so it will be the same group, and I have the same instructor for one class. I got the syllabus for that class from the course website and got all the readings due tonight from a classmate, so I should be set. After this semester, I will have one class each semester and 20 hours of practicum next year, 30 hours the following year. Then I will be done. Easy, right? HA!

Bud Pennington
(August 7, 1914 - January 25, 2008)

Bud (Russel J.) Pennington, 93, died Jan. 25, 2008, at Hospice House.

He was born Aug. 7, 1914, in Hutchinson, the son of Harold A. and Emma L. Justice Pennington. He graduated in 1932 from Hutchinson High School and attended Hutchinson Junior College. A lifetime Hutchinson resident, he was a retired farmer.

He belonged to the First Presbyterian Church, was active in Farm Bureau, and served on the boards of USD 309 and the Reno Township.

On Feb. 18, 1940, he married Maureen East in San Benito, Texas. She died May 5, 1993.

Survivors include: three daughters, Anne P. Simon, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Jane P. Gamber and her husband, Ken, Hutchinson, and Mary Blomquist, Overland Park; grandchildren, Jeff Gamber and wife, Debby, Hutchinson, Matt Gamber and wife, Lisa, Hutchinson, Tom Gamber and wife, Rachel, Wichita, Dave Blomquist and wife, Michelle, Overland Park, Richard Hefling and wife, Lois, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Rachel Hefling Dukuze and husband Augustin, Fredericton, New Brunswick; a granddaughter-in-law, Kristy Blomquist-Peck and her husband, Seth, Overland Park; and great-grandchildren, Gabriel, Aaron, Catlin, Jesse, Samantha, Allie Brittany, Kameron, Adrian, Harper, Olivia and Jacob.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Joyce Stone; and a grandson, Michael Blomquist.

Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, with the Rev. Mark Wiens presiding. Friends may sign the register from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. The casket will be open for family only. The family will receive friends following the graveside service at Bud's home from 3 to 6 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Salvation Army or Hospice of Reno County, both in care of the mortuary.

Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.

Dad spent his life on the family farm where he was born, raising crops and livestock. He was a student of nature, always learning and sharing the joy of those experiences with his family. He has re-entered the fold of the eternal, where he has rejoined his beloved wife Maureen and all those who passed through before him and awaits us who are still in this life