Austyn's Birthday

Sunday was Austyn's 15th birthday. She was hoping we could get Colby home, but two weekends in a row is tough on his studies and his calling (he is the 2nd Counselor in the Elder's Quorum) so we settled with just skyping him. He "joined" us for dinner =) meaning we ate our Hawaiian Haystacks (Austyn's favorite) while Colby ate his microwaved ravioli. Chris and Stephanie had gone to the Badger Den for dinner, but Colby didn't want to. So we sat the laptop on the dinner table and "ate" together. It was fun! i need better speakers, we have a most difficult time hearing him when other conversations are going on, and no one seems to notice when i put my head right down by the computer to hear him. That should be their "sign" to stop talking, but they don't get it. We chatted for a while after dinner, Chris and Stephanie came back to the dorm after dinner, and settled down to chat with us, too. They are cute. We have a great time each Sunday as we gather around the computer to catch up on the happenings of the week. Britanee took pictures of us all talking (Rian joined in too, she was pretty darn funny) and I will try to get those up soon.

Colby really enjoys rooming with Chris. He's a funny guy, and I'm sure Colby enjoys his humor and the fact that they have similar interests. His classes seem to be going well, and after his successful first semester (3.6 gpa) I don't worry so much about his study methods...they seem to be working fine =)

I ran into Kyle Denney at Macey's the other day and he said that he would be sending in his mission papers at the end of February. We need to get Colby's cavities filled before we can send his in, and that won't be until the middle of March. Stewart (my nephew) said that four boys on his floor at BYU just received calls to Helsinki, Finland! Wow! Four? Crazy, I wouldn't mind tho if Colby went to Finland...I'm hoping for someplace exotic, so we can go and pick him up when he's done =) Australia, New Zealand, France...I'm not too picky. =)