Happy Birthday to my brother!
He's a great guy. He has a wonderful family as you can see. He teaches 8th grade History. He is also involved in a lot of special projects relating to education and has been asked to speak at several conferences. His older son is already an accomplished competitive swimmer who has also done triathlons. His younger son took 2nd All-Around in a gymnastics meet last weekend and 1st All-Around the week before! My sister -in-law is also a teacher and makes the best cheesecake ever. She makes several varieties but of course chocolate is my favorite!
Since you met my sister yesterday and my other brother hosted Thanksgiving here, you've met all four of us now. I really love spending time with all of them but with two of us still in this area and one at each end of the state it's not often we can all get together. Love you guys!
Now for the news story. Here's a link to a story out of Mariposa county this morning. The subject isn't funny, it's serious, but this story falls into the category of stupid criminals. The moral: If you're conducting illegal activity on your property and are trying to convince the sheriff you're just having a bar-b-que, clue in your "guests" first! I can only imagine how funny it was to the sheriff as he listened to this man pretend to be innocent while more than 30 people were bailing out of a building behind him and running for the hills! I'm glad they caught them all!
