well family i'm back in the states and haveing a good time the nieces and nephews are about as cute as they come and while they've grown a whole lot and i've shrunk a whole lot i can still beat up all of the 7 and 8 year olds which is pretty cool. any ways wanted you all to know that i'm back and doing well i'll be visiting utah as soon as possible because then i'll still be all skinny looking and i can hit you with the sympathy lines and have you all hook me up with your delicious free cooking in large helpings. well any ways thats about what i have the time for saying sorry i can't comment on the other blogs cause i just got back but i will take time catch up and then i will be blogging with a vengence. ps i did have time to read two bloggs and asked the family about the background on them and this is my two bits... as we all know ellynn is the funniest person in the family and extensive consultations where made with other humourous members of the family until a conclusion was come to that well this was the best bet (refering to the editing decision) i trust all those refered to to know and decide what was funny. its true not everything thats funny to one is funny to another so its a good thing that we all got to have a good old talk about it and like elly said call and have a talk then we can all also catch up on old times. cause well i talk faster than i can type so well i love you all and i'm excited to hear from you all love brind the artist formerly known as elder