hey shan wanted to see how you were doing!! seems like you are having a wonderful time and i am going to go to a baseball game with my church buddies tomorrow so i am lookin forward to that!! and guess what i got a harry potter wand that lights up... isnt that cool!! well gotta go love you!! julia

Hi Shannon. Sounds like you are having the time of your life. I am envious and so very happy for you as well as extremely proud of you. Say Hi to your mom. Lot's of love.

PS.....have you tried to explain hockey?

It sounds like you are getting the start of the masters of PhD project going there well have fun on the rest of your trip.

No baby yet for me! 5 more weeks!!!

Wow that thing with Paul today pissed me off. If you need I know of some places where I can find some sources about how all of that stuff is fake. Anyway have fun on the rest of your trip.

A whole platter in 3 minutes. Not bad. I see this all the time with musicians and free food. It sounded like it was good. (By the way, is their food hot and spicy the way I like it?) We're all fine back here. Got some much needed rain over the past few days. Hope you're still having a good time.

Good to hear from you again. Tomato sauce huh? I'll bet it did taste like ketchup. I remember when I was in Australia they called ketchup tomato sauce too. The crazy part was that when you went to Hungry Jack's, their Burger King-same logo, they charged me 10 cents for each packet of tomato sauce. Crazy huh? As I said before, the stuff we take for granted. At least we get free ketchup!

hey shan, got back from the mission trip!!! it was so much and i became one of the descendents og GOD!! i learned his wrod within me!! yay!!! well c ya soon !!!

Shan, Tell your students WVU is supposed to be a party school. If you don't believe me, look at all the charred furniture on the streets.(Joke) Penn State is not too far behind. (Another joke) On the other hand, Pitt didn't fare so badly after the super bowl either. The University of....... you get the picture. On the serious side, iconic news anchorman, Walter Cronkite, passed away today after a long illness. Here at home, we finally got some rain and the hot tub is fixed. Julia will be home in about an hour and a half after her long, busy week. Keep writin', we're readin'.

I hope you are having fun and learning a lot, it sounds like you are. I was just wondering how your mom's research or project was going? Anyway enjoy and as everyone else has said make sure you take lots of pictures!

i am soooooo jealous!! take lots of pics!! i like scenery!!! glad ur having fun there!!!

love julia

I hope you're having fun! We're holding down the fort in USC, but we miss you! Take lots of pictures!

<3 Erin