Marge's New Diggs!

Greetings from Marge's new apartment at Heatherwood Retirement Home. It has been quite a change for her, but she is settling in. It's a rough life with great food, lots of activities, new friends, and maid service! Drop her a line. She'd love to hear from you. Heatherwood Retirement Community, 5277 Kootenai St. Apart 5, Boise, ID 83705

Vanderbush Update

What a busy year!  Ronda celebrated her 70th birthday in April and we enjoyed a nice lunch with her at Mimi's Cafe.

Henry is nearing his 80th birthday in July!  He has made progress since the strokes he suffered, but is still working on regaining strength, his speech, and occasional memory loss.  He is usually in a really good mood and can laugh at just about anything. Henry was ready to get back to Minnesota right away. Bill has been very busy with work at the church and ministry school,  so Ronda bravely drove herself and Henry all the way from Texas!  She is an amazing woman. 

As for me and Bill, we are working on having a home built.  It will take about 4 months, so we are temporarily renting a home from my parents. Most of our stuff is in storage, so we're feeling a bit unsettled at the moment.  I am still homeschooling the kids and we have recently spent quite a bit of time at the State Capitol, studying the process of lawmaking. The kids learned how to lobby.  That was quite entertaining.  Sara loved it....Britain preferred that she do all the talking. 

The Training Room Boston

Heidi and her business partner, Maren, have worked tirelessly to make their dream of opening up their own personal training studio a reality. Larry recently went to Boston to assit them with many of the remodeling projects in their studio. With lots of help from their friends and loved ones, they completed many projects and are on target for opening in July. Congratulations Heidi and Maren and we wish you best of luck with your studio! Check out The Training Room on facebook and at their web sit: www.thetrainingroomboston.com.

Yale Graduation Day!!!

The weather was perfect for Yale graduation day. Heidi, Alex, Larry, and I were so proud of Luke for receiving his Masters of Fine Arts in Theater Design, culminating three years of hard work. In addition, Luke received an award from the Drama college for excellence in costume design. He is moving to New York City to pursue a career in theater design on or off Broadway! Best of luck Luke and congratulations on a job well done! We love you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEIDI!!!!

Baby Timo has arrived!!

Andrew and Dori, our adopted Hungarian kids welcomed their new son, Timo last Sunday. All went well and Mate' LOVES his new baby brother!
Andrew wrote: "Everybody is doing great, it was a long Sunday night that finished on Monday morning at 5:54. He is stikingly handsome and very manly just like his father :), I mean older brother máté. Mommy will be at the hospital till thursday, but she and Timó are doing great. I am at home with Máté taking the week off of work to play mommy and finish work projects around the house before I head back to the states in a week. His weight in pounds was 7.9lbs, and he was 25 inches long!"

Beautiful Cascade Lake

I recently enjoyed a few days of rest and relaxation at the Brown House in Cascade, ID. I picked the perfect time as the weather in McCall and Cascade was sunny and crisp in contrast to the inversion and smog that was rolling in to the Boise valley. I enjoyed reading the word, prayer, meditation, walking,hot tubbing under the stars, and skiing at Brundage. I think one of my favorite parts of skiing is the ride up to the top of the mountain on the lift. The colors, sights, and sounds are truly breathtaking. I recently read that the essence of skiing is a simple conversation between your body and gravity. That about sums it up. Hope you all can come up for a visit before too long! Lorna