Sorry I wrote a nice bit about my trip and it was erased so I guess I will jsut say it was nice to get home! It was great seeing Lesti and Tim and I had fun remembering hanging around with them. I realized how much I miss my family. I hope to see you all in Oct. when Jacob gets home and Ben You should send a new invite to blogger to tim and lesti. timk@polson.net that is their new address. Well if you want anymore details just call me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!!!

Congratulations Jarom, I was really happy to hear the news from juliette. What a relief that must be! Sorry we couldn't make it to the little "get-to-gether". see ya soon. Chris

FYI y'all (Hint: scroll down to the "W's):

Successful Applicants - July 2002 Bar Examination

Daniel Roland Anderson
Tyler James Anderson
Kelly Arthur Anthon
Joel Andrew Beck
Nancy Faye Berger-Schneider
Jennifer Nannette Bivens Douglas
Jessica Marie Borup
Judith Miriam Brawer
*Jeremy Dean Brown
David Patrick Claiborne
Daniel Robert Clark
Chris D. Comstock
Michael David Dean
Jason Gill Dykstra
Scot Michael Elder
Erin Michelle Farrell
Robert Gregory Ferney
Kelley Kathleen Fleming
Eric Don Fredericksen
Judy Lea Geier
Brad Anthony Goergen
Brannon Stevens Hancock Jr.
David Benson Hargraves
Alan Rexford Harrison
Matthew Earl Hedberg
David Fermin Hensley
Ryan Patrick Henson
Jill Suzette Holinka
Dari Matthews Huskey
Teri Ann Kaptein
Sheli Fulcher Koontz
Joseph Scott Kozlowski
Jared Michael LeFevre
Jerrold Arthur Long
Jessica Michele Long
Wendi Ann Malone
Andrew Charles Marsh
David E. Merrell
Tanya Eileen Milligan
Joshua Dillon Mills
Michele Kay Morin
Tobi J. Mott
Sean Roy Moulton
Joseph Lowell Mrstik
Marcus R. Mumford
Randolph Brian Neal
Jed Keller Nixon
Shawn Christopher Nunley
Valerie Anne Parr
Kira Dale Pfisterer
Jason Curtis Pintler
Jennifer Marie Pitino
Jason Steven Risch
Joseph R. Rockstahl
Dana Hoffelt Rose
Matthew Joseph Ryden
*Peter Joseph Salmon
*David Paul Schack
Gary Lawrence Schreiner
Benjamin Hugh Schwartz
Ronald Robert Shepherd
Billie Jean Siddoway
Jared William Sommer
Robert Preston Tilley
Aaron John Tolson
Andrew Joseph Waldera
Matthew Lloyd Walters
Suzanne West
Jarom Anthony Whitehead
Brent L. Whiting
Kelly Ray Whiting
Herbert Brent Williams
Brent Thomas Wilson

Wow Ben! Have you ever entered any races that had prizes or anything? Can you send some of your energy and stamina over here? I have none... Any big plans for your big birthday? Chris' is on the 11th too, and we both have school, all day long. They have a big fireworks show and stuff planned here, but I have a night class and will miss it.

Can you believe I was the first one up the mountain? This ride suffered from a serious lack of competition, but I beat my personal best by almost 40 minutes.

Too much to post. Must sleep. Had a great time on the river. I have a big bike race tomorrow that I've been looking forward to all year. Bike is all ready, I'm a little anxious. It's only a 30 mile race, but the first nine miles climb 6000 feet. It should be fun.

Everyone must be having fun...it's been slow around here! How did the big float trip go? Sounds like fun! Chris and I just started back into school on Monday- and it is going ok so far...I can introduce myself and say good day in Spanish. :0) Conner is enjoying learning how to count to ten in Spanish also. I am getting very fat and it feels about 10 degrees hotter than it should...I am so glad it is starting to get cooler outside, cause I cannot stand being hot anymore! Polly, hope your trip to Lestie's is fun! Maybe I should come up, then we could truly drive Tim even more insane than he probably already is! LOL

dad i need to know my email password. :> >:[

Polly, when are you going to Lestie's house? Let us know how it goes over there and all that.

Ben they do not let Andy play with explosives either he just gets the pleasure of watching them from afar. I am getting ready to go help Lesti for a couple of weeks. I hope I am help even though I am bringing two more kids into the equation. Not much else is happening I hope all of you enjoyed our virtual tour of Round Mountain. A couple of my friends that have lived here quite a few years said that we made Round Mountain look really bad! I guess you get used to it after a few years. I hope we never live here that long.

Congrats on finishing Jarom! Hopefully you won't be ignored on the list...

Ben, good luck with your masters! You don't have much left to do though, so it should be a breeze for you! That will make 4 of us in our family "graduating"- Lisa with her masters, Chris with his bachelors, me with my associates, and you!

We just got back from camping to a place called lake Cleaveland. It is right above Pomerelle ski resort, outside of Rupert Idaho. It is by far the most beautiful camping spot we have been to yet. It was for a reunion for Chris' moms family. They are the nicest people you will ever meet- literally would give you the shirt off your back if you needed it. The problem is most of them are alcoholics, and smoke. Most of my mil's brothers have been in rehab for drugs-some more than once. It is really sad to see the problems they have had, divorces, lost rights to children, lost jobs etc. It was fun camping, till the wind picked up and about froze us all to death! Our poor tent about blew over several times too. The lake is at about 9,000 ft elevation, and Conner had 2 nosebleeds. Jackson didn't sleep well- he ended up having an ear infection and strep. So every time he rolled over and cried, I had to go to the bathroom! It was pretty miserable the last night there...I am so glad I don't have to live in a tent, and use an outhouse permanently!

Hello everyone.

Well, the bar is finally over and studying (I hope) is a thing of the past. I will find out in September if I passed or failed miserably in shame and humiliation. To make it worse, they don't actually tell you if you failed. The bar examiners list only the names of those who passed. If you failed, you just don't find your name on the list. I guess its sort of like being ignored -- like the loser you are. While I'm sure the thought is that it protects the loser's anonimity, I suppose it could make a great analogy for life in general. You know, "almost good enough" and all that. It should be depressing, but its not. After weeks of torture studying and all of the anxiety that is part and parcel to taking the exam in the first place, just being done is enough to make me feel great -- regardless of the outcome. If I don't pass, I've been thinking of alternative careers in cosmotology, food preperation services ( that's a "cook" for those of you uninitiated out there), or just simply holding out for a management position (ala cousin Eddy).

Jen, Ethan and I had fun visiting Tyler and Ruth last weekend. Mom was there Thursday night with aunt Corrie but left on Friday morning so we did not see much of her. Tyler and Ruth were great hosts and Ethan had a ball following Olivia and Corbin around. I hope to see you all soon. You're all in our prayers -- Jarom

That is very cool, Polly. I loved the video of the explosions. Way cool. They don't let me play with explosives at my job. I really liked your web-site. Very nice. Now, you just have to keep it going with new pictures every once in awhile. Juliette, Jango Fett is Boba Fett's father. Did you even see Star Wars? You're going to have another boy, congratulations!

The new school year is almost upon us. The Bishop set me apart as a ward missionary today and in the blessing he mentioned how important it is that I am furthering my education right now. It also came up in elder's quorum about education and how if the Saints were to abide by correct principles, we would be the most educated people in the world. I guess I need to finish it up. All the red tape they make you go through for your masters is just enough to make you want to bag it, but I know it'll be worth it when I'm done. I will be graduating (yet again) in the Spring. Of course this is no Law degree, but hey, it's taken a lot longer so it should be worth more, and maybe that will be next. Hmmm, what will my next degree be?

Julie is so amazing. When she was set apart the Spirit was so strong and the words were so delightful, I felt once again like every blessing I have has been given to Julie and I'm just along for the ride. All of my sisters are the same way. Your missions here as mothers and teachers are so important, and eternal in their consequences. It's easy to forget that in the midst of the daily grind.

I hope everyone has found some sort of physical activity that they enjoy. We were not brought up to appreciate exercise, as if we were above it and would stay Whitehead thin forever. Ah, but life has caught up with our inability to do simple math (eat 2500 calories a day, burn 127), and it would be well that we teach our kids a little more active lifestyle. It doesn't take a lot, a long walk here, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, every little bit counts. Just find something and do it. Your life will be far more enjoyable along the way if you do. That's how I started riding my bike, just using it for little errands here and there. Well take care, have a good week everyone.

The first Weatherspoon home page is here. It was a pain in the butt debugging our first page. You'd think that the microsoft frontpage 2000 editor would allow .wmv files, but no. We hope that you guys enjoy your first digital round mountain tour. If you like explosions and big toys, this is the site for you.

Congrats to Juliette and Chris. We are excited Andy sister is comming for the week and it should be a lot of fun. We are working on a web page to let you all see where we live and we put some cool pictures and video of Andy's work. He is really excited. We just have to get our internet service to get on the ball and get us set up so we can upload it for you. If you haven't heard Lesti is on complete bedrest maybe until she has the baby. She should be in our prayers. Juliette & Chris UNR has a great program you should move to Reno. It is right by Lake Tahoe. Plus believe it or not there is a lot of jobs here in Nevada for Ecology majors. Abby is doing swimming lessons with 4 yr. olds she is the smallest one but she can do the stuff. She loves the water and is quite a fish. she can do the dead man's float quite well. The only problem the swim teachers have with her is keeping her from going under when it isn't her turn. Brock is standing up on everything and is trying to learn to walk. I guess crawling isn't getting him where he wants to go fast enough. Andy and I have started jogging. We are looking to get bikes at some point but can't afford them right now. Well that is all. Have a great day everyone.

Hello family, I had the big ultrasound today and found out that we are to expect another boy! I was hoping for a little girl this time- but a healthy baby boy is great too. I really feel blessed to be having him, I had wondered if I could have any more for a while. I guess we only need one more, and Chris can have his own basketball team!

We are trying to enjoy our last few weeks of summer while it lasts, both of us are going to attend school in the fall. Chris is a senior taking 15 credits, and I am a junior taking 10. Put two kids under four, and one coming the end of November and we have ourselves a party! I feel lucky to be able to attend school, Chris has almost always been able to switch off with me taking care of the kids so they have never been in daycare. I hope to finish in the spring with an associates in History. That is basically just so that I don't lose all the credits I have taken if I don't go back to school for a while. Chris finishes in the spring also, with a bachelors in Ecology and will be attending graduate school in the fall. We don't know where yet, but with family in most of the north western states, we could go almost anywhere and be close to someone! Chris' favorites right now are Utah State, Colorado State, University of Idaho, and Montana State.

It is really nice to hear all the updates from everyone...the phone bill gets expensive if we try to call everyone! Good luck on your jewlery show Ruth! I am sure you will make a bundle. Ben, we have been riding our bikes more religiously now, thank you for helping the family back to the healthy road...:) Seriously, it is good to think about those things more often. I have gained about 9 lbs already and feel like a blimp. Hopefully next spring I can really get going and excercise more.

Ben, what is Jango Fett?

Anyone thought about where they will be for Thanksgiving yet? I think we will try to go to moms, if this baby doesn't decide to come real early anyway. I guess that is all I can think of for now...

Sponge Bob is funny, no doubt there. We had to get Alan a t-shirt on our vacation to Utah and he insisted on a Jango-Fett shirt. Julie didn't want it, but he wanted it so bad it was almost funny, so we got it for him.

Ruth is going to make a fortune at the show. I only hope she has enough stuff. Maybe she should enlist some of her relatives to help? Julie and the kids wear theirs all the time. It's just cool.

look at your E-mail and give me pomes evreyone
and dad you need to cange the disripshin. (or whatever.)

Hey all. I have really enjoyed getting more frequent updates from Jacob. He seems to be working really hard and trying not to get too antsy about coming home. I guess his trip home won't be too eventful since Gigi dogged him on the Spain trip. I guess I would have chosen a boat over a trip to see Jacob as well. Gigi, feel free to choose any aspect of me or my family to criticize, I deserve it now. Ruth and I went to Denver last weekend for the firm party. Dinner at the Cherry Hills Country Club and toodling around in a Jag (rented of course) was pretty relaxing. We managed to make it up to Ben's to have dinner on Sunday and then promptly missed our plan going home so spent an additional few hours at the lovely Denver International Airport. Those little weekend getaways are priceless, especially when the firm picks up the tab. All you married folks out there, try it at least once a year, even if its only a trip to the in-laws cabin. It is therapeutic. We did get to see some of the Blue Angels at Ben's and as we drove home and they are awesome. Work is fine and pretty busy and playing in a few golf tournaments. I was on the committee for a tournament we had yesterday down in Alpine which went really well. Our scramble team shot 11 under (first place was 14 under). I also was invited to play in the Pro-Am for the Utah Open next week so I better get practiced up so I don't embarrass myself. Ruth is getting ready for Swiss Days in Midway, UT a giant crafters type fair. Apparently around 250,000 people show up so she is hoping to sell some of her Jewelry. I have learned from master Obi-Ben and started to ride my bike 3 or 4 times a week. It's a blast and I feel in better shape, although I still can't quite keep up with Lance but if my heart it healthier, I am happy. Corbin is wearing a Sponge Bob Square Pants yellow shirt today that just makes me laugh. Parents shouldn't le their kids pick out their own clothes. All is happy here in Zion, anybody that has any free time or vacation should come down and visit us. Later.