We have had a busy week. Yesterday Hannah had her first piano recital and she did really well. She was a little nervous beforehand but when she got up on stage she zipped right through her piano pieces without any mistakes. She really likes playing the piano. Becca started basketball last week and it is really entertaining to watch 3^rd and 4^th grade girls playing basketball. Becca is trying really hard and is already beginning to improve—especially on defense. Peter Gordon and Emily came up to campus to visit me on Wednesday and we headed down to the Botany Pond to see the ducks. They had brought some waffles and so we shared them with the ducks. This, of course, caused the ducks to swarm and Emily was not to keen on that. She got up on the park bench and stood there staring at the ducks. She was fine until the ducks started circling around behind her and then she shoved her way onto my lap. Peter Gordon thought it was great fun to feed the ducks and even took a piece of waffle over to a duck that had a hurt leg because “he can’t move fast enough and wasn’t getting any food.” I have been busy at work with meetings and various projects. I am taking a faculty seminar on the secularization of the American university and the reading has been really interesting. We had our first class on Tuesday and it was quite fun. There is nothing like a stimulating intellectual conversation. Chantel is busy running our ship and trying to keep everyone happy. Her sister, Holly, was in town briefly on Friday and she enjoyed visiting with her. We have enjoyed nice weather lately but that is supposed to come to an end tonight as another snow storm rolls through. They are predicting between 4 and 8 inches of new snow—more shoveling for me.