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Born March 4, 2010, we welcome Jesse Wallace Dowd as the 7th member of our family.  Born at 7:20 pm, he weighed in at 8 pounds and 3 ounces.  Stacy went into labor at 5:10 am when her water broke. 

Its interesting the things that you learn as you go... even about things that you thought you pretty well had mastered.  I have been friendly with a chainsaw for several years now.  When I first used one,  I only knew 2 things... they were very useful, and they were very dangerous. If you have never used a chainsaw, and are considering using one, just remember these few rules:

Christmas was a "fly by the seat" experience this year.  And New Years was a bit of a "R & R" kind of a thing.  My body is spent and my mind is tired.  The physical and mental obsticales of the last three weeks have been intense, to say the least.  We started a week before Christmas by planning to move on Saturday.  We figured that a local move, with a smaller truck was the best approach.  A morning and an evening run should do the trick, and anything else that would not fit could simply be shuttled to Copper Hill before the end of the month.  The good thing about plans is that they give you a direction in which to head.  The bad thing is, sometimes, you lose your compass.