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Lately

Well we celebrated Courtney’s b-day Tuesday (October 30) at probably one of the more high profile restaurants in Boise called “Cottonwood Grille”. (Does the “e” on the end make it Canadian instead of American English, “eh”?). And as our family knows, the propensity for Brinton to get food poisoning at restaurants increases as the high-profilness of the eatery increases – or should I say cost-per-plate (examples: Italian joint in Washington D.C. and Cheesecake Factory at Chandler Mall). Luckily this time instead of getting sick he was able to have some horseradish sauce that helped clear his sinuses. However, we do offer a word of caution: if there is a special occasion and Courtney’s hunger, avoid her at all costs because she’ll burn a hole through your wallet with her expensive eating tastes!

Now that the holidays are slowing starting to kick into gear, and we in Boise could have sworn it used to snow up here, Deone is willingly armed with her check book and ready to do some financial slinging to the sound of what “she thinks” her kids need. Fortunately for all of us she is gracious enough to get that punching bag her son desperately needs for staying in shape! Some of the shopping might be delayed slightly with a small detour to Park City and yet another visit with the grandkids in SLC this November………I’m sorry…I meant another visit with the Andersens – sometimes we just forget where those little whipper-snappers came from. Three members of the family will relax in Park City while also spoiling the grandkids once again. Needless to say we are starting to worry about how our exclusive behavior towards Caden over the years is starting to affect his current attitude – this outside of the fact that he’s already turning into a player.

But, for Ken, it really doesn’t matter, because not only is one of his grandkids following his footsteps in both name and talent (art), but also the only thing he sees anymore is green – as in “putting green”! Since retiring to Boise he has added new value to his obsession with golf. While always on the search for customized golf clubs at Deseret Industries, he was heard the other day referring to I-84 as the “fairway” and not the “freeway”!!! Whatever you do, don’t let him drive while trying to get to a scheduled appointment because every single turn and exit seems to be titled: Tiger, miss it, miss it, miss it, miss it, miss it, miss it, miss it, miss it, miss it. And if you spot him saying this and notice he’s bobbing up and down while standing at attention, no it’s not a unique seizure, just let it pass!

Thus far it appears that the holidays will be pretty laid back for the Croff’s. Aside anxiously awaiting ASU’s next BCS bowl bid, and the State of Idaho delusionally thinking they will get another respectable bowl game consideration, not much will be happening. Probably won’t be cooking a turkey so as to avoid a lawsuit from the ACLU and Thanksgiving Turkey rights activist. And come Christmas we most likely won’t be opening presents until close to noon – that’s one MAJOR benefit of not having kids around.

Courtney seems to be getting her feet back on the ground; but now her head is in the clouds. We won’t go there at the moment. There has been some thought that she might move to SLC for a short time to work there, but we’re all still unsure of things. Brinton might be going to Pocatello for an audit there. It won’t be any longer than 2-weeks, but should be a nice escape; and experience.

Hopefully in the near future certain individuals in the family will get their own blogspots started up. But I guess until then, this will have to do!