Hard to believe that it has been a year since I last posted on our blog. So much has happened, so many changes have taken place. Yesterday a friend and I spent time together and we were asking and answering questions from a book called"conversation starters for any situation". One of the questions was "If you could have $1million in exchange of someone else loosing a year of their life would you do it?" I said no because this last year is evidence to me how precious each and everyday is to all of us.

Alex graduated high school and attended BYU-Idaho

Jacob finished freshman year, was in the fall play, his first speaking part, played basketball, and now stands 6'1" tall.

Hannah took hip hop dance lessons, graduated 5th grade at Sunapee Elementary, played basketball and soccer and grew grew grew.

Katie completed 2nd grade, took dance lessons for the first time and loved it! and of course GREW!

Shawn has been employed with the daniel webster boy scout council until July 22, 2010 the day that he was laid off. Diagniosed with Diabetes, lost 60lbs which has allowed him to stop taking the insulin.

I have been working at New London Hospital.

Well since Shawn lost his job we have decided to relocate to Phoenix Arizona to be closer to my parents and my sister's family. Currently Shawn and the 3 younger kids are out west, while Alex and I are getting the rest of the stuff organized and ready for the move. If all goes as planned Sept 6th is moving day and it will then be the end of an era where there was always a franzen or elder in the schools. It is a hard move as we have so many terrific friends, but we are needed in AZ.

We are looking forward to the new adventure, but will greatly miss the old one.