I'M ALL SHOOK UP--No, I'm not ELVIS!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 05, 2010 At 1:08 last night there was an earthquake just two miles from our house registering 2.9 on the Richter Scale. Judy and I jumped out of bed and Jim came running up from downstairs. Following is an e-mail exchange between Cousin Sherilyn and me. It starts out with her response to a joke e-mail I sent her about why women can’t sleep: (Sherilyn) “This explains a lot. (The joke) Thank you very much! Speaking of not being able to sleep, did you feel the earthquake last night? The radio said it was felt in Lehi and Eagle Mountain, but it sure woke Marlon and me up. Exciting stuff!” (Me) “Wasn't that a humdinger? It was on the west side of Redwood Road maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 mile south of Smith’s (Market). We shot out of bed and our son Jim came running up from downstairs. Judy wondered if someone had run into our house. Jim was able to look it up on the internet within minutes of its happening at earthquakes.gov if I'm not mistaken. Interesting how fast they could do that.” (Sherilyn) “And Angie slept clear through it! Innocent child! It's amazing how quickly the information can get out! Even faster than ‘tell a woman’!”

SAME OLD SAME O'

MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2010 Today I picked the kids up after school and we had a good time wrestling tickling teasing each other and watching Avatar. Jayden told me that Issie asked him today if he had ever kissed a girl. I have no idea of his emotional state at the time or what was going through his mind, but his response was a simple “No.”

NOT MY LINE of BUSINESS

Saturday, January 02, 2010 The other day I complemented Jayden on his writing skills; his Thanksgiving story and his Christmas story. I told him I thought that any time he thought of a story he should write it down. His response was, “I’m not going into the story writing business!” Ten year olds!!!

JANUARY 1 and NO HANGOVER

January Friday, January 01, 2010 Judy left for one night to chase with her mother Bev and her friends in Minneapolis and left me here alone. Ha! Last night Chris came over with Sierra, Lynn, Wyatt and Cade. A little later Julia and Autumn showed up. Then it was Corey, Stacey, Jayden and Bailey. Austin and Molly were here early and are here for the weekend. Chris and his gang didn’t stay late but the rest were here until well after midnight and of course we had to make a big noise. I didn’t go outside but Corey said they were setting off fireworks down by the lake. By this time Austin had gone with Chris and his gang. They dropped him off at a church dance. I don’t know when or if he got home. His room doesn’t look like it has been slept in. the dance was up in Salt Lake. Maybe he called his mother and went back to her place. Chris called trying to get hold of Jim to say that Austin couldn’t get into the dance because he didn’t have on a tie and didn’t have a dance card from his bishopric, but while we were still speaking he said, “Oh, he just got in. I guess he must have sweet talked them” or some such wording. Jim wasn’t here because everyone had gone over to the pool. They came back shivering. Stacey said that the water was so warm that when they got out, Corey lay in the snow and made a snow angel and of course some of the others had to follow suit. I’m positive Stacey didn’t and I bet Julia didn’t either.

NEW YEARS EVE BLING BLING

Fred and Lyn, Chris' girlfriend at our house in Saratoga Springs, Utah. Lynn and her boys Wyatt and Cade gave the blig blig to me.

BAILEY the SPIDER QUEEN

Wednesday, December 30, 2009 An-email from Stacey You’re always asking for stories‏ From: Stacey Jepson (staceyjep@gmail.com) Sent: Wed 12/30/09 1:28 PM To: Fred C. Jepson (fcjepson@hotmail.com) So, I was putting away Christmas and I was out in the garage. I moved a box out of the way and there was this spider under it. I freaked out and was scared to go into the garage for the rest of the day. Bailey said mom don't be scared. I will go take care of it. A few seconds went bye and she came back into the house laughing her head off, saying this is what you’re scared of mom. I went to go look and the spider was fake. So the point of the story is, don't always believe what you see. Ps. Bailey is still laughing at me. I couldn't get the picture of the spider to upload.

GORJ SAVED SANTA (Jayden age 10)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009 As promised here is the story Jayden wrote in school for Christmas. "Gorj Saved Santa Jayden We are going to staret with a elf named Gorj. All the elves wer hard at work in santas work shop all but one. It was Gorj (George) he was slepeing (sleeping) santa cam in and asked way arnt you working I’m sleeping Way don’t you fix m slay. (Why don’t you fix my sleigh?) How (why) don’t we take the engen out then we poot it bak in. Thay take the engen out then poot it bak in. Santa went to work. Gorj thought it was cool to see Santa go to work then lookt at the engen remembrd he fix it. We fixt it he felt hape. (happy) He went to the work shop. Gorj felt Good about Him Self antil he got sik. Santa is stuk in the hcimne (chimney) Ho Ho Ho help me a vois (voice) cam fram the hcimen (chimney) Gorj savd santa. Santa gave Gorj a brake. Gorj did not tak it."