An Invitation to join us

Well, I think I have this set up now so you can use this. I should get you all caught up on our family. I'm sure most of you already know anyway. Matt has finished his program, he cradled (graduated) Mar 4. He was working in South Jordan at McDonald's for a couple of months in transition, but now is working at Carl's Jr. in Orem. He is starting to train to be shift manager. He also graduated (at least he walked with his class) on May 20, but still needs a couple of classes to officially graduate. I'm not sure what he is going to do, because he isn't going to get done with his classes. Something went wrong there, but he will graduate. We kept housing boys for a while, but as of July 1, we haven't. We've been trying to stop since graduation, but they still needed us, so we kept it up. It was really wearing us down. We had to make a 50 mile round trip, sometimes twice a day, to pick them up or take them back and it was pretty tiring, not to mention the gas that was used. But at the same time, I really miss those guys. They were good kids (most of them) and they were fun to have around. It's nice to have my life and my house back again.
We have been busy this past month. We had to fix our bathroom downstairs. I decided we might as well paint the bathroom upstairs, too, so I did, and then I painted the bedroom the boys used. It was quite a project, but almost done. It feels good.
One of the last trips up to pick up the boys, I got into a car accident. I just got off the freeway, was stopped at a red light, the green arrow went on and I started to go, and someone came cruising through the intersection trying to make the yellow light. She missed the yellow light by a long shot but she got me good. Our Camry was totaled, but no one was hurt in the accident, which I am grateful for.
This post is not just for me. You will notice the blog is called the RICHARD GOODFELLOW FAMILY BLOG. That means everyone who is a descendent of Richard and Kathryn Goodfellow are welcome and encouraged to publish posts, pictures, etc. The purpose of this blog is so we can keep in touch and keep up with everyone's news. I want to see pictures of Shelly's grandkids. I want to know the accomplishments of Gwen's kids and Shane's kids. I want to know what Tori and Gunnar are doing. This can make a great family history for our grandkids and great grandkids if we let it. This blog really can't be successful without all of you participating. I don't have everyone's emails to add to the authors, but if you want to publish a new post, let me know and I will add your name. My email is vickiestumpe@comcast.net. I would like to see everyone of Mom & Dad's children represented here.
I love you all. Families are so important and I need everyone of you. I look forward to hearing from you.