[Libby Ritchie]

You are right. The FIRST family is incredible. We have been so overwhelmed by the kindness of so many people and teams! Words cannot express our gratitude to all that have been there for us and have done so many nice things for our family. We can never repay you all for what you have done. In addition to other teams, we have been impressed with the kindness of both Dean and Woody. They both have called us on seperate occasions to see if we were ok and to just let us know that they have been thinking of us. They practice what they preach in that they aren't just the "face" of FIRST, they care about those in the FIRST family and go beyond the building of robots. FIRST is definitely more than that. The robots are a vehicle that have brought so many good people together as friends.

As an update, we are moving into our rental house this weekend and we have Taylor home! Things are looking up!

I hope to see many of you at the IRI in July!!

Thanks again!