president driskill, speaker sommers, members of the 67th legislature, jennie. ginny and i thank you for this invitation to be here, but before i begin, i would like to take a moment to remember two remarkable people, senator john hines is served in this chamber, and bobbi a barrasso, the belovd wife of our senior senator john barrasso. let's take a moment. both of those individuals lived each day for wyoming, and i thank you for honoring them. secretary gray, auditor was seen this, treasurer meier, superintendent taken felder, chief justice fox, i think you will win this one again, but i do look forward to your remarks, hopefully they are longer than mine. justice boomgaarden, justice gray, justice fenn, and justice kautz, i would like to ask justice kautz to stand for a moment so we may recognize him -- is enough to? he's right there. oh, my god, thank you. [applause] justice kautz. [applause] justice kautz, i never miss anything by the way. justice kautz is going to be retiring next month, and so your service both to the judiciary and supreme court, we truly,