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I'm back. Last week was pretty busy running to and from the hospital, dealing with stress, and keeping the regular routine of the comings and goings on top of it all.

Good news to report that Gary and Devin are both doing pretty well. Gary got moved to a regular room yesterday and is down to only a few medications, and Devin started school today at the hospital, along with his all day physical therapy appointments. He is starting to make the connections again and was able to stand and walk a little with a cane the other day. Thank you for all of the prayers, they sure do work. Hopefully now they can be on to the rest of their healing.

In other news, we had a fun time at Easter dinner last week at Em and Bobs, and the kids have been enjoying having Brittany over here and there to spend the night. She even babysat for us on Friday so Scott and I could go uptown to watch the playoff hockey game on the big screen. She did an excellent job and the kids were in bed at 8:30 (this is rare even for me). Scott paid her with some cash and a drive to the mall... that was the highlight of her week I think. She is on spring break this week, so I am assuming we will be seeing more of her as the week goes on. She splits the nights between our house and Annettes, it beats sleeping on the couch in the waiting room. Kaleigh had to have a tooth pulled last week, she banged it on the table awhile back and since she had already had work done on it, it couldn't be saved. So she was the first one for the tooth fairy to visit. She did pretty well, with only a few tears, and now she likes to show everyone her missing toof.

Yesterday after church, lunch, and a trip to the hospital, we had some fun family time walking around downtown Ann Arbor, then the mall, and dinner at Macs. Scott got suckered again at the mall, and bought the kids new shoes, and clothes, as well as a few things for himself. After dinner and DQ we headed to Grammy and Grampys to say goodnight and let the kids burn off some of their dinner (boy were they wired up), Quinn had whitefish and carrots for dinner, and ate the whole thing... you would have thought he drank 10 Mountain Dews though, with all the energy he had. Anyway it was fun.

Well that is about it from me today. Go Tigers and Welcome Spring!!

Paint the Town... or at least the Eggs and Fingers

Today after church (we made it to the 1 o'clock service, before the snow and grumpy kids set in), we had Ella, Soph, and Lucy over for egg painting. I tried to be organized about it, covering the table with rolled paper (thanks GG), and giving each of them their own spot. It paid off, and the coloring went really well. Much cleaner and hardly any fights compared to past attempts. The kids all went away with 6 very well decorated eggs, which they have been taking out of the refriderator for the rest of the day to look at. Anyway, it was a good time. The rest of the day was spent being basically lazy, before Aunt Mary and Uncle Mark stopped in for a visit. The kids were excited to show them their eggs, as well as make a craft that Aunt Mary brought with her. Gotta love those crafts! Scott and Tom were off to the hockey game, and they should make it there some time before the 3rd period, the weather being so nasty. No really they made it by the first period, and I'm sure Scott was chomping at the bit. I told him they should just watch it on TV, but you know how well that went over... it's the playoffs. You know what that means to me? Season's almost over! Yeah! :)

Planes, Buses and Body Crayons

Thanks to the weather in Ft. Worth, Scott is on an adventure. He spent the morning in Mexico and was to fly out of McAllen TX this afternoon, but because of the weather his flight was cancelled, and there were no other flights until Thursday available in McAllen. He was going to rent a car and drive to San Antonio so that he could get on a flight in the morning, but realized that he had lost his drivers license... something you kind of need to rent a car. So fortunately he still had his passport and was able to get the flight, but to get to San Antonio it was off to the Greyhound station. So he is on a bus to San Antonio as we speak, a first for him, but if it gets him there and here by tomorrow... it works. Pray for safe travels and good weather.

While Scott and I were on the phone trying to get a hotel booked for him tonight (of course everything around any airport there is sold out), the kids found the body crayons that were left over from halloween and thought it would be fun to decorate themselves. Since it was pre bathtime and it was keeping them busy I figured why not. It did make for some good pictures, and lots of fun for them. They didn't complain too much when getting it soaped off either which was good for me. So they are all in their jammies now and watching The Peanuts Easter special... whew, good clean fun!

With all the adventures, we get a picture from his Blackberry... Apparently the Alamo was only a couple blocks from the bus station, and he got to drive by on the cab ride to the hotel.

Oh What a Feeling...

...When your dancing on the ceiling.

Avery and Kaleigh having fun with Dad after dinner. This was the first time in a long time that we have actually sat down to eat a meal at home all together. The kids made birthday cards for Dad and we made a cake to celebrate. Between Scott being gone, and me being at work we haven't had a chance to celebrate.

Random Thoughts and Random Pictures for Tuesday Morning

Random pictures from the last week or so. We haven't been doing much of anything as it was just too crazy with Scott gone, but he's back now and we're starting to get back to a little more of a regular routine. We are really looking forward to the warmer weather forecast for the end of the week. Hopefully everyone stays healthy enough to enjoy it.

Kaleigh playing turtle... who knew you could have so much fun with the block bin.

This is Kaleigh in one of her many moods. This is more of a "humpft" type mood than a mad type mood.

This is Quinns self-portrait. He did pretty well don't you think?

A portrait of Avery by Quinn... they were getting just a little silly.

Avery at her beach party at school. This is always a good time for the kids.

Happy Birthday Scott

Today is Scotts birthday and unfortunately he is spending it in West Virginia because his uncle passed away on Monday night. Keep Annette (her Dad) and the family in your prayers please. Also for safe travels.

Hopefully Scott will still be able to celebrate in some way... I thought I'd post a few of my favorite pictures of him for his birthday. He is a great Dad, husband, cousin, son, etc. etc. etc. Happy Birthday!

Pancakes, Pidgeons, and Really Big Schools

Tonight was Pancake Supper and Book Fair night for Quinn and Ellas school, and it was something. They had it at the new high school which is more like a community college than a high school, and there were probably 500 people there? I'm guessing, but it was alot! There are 500 some kindergarteners in their class, and I think half of them were there tonight. We ate our pancakes (after waiting in quite the line) which were yummy and then it was off to the "book store" to pick out some books. The kids all made their choices, and then they played a little with some of their friends and cousins. We stopped by the "gym" on the way out which is the size of 4 gyms put together at least, and is two stories high with a track running around the top level. We made the kids run a lap before leaving (burn off that syrup) and Ella of course lapped everyone, coming in half a tracks length ahead of everyone else. Not surprising, but the other kids did have their snow boots on. When we got home we sat down to read the kids selections. Quinn chose Don't Let the Pidgeon Drive the Bus, Avery a book about Wild Horses and Kaleigh a Fly Guy book. They really liked the Pidgeon book, all the kids had made up a song and were singing it in the hallway as we walked out of the school. I have to say it is a pretty funny book. The other two weren't too bad either. I did take some pictures today but forgot to bring it to the outing, so I'll have to post them tomorrow. Have a good evening all!

A Day of Rest... Sort Of

Sunday is a day for resting right? We did our best today. After church and Sunday School Scott had scheduled to work on homework all day, but instead gave up on working on it for the afternoon and we headed to lunch and a trip to the mall, which turned into play time with the kids, a quick trip to Grammy and Grampys, and then a trip out to dinner. It was a much needed break as we have both been pretty stressed out lately with work, and school, and kids etc. It was really nice to be away from the regular grind and get a chance to unwind a bit. After we got the kids to bed Scott and I actually sat down together to watch Oprahs Big Give... now this may not seem so strange to most people, but the fact that we agreed on a TELEVISION show (and not a DVD) to watch together is quite rare. Scott is most definitely not a reality TV person, but he had seen a preview and actually said that looked like it might be a good show. Mark it on your calendars folks :)! Tomorrow is back to business as usual, although I am not scheduled to work until Friday which will be nice.