Quick update

This was such a fun weekend, and a new one is almost here! The kids and I spent Saturday at the park. It was beautiful outside. We took a pic nic lunch and spent a fun day together. The 3 big kids played, played, played. They get along so well when they are outdoors. It's so heartwarming. In the evening we went and spent some time with Erin and Jesse. The boys worship the ground their cousin Jesse walks on, so it's always fun to see all of them play together.

On Sunday, John took the 3 big kids to the park while I stayed home and worked on my Virology presentation. I was feeling a little picked upon because nobody called me Sunday afternoon. I decided I would call everyone, so I picked up the phone and realized that it was dead. I guess that just might have contributed to our lack of Sunday afternoon calls ;) I felt just a bit stupid... After I let the phone charge a bit, one of our friends called and invited us over to celebrate her husband's birthday. It was so fun to get together and let all of our kids play while we grownups visited. All of our kids get along great and all of the grownups do too. We have a fun little group!

Monday was rainy weather. It was a bit of a bummer because Saturday was so beautiful, but we survived. Barely. I did a lot of laundry and the kids did a lot of homework. It ended up being a rather productive day.

Tuesday was rainy. Again. Bummer. We crashed and burned on Tuesday. We couldn't get going at all. We went and visited some friends in the evening, and stopped by Erin's too. Caitlyn played with Craig (Erin's husband) for a long time. She is such a tease- she kept taking his chair, and tricking him! When we got home, I stayed up and worked on my presentation a bit more. It was one of those projects where it seemed like the closer I got to being through, the more I found to do. I gave up on it about 4:00 this morning, and decided it would wait for me to sleep.

Today, Caitlyn got to watch all her favorite shows- 4 million times each- while I finished my presentation. I was able to finish right at 3:00- right in time for playgroup. The kids had a fun time at the museum today. Cam gets to go back on Friday with his Kindergarten class. I think the girls and I might sneak over and see if we can play with him for a bit ;o) My presentation went relatively well. I always stutter through them, but it lasted exactly 30 minutes, and I think (hope!) I covered all that I intended to cover. I just hope I did well enough to maintain my 4.0.

While I was working on my presentation (have I mentioned it yet...it was 30 minutes long...), I couldn't help but laugh at my idiotic spelling abilities. It never fails to amaze me that I can spell pathophysiology, immunohistochemistry, or gastroenteritis without thinking twice, but I have to slow down or check the spell-checker to spell tomorrow, tennis, or definitely. Does that make me an official science nerd? =o)

Before I go to sleep, I have a favor to ask. Some of our good friends are going through a hard time right now. Their father passed away earlier today, and they are heading out of town to attend his funeral. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.