The latest news....

Delainey and I arrived home on Monday after spending the weekend in Arizona for my brother's wedding. We had a great time, and she traveled well, although getting up between 5:15 and 6:30 was a bit tough. It's hard to reset a four year old's body clock! The wedding was nice and it was good to see my brothers for just a bit.

Last week Braden was home four of five days from school with swollen glands on the right side of his neck and general malaise. The one day he did go to school he should've come home early but declared himself "too chicken" to call me to come and get him. Thursday I learned from him that his legs had been hurting differently than usual (for those that may not know he suffers from chronic leg pain of the "undiagnosable childhood pain" variety). So Matt took him back in on Friday. Yesterday we learned from some bloodwork that he has mono. Joy. I'm glad in some ways though since we actually know what he has instead of the vague sickness diagnosis. He's done well this week, but hit the wall last night and is still in bed at home. It should be interesting how he does.

Andrew is off at the TSA(technology student association) state competition in Orlando. He'll be gone until late Saturday and he's really excited. First long trip from home-I'm just hoping for no phone calls saying he broke the elevator or some other very creative thing that could come from many smart young men and women hanging out. You really have to watch out for the smart ones.....