Long time, no blog

Just a quick update of the past week-
Last week we spent doing all the normal things... school, laundry, housework and the like. We made a trip to the Scout Shop to get Sully's Boy Scout book so he can get started officially earning his badges. We found out that Nathan, who will start Cub Scouts in August, is eligible for summer day camp and is willing to go if I volunteer as a counselor... something to think about. In addition we visited with two family friends toward the end of the week, which gave the boys some much needed run around time and me some much needed "mommy-talk" time.

We were also blessed with a visit from Grandma. My mom arrived from VA on Friday and spent the weekend visiting. Unfortunately, I decided that the weekend was a good time to get a killer head cold and spent much of our time together in a sudafed-induced fog. Fortunately, this didn't stop the plans for Sully's bowling party on Saturday. He invited a few friends, they bowled, ate cake and had a good time. All-in-all a good day.

Sunday was another matter... Jesse, our beloved but hyper dog, has had some health issues concentrating in her nether-region and was acting funny on Friday. Kevin took her to the vet to be cleaned out but she continued to act out of character. She slunk around, wouldn't eat and acted really weird and by Sunday we had a very sick dog on our hands. After another vet trip and a day of worrying she has been diagnosed with colitis. I now have a basket of Maalox, Pepcid and stomach drugs for the DOG!!! I'm glad to say she is feeling much better and is even back to being a pest... we really thought we'd be dog shopping this week so her recovery is quite a relief.

We've called this week a mini-break from school- sick days and major household organizing going on. I also ordered and received some textbooks for both boys, a few that I want to go ahead and add instead of waiting until August so that takes a little prep. I'm finally on the mend so I'll put some more pictures up soon. The boys have a favorite from Easter that didn't make it into the last post so that will be the next one up.