This is my first official post. We have had a crazy week. It started out with a birthday party as our important event of the week. Ethan turned 6 this week! He had lots of neat surprises this week. First of all, we had a visitor show up at our house after school on Tuesday--Mr. Nevin. We were so excited to see him before his big trip across the pond. His second surprise was two small kittens that Papaw found in a truck at the farm. He has been asking for a kitten. Then we had a small family gathering. We had supper together and then cookie cake and presents! We spent Wednesday in the doctor's office getting the news that he has mono. On Thursday, Brendan woke up with a sore throat and on Friday, it was Aaron's turn. So here we are, all of us at home for a week until our symptoms ease up. The hardest part of it all is the no wrestling, riding bikes, or sports. What are little boys to do? The movies are not as entertaining as the other outside stuff. We have played with legos and aqua dots and made a short visit to Meme's next door. What will we do for the rest of the week? At least they don't feel too bad. Our next task will be to tackle all of the makeup work we are missing at school. Say a prayer for our family this week. I pray it will be a week of bonding and not driving each other crazy :)