I've been busy and haven't had much time to write. School's been busy, the kids have been on the sick side and I also took a mini trip to West Virginia to let mom take care of some much needed business.

As far as sick kids goes... The baby had tonsillitis and Brendan has a virus that looks a lot like measles, but the doc says its a viral infection that has a rash accompany it... Symptoms were pretty much the same as measles (high fever, aches, sore throat, red pin head dots in cluster on his body)... Of course, there's no medicine to give him, he just has to wait it out... Poor thing is getting sores inside his mouth and that is painful! Sam's had the infamous "changing of the weather" sore throat and blah feeling. The only one that hasn't been complaining is Maki. Hopefully that blessing will last :-)

Let's see, aside from all that, the trip to WV was pretty. It was good driving weather and we didn't get any rain while away. The trees were just starting to change colors, so the majority of the scenery was still green. I bet it's just beautiful now.

This week I'm supposed to go to lunch with a couple of friends of mine that I worked with at Little Tikes. It will be good to see old friends.

My mom's birthday is also this week. She's gonna be 77. I hope I'm as beautiful as she is when I'm 77. While in WV in the recent past, I've heard many of the relatives and friends that had stopped by comment on how mom's kids are all such nice kids and have such nice families... What a nice reflection that is on mom. I'm proud of her for all that she did for us kids. I'm also glad that we can be noticed for what a great mom she was and is.

Well... its getting late. I gotta go get some sleep. Hope to chat again soon.