Happy Halloween!

Hello Family and Friends,

Here is a picture from trick-or-treating tonight. Friends Katie (the gypsy) and Nathan (Yoda) joined our nurse/surgeon and Storm Trooper along with Nate (Darth Vader, not pictured) for the 1 1/2 hour trek around the subdivision. Boy we sure had a lot of fun but it sure got cold! The kids would run between houses so they stayed pretty warm but Tony and I felt cold and I had numb fingers by the time we were done. It was nice to come home to a crock pot of hot chili that had been simmering all day. Beppe & Pakka (Don & Isy) stayed at our house and handed out our candy for us and then we celebrated his birthday in between the doorbell ringing and phone calls. It was another busy night! The kids sure had fun and Quinn tried his best to trade everyone for Reeces Peanut Butter Cups. I think he ended up with 11 or something ridiculous like that. Quinn says this was "the best trick-or-treating EVER!" WOW! That was pretty much it for this evening. It was fun and they have enough candy to hold them easily until next Halloween!

Love to all, Leah

A "lively" day

Hello Everyone,
Here is a picture of the pumpkins that we carved tonight. Madison's is the cat and Quinn's is the smiley face. We had fun. Madison likes to dig in with her hands and get messy. Quinn used a spoon and gingerly picked out about 4 seeds at a time. We have a surgeon (Madison) and a Star Wars Storm Trooper (Quinn) ready for trick-or-treating tomorrow night. I'll try to upload a picture for you tomorrow night. Katie and Nathan are coming with us. Terry & Karla are on a cruise... "for work"... riiiiight. : ) Don & Isy are coming for supper some where in the midst of all of this evening to celebrate his birthday.

Today work was a challenging Monday... let's see, somone spilled all of their Oxycontin down their garbage disposal... another patient just CAN'T come in to be seen because she moved to Detroit but called 4 times today to find out if we would refill her meds (haven't seen her since April) and now is suddenly making a trip tomorrow from "Detroit" to Goshen after realizing we wouldn't refill her meds until she was seen again. Oh... and let me not forget about the lady who completely passed out in the exam room... totally unresponsive... thankfully I got her laid down first. Remember my rampage for urine drug screens... well, I discharged a patient today because he was positive for marajuana. Anyway, it all made for a "lively" day in many ways. Remind me why I stay at this job again....???

Well, it's another big day tomorrow and since we changed our clocks on Saturday night, it still feels 1 hour ahead for me. It feels like 11:30, instead of 10:30... I'm sure it will get better over the next week or so. Good-night!

Love to all, Leah

Pumpkin Time

Hello Everyone,
Today (Sunday) was a beautiful day! It's about time. It was chilly and brisk but DRY for once! We went and got our pumpkins after church today... cuttin' it a little close huh? Now, tomorrow night we need to get them carved!

Last night was supposed to be the bonfire at Don & Isy's but it was soooo windy we were afraid we'd start a forest fire so we settled for the grill. The food still tasted good and it was a fun evening. It was good to visit with Ed, Eileen, Jeremiah and Jacob (Joshua was working)... we haven't seen them all together for a little while.

We have another busy week coming up. It makes the weeks go fast... and the weekends just fly by of course.

Well, that's all for tonight.
Love to all, Leah

Rain, rain, go away...

Hello Everyone,

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day! I only recall seeing the sun one time this week. I love Fall but this day after day of doom and gloom is another thing. This picture obviously was taken about 2 weeks ago. It reminds me of what Fall is supposed to look like so I thought I'd include it for you.

Quinn was pretty much back to his normal self today. Amazing what antibiotics can quickly do. He asked for Motrin twice and that was it. No fever. Peyton and Heather spent the day with us today as there was no school. It was kind of a bummer because it was too cold and wet to be outside so all 4 kids were cooped up all day and by the end of the day I think they were starting to feel it. It was a good day though. I just love being at home with them. Quinn beat Madison and me in Yatzhee... thank goodness it wasn't more Junior Monopoly today... it takes a long time just like the adult version! We made a trip to Deals today (dollar store) and all 4 kids picked something out. They feel like they are getting something big and it only costs a buck. I gave them each $1.10 and set them free. Of course the girls all bought matching stuffed animals. Quinn on the other hand got a rockin' bow and arrow set which he played with for hours. He was constantly sneaking up on me, shooting down a pyramid of cups, getting the suction cups to stick onto the windows... he loved it. I'm pretty sure he's never had a bow and arrow set before.

Well, that's all for tonight. Tomorrow is basketball in the morning and then in the evening we are supposed to have Madison's bonfire hotdog roast at Don & Isy's... which was already postponed once... last weekend was nasty too. I doubt that wood soaked in rain for 10 days or so will burn. Oh well, I guess we'll have to settle for microwaved 'dogs. Instead of gifts, Isy's family was asked to consider bringing a material donation for the Elkhart Humane Society. I guess only Ed & Eileen's family can come now... last weekend would have worked well except for the weather.

Well, that's all for tonight. Stay warm and dry.

Love to all, Leah

Strep Throat

Hello Everyone,

Quinn woke up with a fever, sore throat and saying "my brain hurts". His tonsils are so big that his voice is different now. Poor guy. We stayed home together and while the Motrin was working... had a good day together. We played games, read books, puzzles, ate popsicles (3)... it was kind of fun to have the one on one time. However, I knew he didn't feel well when he put himself down for a nap... without my suggestion! He slept for 1 1/2 hours and woke up feeling like a hot potato. Everything points to strep so he started an antibiotic today at noon. I guess things didn't go very well at my work... I feel bad about that but what can I do? A sick boy needs his mom.

Madison was one of five students in her class (not her grade... there were others in other classes) rewarded for not having any late homework this quarter (can you believe that low number?). Anyway, she got to take a snack, pillow and watch a movie today instead of sitting in silent reading time. I guess the other students read for the whole 2 hours or whatever. Ouch.
Tonight she is at Flames practice... indoor soccer at the Sports Center. No games... just practicing. There is no school tomorrow so Peyton is spending the night and staying all day tomorrow (she had strep this week too so don't worry). Heather will be coming in the morning for the day and according to Quinn, "Great, now I have to be surrounded by girls again!". Oh, the problems he has... so big.

Well, I hope you all had a good day today. We've had clouds, rain, fog and cold... yuck! Hmmmm this would be a good time to take a cruise or something to the sunny Caribbean...hmmmm, Karla can I sneak in your suitcase???

Love to all, Leah

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Hello Everyone,
I hope you are having a good week. Ours has gone fast so far. Last night Madison had a Flames pizza party... really!... not a practice! Of course she had a great time hangin' out with her soccer buddies. I had a Care Commission meeting at church, Tony went to Victory Construction for a few hours and Quinn hung out at Nate's house. So, we were all separate places last night. Weird.

Tonight Tony and I went to the parent/teacher conferences. The teachers only had good news to report. They are both doing very well. They brought home A's. That's what we thought but it's always good to have verbal affirmation of that from the ladies that they spend most of their days with. M & Q have 3 half days of school this week and then they are out of school on Friday. I'm off on Friday so we are looking forward to that day although we don't have any plans (awesome).

Well, that's all for tonight... nothing too "newsy" I guess.

Love to all, Leah

Enjoy your Fall day

Hello All,

Blogger was down yesterday so it wouldn't let me post. Boy have we had Internet troubles lately.

Madison's birthday party on Friday was great. She had 7 girls over and had a lot of fun with the American Idol theme. We borrowed a kareoke machine and they played and sang with that for at least an hour. Oh, you are wondering about the cake?.... well, I guess it was "acceptable" but for some reason the bakery decorated it vertically... instead of horizontally. I'm doomed. It was quite strange to have a vertical cake... didn't know I needed to specify. I hate learning the hard way.

This weekend has actually been a fairly quiet weekend... the definition is relative to each family... but by our terms it was quiet. Madison's Flames team lost 0-7 in the tournament against the #1 team. Could have been worse. Iowa lost... that was a bummer. I spent several hours scraping 15 year old wallpaper off a wall. That wasn't much fun at all... it came off pretty much measured in inches. Oh... I'm so done with wallpaper. Paint is the only way to go. Anyway, I have probably another 10 hours or so to go on that project. Finding those hours is the question.

Well, I guess that's all for now. Enjoy your Fall day!
Love to all, Leah

Happy Birthday Madison!

Our daughter is now offically in the double digits after her birthday yesterday. We can hardly believe it. She was delighted with a pair of Heelys shoes... they have a wheel in the heel so it's kind of like a rollerskate with only one back wheel built into the heel. She has to practice a bit more until she can wear them out and about. Apparently they are the latest craze with kids. Yesterday I took cookies into school in the afternoon for her little celebration. If you recall from the last post, I ordered "Big Ten" cookies... well, when I picked them up they said "TEN" in BIG letters!!!! I'm so sick and tired of being disappointed in the bakery department of life! At least they said just Ten and not just Big! I'm holding my breath for her birthday cake tomorrow (her American Idol party is tomorrow night). Anyway, it wasn't what we planned but we didn't tell anyone differently and so it was fine. Everyone sang happy birthday to Madison last night at church, after the meal, she was quite embarrassed by the whole thing.

Tonight is soccer for Madison... yes the Flames are still practicing. They have a tournament game now on Saturday morning at 10:15. They play the #1 ranked team. It's going to be a thrashing.

Love to all,
Leah

Back in gear!

Hello Everyone!
Well, after about 10 days without the Internet, I can honestly say I don't know how people live without Internet access. To make a very long and unpleasant phone story short... we are back in service!

A lots has happened. A brief summary... Madison's CYS team won the championship in soccer and she happily walked away with a trophy. Tony and I went to Bloomington to watch the Hawks' upset from Indiana. What a bummer. We're pretty sure that we've cursed the Hawks on the road. Nearly every game we go to away from home, they lose. We've been busy with homework, finishing soccer seasons and basically keeping everyone and everything running smoothly. Tomorrow is Madison's birthday. 10 years old! She is taking cookies to school tomorrow... that says "Big Ten" on them. ....get it? The colors are gold and pink.

OK, more tomorrow. I'll get back in the groove of writing each night.

Love to all! Leah

Internet / Phone problems!

Hi, Just a short note from work. Our home phone/internet service has been out of order since last Thursday... thus no post. If you've tried calling your call may very well have been forwarded to another family. It's a big mess. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. I'll write from home as usual when we are back in service!
Leah

Short and Sweet

Hello Everyone,

We've almost made it through another week! Everyone hang in there... the weekend is around the corner. Not much to report tonight. Work was better today. The day went by in a blink of the eye but not as crazy busy. I yawned through the day today... must be the weather... rainy and chilly. Tonight was CFN and that was pretty much our day today.

Short and sweet tonight,
Love to all, Leah

Madison scored the winning goal!

Madison scored the winning goal tonight in overtime! Yeah for her! We played Peyton and Alexa's team (for the 4th time) and of course ended the game in a tie, 1-1 (what's new?). They played 2 five minute overtime quarters and Madision used her body to deflect a corner kick into the goal. One thing she said on the way home stuck with me, ... she said, "I hated it when I looked at Peyton; the whole game she was smiling, but after we scored her smile turned to a frown." She hated that that meant her team would lose and hated making her feel bad. That lead us to a conversation about the importance of good sportsmanship etc... I was proud of her for putting herself in someone else's shoes. Quinn was so delighted in his sister's win that he went and bought her a popsicle at the concession stand. That's our Quinner.

Well, the bicyclist's insurance company called me today and tape recorded a statement from me of what I saw that day. She wanted every little detail. That wasn't too fun to relive. It's gotten a lot better but I've still thought of it every single day. After the recording part ended she told me that the other witnesses were experiencing pretty much the same thing. She said that every one has said that it was the bicyclist's fault, not the driver. She said that "Elaine" was recently discharged from the hospital and sent to a nursing home. Wow! Hopefully she will have a good quality of life after all of her injuries.

We were sooo busy at work today! I think I finally opened up my computer, email and voice mail around 1:30 or so. I like to be busy but not to the crazy level... that's what today was. ...Hospitalized-patient add-on's... doctors who wanted their patients seen right away (as in yesterday)... waiting on insurance companies... orders to be written, pharmacies to be called... an equipment rep luncheon that wasn't written on my schedule (I don't have time for this!), behind on my dictations (hiccups don't help)... a new patient 25 mintues late and demanding to be seen and then crying and storming out the door. CALGON... TAKE ME AWAY!!! That's a fairly normal day except that it doesn't usually happen all AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Well, I think I'm going to take just a 1/2 hour or so before my 11pm bedtime and RELAX! I've had to practice this.... but it is needed and does help.

Love to all,
Leah

Long time, no blog

Hello Everyone,

I hope you all had a good weekend. We loved our weekend in Iowa. The Iowa game was A LOT of fun... at least the 1st half anyway. There was so much energy and excitement in that all-gold stadium, if you would have lit a match, it probably would have exploded! : ) It was so LOUD that I had to plug my ears at times! The outcome was plain and simple, Ohio State played better than we did. It was a night game and it was a LONG day of waiting. I guess I would prefer a late morning or early afternoon game. On the way to Iowa the traffic was HORRIBLE... the whole way! You would have thought it was Thanksgiving weekend or something. We saw quite a few Ohio cars and buses and lots of cars from out of state with their Hawkeye loyalty showing. We forgot our Hawkeye flag so we had to make an emergency stop at Game Day Iowa to get one for our window. Isy about had a fit that we looked too "Indiana-ian" I guess! : )

During the day on Saturday our family enjoyed going to the Kalona Fall Festival with my mom and 3 of my nieces (Amy's girls). They enjoyed the pony ride and we all enjoyed the good food. It was fun to run into people we haven't seen for awhile... like my childhood friend, Lauri E.! Wow... it's been almost 20 years since we've seen each other! We also talked with Jeff S.for awhile. He was at one of the entrances, collecting money. It was strange to see him in a Kalona Rotary Club polo... and he wasn't afraid to show us his Notre Dame t-shirt underneath it!!! Somehow he hasn't converted to an Iowa fan yet. Give it a little more time Jeff.

We went to Mom and Dad's house for a few hours in the afternoon (we stayed overnight at Jeff & Amy's house, they were gone to Myrtle Beach so Mom stayed there with the 3 girls). My poor dad.... ever since he's retired it's been one thing after another! His fractured ribs are finally on the mend and now he has a torn meniscus in this right knee!!! Unfortunately surgery is in the future. He was worried about the last hay cutting that lay in the field but some experienced neighbors came to the rescue.

We traveled back to Indiana on Sunday. The trip home wasn't as anticipation-filled as the trip out. The kids traveled great though.... and Don & Isy traveled well too. : ) We got home at 7:30 or so and made good time. Today it was back to work and school.

For those of you that are following the soccer games. Madison's Flames team lost 0-7 on Saturday morning. Her new basketball team lost 2-14 and Quinn's team tied 1-1 (surprise-surprise!). We are learning lessons in humility this season! Tomorrow is Madison's tournament game and she plays Peyton and Alexa's team... for the 4th time this year!! (1-0-2). Her CYS team ended up in 4th place out of 6. Quinn's tournament game is Saturday am. His team ended up 5th out of 11. One thing is for sure... no more ties!!! YEAH! They will have over-time and also a shoot-out if need be. Quinn and I practiced in the front yard last night for such a situation (he's ready). : )

OK, that's all for now. Thanks to those who have commented to the blog. A lot of you have told me in person that you are reading. Thanks for the interest!

Love to all, Leah

I can hear the Iowa fight song! Sing with me.....

Hello Everyone,

We are getting ready to head to Iowa tomorrow after school for the big game on Saturday. As my sister says, "you'd think the president were coming to town, there's so much hype!" Hee-hee! Quinn is becoming resigned to the fact that he will have to watch the game on Uncle Jeff's big screen TV. Just in case though, Amy has some scouts out, looking for a reasonably priced ticket. Mom says that tickets are going for $1000!! I told Tony I'd sell mine for that much!!

Tonight Tony had a meeting at church, Madison had Flames practice and Quinn and I went to Katie's CYS soccer game. Quinn and Nathan played soccer and football on the field behind us and I doubt ever saw any action on Katie's field. Her team lost 0-2 and the best part of the whole evening was her excitement afterwards, telling us that they played against the best team in the whole league... and finally coming around to tell us that her team "barely beat them .......1-0". She was so thrilled, I didn't have the heart to tell her that must have been a different game! It was sooooo cute and she is sooooo sweet. Those little sentences made my whole day! I just love listening to kids talk!

I probably won't report in over the weekend.... unless there is something really "newsworthy". Everyone send your best wishes to the Hawkeyes as we play #1 Ohio State and watch for us on ESPN's Game Day or sitting in the NE corner of the end zone (the big press box will be on our right). Don & Isy will sit beside us... hmmm... what could we do to get on TV? Let's see... the 4 of us could spell out I-O-W-A on our bare chests.... oops, guess not!

Love to all, Leah

Tears over the Iowa game!

Greetings to Everyone,

Quinn was in tears tonight when he was going to bed because he is so upset that he can't go to the Iowa vs Ohio State football game with us this weekend. He just can't understand why we can't just buy him a ticket. There are no tickets to buy (at an even somewhat reasonable price)! Oh... it's so pathetic. He doesn't want to watch it on TV. I'll probably end of giving him my ticket. I can't stand to see him that way. I can't stand to think that I'll be in Iowa but not at the game but even worse... can't stand to see him so disappointed. Madison on the other hand... is thankful she doesn't have to go to the game. A few glances at the score on TV will be juuuust fine with her! She would much rather play with her 3 girl Iowa cousins!

How was your day today? My chart review went OK... it can be difficult and controversial to compare documentation to policy and whether or not we can "accept" some of the entries as meeting our policy. Have nurses and a doctor try to see things eye to eye about other people's documentation and you are asking for controversy! Anyway, that part is over and now I'll move on to the hospital inpatient review. I really don't have time to be doing all of this at work!!! I do have a "real" job too!!!

Tonight was CFN (church family night). We had a delicious lasagna meal and stayed for the group session. It was good.

Have a good night/day (depending on when you are reading)!

Love to all, Leah

A perfect Fall day

Hello Everyone,
Today was a gorgeous Fall day... about 70 degrees. It doesn't get any better than this.
The kids did fine this morning (after getting to bed late) and of course Quinn was the first one up in our family as usual. Madison admitted she was tired today though.

Tonight Madison went out with Terry, Karla, Katie and Nathan for Katie's 9th birthday. Happy Birthday Katie! They went to Hacienda. Katie is having a birthday party with a couple of friends this weekend but we will be gone to Iowa so she got to go to their family party tonight, on her birthday. Somehow Tony, Quinn and I got some tasty homemade cupcakes out of the deal too!

Tomorrow I have to lead a chart review for the Center for Cancer Care at the hospital. Basically this isn't a fun thing to do and I bribed people with promises of food if they would come and participate! We are looking for pain assessment, reassessment, appropriateness of pain meds ordered, whether or not they've followed policies etc... Any volunteers??? Anyway, I would really just like to get it over with. Then, I can focus on the chart review for the whole hospital (yuck). I'm a bit more proactive this year. Last year I think I waited until Nov. or Dec. and then it really was CRUNCH time!

Well, that's all folks... have a great Wednesday!

Love to all, Leah

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday! (is that an oxy-moron?)

Hope you all had a nice Monday. Mine involved a bit of a frustrating day at work but that's life in chronic pain. I need to invent some kind of an easy office based test for detecting lies... I'm getting pretty good at it I think but am learning the hard way. Karla and I are always dreaming about a latest invention so that we don't have to start playing the lottery. (Just kidding!!!!). May be it would help if I posted the 10 commandments in each exam room and highlight the shortest one... do not lie. hmmmm, now there's a thought. Probably still wouldn't help.

Tony & I both spent the majority of the evening at church. I had a Care Commission meeting and Tony worked on the sound booth conversion. We have a new sound system and it needed installing (for lack of a better word). Quinn spent his early evening on his scooter and then even took his scooter to church to scoot around during my meeting. He had a lot of fun. Madison had Flames practice tonight and then went to Peyton's house until we picked her up. She had quite a bit of homework tonight so she got to bed late. Can you tell Quinn is my child?... "we are just totally off of our schedule tonight". They both had good attitudes but I hope the morning goes OK with getting to bed late tonight.

Well, that's all for tonight. Has anyone been inspired to start your own blog? If I can do it... you can do it. More later...

Love to all, Leah
P.S. I just figured out that if you dbl click the picture, you'll get an even bigger picture. Cool!

Happy Birthday Amy!

Hello to All,

A very special Happy Birthday wish for my sister, Amy!! I'm sure your family did something special for you today. Hopefully you got my message this evening.

Here is a report from Sunday... after church Katie and Nathan came over for lunch and to play for a little while. Madison's Flames game was at 3:30 at the our CYS fields (thankfully because...) when we got there Madison was wearing the wrong color of shirt! They have a white t-shirt that I thought was just for practice... somehow we missed the memo of having the girls wear (or even bring) the white shirt.. the Fort Wayne team also had our blue shirt color. It was a fast call to Terry with directions to the shirt in our house and he somehow managed to find it and run it out to us! Thank you Terry! What would we do without you guys??!! One of the other girls gave Madison her long-sleeved turtleneck shirt that she intended on wearing underneath her t-shirt so at least Madison could play and then she changed at half time. We lost 0-4. That was the least amount of goals we've given up. The other team wasn't quite as tall and must have had more 10 & 11 year olds because this team was actually fairly close to our skill level. Although the Flames' record is 0-4 and Madison hates losing, she still runs around out there like she's having fun and smiles and acts like she's having a good time. More power to her! They just have 2 more games and we'll miss next weekend's because we'll be in Iowa. Mom and Dad, when you are here over the October weekend, you'll get to see her last game, on the Sunday the 15th at 2pm.

Sunday night is our family night. The kids are just finishing up a movie and then it's off to bed for them. Tomorrow is a new week with new adventures to behold. I hope each of you have a very good week!

Love to all, Leah

Baseball, Basketball and Soccer

Hello to All,
I'll try to catch you on the last 2 days events and give you the condensed version. Friday night Tony and I went to the Chicago White Sox game with Rollpak. It was a little unsettling to get off the chartered bus only to hear the tornado WARNING siren blowing in Chicago!!!! The rain soon followed but within an hour it managed to blow over and the evening turned out to be beautiful! Of course it helped that we were treated to a Diamond Suite just behind homeplate & a little towards 1st base. We had a delicious supper and got to enjoy the game from a totally different view. We didn't get home until 3am (our time) so this morning came awfully early. Terry and Karla took the kids to the MCC sale and then Karla brought our kids back home so they could sleep in their own beds and then she napped on the couch until we got in. Thank you Karla!!!!

This morning Madison had a basketball evaluation at Concord...for girls that will be playing BB on Saturday mornings this Fall. That was at 9am. Afterwards she told me that her free throw needed some work! HA! (I'm sure there's much more than that that needs working on!). We really need to get a hoop in our driveway!

The rest of the day brought 3 soccer games. Madison's first game was at 11am and ended up with their 5th (yes!) tie!!!!.... 1-1. I'm so sick of ties! Quinn's game was at 12:30 and guess what... also a tie!!! ...0-0 (that was really unusual for them not to score). I guess we cannot complain that the teams aren't evenly matched this year. We went home and watched most of the 2nd half of the Iowa game (yeah Hawks) and then took off for Madison's Flames game in Chesterton, IN. It took us 1 hour to get there. We lost 0-6. I've changed my personal goals for our team... that we will get at least 1 shot towards the goal during the game. We actually had 3! Let me remind you that our team is mostly 9-10 year olds and we are playing 12 and under teams. Wow, what a difference a few years make! Madison played hard all day today. She didn't sit out at all in the morning and she was out for about 60 seconds in the Flames game. It had rained earlier and was pretty muddy. Let's just say I'll get to see if Tide really does work to get out mud stains out of WHITE soccer shorts! (Who was the wiseman to choose white??!!). Madison's best "moment" came towards the end of the game when she booted the ball while on defense and squarely planted her punt on the hind end of the referee! She couldn't help but smile and we all got a good laugh out of it. She also raised some crowd reaction when slippping in some mud and landing on her rear, leaving a muddy souvenir on her hind end! Thankfully it didn't rain on us today. We went out for pizza with Tonya & Petyon and Sara & Maddie J. and got home about 9:45 tonight. Whew... a fun but long day! Just for your interest (or not), Madison's flames team is comprised of 11 girls and here is a sample of their names... there's our Madison M., Madison P., Madeline, Maddie, Moriah, and Mackinzie. If someone yells out a generic "Maddy"... 4 girls kind of wonder if they are the ones being hollared at!

Well, it's late, I better get a good night's sleep tonight. Often it's the 2nd day after a short night that I feel most of the fatigue. M, Q and I did get a cat nap on the way to Chesterton so that was good.

Love to All,
Leah

Thursday's report...

Hello All,

Madison's CYS team played the #1 team tonight and ..... TIED! (Ughhhh). Even worse it was 0-0. Let's just say it was a bit stressful. Oh well, it's better than losing I guess. That's our 4th tie this year.

Not much new to report today. Tony is mowing the lawn now and the kids are outside on their scooters. Tomorrow is the last day for ISTEP testing and Madison will be most glad... she's says school is SO boring this week. Quinn didn't have to take them this year... last year of "freedom".

My presentation this morning went well. The RN's said they learned new information so that was good. I had too much planned and had to skip some info (better than not enough).

Tomorrow night Tony and I will be at the White Sox baseball game in Chicago with Rollpak. The kids will be with Terry & Karla at the MCC Sale and then staying overnight. I won't post until after Saturday's wild day of 3 soccer games. Hope the Hawks win!

Until then...

Love to all, Leah