1-19-09

Whew, another long week gone by...Gwen was on-call and it seemed to be a long week with the kids. Jim did his usual week of working hard, with a few Suns games in between. Well to start at the beginning, Monday was parent/teacher conference, Reagan is doing well and is very SHY in class (huh?). That night Steve brought Cara by after their birthday dinner for cake. The kids loved having her here for birthday cake. Then it was more of our "24" :-) Tuesday John went to the ENT and his tubes looked good, but there might be other things going on with his breathing so we are currently doing nose spray. We watched one of Reagan's friends after her school and then it was Webelos and Jim's church night. Reagan had a chance to play with one of her church friends on Wed & Thur since she was out of school due to PT conferences. Thursday night was Enrichment and it was about preparedness and Gwen got some new ideas for 72 hr kits that she had never thought of before and then they showed everyone how to use the stake canner. Anna, Gwen's Webelos pal, brought a ton of M&M's to can :-) smart girl! Friday was good but long. First Gwen took the kids to Sam's to have the van tire fixed. Then off to IKEA, much better without kids, but what's a mom to do...and then to the zoo. This is the first time we've been in awhile and it was good, we saw about 5 animals in 2 hrs cuz the kids loved watching the giraffes and otters. Saturday was Jim's fun day - he went shooting with some guys and then went to his brother's that night. Gwen got some tax stuff done and even ironed church clothes! We hope everyone is well. Love the petersen gang