The Streetpoet

The reason for their trip down from Washington was to visit a very sick Doug, but they cheered him up and he got better so fast that he’s already out of the hospital and back to work! Shawn and Katy spent the afternoon and evening with us at our house, and I have no words for how wonderful it was to have them here again! Katy is so good about calling me and IMing that it felt like we hadn’t missed a beat in each other’s lives. Shawn played with the boys all day while Katy and I visited and he said he made a friend for life with Seth. 🙂

Thank you so much for your time and friendship, and maybe one of these days I can make it up to Washington to see your beautiful new house!

As they were leaving I let Seth have the camera for the first time…

My man has worked so hard to build a webserver which runs my website and a fileserver on which I work, and he has enjoyed most of it, as a hobby, but I know some things have frustrated him and have been a real challenge. One of those things that challenged him was the installation of PHP. He figured it out and made notes as he went, then published his steps on his website www.peterguy.com. His notes have gained status as the best php installation guide on the internet and people all over the world e-mail him to say thank you and ask questions, which Peter graciously takes the time to answer!  One of these people told him that, “btw, I googled “php install iis 6″ and your site is the first hit!”

So this is a shout out to my smart man who has taken the time to share his knowledge and make the world a better place…or at least save us from some frustrated geeks. 😉

Love ya Babe!

We were able to drive out to Arizona last year for my long time friend, Caitlin Davis’ wedding! Her parents were some of my parents best friends and she so graciously shared her daddy with me and let him give me away to my husband six years ago. They had never met our sons. Seeing them meant so very much to me and I’m grateful that they shared their time with us on such a busy and monumental weekend in their lives! Their place in my heart is deep and forever.

The boys are on the mend, Seth is eating a little more now and Ian and Jerome’s colds are on their way out. The daily routine is not quite back in hand, but we’re grateful to be together! Regina spent her evening with us Wednesday and helped me run errands. I hadn’t been out in a couple weeks and we were out of food and Tylenol! It was so nice to have her help and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with my sister!

The boys have been very creative in their indoor playtime. Seth has taken to drawing on page after page of a pad of paper with very detailed scribbles that he sometimes sees thing in, and sometimes I can see them too! Jerome has been glad to spend a little time with his friends now that the quarantine is over. Here are a few snapshots from our week:

The weekend is finally here! I’m hoping to get a grip on this house before it complete swallows us up!

I woke up this morning thinking we were over the worst of it, none of the boys had fevers and it was gloriously sunshiney outside! I sent them all outdoors for a bit, but that didn’t last long. By this afternoon Seth obviously has an ear infection and a fever again and is crying that he feels bad. 🙁

Jerome and I were actually able to get a reading lesson in today! And although he’s reading very well…I realized we haven’t done any spelling or handwriting yet when he wrote me a note expressing how he feels about being sick.

I loved my note and thought I’d share it with you. 🙂