Chad has been gone to New York all week for work and he finally comes home today! Yeah! I have always had respect for single mothers (and single dads), but I guess it is nice to be reminded sometimes. I propose a National Holiday for the single parents of the world. I would be all for it. I would be willing to buy presents and everything. They could even wear a sash like Ms. America and we could throw confetti on them every time they walk into a store (cause heaven know how hard that is with three kids). So, after a one week trial. . . I solute you, single parents of the world. May God bless you.



Besides Chad's obvious absence, it has been pretty busy lately with soccer games, dance and a lot of school functions. Today Abby had her big "Unusual Pet Show" in Kindergarten (photo below), then Carson had a field trip to Wheeler Farm. Since I was already carting all three of them to the farm, I decided to throw some matching shirts in my bag and take some much needed family photos. (try not to notice Carson's Space Monkey tattoo).
Abby's unusual pet named Micheal (I'm not sure why).

In other news. . .for those of you who don't know, Amy and Justin had their new baby girl two weeks ago and you can see some cute new pictures on their blog. She's darling, and I am super excited to go and see them in a couple of weeks.

My dad is home recovering from his prostate cancer surgery and doing great! He is a super tough guy, I am so proud of him and I love him tons! Everything went very well and he will be doing push ups before you know it.

Chad's parents have also been out of the scene for awhile. After visiting Justin in Vegas, they are now in Arizona for the trial and it looks like they are going to be there for quite some time. We miss them tons and the kids are going crazy! We know how important this is and we just want them to know how much we love and miss them.