How big of a geek are you? I am...

10% Geek
Okay I finally did it! I took the geek test. I was pretty excited that I only came up as 10% geek, and I think it is because I do like to read a lot, I am enjoying my blog as well as others, and I like to e-mail. So, if that makes me a bit of a geek, then I guess I am and I am having fun being one.

24th of July

With Ethan, finally feeling better (yea!'bout time!), we headed to my parents yesterday for lunch to celebrate my Dads birthday and also the 24th of July (a day set to honor our pioneer heritage) with my brothers and sisters. We meet around 1:00 pm, ate lunch and hung around catching up with everyone. It was very relaxing, especially for the Men....

So I caught Jim napping...

Rick Napping...

John napping...

And my dad napping!

So, I know you are all just so jealous about what a lively group we are! So I went on a quest to see who else could be sleeping....

I then found Ciahlee catching up on a few zzz's

then I found Lauryn, Taylor and Katie pretending to sleep.

I told you, we are just so lively! We are available for your next family gathering! HAHAHA! I did find a few people awake and alert (mostly the women folk, who preferred not to be pictured..)....

Tyler goofing off

and Drew playing cell phone games.

The other kids I believe were running around and playing with the kitty, Mike and Robin had went for a walk. Cathy, Terry and kids had to leave early (Cathy still does daycare and those who ever has done daycare you rarely have a day off).

So seeing that we were at my parents, I got to see Taylor's black eye. She told me she hit it on the car door. And she admits the car won!

Ouch! It Looks like that hurt! Grandma says she never cried though.

So after staying awhile at my parents we went to visit the Keegans. Declan and Ben are so cute together!

So that was basically our day. It was nice and relaxing. Today, though we are back to the 'ole grindstone.

When will the sickness ever end?

Ethan still has a fever. He has had this since Friday. I'm done to say the least. As soon as We think he is feeling better, suddenly his fever spikes back up to 103.5. The poor kid is getting restless, which is a good sign I suppose since he wants to get up and do things. He still isn't eating and that is starting to get to me a bit. On a brighter side, Taylor, who has been staying at my parents since Saturday, hasn't gotten sick. However, I did hear she gave herself a black eye. Apparently she got in an argument with a door. Poor kid! Haven't seen it but I hear its quite colorful!

A New Home for Lucy

So yesterday we said goodbye to Lucy, our cat. We found her a new home. They kids were all able to say their goodbyes, and even begged to keep her until I reminded them it was their job to take of her and they hadn't been and if we did keep her they would ALL need to share the responsibility of taking care of her. That quickly changed their minds again. We will all miss her at least a little bit, even John who doesn't really like cats. What we won't miss is her litter box, her getting on the table after the numerous times we get her down, her scratches on the kids and furniture, the kids hording her and chasing her (just basically not leaving her alone), and the tattling on her (yes you read that right, my kids added her to their list of who to tattle on).

Any-whoo, she is in a better place where little kids won't be harassing her constantly. I loaded her up in the car with Taylor and Ben and took her to her new home. She went to live with my parents. I know shocker! I was shocked too, my dad just loves her though and now she is his responsibility (yep you read that right too, Mom said its Dads cat and he has to take care of her). She will be well taken care of , and the kids are glad they are able to visit and play with her. We are now back to our pet -free life. Goodbye Lucy! We will miss you, sorta.