Great weekend with Tara and Todd, Carli and Jeremy. So nice to have lots of noise and laughter in the house again. Not to say that Ted and I are boring or anything...

Tara's little dachshund Coney (coney dog, get it?)came home not knowing that she was going under the knife. She was going into heat, and they don't want puppies, so grandpa Ted spayed her late last night. By this morning she was running and jumping like nothing happened. Why can't it be that easy for humans? I would've signed up long ago !!

Carli has her labwork and chest x-ray tomorrow. Please keep praying! Then her appointment with Dr. Stallings is on Tuesday afternoon after she plays with dead people at school. Well, not plays....just cuts and learns....would freak me out, I think. Cadavors are a great way to learn, but a little weird. She said "I see dead people...really". Yikes.

so far she says that it will be hard, especially her biomechanics. Plus, they assume that everyone knows a lot of medical terminology and such. Will be a challenge, but she's been challenged before and done very well.

Talked to Kelsie via Skype this evening. So nice to see her and hear her voice. What did we do before all of this technology? I say that we had more time to do important things but now we sit at the computer...oh well, a sign of the times which has it's positives and negatives. Kelsie sounds like she's having a good time, and there were kids talking and laughing in the background. She's still at the beach this week with the Italian lessons, then on to Florence this coming weekend.