Fevers and Snakes and Church...OH MY!!

Two weeks have ended and we all have survived being away from Wisconsin. Life is very quiet and sometimes a little boring, when you do not know a soul and have no activites. We all are looking forward to school starting next week Wednesday. The boys and I have enjoyed the pool during the week when Mark is at work. But it has been so very hot here, we can not be in the pool all day. Last week it top 98. That was HOT. We had a bout of some virus this past week. It started with Jack on Wednesday. Fever, sore throat, stomach ache. Typical signs of Strep throat in our family. We took him to a walk in clinic but the rapid strep was negative. Friday, Ben was not his normal self. By 11 o'clock he was begging to take a nap. If you know Ben at all, that is NOT like him. His fever was hovering around 102 and for 2 hours I tried to get him to take some kids Advil. Well he finally listened to me. That ended up being a mistake on my part. He was resting in my bedroom. The medicine upset his stomach. (Can you see where this is headed to?) His breakfast of blueberries could not stay down any longer. Up they came, in our room, on the brand new white-ish carpet. The sight was not pretty. I stayed calm and took care of my son first. For the first time in our marriage, Mark works less than 10 minutes from home. I called him and told him-not asked-told him, he needs to come home with a steam cleaner. Luckily with some oxyclean, the mess was cleaned up with no stains. Never a dull moment in my family!! Chase came down ill yesterday afternoon. High fever, headache and sore throat. Luckily Advil, Tylenol and rest cured his sickness. We will lay low today. I am hopeful it has passed. I am thankful that it was quick.

Church Shopping Update. We went to church #2 yesterday morning. It is St. Andrew's Lutheran Church. It is the same synod as Our Savior's in WI. The church service was nice for us. It had the same flow, we knew what to expect next. One HUGE deterrent for us was we were mosty likely the youngest people at the service. I am guessing 95% of the members are over 60. Not exactly what we are looking for. We will keep looking. I know the Lord has a perfect church for us.

Next to our house are open lots. Mark mowed on of them as a baseball field for the boys. The boys came running in to tell me "Dad ran over and killed a snake" I was thinking a small green snake-no big deal. I go out there and the snake was not little. This is gross, but part of the body was missing and it still was big. HOW GROSS. I was a little creeped out thinking that a snake that big was living so close to me and my family. How many more are lerking in the grass?

Ben is not yet enrolled in a school. We have toured three. I am hoping to tour one more. The class I think best suits Ben is full, but we are the first on the waiting list. I have been praying that we get a chance to have Ben in the school. I will keep you posted.

Have a great week.

Missing WI- Lisa