Crazy busy

Things have been nuts around here. Both boys did great this year! Cooper was the only State competitor in Math and made fantastic grades! All As and Bs, pretty good for the first year of Jr. High. Jake also did very well, all As and Bs as well. Both boys made Renaissance all four quarters which is a pretty big honor as well :) So proud of them! We finished up school on Thursday and I started with a little sore throat that night :( Friday was full of packing up my trailer, I get to move into the building next year :) In the afternoon Leasha had planned a field trip for the staff months ago. Jan, our acting principal, made fun of us for having an addiction to Sonic. We happen to enjoy those Route 44 drinks during Happy Hour! Leasha had planned on taking us on a field trip to Sonic on the bus. We definitely didn't want to disappoint her so we all piled into Mr. Bill's bus and took off for Sonic! Mind you, our town is tiny so everyone saw us as we cruised around the square yelling our "woo hoos" to everyone! We even got flashed a couple of times, it was quite comical! Leasha was totally with us in spirit, we all miss her so much! Our new principal, Julie, was able to come along. If we didn't scare her off with our craziness I think she's going to fit right in :)

Through the night my throat was really starting to hurt even more so in the morning on Saturday I went to Springfield to Urgent Care. Sure enough, the wrath of strep throat was back. Along with a right ear infection. No wonder I felt so crappy. I spent the afternoon napping on and off, Cooper was shocked. Mom doesn't nap! Scott and Jake headed down to the cabin to do some more yard work and see if the water was down enough to get to the boat dock. Nope, not without a boat to get to the boat! I didn't feel much better on Sunday at all so we stayed home from church and I continued resting and taking it very easy, I was so wiped out.

Yesterday we just hung out as a family and Scott grilled some amazing tri tips for dinner, they were sooo good! I ate a little too much and paid for that later :( but it was still amazing!

When I woke up this morning my throat wasn't sore! I actually almost felt normal! I had a nurse coming today so I was able to spend the day with Jarika shopping for some final things for her house! While we were at Wal Mart we met the sweetest young lady with Down syndrome! She is 34 and was just precious!!! We close on the house tomorrow but since we are good friends with he current owners, she was nice enough to bring the keys over this afternoon! So, we packed up the van and took our first load to Joplin. Jarika's house isn't close to the tornado damage so we didn't have any trouble getting to the house. We unloaded everything that we had headed down Rangeline to come home. If you've watched the news at all I'm sure you've heard of Rangeline. It's the main street in Joplin. The pix on the news really don't show how it looks in person. It was amazing to see. You're driving along and then all of the sudden there is nothing but completely torn apart buildings, beaten cars everywhere and trees that are completely uprooted and broken all apart. It was amazing to see. I just had Jarika take some pix as we were driving so they aren't very good but you might get a little idea.

There is still so much to be done to get the town back to where it was. It's going to take a very long time, so much is completely destroyed. One of the girls that is moving in with Jarika was working at St. John's hospital when the tornado hit. Fortunately she wasn't hurt but her car was completely destroyed. I'm excited for the girls, they are really excited about the house. It's so cute, they are going to have so much fun there!