monday madness...

I love Mondays, I really do. Even though Sunday is the first day of the week, Monday just seems to kick it off for me. Monday is usually my day to get a lot of stuff done. My house is usually clean and I usually have a great "to do" list that I'm rapidly checking the boxes on. Today, not so much. I think it might be the sawdust that cast a light blanket over my entire house during this project that we have been working on. I'm definitely looking forward to cleaning tomorrow (don't laugh) since we are done with the dust making... now somebody else gets to finish the work!
Thursday we went to the zoo. Em's school had a field trip to the zoo and Nick was a chaperone! He went with the class and rode the bus and he even had three little girls, including Em, under his wing. One of the little girls insisted on holding his hand the entire time that we were walking around. It was super cute! They really had so much fun and it was evident by Em's shirt... the only part of her shirt that was truly white was where her name tag was, everything else was a little dirty! Ethan and I met them there and we stayed a bit longer than the school so that we could get a look at the tiger and lions. Ethan was so fascinated and definitely did not want to leave. Totally honest... he was asleep before I even had time to put the stroller in the back of my truck and get in the driver's seat. I heard him startle when I shut the rear door of the truck. Poor guy, he was so exhausted and he slept for 3 1/2 hours!
We spent the rest of the weekend working on projects and we also spent some time with family.
I received an update on Ryan today. He will possibly have surgery this Thursday, but nothing is definite.
Another prayer request... Josh, a guy that also went to West Point with Nick, just found out that his dad has colon cancer. Please pray for his dad Polo.
And another... Nick's grandma Stoney went home this past week to be with her friend Rose who recently found out she had cancer. Rose passed away yesterday and she was Grandma's closest friend. Grandma is, no doubt, going to miss Rose dearly.

Happy Monday!
Angie