Patrick's 5th Birthday

Happy Birthday, Patrick!!! So yesterday was Patrick's 5th birthday! He awoke to our family tradtion: the birthday lion and presents. From Mom and Dad he received a Star Wars lunch box and from Grammy and Pop Pop legos! I'm learning that Legos and Star Wars are a must love for 5 year old boys.

Even though Patrick was a little sick, he still enjoyed his day. This swine flu is everywhere, so I had taken him to the doctor on Monday, but he tested negative. He was still running fever and had to stay home from school. But poor Adam was very sad to leave the birthday excitement, leave the new legos and go to school.

Patrick and Mom spent the morning running errands and planning for his upcoming party, but that all came to a crashing hault. When we picked Adam up from school he was looking really droopy and complaining of a headache. Adam quickly tested positive for the swine flu, and Patrick's earlier negative result changed to a positive. So our exciting birthday morning, turned to a disappointing afternoon. Even Dad has fallen victim!

But don't worry, Patrick's party has been rescheduled and we'll be celebrating soon! Happy Birthday Son!

Disney's Hollywood Studios - Jedi Training

One of the most exciting parts of our recent Disney World vacation was when both P and A, our boys, were chosen from a crowd of kids to go on stage to be trained as Jedi Knights to fight Darth Vader. Both of the boys are really into Star Wars right now and they were so thrilled to be chosen to go on stage. P did a great job, finished his official Jedi training and beat Darth Vader. However, A decided half way through his training that he didn't want to fight Darth Vader and walked off stage. He told us that he "knew Darth Vader would try to 'froze' Han Solo", and he, of course, is Han Solo. (Darth Vader did freeze Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back movie.) P always pretends he is Luke Skywalker, and A pretends he is Han Solo.

Our first blog

Hi family! Well, we have finally gotten around to creating our family's blog. We know it isn't fabulous or thrilling, but it exists! Our purpose is for you to get a glimpse of us and our boys growing older and better. We hope you enjoy our moments as much as we do. Please feel free to reply; it's good to know that someone is out there!