The Irony of it All...

A CATHOLIC Priest getting arrested at a "CATHOLIC" University for defending the CATHOLIC moral teachings against abortion.

This just makes me sick to my stomach.

Hi Lo: May 29th

HI's:
1) John-Paul's blood test showed no peanut allergy!! Yay!! Now we have a "peanut challenge" scheduled for July when he will have to eat pb at the allergist's office to make sure his body reacts okay.

2) I have been eating more fruits and veggies lately. Actually, my last two dinners have been vegetarian fajitas, and veggie burgers with corn on the cob. Yum!

3) We are almost done taking down the wallpaper in the house, and have the painters scheduled to come on June 20th.

4) WIPEOUT started this week. This show is so stinkin funny, and I'm not usually one for game shows or Funniest-Video-type shows, but this one is awesome!

5) On a similar note, So You Think You Can Dance also started recently - I am not a dancer, but I love to watch these young people bust a move (I sound so old when I say that!).

6) Even though we travelled this week, I still managed to exercise (run) in MD.

Last night, while Phil was at Tee Ball practice with John-Paul, I was pooped, but made myself suffer through Level One and Level Two of this:

And you know what? Afterwards, I felt so much better. Exercise really is my medication!

LO's:
1) Maggie's ear tube surgery was scheduled for Wed morning, but when Phil brought her in for the pre-op appointment on Tues, the anaesthesiologist said he wouldn't put her under because her lungs didn't sound good. She has a cold and little cough, as well as a low-grade fever that comes and goes.

So, we went to out pediatrician on Wed to get her checked out, and he said her lungs sounded fine, and to get her a chest x-ray to prove the anaesthesiologist wrong. I took her to the hospital to get the x ray, and it came back clean. Now we are waiting until June 3rd (the next available surgery).

It's so frustrating because she has been on antibiotics for soooo long, and she was perfectly healthy while we had to wait for the surgery but then got sick right before. The pediatrician says the reason she has the fever/cold is because her little body is trying to fight off an infection being caused from all the fluid in her ears.

What were your highs and lows this week?

Last weekend

So last Friday morning at 4 am, we buckled our sleepy children into their carseats and headed out to Maryland. It is about an 8 hour trip for us, so we like to leave early and let the kids sleep for awhile.

My in-laws live in MD, and we had a very important reason for travelling there last weekend - Phil's dad became a Deacon! The Ordination was on Saturday at the Cathedral, and it was very beautiful. I believe there were 12 permanent Deacons being ordained that day. After the Mass, all the grandkids started calling him "Deacon Gramps", although one of my nephews couldn't articulate it clearly and called him "Bacon Gramps" - ha!

We had a cookout on Sunday, complete with s'mores around the fire. My in-laws have a huge backyard and it was in the 80's, so we were outside almost the whole weekend! Our kids got to play with their cousins they hardly ever see, so they were in Heaven.

We had a nice time, the kids were soooooo good in the car on Fri and Mon, and we're headed back down in about 3 weeks while our house is being painted.

Enjoy more pictures in the Memorial Weekend slideshow! (at the bottom)

Way Back When-sday: May 27th

This isn't as scandalous as it looks!

This is Phil's household from Franciscan University of Steubenville - he is standing second from right. He was probably about 20 here.

This picture was taken during a retreat, right after playing Ultimate Frisbee (his favorite thing to do).

Why do guys like to get so muddy and smelly???

I'll never understand it.

Gratituesday: May 26th

Today I am thankful for the genius who thought about this:

Can't eat pork,

Swine flu...

Can't eat chicken,

Bird flu...

Can't eat Beef,

Mad cow...

Can't eat eggs,

Salmonella...

Can't eat fish,

Heavy metal poisons in their waters...

Can't eat fruits and veggies,

Insecticides and herbicides...

Hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe that leaves Chocolate and ice cream!!!!!!!!

Remember - - - 'STRESSED' spelled backwards is 'DESSERTS'

What a clever child

John-Paul (after putting on his new flip-flops):

"Hey, when you wear flip-flops, it's like your big toe is in time out from the others!"

I know I'm his mom, but that's pretty funny :)

Have a wonderful Memorial Day everybody!!