Leonard Party of 6

well today alyssa cooperated on some pictures after her bath! i have 2 great videos but for whatever reason i can't get them to upload on blogger. i double checked the MB size and they are under the max allowed so i don't know what the problem is. any suggestions? other than that, we are doing great! 20 days of school left! the only downside right now is i was notified by the school yesterday that there probably will NOT be 1/2 day kinder for griffin this coming school year. i am seriously bummed. they are going to decide for sure very soon but it doesn't look good at all. how disappointing. i hope everyone is doing great! xo susan

griffin on his bike looking pretty cool (i think) alyssa in her (savannah's old) barbie jeep power wheels (and sporting a new gymboree outfit too) cuteness from head to toe trying to buckle her seat belt!

capt griffin wondering why the rum is gone :-) ok, a little crossover here...pirate garb but a cowboy pistol... alyssa blurry but cute! arrrrgh, pirate alyssa! "wook at me brover, i a pirate too!" well griffin and alyssa had fun dressing up like pirates a few days ago! she even came in saying "arrrrgh, i pirate!" all is well here. we have battled and overcome the sickies. i ended up with a nasty 24 hour tummy bug last sunday afternoon. oh my i haven't been that sick in quite awhile! but we're all doing better and *knock on wood* none of the kids have gotten the tummy bug! the kids are all doing well, keeping busy and out of most trouble. we have 23 days of school left. i can't wait for summer break! i also can't believe alyssa will be 2 in june. where does the time go? and griffin starting kindergarten? don't get me started.... shane is doing well with his coumadin. his levels are staying steady so far so that is good! he has follow up ap

well it's been awhile! we are still sick. cassandra is better and went back to school on monday. i kept savannah home but sent her yesterday. today she is home again with a fever and bad coughing/congestion. i guess i sent her back to school too early. we'll see. griffin is still congested but it's not slowing him down. i felt horrible yesterday but fine today (thanks, in part, to claritin D). alyssa started out with the virus, ended up with an ear infection and is also cutting her 2 year molars! good times :-) all that said we are laying low. the weather has been strange, very very windy off and on which is hell on allergies. today we are 71 degrees but supposed to be 92 by monday. go figure. i guess we should be thankful for all the breaks but the wind is so bad you can't open windows anyway to enjoy the cooler temps because the house would be covered by a sheet of dirt inside. shane is doing well, his blood levels were a bit high (too thin) so he's doing some adj

Poor sick Alyssa and her colored eggs (she has croup) this coloring thing is pretty cool! it takes longer than i thought it would! cassandra's working on more eggs savannah's all done! some of griffin's finished products! let's work together! would you like to see my eggs? getting started.... busy hands! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh feel the love? so today we dyed easter eggs. cassandra is getting over 6 days of fever and sickness. alyssa has a cold and croup. savannah and griffin were bored from being stuck home so we got our eggs done! they had a blast! even alyssa was happy for the time we were coloring the eggs! all else is well and shane is enjoying being home!

Shane got home today!!! That's all I can say for now! Susan

Well I don't know where to begin... A week ago this past Sunday (so March29th) Shane was having shortness of breath, not feeling himself and some leg pain in his left calf muscle. He went to bed in the afternoon and had night sweats terribly. So Monday morning we went to the doctor. The doc said he had shortness of breath from bad air quality over the weekend and the sore calf was most likely a strained muscle. They gave us some things to look for (changes) and if that happened come in immediately So Tuesday night Shane had a rough night. Sweats again, pain, moaning a lot. I get up Wednesday morning to his leg swollen up, red and hot to the touch. We called the doc and got in immediately. He told us he wanted an ultrasound of his leg. That was scheduled for later in the afternoon. We went to the ultrasound and the tech did his good leg, said all looked great. Got to the other leg....silence. They told us to wait as the doc read the results, came back and told us he has blood clots