Dad is doing okay - still in pain but not as bad. Deacon Bob came up today and visited with him and gave him communion - Aunt Rita also stopped in - mom said he is eating good but then again after he eats he is feeling bad. It's all a game and a balancing act of the meds and the foods and what will work and don't work. It can be exhausting. I know after the scare this week, they as long as us have been getting things ready - as hard as it is and as painful it is, he just wants to make sure everything is taken care of.

On a lighter note, I found this quote by Erma Bombeck - mom has always liked her and I laughed when I read this, because we have one box that we pass around in our family especially at Christmas time - it has become such a joke now, that we don't care what the present is, we just want to be that lucky one to get that box.

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.

Also wanted to say CONGRATS to my nephew Case (Jen's oldest) he was accepted and is going to Notre Dame College - he has worked so hard and he has always wanted to go there. We are very proud of him, now Jen and Bill just have to find that big money tree out back to hit a few thousand times - WOW - is college expensive, especially that one. I just can't believe he is graduating this year - time flies by so quickly.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys the weather and hopefully gets to some Easter egg hunts.

Much love to all,