hi...

I'm so sorry I haven't been posting lately. I have been so busy. Even now I just don't have much to say, but I just had to at least let you know that we are still alive. We have been mostly just busy with work (and Ethan with school). Our weeks are falling into a routine...

Alarms go off earlier than I ever knew was possible and John and I spend about 15 minutes drinking coffee on the sofa and catching up. Then John leaves to get an early start for work while I get ready, wake Ethan up and get him ready for school. I drop Ethan and our neighbor's son off at school around 7:45 and drive about 40 minutes to work. John's parents pick Ethan up at noon, and then John gets him when he's done working (anywhere from early to late afternoon depending on the day). I arrive home anywhere from 6:00 to 7:00p.m. By the time the weekend rolls around, the house is a mess and there are countless loads of laundry to catch up on. Then there's church on Sunday. And then it's Monday morning again. I'm sure that only three days have gone by sometimes, and it turns out to be two weeks!

So that's the short version... I will write more later, but as you can tell, I'm tired. I miss you guys...