Life

We really haven't had much going on this week. On Thursday I had lunch with Shana, Jenn and Tif, which was a lot of fun. We've been getting together every week and have lunch at my house or at Jenn's (we are the only ones with kids so we figure it's best to keep it at our houses for their benefit).
Barry has been studying for his exam that he takes on Thursday. The kids and I have been trying to stay out of his hair so he can get as much studying in as possible. He is going to take Wednesday off and just relax for the day. Then he is going to stay the night in Madison by the testing center. After he finishes his test the plan in to head for Omaha and stay the night there and then caravan to Heber with Erin, Lynn and gang.
We are all getting excited to be back with our families. It's been over a year since we've all been out there. Tanner and Kara are especially excited to see all of their Grandma's and Grandpa's on our trip.
Now I just have to pack! This stresses me out a little, I've got to do laundry and I'd like to have the house clean before we leave and this includes the basement. We had some pretty heavy rain this last week and on Tuesday morning Barry went down to the basement to study and stepped into a puddle of water. He discovered the drain by our washer and dryer was clogged, so water had accumulated during the night. Once Barry used the plunger on it, all the water drained. We only had a few things out on that side of the basement and they didn't get damaged, they just got really wet. The next night it rained hard again and water came in again, but luckily it wasn't as much and it all drained. I'm just hoping that nothing crazy happens while we're gone.