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For the last two weeks we have been sick. None of us were sick the entire time, and most of us weren't sick for most of the time, however for the last two weeks we've had at least one person sick on every day. Mike took a covid test, and it was negative, but it is hard to believe that it wasn't covid given how long it has lasted. Mike and Rea were the ones who were sick for the longest, so they have been trying to take it easy and recover while Alison and the other older kids picked up the slack. The kids were pretty helpful, however, despite that Alison has been doing so much that she has been feeling like Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle. On two weeks ago Sunday we went to the Wilson's kids baptism. They had two kids getting baptized and we went to watch and celebrate with them. They play board games and RPGs with us, so we are good friends with the family. That Monday the kids had their big end of the year presentation at school, which was fun. Mike took time o

This last week we failed to write a blog post, so this week will be a twofer. Last week we celebrated Easter by doing activities every single day. On Monday we remembered Jesus cleansing the temple by playing the game clean up your own backyard. This year that consisted of having a bunch of balled up socks in the carpeted room and making a line down the middle of the room. We divided into two teams and each team attempted to rid their "yard" of socks. Given the fact that in previous years Mike would cheat by hoarding up a bunch of socks and then throwing them all at the same time which was totally unfair we had rules this year to prevent that from happening. By the time that the timer ran out neither team had won, so we ended the game. We made the game 3 minutes this year, however Alison felt that it was still too long. Perhaps next year we will make it shorter. Caitlin and Sal's kids came over to our house for multiple days this week. Caitlin and Sal were going on a conv

Rea and Alison got new glasses this week. Rea has never had glasses before, and they help her see much better than she did before. They are green and very cute. Some of the other kids that didn't have to wear glasses are jealous of her, however, we told them that they can get sunglasses if they want to the next time that we go to savers. From Tuesday to Wednesday the kids had a sleep over at the Poulson's house, so Alison and Mike got to have about 24 hours without kids. We went shopping, made a fancy dinner, watched a move, and had a very quiet day. It was nice, although we were happy to get the kids back when it was over. On Friday our internet broke, and Mike spent a lot of time trying to get it working again. It was finally working by Friday night. Mike nearly canceled our account with the company, since they said they couldn't fix it for three days, but persistence paid off for now. Friday night we had our first meeting regarding Welcome Corp with Craig and Julie. They