Parentheticals

On Monday the grandmas took Rea and Sara out to shop for new clothing. They had a lot of fun and got good clothes. It is nice that they can go shopping for themselves now because they get clothing that they like a lot. And each of them is able to show their own personal style. Elsa says that she loves cats so much, and that her favorite cat is jello. She loves to play with cats and loves that they are so cute and fluffy.  On Tuesday we went shopping for groceries and also were given some berry bushes by Grandpa Mike. Sara got a bunch of strawberry plants, and Mike got a few raspberry bushes and a blackberry bush as well. We got them late at night, however, so we didn't plant them immediately.  Wednesday we planted out the bushes and Mike fixed the sprinklers so that they will water the new bushes. There is still one zone not running currently, so Mike still has to do some more work, but it is closer to being able to be turned on  On Friday nights since Amy told us about the high li

Monday afternoon this week Alison began to feel sick. Mike took off the day Tuesday to help her feel better by taking care of the kids. On Wednesday, she thought that she was feeling better, so Mike went back to work. However she was feeling awful and throwing up again Wednesday night, so Mike took Thursday off. Alison felt better Friday and took it easy Friday and Saturday to avoid a relapse, so we think she's all better now. (Hopefully)  On Monday night (right after Alison began getting sick) we (Mike and the kids that is) went to the tulip festival with grandparents Poulson. Elsa says that the kids had a lot of fun at it, and that she liked the dragon the best. Gideon said that he had a fun time, however Gideon also says that he was sad because he didn't get to keep the map.  On Wednesday we did chair soccer for activity dudes, which is a game where each person has a chair that they have to defend and everyone tries to kick the soccer ball and hit everyone else's chair t