This is Joel with a couple of his buddies on his first day of school. :( Well, it feels like fall but it is not! Where is the scorching hot summer? Joel is back at school. He has made it just over a week but not after coming home ONCE feeling sick. He was fine once he got home. I think he is stressed because... his teacher's husband died and I have to get gall bladder surgery. Separately they are manageable but together they cause a little boy to stress. His teacher's husband's death is terribly sad. I went to the funeral yesterday. It was a really hard one to go to. They have three kids and a large extended family. Two of the three kids go to Joel's school. I will be FINE after my gall bladder is taken out. Surgical consult is Monday. ON to happier thoughts. WE had a SUPER DUPER AWESOME weekend because BRETT came to visit as well as UNCLE Greg! There is nothing Aaron, Joel and I love more than having people we love at our house. We pl