Update time!

I am not sure were to begin on updating everyone on what we have been up to. I guess I will begin with Dave. On the 5th of this month, Dave was invited to a Texans game with his boss, the salesmen at his company, and the customers they work for. They sat in a luxury box and got to watch the Texans lose horribly. Dave said it was fun but he wished we could have come along. Thursday of this past week, Dave went to Dallas with his boss and the other manager trainee at his work for a budget meeting. On Thursday of this week, he will be going on a golf outing with some people from work and then they are having a dinner together. It will be a great opportunity to break in his brand new clubs he has had sitting in our garage. The girls and I have been up to one thing- being sick. Two weeks ago, I had to stay home from school to take care of the girls. They both had colds. Finally they were well enough to take to school last Tuesday and when we got there, the power was out. That morning we had had a really bad thunder storm roll through and it knocked out the power for the entire street the church/school is on. School got canceled for that day. Thursday we finally got to go back to school were it turns out we all picked up some more germs. After school Thursday, the girls and I were headed for San Antonio because Jennifer was having two baby showers over the weekend. Friday Ally woke up with a runny nose. Dave came to San Antonio late Friday night. Saturday was Jennifer's first baby shower. It was hosted by Wes' (Jennifer's husband) side of the family. My sister Grace, my mom and I went to that. It was a very nice shower. They had had all of the guest bring a card with a bible verse that they thought would help Jennifer, Wes, and baby. I thought that was an awesome idea and it was really good to hear the verses of encouragement. After the shower, we went home and got the girls and Dave to go out to dinner. Sunday I woke up feeling horrible. I was so nauseous and my stomach hurt really bad. I tried to hold it together to help get ready for Jennifer's second shower hosted by my mom, sisters and me. As the day wore on, I felt worse and worse. As I got to the shower, my body started aching. My first thought was that I got the flu. Dave and the girls had left for Houston early that morning and I was to head back after the shower but as people started arriving, I knew I wasn't going to last. I tearfully said goodbye to my family and left the shower right as it started. I was so dissapointed that I wasn't going to get to share that experience with my family. My drive back to Houston was the worst 3 hours of my life! I was having a really hard time trying to stay awake. My body was shutting down. I ached in every bone in my body. My eyes were swollen and red and I was feeling really nauseous. My brother called me to get directions and I am so glad he did. It helped take my mind off being sick. I finally made it back home and I immediately went and took a long hot bath. I didn't do much else besides lay on the couch the rest of the evening. Monday morning I wasn't much better so Dave took the day off to take care of the girls. I slept most of the morning and forced myself out of bed for the afternoon. I couldn't stand for very long because my stomach hurt so bad. I am not sure what I was sick with. I tried to look up symptoms on Webmd, but that didn't help me. Dave was so sweet, he went grocery shopping for me. I hadn't done my weekly shopping because we were out of town, but he went and got the neccessities. I felt well enough to make dinner and then I crashed on the couch for the rest of the night. This moring I am feeling 75% better. I can stand up without feeling nauseous. I called in sick for work, again but I am glad I did. Emily started coughing Sunday and the runny nose came shortly after that. I am really dissapointed at how much the girls keep getting sick. I may have to re-evaluate my job at the school if the girls are going to keep getting sick.
So that is what we have been up to. This coming weekend we are supposed to go to Dallas to see Dave's parents and to go to the State Fair. We are really looking forward to seeing them and hopefully we will be clean of our sick germs.