A short update . . . . .

I haven't blogged in a while, so here's a quick update:

A couple weeks ago our friends the Petersons came for a visit (I will hopefully be putting more pictures of the visit up on our family blog).

Me and Sarah

Last week we got sick with the flu!! All of us except Mom and Emmy got it to some degree or another. Anja got it the worst, and everyone except Dad and I threw up. We got over it in a couple days, except for Anja, who was sick for about 6 or 7 days. It's so hard when the littlest ones are sick!

On Saturday (the 10th) Zack and I went to a Civil War Ball with a bunch of friends. The dance went from 7-midnight, and was an absolute BLAST!!! The only down fall was it was 2 hours away, and with daylight savings we lost an hours worth of sleep!! But we made it up the next night. Here are a few pictures of the dance (I may post more once I get them):

Zack is the 3rd guy from the left in the guys' line (he's kind of hard to see, but he's got on a dark suit and black cowboy hat)

My good friend, Dana, and I

On Sunday the boys, Aleks and I went to a square dance at our friends farm. Lots of our friends were there, and it was a lot of fun! (most of the people there had gone to the Civil War Ball, and were all pretty tired!)

This week is pretty normal, and on Sunday we're going to visit Dad's parents for a couple days, which we're all looking forward to!