Friends...Brian checking in...I don't pretend to know what happened to the website temporarily, but we're back in business thanks to the kind and skilled help of the wizards behind the cure4treebeard curtain.  Thank you very much Andres and Rorik - you guys are awesome.

Life here is very good.  We've been watching the leaves turn, watching the Steelers, watching the boys thrive at school, keeping our eyes open to the miracles of this season.  The boys both got their regular flu shots this weekend thanks to the kindness and professionalism of Dr. Hefner's office (thanks Melanie!)  We've been out and about enjoying the season - been on a few geocaches, chased a few wild turkeys.  The trampoline has been a real hit now that it's not too hot to be out for longer periods - the boys like to mix it up out there, and they like me to come on in as the "ninja master" and put them through some "ninja training."  Really good times, believe me.

Medically, they moved JT to an every-three-week schedule after last week's visit.  We all really hope that this works for his skin.  If it does, it means less traveling, less exhaustion for Jodi, more time in school for JT, more time at home for both of them - it's a big change for the better.

The only health-related school concern has been overheating, especially after indoor recess.  Jodi and JT's teacher spoke about it yesterday and he brought a spray bottle with him today and it seemed to go better - he told us that the spray bottle "saved me."  His teacher continues to be great, and JT really likes her.  We look forward to learning more about how he's doing during the upcoming parent-teacher conferences.

We're uncertain what H1N1 means, but in that regard we're just like everyone else.  JT is obviously in a "high-risk" group, so we'll have to be vigilant as the flu season winds up to full speed.  Please pray for us that we (and especially JT and Justy) make it through the year unscathed.

Thanks so much for checking in with us.  We'll try to do a better job of updating more often in the coming months.