Today the travels begin to re-unite our family in Philadelphia!!! Months ago we'd planned a family weekend trip to Chicago to watch my Northwestern Wildcats play Eastern Illinois University in football. If you haven't picked up on it yet, I'm a big NU fan and with my brother Chad having taught a few years at EIU, it seemed like a natural fit for the Carlson side of our family to make a trip out of this weekend to see the game. So, this morning Peyton, Myles, Bryce (Chad and Kathi's youngest), Grandma Sue, Papa Bob, Aunt Bethany (we're meeting her somewhere on her way from Ann Arbor), and I are driving to the Lincoln Park Zoo and then to the football game. Chad, Kathi, and Brielle will meet us at the zoo after watching Brielle, the families lone hope, so far, to be the next Alex Morgan or Karly Lloyd and maybe our only hope (if we have a girl, chances are probably not great for her to be a World Cup Soccer superstar...that's okay, maybe she'll enjoy tractors as much as her brothers do and will be a diesel mechanic - "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" will hopefully be her favorite song!!) play in her rec. soccer game. I feel badly for whoever has to sit between Peyton and Bryce in their car seats in the back...guess why I volunteered to drive our van!!!!
We've had a VERY busy week here in Zeeland and capped it off last night by having dinner with Chad and Kath and getting to the Hope volleyball match.
The boys really enjoy watching volleyball (must run in the jeans - or spandex in that case - remember I married a volleyball player - and I'm sure the spandex didn't hurt in getting me to go watch Shawna play at Hope!!). I think we're packed up for the trip to Chicago, where we'll stay overnight before heading to the airport in the morning and flying to Philly. The boys are PUMPED!! We've got their new John Deere backpacks full of entertainment for the flight (thanks to Mike and Emily Aldrich....you guys are the best) but I'm not sure they'll need anything more than just being on the airplane and a few suckers and M&M's.
I'm sure you all just read Shawna's blog from last night!! Great news about the babies brain already re-adjusting. What a relief and reassurance that we made the right decision to go through with the surgery as this was the main reason we wanted the procedure done. Thank God, as well, for a healthy Shawna, besides the blood clot. Hopefully you were able to pick up on a bit more of the medical terminology and lingo from Shawna's blog. I get lost with all of that stuff. Just ask Chevron Fickel, a science teacher who I teach with, who had to correct me numerous times yesterday when I was trying to explain the surgery to him and probably mixed up the terms "fetus", "uturis", and "placenta" numerous times (see, I can't even spell them write...just kidding...right). We're approaching 37, slowly but surely. Speaking of 37, check out the picture I was sent by the Hamilton High School Boy's Tennis Team (I have been the varsity boys tennis coach at Zeeland West the past 5 years and have had to take a sort of leave of absence from that for obvious reasons).
Look at the numbers on the scorecards....how cool is that!
Shawna and Janet were visited by her Aunt Peggy and cousin Jessie yesterday and had a great time catching up with them.
As you can see, Shawna can get up a little bit to enjoy the great porch at the Haverford digs and get some fresh air but is sticking to her doctors (and Jockstraps) orders of strict bedrest. Just a little over a week of that before we can maybe start to het out and about a bit more in her hot wheels (wheelchair). Hoping for a great weekend and looking forward to getting the Carlson Clan back together for a week in PA!!
Go Cats!!
CHOOSING JOY (from Zeeland for the last time for a week)
-Jeff
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