Being Sick is Lame.

So, not much to say about this week. We were all sick with a cold. Sore throats, coughing, stuffed sinuses, and mild fevers. Hillary caught it first then Claire then me. Not much to say about it. We've all been there and know what it is like - LAME. So we will leave it at that.

In other news Hillary is getting ready for finals. They are "only 3 weeks away" her wording not mine, my wording would be they are "still three weeks away." I suppose it is all just a matter of perspective. In any case she has been studying pretty much non stop to get ready 8-5 everyday even Saturday. She is way dedicated and I have to admire that. She even still plays with Claire every evening. Which is good because Claire loves it.

I finished reading A. Lincoln and have about 150 pages left in Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. A. Lincoln was spectacular, read more like a novel than a biography (well don't get the wrong idea...it wasn't like readying Oscar Wilde, Brandon Mull or Jane Austin or anything like that...but as far as biographies go it might as well have been Harry Potter)....(But then again...I actually have never read Harry Potter so who knows I guess...) In any case I would recommended it to anyone. The Joseph Smith book is fairly dry. Well written, yes. Full of interesting detail and fact, yes. Sometimes annoyingly truthful, yes. But at times somewhat dry. Overall a good read. I would only recommend it, however, to someone looking for a biography of Joseph written in the biographical tradition. Meaning, it discusses Joseph's strengths, weaknesses, success and failures as man, rather than solely his success as a Prophet.

Claire's new favorite books: The Berenstein Bears. She can't get enough of them. But of course Winnie the Pooh and The Lion King are still the favorites. I'm pretty sure that a day doesn't go by without reading at least one or the other..... "Mufasa" ooooooohhh...say it again....Mufasa..."

Here is a picture of what the week pretty much went like for me: