Friday

We have a busy day planned tomorrow. We are getting our marriage license, taking my ring to get cast, running by Scott's house (Robert's brother), then going to pick up Ryan (Dana's 3 year old) at Ft Myers. We are so excited about having him for the weekend while Dana and Clint are in Sanibel Island. He is so excited about coming to see the "gerbils," which are actually mini hamsters, the cats and Pippin (my Jack Russell.) The "gerbils" are at the top of his list, though. Thank goodness, because tonight we noticed that they are very different (in the rear area), so Ryan is #1 on the list for baby gerbils!!!! YEAH!!! Dana told him I was having a bad day and he got on the phone today and said, "Aunt Shannie, It's a good day!!! I'm packing to come see you!!" How can you beat that??? Children can change a challenging day into a blessing with just a few words!!! It's been one of those weeks (actually a couple of weeks) where I have seriously thought Candid Camera was following me and people were playing pranks on me. Not so!! It's all real!! One day I'm going to write a book about the weird crap I hear. Aliens, chicken suits, Brits taking over the world, RN's working at TJMaxx, that's just the stuff lately. Anyway, keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we draw nearer to the big day and trying to get everything smoothed out and done.

Love,
Shannon and Robert