We are still around, just having the kind of summer that doesn't feel like summer except it is too hot to be anything else.  I just finished my 6 credit CNA course this week, that ran for 7 weeks, 4 days a week.  It was hard to spend most of the day Sateurday and sunday at the hospital for clinicals instead of with my family doing fun summer stuff like swimming and camping!  Now that I am "free", I am not really free.  We are expecting a new little one in January, and the doctor has put me on bedrest.  I had an ultrasound and he found a chorion amniotic separation.  It is a pocket of fluid between the amniotic sac and the uterus, and I guess could rupture and cause a miscarriage.  So, until I see the specialist and hear otherwise, here I sit.  Hopefully he will give me good news so I can finally get up and clean my house, that is very rapidly deteriorating.  Other than that, we are doing well.  The boys also love swimming, although Jackson still likes to use a lifejacket most of the time.  Conner is getting braver and braver with his doggie paddling, and thinks he can swim in the deep end.  He also just taught himself how to ride his 2 wheeler, and in spite of a few minor contusions, loves it.  Jackson is a little socialite, and knows all the kids within a 2 mile radius.  He is getting very hard to keep track of lately.  Bryce, our "baby" is 20 months now, and has quite the attitude.  He is very cute with strangers though, and will turn up the sweetness for them.  He is fun to have around, especially since he still naps 2x a day.  When not watching the boys for me, Chris is busy with his projects at work.  He is going to Portland in August to present his research at an Ecological Society of America conference.  Then, hopefully we will see some of the family at Joe's wedding!