The beginning of a four day weekend

We have arrived at the beginning of a four day weekend.  While I am always grateful for some extra time off, I wasn't sure how relaxing this weekend was actually going to be.  As it turns out, our scheduled has cleared rather dramatically.  Unfortunately, that is due in part to the fact that Catherine has bronchitis which pretty much eliminates almost everything she was going to be doing this weekend.  Some other schedules have changed and it just really frees us up for the weekend.  Given the sadness (and fear) I'm feeling about children these days, I am especially grateful to have this time together as a family.  I plan to treasure my family and hug my kiddos extra tight.