Sick at home... again

Hi all. Since I'm home sick today (I was also sick for 2 weeks over Christmas), I thought I'd write on my blog. I started feeling under the weather again in the middle of the night on Saturday. I think I kept Isaac up most of the night with my coughing. But since my sweet niece and nephew Maia and Alex were over for a sleep over, I was stuck in our bedroom. Here's a great picture of the sleepover. We made pizzas and rice krispy treats, and then Isaac set up our camping tent for them to sleep/play in. Alex ended up sleeping in it, and Maia was in the guestroom (also known as Julie's bedroom). She thought the tent was too hot.


Maia (age 7) and Alex (Age 5) are such amazing kids. As we were talking, I said to them, "Hey, you kids are teaching us how to be good parents!" And it's true. We've learned so much from being around their family over the years. We are so fortunate to live about a mile away from them. We watched Ice Age 3 (where baby Peaches, the wooly mammoth is born at the very end of the movie) and read some books. We tried watching E.T., but it was a little intense for our young Alex. And on Sunday morning, Isaac made us all pancakes and bacon. YUM. Kevin picked them up about 9 so we could go to church... but since I didn't get much sleep the night before, I stayed home and went back to bed. I'm pretty sure God understands. One more picture from our sleepover:

I'm grateful to have a husband that enjoys spending our Saturday evening entertaining and playing with our niece and nephew, and sharing a week of our summer each year with our niece Haley. These kiddos truly have added such richness and joy to our lives. We love you kiddos. Now to get Drew and Lily back on the East coast so we can see them more!