Just what have we been doing this week? First Eve and Patrick came to visit! They have a week between semesters at BYU-Idaho so they made the trek to the farm.
Eve’s got a cute little baby bump. Henry wasn’t sure what to think of Patrick but the rest of the kids sure enjoyed having them around.
Monday we had a weenie roast at the sand dunes. It’s an easy way to have the whole family get together to visit with Eve and Patrick.
Bonus – Joseph’s parents came up for it! Henry melted Grandpa W’s heart. He started crying when Grandpa tried to pass Henry to Grandma W. I think Henry has a thing for the grandpas. The same thing happened with my parents. Henry just won’t let the grandmas hold him!
Jason had a great time. I should have watched him a little closer. He ended up eating at least four hot dogs. Yuck! And then he threw them all up about 3am. Double yuck! We thought it was because of the hot dogs but nope. Two days later or rather Wednesday night three more people, including Eve who by that time was traveling back towards Rexburg, were all throwing up too. I am just hoping it goes through the family really quickly!
Thursday morning we witnessed a beautiful sunrise over the Bloody Runs. It was spectacular. Of course, photos don’t do it justice but you can get a small glimpse of what it was like. I just love the heavenly rays breaking through the clouds!
So far no one else has gotten sick. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time. We were able to get some family photos taken Tuesday evening in the lull between sicknesses.
It was a blustery day but you do what you have to do! More big changes are in store for our family (more about that next week) and we wanted to get family pictures done because it will be a while before we are all together again. These are just from my phone. I can’t wait to see the final results!
What has kept you busy this week?
I just love looking at your blog. You know how much we love y’all. I got to spend 2 weeks in Utah with friends. Our youngest grand, Jillian, broke her arm at church Wednesday night. She’s excited to be the first one with a cast. We are excited because it will only be on for 3 weeks.
Fun to see pictures! Praying the throwing up passes quickly and nobody else joins in.
We’ve been trying to get the 14 year old and I through bronchitis (I’m on week 2, she’s on week 6 and has been through antibiotics, steroids, and is on 2 inhalers). Of course she’s doing track at the local public high school so it’s been quite a crazy time to have bronchitis. Daily practice and meets twice a week.
The next 5 kids (11, 10, 8, 7, 5) are doing swimming lessons because none know how to swim. Twice a week. Right after the oldest’s daily track practice. For this homebody mama it’s insanely busy. But it’s just for a short season….
The 3 little boys (4, 2, 5mos) are just growing and being their usual cute and messy selves. They have more playmates than they know what to do with, are awed by the spring flowers growing in the yard and bugs starting to show themselves. Of course the 2 year old is determined to catch a bee, which can’t end well. LOL!
We loved (adored) General Conference. We’ve been studying Preach My Gospel each morning as a family. And we’re deciding what we’re going to read this summer for family scripture study.
Homeschool just hops along as usual. We’ll finish up this year at the end of May and switch to new things in June or July.
Have a wonderful weekend and joyful Sabbath!
Oh I’ve been putting off swimming lessons for my younger kids. Here they do it every single day for two weeks. It’s a pain to travel that far every day but it is so worth it.
Isn’t it fun the instant playmates children in large families have? So glad you are all doing well!