Sledding!

Today has included some more unexpected adventures.  I guess that is what life is best at giving us, huh?  We can still find joy and things to be thankful for in the middle of the things that don't go just how we'd like.

I woke up with my stomach feeling odd this morning.  I'd gone upstairs to make a cup of tea to [hopefully] soothe it, when Annah came running into the kitchen crying, "MOM!  I just threw up!"  We were all dressed and almost ready to head out the door to church.  Somehow she managed not to ruin her beautiful dress, and I got her calmed down.  She spent the rest of the day in bed, mostly watching movies.

But having the flu around meant that we weren't going to see Erin or Travis again while in Indiana, because we didn't want to get flu germs around to the baby, especially after Erin had already been through struggles with the flu the week before!  We also missed the McEowen family gathering, including the family band and handbell choir playing Christmas carols...big bummer.

We thought we better pack up and head out in the afternoon instead of tomorrow morning.  BUT, by the time we started packing up, the snow was coming down at a crazy-alarming rate!  We didn't dare venture out on a more than 4 hour trip on snow and ice with sick people in the car.  So we decided to stay the night.

Sylvia and Caeden grew increasingly itchy to get in the snow as it came down and covered everything so beautifully!  They asked Daddy to take them out sledding, and he was so kind to oblige.

Uncle Travis happened to sneak over while they were trying to get the sleds down what used to be big hills, and they decided Uncle Trav's hill was steeper and probably better for sledding.  So they hiked on over and tried it out for a few minutes.  Then Jeremy pulled the kids on the sled around Gram's & Krampa's house!  Whew!  Everyone was tuckered out! 


Thank you, Uncle Travis, for the pictures!



Sylvia trying to catch a snowflake on her tongue as Jeremy gets ready to push Caeden's sled down the hill...