Catching up

It has been a busy last couple of weeks. After the broken arm, we had to call 911 for Halle (on Christmas Eve night)! She woke up with croup and after doing all you can do for croup, her lips were turning blue and she was struggling to breath. We went the the ER in the ambulance and left the ER at 3:00 on Christmas morning. Our Christmas plans had to change because not only were we exhausted, but she was contagious. In the end, our Christmas was as good as it could have been. Tim and I just don't remember much of it because we were in a fog and very tired!

Tim was off for 18 days and we all enjoyed him being home. We really didn't get much done or do much, but it was nice to just be together as a family. It was hard on Monday for all of us as he went back to work. This past weekend we went to Geneva to visit my Dad's side of the family. We had a really good time and the girls loved it. It was nice to see family and get caught up.

I came home from our weekend away to a very nice surprise. A friend of my Mom's wanted to bless us with some food and deep clean our house. She felt burdened for us and all we have gone through the last couple of weeks. While we were in Geneva she came over along with my Mom and a good friend of the family and they deep cleaned the house, cleaned the fridge, organized the pantry, cleaned the sheets, and had meals in the fridge/freezer. I just couldn't believe someone would want to bless me like that! On the way home from Geneva, I drove and Tim entertained the kids. I had a lot of time to think. I thought a lot about how dirty some things were in my house, how I felt behind, and how I was overwhelmed. What a blessing it was to walk in to this surprise! God reminded me that He loves me and blesses me when He knows I need it.