Still Standing

Hello. Just wanted to let everyone know that we are holding out, and enjoying our time together, just girls. Erin, Avery, and I went to Athol to visit the farm, where baby calves were poppin' out right and left! The trip was short, but fun. Now, we are home, and Grandma Rahija has come to help us get ready to move! How exciting! We are mainly cleaning right now, but tomorrow we'll get some packing done, and that will feel great! David and Dad arrive home on Sunday, barring any problems in Guatemala with the special guest arriving with added security. We are all missing each other, and now counting down the time until we are together again.

Some things learned this week:

• Calves have stickery tongues (learned by Erin when licked on the hand by Speedie the calf).
• Cow poop stinks.
• Grandmas don't like prairie chicken feathers on their kitchen table, especially the ones that came from a prairie chicken recently ripped to pieces by a wild animal.
• Mommy can sing "I Love You A Bushel and A Peck for 30+ minutes without stopping if needed.
• Babies can cry a lot when they get their toe poked by a sharp thing wielded by their grandma.
• Green beans are not as appetizing as pieces vs. mush to a near-one-year-old.
• Erin looks/acts like a future American Idol starlet (as noticed by a man in Walgreens today).
• There are many wonders to be found in Walgreens, especially if one has an hour to kill walking through the store.
• Other people's children are sometimes as obnoxious as mine :)

That's about it. Thanks for your prayers - they are appreciated and being answered (Erin has only had a few major tantrum-like episodes all week, less than normal!).