Well, our last few weeks have been quite busy and unfortunately I don't have any photos to share at this time. Thanks to the camera batteries being dead and me not having the time or remembering to charge them. Hopefully we will get some photos up soon, especially since I think that makes the blog that much more fun to look at.
Our craziness started around Christmas time when Justin's parents home burned to the ground. What a crazy thing to happen. Fortunately they had insurance and they seem to be plugging along the best they can. Since then they have been staying in a hotel that fortunately for us has been really close to our home. Because of this we have been blessed with seeing them more and helping them out with meals and a place to hang out. It has been a lot of fun enjoying their indoor pool as well. Unfortunately it wasn't as heated as it should have been, but we have still enjoyed it none the less.
Then this last week their kids all came into town with their families and guess who they stayed with? That's right, us. It has been a lot of fun to have the cousins and Justin's siblings around. It gave us great opportunities to get to know them better and serve them in any way we could. The boys sure enjoyed having their cousins around. Especially when they came home from school. It was a nice break for me in not having to entertain them so much. It was also a lot of work with meal time, but fun. Our grocery bill was definitely hire this month then planned.
We did a lot of different things with the cousins. The boys learned about a new computer game called Animal Jam and got to play that with their cousins. We also picked up some bead projects where the boys got to create their own animals, shapes, and other stuff and then iron them together. They seemed to really enjoy that and wanted to do it more often then allowed. They did a lot of board and Wii games, played hide and seek, and just got crazy together. They were here for almost a week.
Then, Friday, Justin's parents moved into a rental home in Springville, which is way to far now, but in a great location for their work. So the cousins moved in with them for the rest of the week. It was kind of nice to have my home back, however, it was sad to see them go. We definitely don't get together like we did now. It's sad how distance apart makes a difference. Justin's parents still have a pool at their new place and the boys can't wait to try it out. Hopefully we will get that way soon for them to see their cousins at least one more time before they head home.
On top of company being here, the boys have been fighting colds and such. They have been having these terrible coughs which produce a lot of phlegm and if they get coughing hard enough, they end up loosing everything. Quentin decided that he needed to loose it at Los Hermanos in Provo and that wasn't much fun. His Aunt Jeni was next to him and handled it really well. She was very helpful in that whole situation. There are quite a few restaurants I have a hard time eating at now, because of him throwing up at. It's amazing what that does to you.
It has been a fun and busy month. Take everything that happened and add on the regular life stuff and it makes for a non slow time. Will life ever slow down? Probably not, but here's to hoping.
