Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Well, I had drafted a long post, but somehow I've lost it... now I'll try to recreate...

You might have noticed a bit of a lag in my blog posting. This Fall has been really busy with soccer games, School Board, PTO, family events, and planning our Fall Break vacation. Our small one has also had a round of H1N1. After all of the news stories, and tales of a local man who is now in the hospital with multiple organ failure from H1N1, I have to admit to being very scared when we got the diagnosis. But, we are blessed in that she only missed two days of school, and should be able to go back tomorrow. We are very thankful! I've said many prayers of thanks.

Today we went to see Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs with Dad, and had a wonderful time! Madeline enjoyed the movie, and also enjoyed some good quality time with her Mom & Grandpa. We are blessed indeed.

Gone Fishing

We had a great labor day week-end! We spent some time with Mom and Dad relaxing at the cabin, and it was just what the Doctor ordered! We took naps, read books, and went fishing. I have never been much of a fisher, but it was nice to sit and enjoy the quiet and the water, and I admit my competitive nature kicked in and I wanted to catch a fish! Lucky me, I finally caught a three inch long fish :-)

Madeline caught a frog, she was quite proud...



Here I am with my massive fish catch...



What fun for Madeline to spend time fishing with her Grandpa ... another memory she will benefit from so much in the future.



Here's Dad working on Madeline's fishing rod - he made sure that she had fun!



Anyway, I am not always perfectly eloquent in my blog posting - what I am trying to say is that I love my Mom & Dad and am really blessed to have been able to spend some quiet time relaxing with them. I'm always on the run, and they usually just catch me coming and going, but at least this week-end I was able to slow down and spend some time just quietly fishing with my Dad and Madeline. That is the best! Plus, I had time to just sit on the porch with Mom and listen to her talk about Mammaw....

The rest of the week-end was equally quiet, but I loved it! Steven, Madeline and I did nothing but hang out together. We discovered Jenga, our new favorite game around our house. We need to do nothing more often!