Quickly passing...

  So thankful that Kiersten's flu or whatever induced the vomiting ended quickly. Probably not fast enough for her, but quickly compared to the ones that last more than 4 hours.  By the time I went to bed she was done and slept on the floor next to me til 3:30.  She nursed and went back to sleep til 7.  Praise the Lord.  I was a little tired, but not like I would've been had I been up and down all night long.  She was her usual, smiley, happy self.  Showing off her new skill of walking and talking a bit.  When I tell her to say "Thank you" she actually says it!  Right now it sounds like "ank oo", but for 11 months that's quite good.  We were able to talk to Christina on Skype and Garrison recited "The swinging tree".  As much as I enjoy it, I'm looking forward to teaching him a new one this week.  There are so many good ones in this book and others, that it will be hard to choose. Maybe I'll have Elyssia learn a different one, then they won't be competing to recite at the same time:))). One thing about family visits, is the opportunity to fix a lot of food.  I should have taken pictures of the pies, because these ones actually LOOKED and tasted good. They usually taste good, but I don't always get the crust rolled out pretty:).  For lunch I fixed Cornish pasties, green beans and apple pie.  For supper I fixed Meatloaf, corn on the cob, cheese biscuits and a bumbleberry crisp. Sooo yummy.  I'll probably have to work twice as hard to work it off this week, but after all the work cleaning the house and preparing the food, it's nice to just sit down and enjoy eating it.
  Tomorrow promises to be another busy day.  Scott was shingling at the church today, so we didn't see much of him.  Elyssia wants to make broken hearted toast(toad in a hole) for breakfast, so we'll start off with a bit of work.  Baths were given tonight and clothes picked out for the morning, so that should speed things up in the morning.  The in-laws will head back after the morning service, but first we'll go with our traditional farewell lunch at A&W's.  Grandad's favorite fast place in town.  The boys were talking about it all day.  Wouldn't be surprised to hear Garrison comment after the offering, "NOW can we go to A&W"?  Gotta love the kid's honesty though:)  We come home for a bit, but then head back into town to meet the missionary and his family.  Help him get set up and feed them supper.  They have 3 kids, quite a bit older than ours, so hopefully the kids will enjoy that.  They usually act a bit more mature than when the kids are the same ages.  Well, we'll see what tomorrow holds, but for tonight, it's off to bed I go.  Definitely don't want to be tired starting off the day tomorrow.  Praising the Lord for Kiersten't quick recovery and looking forward to seeing what blessings tomorrow holds.

  P.S. Please pray for us.  We have a man that wants to get baptized and we're looking at getting something to use at the church, but if that's not possible then we'll need to find something to rent.  Wisdom for everything that involves.  We might have Elyssia get baptized the same day, but we haven't asked her yet if she wants to, so we'll see as the time approaches.