Emergency Trip to Boone

On Wednesday morning I made an emergency trip back to Boone. Zach called Tuesday evening while driving himself to the E.R. He was having an asthma attack and couldn't get it under control. He was bad enough that not only did they admit him, but they put him in I.C.U. I went down to help out with the grand kids so that Andrea could be at the hospital with him. Thankfully, he was able to come home on Friday. He is off work until at least next Wednesday and it is a good thing since walking through the house or picking up the baby leaves him totally breathless.

I'm sorry that Zach was sick, but it was a good excuse for me to see Bryce, Hailey, and Khloe. It's been a month since I moved to Minnesota and I was really missing them. I took the kids twice a day up to the hospital to see Daddy. They weren't to sure about all the wires and tubes at first, but they adjusted pretty quickly. We also spent a lot of time playing outside. I'm not used to having three kids to care for. Somehow, adding one more child feels like adding two or three instead. I was definitely tired by bedtime and thankful that Khloe sleeps through the night. I'm so glad that I was able to help my kids out.

Friends Are Friends Forever

Jeff and I had the pleasure of driving to Northern Minnesota for a couple of days away this week. I have a girlfriend who lives a half hour or so northwest of Bemidji with her family. It has been 5 years since I last saw her, so it was a trip that I looked forward to.

Sue and I have been friend for just about forever. Her family lived across the street from my grandparents and our families went to the same church in Wheaton, Illinois when we were born (just 12 days apart). We went to school and church together for most of our first 19 years of life. We were inseparable in high school and we were roommates in college. We were, and still are, like sisters.

After we both married and had families, physical distance has separated us throughout the years. We have become busy with our own lives and have not been able to enjoy the closeness that we had as kids. I am thankful for the times that we have been able to visit each other and for social technology such as email, facebook, and texting that has allowed us to always stay in touch.

I am amazed that after not seeing each other for so long, that we are always so comfortable with each other. We are able to pick up like we just saw each other last week. Sue is a forever friend that God has given me.

Josh's Apartment

Jeff and I are empty-nesters once again. Josh moved out of our apartment about 3 days before I moved up from Boone. This wasn't a big surprise. He thought is was a little embarrassing to tell people he still lived with his parents. More practically, though, was that he had a 35 minute drive to work - longer when traffic was bad. He wanted to live closer to work (and to his girlfriend). He is now about 10 minutes from work and about the same to Katie's house.

Today I finally got the opportunity to see Josh's apartment. I took him a couple of boxes of stuff for his apartment and he fixed me lunch. His roommate, Tyler, is a friend that Josh went to Crown College with last year. This picture is Tyler and Josh standing in their living room. It's kind of weird to think that both my boys are on their own now.