Life has been interesting. It always is when the entire family is sick!   Sarah was sick on Christmas Eve, and was sick for three weeks! The boys were all sick, in fact, Jake is still coughing, and it's lingering. I have been sick for weeks now as well, but am feeling worse instead of better, so I decided that because I've been pushing myself way too hard, I'm going to stand up for my health, and cancel my day's plans to stay home, and get myself better. I need to make my health a priority, and so today begins that.

We had a wonderful Christmas. It was great to spend time with both families, and of course, our favorite Christmas Eve Mass. And we'd much rather miss New Year's Eve than Christmas, so all in all, we are very blessed. We had fun playing games on New Year's Eve, snug at home, even while sick, and it was a blessing.

We're back to school now, back to the schedule. Zach and Sarah began ensemble again, and Sarah, her guitar lessons. Onward and Upward is my cry, and so here we go, bracing for the second half of our year on this wonderful journey.

Having just celebrated Epiphany, I'm thinking about their journey as we journey as a family, trying to do our best to get to Jesus as well!