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May. 18, 2009
Blissfully busy
We made it home Friday night and it felt soooo great to all be together again. We changed infusion companies (the company that supplies Noah's drugs, TPN, equipment, supplies, etc.) so there was a bit of a learning curve setting up a new kind of pump and using different types of supplies, but we got to bed at a "decent" hour at last.
We slept in late Saturday (oh, bliss) then somehow ended up having a pillow fight with Noah that eventually involved most of the children. :-) It was great to see him doing something so normal with his siblings, and really - isn't having a pillow fight more fun than making the bed? We got Noah to the shoe store where we were heading two weeks ago when he crashed. He got some spiffy new sandals thanks to a gift card he received at Christmas from his grandparents. He is very proud of those sandals and comments about them several times a day.
After we got shoes, we all headed to a Mennonite strawberry farm about 25 minutes away. We'd been dodging little thundershowers all day and weren't sure if we would get rained out, but the skies were clear (even if the rows were muddy) when we got to the farm. We picked for a while before things opened up and started pouring again. Most of us (the sensible, e.g. femal ones) headed for shelter, but several of the boys thought it was great fun to pick berries in the torrential downpour. We ended up with 10 gallons which made their way into homemade strawberry ice cream Saturday and 40 pints of jam today. Of course, MANY of the berries just made their way right into little mouths all weekend. :-)
It is just so good to be back. I'm tired from all of the jam-making today, but those deep red jars look so utterly beautiful on my table. I did half strawbery and half triple-berry (added some raspberries and blackberries to the strawberries) The children helped with the jam-making (otherwise I would NOT have gotten so many pints done!!!) and we had a great time laughing, talking, listening to the radio, and just being together. My kitchen is nearly de-stickied now - just needs mopping and it will be as good as new. Lucky for me I have some VERY good little moppers around here who will get the floor clean for their tired mama. Jeff has decreed that I need a date tonight, so we are heading out for a "Board of Director's Meeting" which is a fancy way of saying that the business is paying for our dinner date. :-) According to a unanimous vote, I'm supposed to get up and make biscuits in the morning so we can all sample the jam properly for breakfast. I'm looking forward to it myself . . .
Tomorrow I need to address my garden. It went absolutely wild while I was gone. When we planted it not too long ago we prayed for God to bless it and cause it to bring forth abundance. Well, my tomatoes are up taller than their cages and covered with green tomatoes! Everything has just exploded and I have quite a bit of untangling and tying up of the cukes, melons, pumpkins, etc. tomorrow. Everyone kept telling me that I wouldn't believe the garden when I came home. Jeff took me ove to see it (it's at my in-laws house as our home is in all deep shade) on Friday on the way home from the hospital and all I could do was laugh. Here I was concerned that I wasn't around to feed the plants with some compost . . . now I think I'm scared to fertilize it LOL. Jeff and the children ate lots of salads while I was gone and we've done the same since I got back, but we can't pick the lettuce fast enough. What a blessing!!! The children are all so delighted to see how their work is paying off so dramatically.
Noah is having ups and downs. Coming home always overwhelms him and a few times he's asked to go back to the hospital. He's settling in and having fun with his brothers today. He has periods where he is clearly just exhausted and doesn't want to do anything more than lie on the floor, but it is wonderful to see those delighted playtimes between the tired times! He is an amazing child. He's received several cards and pictures for his Prayer Warrior Wall and is really enjoying opening his mail!
My handsome date beckons . . . . I need to go. :-)
Blessings,
Kate
P.S. I keep forgetting to mention that Hannah is doing MUCH better. She isn't using the wrist brace anymore at all. She could use a visit to the chiropractor but is almost back to 100% now. Thank you all so much for praying for her!!! |
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May. 18, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Thanks for sharing your day.. You brightened ours.
(thanks to you, our one lasagna bead is almost planted except for tomato and peppers which will get planted after the lows aren't "dangerous" after tonight!)....There will be no stopping my garnder-wanna-be s if ours explodes like yours!
Monique