Five Hours Away

Oliver, one of Joshua's good friends, had a birthday this weekend. Naturally there was a party to go along with this special third birthday. Joshua was invited, and Mommy really wanted to go and take him. Only problem was, Oliver lives five hours away and Mommy was sick. (Still is actually) What to do?? Mommy buys Oliver some presents to send along with a friend who IS going. This friend, Sara is her name, offers to take Joshua to the party. Seriously? Yes she was serious. So, long story short-Joshua went with Sara, Gideon, Genevieve, and Annabelle five hours to Oliver's house for the weekend. Boy, did he have a blast! He came home Sunday night excited, tired, happy, and you know what? He was polite and said yes when Daddy or Mommy told him to do something. He wasn't spoiled in the least!
So this is a BIG Thank You to Sara and Gideon and to Mark and Kelley!! I hope you had as much fun as Joshua did.

And thanks also to Jake for helping to butcher Joel's deer. Actually it was more like Joel helping Jake, who works as a butcher for a local grocery store. It was great.

Monday morning finds Joel and Renee sick with some type of pneumonia bug that's going around town. Joshua is fine (he had it three weeks ago) but Rachel is coming down with something again.

Tomorrow is a big day for us. Some of you may know that Joel and Renee are going to Duluth to speak with our daughter's Pediatric Cardiologist. Though it is not required, we have chosen to go over Emily's autopsy report. Renee is looking forward to this meeting though she knows it will be challenging.