Still at home

We're continuing to enjoy being a complete family AT HOME.

Last week, Anthony caught some kind of bug that caused a LOT of fluid loss.

He normally won't drink anything except maybe an ounce of water each day.

While sick, Anthony drank 2 large containers of Pedialyte!

So, we visited the doctor a few days in a row to make sure he was ok, but we didn't have to worry about dehydration!



I've been loving making dinner each night (except the nights that the McCarls and the Andersons brought meals).

It's so nice to have my simple kitchen back.

We discovered that Anthony LOVES spaghetti!

He normally won't eat regular table food (only baby food unless it's chips or cheese), so he had a white shirt on.

It stained, but came clean a day later. :)



Last year, I noticed on one of our visits home how dingy (or dingey?) our towels are.

I bought new towels and hand towels for when we could return home.

The bags of towels had to wait in our storage room for months before Anthony and I returned.

Last week, I finally got the fresh, crisp white towels out for our family to use!


Maggie's school had a carnival the other night.

Schools are a germ fest for Anthony, so he stayed home with Daniel.

The girls did the cake walk, got their hair sprayed blue, and received some serious wound care.

I will not walk into a school the same way again.

There were so many kids sniveling, coughing, and just plain sounding sick!

I'm so glad Anthony stayed home!


We've been enjoying time together.

This past week, we made a lot of valentines with different scrapbooking papers and glitter.

The kids were all excited when I showed them how to make a woven heart basket with paper.


Anthony loves Josh, and he loves to see what Josh is doing.

Anthony for sale! Only $5.99.

Bread sticks on Sunday night. It looks nasty, but is so yummy!

And, pizzas

Daniel and Kelly going to their meeting on Sunday evening.

Andy's eyes were huge when we had a FULL cart of groceries at Fred Meyer, and I was still adding fruit and veggies. Even the bottom of the cart was full.

His comment: "Wow, I must not've fed them much this past year!"

Then, we went to Costco and bought even more to add to what we had bought at Fred Meyer.

We are stocked up on groceries again!

For Family Home Evening, Lilly's activity (and Maggie's refreshments) were decorating sugar cookies that Maggie made with Andy.

Lilly didn't know she had blue frosting in her hair.

Josh has been busy with some of his science kits.

The bottle has citric acid, baking soda, and water. Pretty cool.