Hectic Week and Restful Weekend

It was a weekend for resting after the exhausting seven days we all had. We had just started getting into Christmas decorations and putting up the tree (during which time Natalie enjoyed her first taste of eggnog - Owen wanted none of it) when we got the sad news that Pa had passed away. While we will miss him, we're glad he's not suffering and that it wasn't unexpected. So last weekend Dad had a whirlwind trip to North Carolina for the funeral. His being away was compounded with fun for Mom as Natalie, Owen, and Henry all had some form of a stomach bug. Natalie kicked off the weekend by throwing up four times at the top of the stairs Friday night (and several more times over the course of the night). All three had fevers over the weekend. To make things more interesting, Mom was supposed to work that weekend to meet a big deadline for a high profile project (last week). But we dealt with it and Mom just had a few late nights after Dad got home. So this past weekend was time for catching up on sleep and working on all those decorations (and getting out the shorts again since it was in the 80's and muggy). Natalie and Owen went to the babysitting program at school and Mom and Dad (and a sleeping Henry) enjoyed a quiet dinner out. It was a nice weekend.