All Dressed Up, and Nowhere To Go...

The countdown has been on...The list was provided, and Mom has been dragging herself from her sick bed each day to get one more thing crossed off.  Ethan is off to Europe with his school for a WWI/WWII Battlefields tour.  The last minute purchases have been made, Ethan's hard-earned money was deposited to the prepaid credit card, we made a trip downtown for Euros (nobody told me you can't just go to the bank to get them like US Dollars.  They have to be ordered.  And it takes 3-5 days)  Luckily we live in a big city with money exchangers downtown that always carry Euros.  We had to buy new jeans.  The old ones were ripped climbing over a fence...The laundry is done and folded and packed...in the bigger suitcase borrowed from friends because he needs room to bring back stuff.  We have power transformers and every kind of charger imaginable.  We have the journal and the rain suit and the duck boots and the mitts and the toque because it is unseasonably cold in France.  We have health cards and phone card and toothbrush and toothpaste and the Worms II game for the DS.  We are only missing one thing--A PLANE!  The flight was cancelled by British Airways this afternoon.  Now we have to wait two more days... 

Sick...

I have been sick since Saturday.  I think this really is the "House of Death" as Richard called it.  I invited my parents and Kipp's mom and stepfather for Easter dinner, and they prepared and cooked the food, and then cleaned up afterwards.  How's that for being an awful host?  Hoping that tomorrow will be a better day...

A New Grandchild!

Ashley and Trevor welcomed Samuel Don Smith last Wednesday, February 27.  We count our blessings to have this precious Child of God in our family.  I love these wonderful grandchildren.