The last 6 months...

It seems like forever since we have posted. It has been a pretty busy month - full of vacations, funerals, outings, the flu, work, etc.

It started in mid-June with a trip to Taos for my Uncle Larry's funeral. It was bitter sweet- good time with family, although sad for our family who has spent too much times at funerals in the last few years. It is unfortunate that time spent reminiscing, story telling and creating new memories comes at such a price. It was good to see family- it has been a couple of years since we have seen everyone, and much has changed in the last couple of years, needless to say. In an effort to get to vacation pics, see Leigh Ann's blog for Taos pics. You will note the overarching theme to that post is the stomach flu... You can take that story, change the name to Addy, Meredith, Eric, Karen, Lynd, Cori, Tracee, Kelly or Liz. We all got sick over about 10 days, although I am still pleading the 5th for Liz and Kelly- I really don't think Addy was contagious! Sorry anyway! I know the flu isn't fun.

This picture kind of epitomized our trip- Jackie spent hours and hours walking with Addy, playing with her, entertaining her, etc. Chloe was sick and spent hours and hours puking, pooping and contaminating. I love Chloe. She is adorable, and teaches Addy lots of things like how to talk on the phone, how to share, and how wonderful Mimi is. It was fun to see her despite the days and days and days of sickness that followed.