whirlwind

So we made a quick trip to Leo this weekend for Kacie's baptism...  we weren't even there for 24 hours...   not sure why we didn't go out earlier.  Anyway, we left Saturday morning and even though my car didn't start right away after a stop we got to Rita's in time to eat and change for testimonies.  Cecily did really good in the car (as long as she had plenty of snacks!). 

We left her at Rita's with all of the younger cousins and actually were early-ish to church!  It was a good night, although, Shelly and Kendra and I picked a very creaky bench.  *grin*

After church we spent the night at Abby and Tyler's with Matt and Lena, Pearl, and Paul and Jean.  Their house is decorated so cool!  And they did a ton of work to it so the kitchen and bathrooms are new and sparkling.  Little miss was wound up and had a great time exploring...  then she didn't fall asleep until 1:30 (IN time.  *sigh*).  It was an early morning for all of us.  

She was tired all day and not interested in sitting still so we didn't spend much time in church.  We left pretty fast after the baptisms because of the storm that was coming.  It rained most of the way across Indiana, and then the sun went down and the temperature dropped and it was ice.  It only ended up taking us a half hour longer than normal though, because most of the Illinois roads had been salted and were clear.  

So the drive home was fairly uneventful, other than my washer fluid pump is broken again, and the low coolant light is perpetually on.  Still not as bad as the drive from O'Hare in '99, or the drive to Ned's baptism in '07, or home from Minneapolis in '09.  

Somebody was so glad to be out of the car!  She put her tutu on herself.  Hehe.

Little Miss must miss Auntie Shelly.  I let her play with my phone on Monday while I was doing something else and all of the sudden I heard talking on the other end.  Thankfully she just called Shelly and not someone really random!   They talked for a while.  It was funny. 

Blessings.