When it Rains it Pours

We just returned last night from a visit to Oklahoma to see family. It was a very restful time and a great vacation away from cooking and cleaning and laundry. My MIL always spoils me and gives me breaks from all of my usual chores with the kids. We had a great time seeing family and visiting. The only problem is that Joel was very sick for the first part of our trip. We planned to stay 9 days but the kids and I stayed an extra week so that Joel could have more time to get well. He had strep, a urinary track infection AND a bad cold all at the same time. He was on 2 different antibiotics. Its only been the past few days that he is finally feeling and acting better. It was a scare for us because he was acting so sick and not getting better with the antibiotics. Why do things like this happen when you're out of town? We have an urgent care we visit in OKC and they had a chart history for him when we were in. Yikes, we've been there a lot!

Aaron had to fly home on our original departure date so he could return to work. Did I mention that my MIL spoils me AND is a saint? She flew back with me to help wrangle the kids. I am SO glad that she did too. We were suppose to arrive home at 1:45 pm and our flight didn't get in until 9 pm due to weather and missed connections. It was a VERY long day to say the least.