The Last Few Weeks

Well, I have tried to write a couple posts lately but can never seem to get to our main computer when it's cooperating to publish the final thing. I guess I will just have to do a "phone" post, which means all of my text is bunched together and the pictures are at the end. Oh well.
Things have been busy, we started off by helping out with a wedding a few weeks ago. One of Bronze's best childhood friends got married and asked him to be the best man. Things were so crazy that the only picture I got was of our work decorating the truck :-P
After all of that excitement, we finished getting the house all ready for an out of town guest but got horribly sick with a stomach bug just before she got here and through the first part of her trip. It was rough and hit our whole house hold.
We did some painting some time in there, the kids wanted to help with the walls but I redirected them to water colors while Bronze finished up the places that weren't as easy for me to reach.
When we were finally well enough we spent time sanitizing the house and getting it ready again for grandma who had come for a visit from Santa Fe. Once again I have no pictures on my phone since we used Bronze's to snap them so you will just have imagine a big open suit case with grandma passing out goodies, the kiddos sitting piled around grandma as she plays with them and all the smiles and laughter that normally comes with her visits.
We also went "candy collecting" during her time here, I threw costumes together last minute with stuff I had around the house. I didn't think we'd even be well enough to get out so I had not put anything together ahead of time. It was mostly fun except for the part when we got home to take pictures and Elee was upset because her bucket was too heavy, what a problem to have!
The candy buckets have been prized possessions since then and occasionally I will find someone hiding their sugary stash in a corner somewhere. But others prefer the less sweet treats they got, like popcorn.
Finally we have ended up with sniffles and coughs again, UGH! This of couse means we break out the hot drinks even more often, the one perk of this sort of thing I suppose. Hopefully we can get past everything and stay well for a while after this.