Together Again

Oh my, I can't believe how few pictures there are from this past week.  Monica and the kids drove home on Monday and it's nice having everyone back together.  That said it's been a blur of a week, and I've felt unusually tired all week (as of today I think I'm getting sick).  There were some highlights though, like when I was reading Winry her bedtime story and Jelly had the natural instinct to know that the book was the best bed in the house.  So we took a little break and petted Jelly instead.

On Monday the crew stopped in Grand Junction for their half way point.  There's a really awesome park there and they saw turtles at the pond!  After they left Grand Junction they ended up driving through a fire!  Monica said that while she was driving, the road was completely covered in smoke and she'd drive into it and not be able to see anything for a few seconds, then come out and be able to see for a few seconds, and then back in.  Pretty crazy.  The road was still fully open when she went through, but they did close one of the lanes for a while that day.  Glad they made it through safely!  Glad the road wasn't on fire!  Monica and I were talking about I-70 while she was out in Utah, and I was telling her it just always seems to have a problem.  There has been wild fires, a mud slide across the freeway, and even a truck full of carrots that caught fire!  I told Monica that at this point I'm not sure God wants a freeway through the mountains in Colorado!

Grayson has found a new favorite spot in his room.  Somehow this corner has attracted all the extra pillows in his room, and he loves to dive back in there and snuggle.  He usually laughs really hard when he's in there too.  Oh, speaking of Grayson, he went to the allergist on Tuesday to see if they could find anything for his skin.  He's allergic to!... drum roll.... Cats! :(  We've been giving him nightly baths and lotion right after and his skin is looking a lot better.  He's also been taking Zyrtec every night.  The odd thing is his skin was really bad in Utah and he wasn't sleeping well there either, and that was cat free.  I think he might be having seasonal allergies as well.  Anyway, we're doing what we can, and Jelly is hypoallergenic, so things seem to be working out well enough.

Aurelia and her family were back in town this weekend!  They were getting new windows in their house, so they were here for the weekend and the girls have been loving it!  They're over there right now in fact.  I'm glad they visited so soon.  Hopefully it's not too much longer before the next trip.  Oh, and Aurelia actually talked to me!  That's a pretty big deal!

Goodness me, yesterday it got up to 97 degrees!  It hit 100 in Denver, so I guess we were "lucky."  Also, I grilled chicken for dinner last night and the grill caught fire (like, the random drippings from things, etc.) and the fire definitely was hitting the house before I pulled the grill further away!  A little scary, guess I'll learn from this and keep the grill further away when it's on.  Maybe there's a reason you're not supposed to grill within 10 feet of your house.  I think that's all the excitement I've got for this week.  It's too bad I didn't think to take a picture of the grill... dang.  Anyway, I've got a headache and need to go do something about it, have a wonderful week!