I got home to a clean house loaded with flowers! Matt and the kids had gone to the market in the morning and brought home 8 bouquets of flowers to decorate the front room! It was so pretty. =)
I'm so impressed with Matt and the wonderful job he did in the 11 days that Elijah and I were gone. Not only did he have the normal craziness of life: getting 4 kids off to school in the mornings, dealing with homework in the afternoons, trying to get work done between the added responsibilities of cooking and cleaning, but he also had a ton of additional craziness to deal with. Kaitlyn came down with one of her migranes and was throwing up for two days. Matt found lice in Kaitlyn's hair and had to deal with that. Nathan had a cyst that had been inactive for like 6 years flare up and become infected. So Matt spent days emptying puke buckets, taking kids to the clinic, soaking an ear and removing pus, and washing and combing for lice! Funny how when one parent leaves that all craziness seems to happen.
I'm also so thankful for our community and for good friends, both here and in Cairns. I had worked hard and stocked the fridge and freezer with meals, but I had thought when I left that I would only be gone for one week. But friends were sooo helpful and came by with rolls and meals and invitations to dinner for Matt and the kids. Other friends went out of their way to have my kids over for playdates or walk them to and from school. And I was so well cared for in Cairns as well, by the Byl family. God has blessed us incredibly with wonderful friends.
And thank you to those of you (you know who you are!) who blessed us more than we could ever have imagined by your prayers and the financial gifts that completely covered the costs of Elijah's dental treatment. God bless you all!
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| It's so great to be home with all my precious kids! |
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