Family, Family and Family

Wow, it's been a busy couple weeks! Jared flew in from New Hampshire last week, so we had 10 days to spend with him, it was great. He enjoyed being home for a few days, got to hang out with Nic every evening-Nic had to work all day, but they spent lots of time playing Madden football, cracking jokes, just being brothers. They are really close, and it's fun to be around them, they spout comic lines from countless movies, horse around and just have a good time. Jared helped me finish tiling the kitchen, yippee! I'd laid tile through the kitchen, but hadn't felt good enough to move the fridge and big cabinets last year, so we've had 2 colors of linoleum in there for a year. Finally it's all one style, a stone-inspired gray tile. He did most of it himself, and it looks great.

We've been helping Trish move that past couple weeks. Last weekend David, Jared and Nic drove down to Sun City and helped her load a 24 foot Uhaul truck. They hoped to be finished by noon, instead they were just getting the truck home. Seems Uhaul didn't have the truck at the right location, so they had to drive to downtown Phoenix to pick it up, and instead of getting it at 9, it was nearly noon, at 105 degree temp. Whew! I was able to recruit a bunch of men from the church to help unload it on Monday evening. 8 men showed up to help, and with the Farr men, they had the whole thing unloaded in 1/2 hour. Trish was so impressed! Now she's in the process of unpacking, never much fun, but her house is looking good already. I helped, I brought Fruittuti's from Taco Bell, not once but twice!

We had Dakota all day last Saturday while Jared was here, we had a fun day. She loves the Lego blocks, and built a big building with it- check out the slideshow. Then she played in the pool, and directed Nic and Jared in a game of catch. She would blow her flute to start the action, and play music while they tossed the ball back and forth. It wasn't long before the bubbles came out, and Dakota decided to practice her fencing moves, slashing the bubbles right out of the air. I think she'd been watching the Olympics, because she has a good fencing stance, and stabbing moves. It's so cute! I got some video of it, but haven't figured out how to load it on here yet. Bess, David's sister, and her husband Tom, were here Friday evening and Saturday morning, so they finally got to meet Dakota. We have some cute pictures of them and Mom Farr with the boys and Dakota on the slideshow too.

My Mom came by too, the same weekend. We had Tom and Bess, Grandma Madge, Dakota, Jared and Trish coming and going last weekend, in addition to going to Sun City to move Trish on Sunday. Mom came back up Thursday evening, she's helping a friend drive back to Kansas this weekend. She left the motorhome here, and rode with Laura, who's Mom just went into hospice. She didn't want to drive back alone, and Mom is such a good friend, she dropped everything and went with her. We'll be going to San Diego to see her brother after Labor Day. Mom's only surviving brother, Marvin, had a stroke 10 days ago, and he's doing pretty well. Right now he's in a Rehab unit, and she wants to go visit him. I volunteered to go with her, so she isn't driving in all that traffic alone. She's a really good driver, but doesn't like driving in heavy traffic, so maybe I can help there.

As busy as it's been, to me this is what life is all about- family taking care of each other, and enjoying one another's company. We tease each other a lot, but I love them dearly and absolutely love to spend time with all the family.