Weekend Visit

We're having a nice time in Georgia visiting the family. We've had my nephew and niece all weekend, and my brother came today with his son, so the gang is almost all here. The kids are enjoying the fall weather. Sydney had a realization yesterday that they probably call it fall because the leaves are FALLING off the trees. She wants to gather some up and take them back to share with her class at school.
My sister wasn't able to make it, she's still at the hospital with Zach. They think they have figured his seizures out now, but the pneumonia still isn't responding to antibiotics. They don't want him to go home until he is breathing room air for at least a day. I think we'll go out that way tomorow and visit them both at the hospital.
The kids all played football in the back yard and then captured bugs. Then they decided to dug up worms so they could go fishing. Thankfully they didn't catch anything or we would have had to clean fish for dinner. We've ordered pizza instead -- much easier.

Rainy Day

No pictures today, I brought the camera to Georgia, but not all the cables and cords to download them. I'll try to remember to take some though, even though we aren't doing anything too exciting. My sister is at the hospital with Zach (19 months old) who is having issues with pneumonia and seizures and low heart rate. He has Down Syndrome and started out with open heart surgery at 7 weeks of age. It's been a little rocky since then, but hopefully he'll come through this too. I am afraid to visit him at the moment with my lingering head cold. Instead we are hanging out with Austin and Paige, his older brother and sister. They are about the same ages as Ryan and Sydney and all are getting along fabulously. Poor Anna is feeling a little left out, but I can't produce an extra cousin for her out of thin air. It's been raining all day, so the kids have concentrated on spreading toys all over the house. My mom has taken the girls out to get their fingernails painted. I would have found a bottle of polish and done them all up at home, but she claimed grandmothers prerogative and took them all to a nail salon. I brought along my Elm Creek Sampler and have been diligently hand quilting which is a nice cozy way to spend a rainy day. I'm hoping it will stop raining so I can get in a nice long run while I'm here. My partners are doing 15 while I'm here and I already missed last weekend while I was sick.