A Bit of Catch-Up

Before I launch into all the posts needed to sum up what transpired following my Grandma’s death, I wanted to do a quick catch-up post on what happened at home between Grandpa’s death and Grandma’s death, just 3 short weeks apart.

Our family celebrated the Superbowl once again. We weren’t sure if we were going to celebrate or not for two reasons. 1.) We only received 1 TV channel with our antenna, and 2.) I was in Houston that weekend and couldn’t help with the cooking. But we caved for the first time in 6 years and purchased Dish TV and the twins and Ben helped Mom do the cooking.

We had BBQ chicken wings, pepperoni bread, stuffed meatloaf balls, bacon cheese puffs, baked potato spears with all the toppings, chips with salsa, veggies with dip, apple slices with honey peanut butter dip, grapes, and Coca-Cola cake.

Although we didn’t really care for either team playing (the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49’ers) we rooted for the 49’ers. The game ended up being very close with the 49’ers rallying from being down by 22 points to nearly winning the game.

The next day, our family hosted Life Group at our house (instead of adult Sunday Schools, our church has small Bible Studies that meet during the week in people’s homes.) We had a make-your-own-burrito dinner along with fruits and veggies, popcorn, Coca-Cola cake, and peanut butter cookies.

Photo Credit: Roma.

Josiah doesn’t normally come to Life Group, but the other kids *loved* playing with him this time. He nearly had a heart-attack when they mobbed him. J

Photo Credit: Roma.

While the adults had their study downstairs, we watched the kids upstairs in the twins’ bedroom. It was challenging to keep 6 kids ages 5 and under quiet, and also keep them from leaving the room and going downstairs. It was a bit chaotic, but I was thankful to have all my other siblings to help keep everyone entertained.

Photo Credit: Roma.

They really loved Josiah’s race car track. There was some bickering that needed to be broken up regarding whose turn it was to race their car, but most of them sat and played with it for a long time.

Photo Credit: Roma.

The kids really loved having Ben there to play with them (he normally stays at home with Josiah during Life Group.) They all seem to like him a lot!

All-in-all the night went very well, and we had a lot of fun hosting it!