The next stop made was Snyder and then the next morning my Mom and I took a day trip to Midland so I could help my sister get her house cleaned up before her company all showed up for Thanksgiving. She has her mother-in-law's side of the family come every year on Friday to have Thanksgiving together because she has a home that will fit everyone. I offered to help my sister due to having a baby and she was feeling very behind. She worked really hard though to clean up some before we got there.
That day I had a little helper that followed me around and cleaned right next to me. Thanks to being around my dear friend Wendy Lavo like I had when I lived in Lubbock I had learned how to have a 3 year old help me. :) Kate and I cleaned the bathrooms together as well as kitchen, we dusted, cleaned bedrooms, etc... While we were cleaning my mobile phone rang and it was a camp director (Bill McCuaig) at Sacramento Methodist Assembly and he asked me to join their team full time at the first of the year. That was such an exciting time for me. I contacted him about it a while back and told him that if he ever had an opening to please consider me and after receiving approval to add a new year round staff member he called (I will share more soon). I was able to share the news immediately with my sister and Mom and I am so thankful I was able to enjoy that time with them.
My Mom's job in coming to help was to watch baby Wade and her job was made easy because he fell asleep and stayed asleep (something that doesn't happen to my sister). My Mom picked up the dusting rag and pitched in till Wade woke up wanting his bottle but then right back asleep he went. He was such a good baby that day for us. We got a lot accomplished and I am so thankful I could go and help her out. This is a huge perk to being in camping ministry to be able to have off time during the holidays. :)
Kate decided she wanted to come home with my Mom and me when we got ready to leave. So Kate came and spent a few days with Pepaw and Memaw. She sure did have a good time and she has won the heart of my Dad by looking at him and saying to him, "I sure do like your car!" He loved that and she has wiggled her way into his heart. She also said that about his Total Gym too while he was working out. :)
This is where Wreckless and Daisy spend their time when visiting my parents. It is a really good area for the pups. The yard is sectioned off from the main yard and they are much easier to control. We use to let Daisy run free but then we learned that Wreckless doesn't bark hardly at all or say much if she is with him so she has been booted out. :) Poor Daisy but she does really well out there unless she sees me through the back door window then she feels the need to remind me they are still out there waiting patiently. :)
Over Thanksgiving we had a really bad stomach bug hit the family. My Grandma and Dad were the first to get it and it was a couple of days before Thanksgiving. After the bug ran it's course I cleaned up Grandma's bathroom for her and then I got it right after my Sister and her family left on Thanksgiving Day. It really was a vicious bug. I am telling you. I was feeling alright and then it hit me hard. I went to Grandma's house, took the pups out to use the bathroom (she doesn't have a yard and I didn't want to mess with taking them out), and locked myself in my room which has a bathroom off of it. I didn't come out till I was finished with it. Wreckless and Daisy were so sweet though. Wreckless followed me every step and just kept an eye on me. My sister was texting me and keeping an eye on things from a distance. Thankfully none of the children picked it up. Kate was around my Dad when he was sick and Luke was around me a lot before I caught it. God was so good to my sister.The pictures below are a couple my sister got on Thanksgiving. The first is of my parents with the kids (Rachel-9, Luke-6, Kate-3, Wade-3 almost 4 months) and the second is them with my Grandma.
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!
Okay, Okay everyone decided to cooperate! :)
