Reflections of Birthdays and Viruses

The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy with the celebration of Jaelyn and Ava's birthdays followed by one of the viruses that have been going around.

Jaelyn and Ava turned three on the 9th of this month.  I took them to my last week of league play volleyball.  A special thank you to my junior girls volleyball team on the bench for watching them while I coached.  After supper the girls opened the gifts from us and had the chance to play with their new toys.

On Saturday, February 12th, we had a busy day. 

It started by taking the girls to Memorial Arena for Public skating.  This was quite the challenge.  Holding a 3 year old up while they attempted to skate is really hard on the back.

Skating….


We then headed to the Blenheim Pool for a Swimming Party.  We had lots of family and friends present. 

Swimming...

Supper…

Instead of going out for dinner, we used the church hall and had a potluck soup and bun supper.  Dessert was cake.  

Jaelyn's Dora cake on the left and Ava's Barbie cake on the right.

Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us.  Another big thank you to everyone who brought food for the supper.  Jaelyn and Ava would also like to thank those who brought gifts.  This was totally unexpected and unnecessary.    Most of all, we would like to give thanks to God for giving us our greatest blessings in Jaelyn and Ava.

God's power was reaffirmed this week when things don't always go how we want them too.  Both girls got "the virus".  It started on Sunday with Ava and it is still plaguing Jaelyn.  They have been struggling with fever, coughing, and runny noses.  It has taken its toll on everyone.  We are all a little sleep deprived.  I have one less sick day banked and Brian took a half day off to stay with our precious little babes.   

You definitely know that Jaelyn & Ava are ill when there is NO FIGHTING!  Yes, it is hard to believe.  Hopefully, the girls are on the road to recovery and Brian and I avoid getting "the virus".  

As I am ending this post, we are getting hit with another winter snow storm.  Maybe that will be my next post…..  LATER until next time