Jud and Favorite Quotes

Yes, I may be a writer, but I'm also a mother of four. That's my excuse for such few blog entries.

Well, of the last six weeks, we've spent 7 nights in our own beds. After spending three weeks in Minneapolis, we were home six days before finding out Dan's dad had had a heart attack. So we re-folded the clothes that had just come out of suitcases and returned to Minneapolis--much easier packing the second time around. Not wanting to overburden Jud and Yvonne, I and the three youngest girls stayed at my mom's about 15 minutes down the road. Dan and Annika stayed with his parents. Why Annika you may ask? Because she has Daddy wrapped around her little finger. "Daddy, I want to spend time with you. I don't get to spend much time with you when you're in school." He instantly melted.

Jud is doing well. He didn't have to have open heart surgery; he's home, but getting his endurance up to pre-constricted artery levels will be slow. We're just extremely glad he's around to work on his endurance.

We tried returning to Chicago on Saturday, but two of us having the flu made that a poor decision. We came back yesterday. Rear view mirrors are great tools for watching Emily dance to "Locomotion" at the end of the Thomas the Tank Engine movie while Annika and Lauren sang to it.

Today's quotes:
Lauren at 1:45 a.m. next to my bedside: "Well, I was thinking I should sleep with you for a little while."

Lauren at dinner with a salad dressing she didn't like: "I don't think this is good for children."

Annika, excited about her eighth cousin being born in December: "They can't name the baby Darth Vader if it's a girl. That would be weird. I think, if it's a girl, they should name her Princess Leia." Ahh, after Uncle Steve's own heart! (Sara--you got your way with Bailey. It's Steve's turn now!)