Angels on Earth

As most of you know... we do not feel well at our house.  We have already been in survival mode, as I have been calling it, for several weeks.  Just the bare minimum in getting by.  We have been so blessed by our wonderful and neighbors and friends who have brought us dinner on a number of occasions during my many weeks of laying on the couch.  This week has been the culmination of SICK.  Rachel, Wesley, Luke, Jason and I have all gotten sick with various things.  My lame attempts to somewhat feed my family on occasion and have a few clean clothes to wear went out the window as Rachel and I have layed on the couch or in bed now for days.  We have had fevers and coughs and pinkeye (argh!  I HATE pinkeye) and then Rachel came down with RSV.  Jason took her to urgent care and then back to the doctor again the next day.  It has been days and days and days of fever and labored breathing and being held constantly.  And that is when cousin *Keri stepped in.  She called me yesterday morning, told me she was bringing me dinner and to get 4 loads of laundry ready that she was going to whisk away and return clean at the end of the day.  What do you do when someone calls you and tells you that?  You hang up the phone and cry.

Rachel waking up and checking to see that Dad had just gotten home.  And then she went back to sleep.

*Keri is married to Jason's first cousin Rus.  We were so excited when they moved into our neighbor not too many blocks away.  They have 4 kids, all the same age and same sex as our kids.  It has been so fun and such a blessing to have them so close!  Keri is sooo talented.  She just made the centerpieces for a lunch with the visiting General Authorities.  And check out Wesley and Beau at a roller skating class.