It's been 2 weeks since Darling Daughter came home from Mexico. Time is flying by way too fast for me. We started with a party for family the day after she flew in- hosting a red-white-and blue BBQ at our house. It seemed the best way for everyone to get a chance to reconnect with Emily without wearing her to a frazzle. On the 4th of July we went to a party at my dad's and Twylla's house,having a quieter, more intimate chance to catch up. We also went to Nate's birthday party at Molly's, spending another day outside with family.
We went to dine out a few times with the family, including Danielle and Diane. We had an impromptu spaghetti feast here last night with friends of Emily's- Anna and Caitlin. Emily claimed she gained 2 lbs. in 2 weeks from eating out, but I think it's the lack of exercise. After all, she isn't walking everywhere she needs to go, has only managed one run once even though she bragged on the first day how she will be all over it since she dropped 7000 feet in altitude since flying here, and hasn't gone her usual 7 days a week of Salsa.
She babysat the Murrays all week, going to the zoo with Sophie and Luke, and also took them to the playground. But we got rained out of our plans for Duluth, berry picking, Stillwater and Danielle's cabin with them. She also babysat the Audette's, giving her a chance to build bonds with Nate, Jake and Max, and giving Jeff and Molly a break. She has taken jobs dog-sitting for Danielle and Mark, and window washing for Twylla. She is desperately trying to earn money to bring back to Guanajuato to live on for the first 3 months.
Bob took Emily to a Twin's Game, but we still need to make time to see the little guys play ball. I want to take family pictures, for the first time in 5 years, and we have some shopping to do. We still have places to go, people to see and things to do before we run out of time. Hopefully the next two weeks before we go to the cabin will drag by.
