What a Slumber Party!

Because the weather was unusually brutal to power lines this past week, several families found themselves in very cold houses.  The temperature inside the homes of those with no power dipped below freezing. Our family had the privilege of hosting several of those families. With a total of twenty-one here at one time, every bed and sofa was completely full. What a blessing it was to sit and talk, play games, eat together and basically slow down life.

I know that in God's plan we all needed the rest. I just wish we had another week so that I could redeem the time better. My "busy" nature can think of so many things that would have been wise to do with a house full of guests.

All of the girls enjoyed snuggling with the babies. Josh and Natalie were able to sneak in a short date night  while they were here waiting on their power to be restored.

Josiah did not sleep well away from home, therefore, Rachel did not sleep well this week. Rachel, Adrian, Susannah and Josiah piled in Mary's room for the week.

Our fuzziest guest was a real treat!  Gus is a Golden Doodle who was so well trained and almost convinced us that  we need another dog. He belongs to the Morrison family who took Lydia and Abigail's room.

We took a selfie after all of the little ones went to bed to commemorate this event. Blake, who shared his birthday with us this week, bunked in Ray's office.

The children all played so well together and seemed to really enjoy the time together. Abigail is going to miss having all of her friends here all of the time.

Being surrounded by babies was an especially good treat for me. Lizbeth is the youngest of the O'Neil family who occupied the basement.