Insomnia

It's 1:35am. I needed to go to sleep 2 1/2 hours ago. We have church in the morning, and after this past loooooong week, you'd think I'd be able to sleep. But I'm wired. I think the excitement of seeing Robert, anxiety of traveling so far with the kids alone, stress of spending all this money for the trip, and dread of saying goodbye and dragging the kids away from him is starting to stress me out. I'm going to bed now, but I have a feeling that sleeping is a ways off.

4 Day Pass

Most of you know that we are leaving Tues April 22nd for New Orleans. The kids and I are getting on an Amtrak in Champaign, IL on the 22nd, and will arrive in New Orleans on the 23rd. Robert will be meeting up with us late that night. He has to leave in the eve on the 27th to head back to MS. We will get back on the train on the 28th and return to IL on the 29th to drive home (about 4 hours). We are so excited about seeing him for 4 days before he leaves. And we are thrilled to get to go to New Orleans! I am trying not to think about saying goodbye....again. Please keep us in your prayers.

This past week:

Grown men doing what they dream of as boys:

Brennan waiting for Mikala to try on sandals at Old Navy: Kylie and Grant chillaxin at the Starrs:
Mikala was playing Capture the Flag. She was "taken down by some big kid".
No broken bones, just a bad contusion on the cartilage and a sling for 2 more weeks.


The sling. Oh yeah, after getting her hair tangled in 2 seperate trees, Mikala talked me into letting her cut about 8 inches of it off.

March 9th, saying goodbye at the airport.