Guests

My sissy came to visit from Rhode Island.  She plans trips far in advance.  I mean far in advance.  Far like: let's-go-on-vacation-together-in-three-years-but-we'll-start-looking-at-hotel-rooms-now kind of planning.  When she asked me months before the baby was born when we were going to bless her, I stared blankly and drooled.  

Good thing she asked.  I hadn't even considered when we should bless the baby.

To summarize: my sissy wanted to come visit when the baby was blessed. Therefore, I had to choose a date far, far in advance.

I tell you my sissy came with 3 of her daughters and 1 of her husbands, but I don't really have much photo evidence.  You'll have to trust me on this one.  And also trust me when I say that it was a wonderful time and she didn't stay nearly long enough.  I cried when she left.  

But don't tell her that.  I don't want her to think that I love her.

The best part of my sissy's visit was that she brought me 2 boxes of Phillips Chocolates from Boston.  That alone was worth the 12 hour drive.  Well, it was for me anyway.

We didn't do anything particularly spectacular since I'm still recovering from birthing a human.  We celebrated my niece's 12th birthday, swam in the pool, went for a walk and discovered my other niece didn't pack shoes but merely dollar store flip flops, ate delicious barbeque, played cards, went to our cousin's daughter's baptism, laughed and visited, and on one day everyone went to Dollywood and Buc-ees without me.  Thank goodness. I too tired.  My nieces also held the baby and doted over her nonstop.  It was wonderful. And they even brought a hand-crocheted blanket and fox. Amazing!

Oh! And Michael blessed the baby.

I'm incredibly grateful to have siblings who are also my friends.  I'm also grateful for the Phillips Chocolates.

Mostly for the chocolates.