Family is all here

I got up at 5, just couldn't sleep. Everyone was coming home for breakfast today so I wrote a grocery list for Jeff and made a loaf of bread. After all, with breakfast at 10, I have 5 hours to get it done. As the morning progressed, all the kids were here and my brother's family came too. It was nice to busy ourselves with all the activities of Mike's kids. Aubrey and Seth were pretty active and baby Sedona was quiet. She is too young to notice all the activity surrounding her. BJ, Lauren, Mike, and Adam played Wii games. Jeff was cooking so there was activity everywhere. It was a nice distraction. Bailee and Carmen and I relaxed at the kitchen table.

We had eggs, bacon, hash browns, fresh fruit, homemade toast, juice and coffee. Jeff got some really good bakery at Sendik's so that was also served. Everything was eaten in no time. Mike and Carmen packed up the kids to head back to Menomonie. Bailee admitted she was having a tough time looking at baby Sedona so it was the right time for them to head out.

It got a lot quieter in the house and there was an extra sadness handing in the air. BJ's departure time was coming close. We had to get him to the airport at 4. Bailee and Adam left to go visit some of Adam's relatives and the rest of us just laid around. The kids just can't bear to go home yet, so Adam's brother has been taking care of their two dogs and we got the cats. All the cats seem so traumatized, and hopefully we can calm them. Toby doesn't seem to mind them in his space, I think they all have a sense that something is not right. The kids said they would be back tonight.

We said good-bye to Lauren and got BJ to the airport then headed back home. It felt dreadful knowing we had nothing left to distract us, there was nothing left except our pain. We looked forward to the kids coming back and when they did we ordered some pizzas. It wasn't long after that I said good night. After all, I got up at 5. I can't imagine how things could ever get better. Not ever.