About an hour before Laura, Jeff, Lindsey, and Ben were going to go to the airport to fly home, a massive tree branch fell from a tree in our yard onto their rental car. The weekend had gone so well until that point, but it does make for a memorable trip! They were able to get the rental car company to pick up the car, and then Mr. B drove them to the airport and my landlord came right away to clean up the debris and call a tree service. It could have been so much worse, so we are grateful.
When Kelley and her family left a couple hours later, they took Audrey home with them for the week. She had a great time going to the lake and the zoo and hanging out with her cousins--all girls on this side of the family and poor Audrey never got a sister. So some girl time was just the ticket!
Of course I had to go pick her up, so I bought myself a plane ticket and spent the weekend sewing and hanging out with my mom. We learned how to make book sleeves!
My amazing dad and mom.
The siblings gathered again at my parents' to celebrate McKenna's birthday. I can never get enough of my family--this was heaven.
Before I left on my trip, Declan really wanted to get Laura more sea glass. She had been about to spend the last hour before going to the airport in pursuit of more sea glass, but the rental car catastrophe canceled that plan. So Declan, Ian, and I went to the beach and got a whole small jar of glass collected for her as a gift. She was so pleased! Here are the boys on the hunt:
