The Sun Will Be Out Tomorrow!!!

Indeed, the sun did come out both Saturday and Sunday, at last! Thank you God! Saturday two friends game to visit Roxi at the lake. Steve and Rob came up after Rob took Annie to the airport for her year long visit to London. (We'll miss you Annie, but have a bloody good time!) Jason and I watched the disastrous Illini lose again, so after Anni's nap we took her to the park with her friends in the sun!!!

But Sunday, was the best sunny fall day celebration. Even though Katy was very sick, she drove up from Champaign to meet us at the pumpkin farm. Anni had been waiting for this all week, and was so thrilled to see her Auntie Katy. Katy and Anni choose a "special" pumpkin!

My three girls running from

one thrill to another!

For more pictures of the day see Roxi's blog

After about half an hour the men took off to watch football at the pizza place down the street. Since Roxi and Jason are leaving tomorrow for Cedar Rapids, we celebrated Steve's birthday when we joined them later. Anni helping Babu eat his cake and ice cream.....yum!

It was a wonderful, fall day to do things with your family. And I was blessed to have all three of my children, and my grandchild in one place, at one time. A feat for our family. The damper on the day was that the Bears played even worse than the Illini the day before! I think I'm ready for basketball season to start. In fact, thanks to Katy's friend, Rich, we will get to see her dance Friday for the Illini's first game of the season, and then back to football Saturday. So for Halloween, the Engstroms will be visiting the Engstroms, and we will be back at U of I. However, Katy who had a terrible drive back last night in the RAIN AGAIN, was still very sick today, so hopefully she will feel better after some rest this week.

Roxi had another ultrasound today, and I got to see my new little grand daughter. The doctor has some concerns, and is going to be watching her carefully. We are waiting for blood results to determine how dangerous the risk may be, but Roxi feels the test will be fine. Her faith and determination is incredible. She just wants this whole pregnancy to be over, so she can feel normal again. I am just so grateful she is here to get the care she needs, even if we have had only 2 days of sun.

Tomorrow it will be difficult to say goodbye, but I know they will be home again soon, and again we can all be together. And the sun will come out again, but not tomorrow........