Mother's Day

We are doing okay these days. We are still sad and moved by Uncle Charlie's death, but we are up and around.

We had a pretty quiet Mother's Day. Things have been quieter in general around our house since we took Henry into the doctor and discovered he had sinusitis. He had been really cranky and not sleeping well for a couple of weeks. No wonder.

Sunday morning Henry got up at 6:00 a.m., and then Madi got up at 6:30 a.m. I decided it was a good time to exercise my Mother's Day prerogative and went back to sleep until 8:30 a.m. I think that is the latest I have slept in years.

For lunch, we went for a hike and picnic in Green Canyon. Madi did great hiking. Henry loves being carried in the pack. Tim thinks he is starting to get a little heavy though. Henry + pack = 35 lbs. these days. It slows Tim down enough that Madi and I can sort of keep up with him.

There is still snow visible on the peaks behind them here, but we didn't run into any in the canyon.

Here is Madi practicing her rock climbing. Her latest career goals are rock climber, wildlife biologist, and artist. She wants to live on Madagascar.

Madi did get a little tired toward the end and resorted to singing.

After the hike we went to get ice cream, then came home for a nap. Only Henry wouldn't nap, because he took a nap in the carrier on the hike. I decided it was a good time to exercise my Mother's Day prerogative again and took a nap with Madi in her new 'big girl' bed.

Madi told me that she wants to have six children. One of them, she plans to name Uncle Charlie. I said that sounded like a pretty good idea.