North House

Saturday the kids and I went down to the North House for a family dance and toy making workshop. Brandi had a great time. Kaj liked it but was a little too tired after staying up with Brandi until 10 the night before.

The kids got to make a limber toy out of a potato and some dowels. You take and sit on a piece of flat wood and pound it with your hand and hold the limber toy over it to make it dance. It was a cute project. After that Brandi and her friend Sophie when skiing with my Dad and Rebecca. Kaj promptly fell asleep after we dropped off the girls and took a 3 hour nap. Which was good because it was another late night since some other friends came over. Then today we went to church and a fundraiser for some friends. The wife mysteriously hit her head when she was home alone one weekend. Her husband found her unresponsive when he got home Sunday night. She had been unconcious for a long time since the dog had gone to the bathroom in the house a few times. Anyway she was taken to Duluth and her husband had made the decision to pull the plug and all of the sudden she started coming around and now about two-three months later she is starting to walk, can talk, and is getting back her short term memory. A really amazing story. After the fundraiser we came home and did Sunday afternoon stuff, read the paper, planted some seeds...
Another amazing story has been my second cousin(I think that is the title)David and his fight with cancer. Soon he will be going to heaven but what an inspiration and living life to its fullest. I think of his kids often since I have been in that situation. But it is really different because they are younger and have had a long time to deal with the situation already. They wrote some letters to their Dad to take with him. They are very heart wrenching. So I know most who read this are family but for those that aren't and don'tknow the situation, please keep the Baty family in your prayers.