We woke up to the first sight of snow for the season. It turns out when I went to bed early last night I actually did miss something. People in the morning were talking about the pizza they’d had I think sometime before midnight. My kids were all awake. My husband had been awake. Lots of the other grown-ups and it sounds like more kids had also been awake. It’s fine because I needed to sleep.

The families all left today. Josh left early with Ethan to get him back to Nebraska. I was worried that the slush would slow them down. But he seems on track to be home sometime between 12:30 and 1. He says he listens to podcasts to keep busy. Once everything was packed and cleaned up we came home and put away the refrigerated items. The rest of the stuff is still in the mudroom because none of us felt like doing anything more at that moment.

The boys and I were talking about homeschooling tonight. Every so often the subject comes up. I think some of it is just the Monday-back-to-school-after-a-holiday thing. But for a moment I was actually imagining us sitting around the dining room table again. Overall we had a wonderful time this past weekend with everyone. I am grateful for these family times of fellowship and memory making.