The trip almost didn't happen. Aubrey's fever went up not down after Wednesday, which was strange because she seemed to be getting better and everyone else who had had it was better, but then her fever went up to 103 with ibuprofen in her on Thursday evening. We were SO bummed and so frustrated by all this sickness that was ruining our plans. We decided to wait until Friday morning to make the call. We were up most of the night with Aubrey, and then finally at 6am Friday morning she said, "Mommy, my ear hurts." I was so relieved to hear her say that! That meant there was hope that this was something that was fixable. I was almost giddy when I went back to bed and told Greg what she said. We got her in to the doctor at 10:30am, and sure enough, her left ear drum was infected and bulging. We filled her prescriptions, picked up Joel from preschool, ate some lunch, packed for the weekend in 1 hour (a record for us), and were on the road by 1:15pm. Aubrey and Grant both slept through the snowy drive over the mountain, and we enjoyed our trip over as much as you possibly can enjoy a trip like that with 4 kids in the car.
Ryan and Michelle moved to Sisters (central Oregon) back in August, but we hadn't had a chance to go out and visit them yet, so we were excited to finally go. Michelle is having baby Brennan in less than two weeks, so we squeezed in a visit before his arrival. It was nice to just relax, chat, catch up, and have fun together with no big agenda for the weekend. We went to the bakery Saturday morning, let the kids play at the park where they saw a bunch of deer, and then went out to a farm of someone Ryan works with where the kids got to chase chickens and ride on a horse. We went to Ashlynn's last basketball game Saturday afternoon, and I got to see my aunt and uncle and their new house in Sisters, too, while we were there. Aubrey wasn't feeling good for most it, but the medicine kicked in Saturday afternoon, and she perked up. The guys had a good time watching basketball all weekend. At one point they had 4 different screens set up--the TV and three laptops--so they wouldn't miss a bit of March Madness.
Lorelai and Joel looking at "Bunny."
Aubrey wanted nothing to do with that horse. It was pretty cold and windy, too, so she just hung onto Daddy while we were there.
We had a nice little surprise Saturday morning. We woke up to a few inches of snow on the ground.
Ashlynn enjoyed mothering Grant for the weekend. She's going to be one excited big sister in a couple weeks! She's going to be quite the helper for her mama.
Not expecting snow, we didn't bring snow gear, so they couldn't really play in it much, but they did have fun brushing off the cars.
We had a great time, and the drive back home wasn't bad either. Next time we see them, they'll be a family of five!
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