The Barnes Family

So my sweet little monkey is SICK!!! Let me back up and start with the oh so lovely event that happened last night at dinner! The little man sat in his chair at the French Market West just smiling, waving, dancing and shoving food into his mouth (lima beans, turkey, bread, puffs, and drinking lots of milk!). So while I was eating my yummy dessert he started to get a little fussy. I picked him up and held him, he started to cough, drool a little so I turned him to face me (WHY!!!). He then preceded to projectile vomit all over me and the floor and I'm very surprised he did not reach the booth beside us! It was gross!!!!! It was also the first time he has ever done anything like that! He seemed much better, smiling and wanting to walk outside with daddy. The next morning he slept until 9 am!!!! Perhaps this should have been my first clue? He seemed happy, no fever, just a little runny nose but that was nothing new. So we went to our play group! This is why I am calling my self a bad

2 hour drive to Atlanta, unload into a hotel, quick nights rest, 2 hours to Minneloplis st. paul, an hour to make it off the plane and to the next gate, 2.5 hours to Kalispell Montana, 45 minute drive to the park on a paved road, and 30 minutes on a BUMPY dirt road to the cabin. WHAT A LONG DAY! Oh and lets add the time change in there to throw us off. Little did I know that the comforts of home didn’t await us….. 1. You’re an hour from a decent grocery store or hospital- let me clarify- there is a small town you pass (20 minutes form cabin)- ONE store/bakery/sandwiches, and internet!- with out door toliets and bathin facitlities, hostels, and a small one room, one small kitchen resturant open from 4-9. We went back in time! 2. No heat or air conditioning in the cabin- a fire place and the fact that heat rises. Our room got hot at night but during the day we needed to stay bundled up around the house. 3. Solar power- a couple of rules went along with this- NEVER leave anything plugged

Montana has had a special place in my heart since I was a little girl. I can still remember the night my dad came into my room and told me they bought a ranch in Bozeman and that we would be spending the summer out there. Our summers were spent exploring 160 acres of the beautiful ranch. Playing in the creek behind the house, riding horses, playing make believe in the barn that wasn't being used for horses, riding bikes up and down the LONG driveway, jumping off the hay stacks,going to rodeos, hiking, picking fresh berries, and some how surviving without CABLE! All we had for entertainment on a rainy day or at night, was one small television with one vhs (Dunstin Checks In). That's all we had one summer and it was the best I can remember! We spent winters and summers out there for along time until the summer before I went to 6th grade, they decided we would move out there for good! It was a long three day journey! School out there was great, there were no cliques, clothes didn’

In February I was lucky enough to be invited to a Friday Lunch group. (Faris I am forever grateful to you!) I have gotten to know several of these ladies and I am lucky enough to now call them my friends. Not only did I look forward to Friday at Noon but I begin to look forward to ladies night out and play dates with these ladies and their children. Well I MISS IT! If I haven’t been out of town, I’ve been sick or running errands for a certain little mans First Birthday party! With summer coming to an end we have all taken off to enjoy the last days of summer fun at the beach or other family vacations. Some have even taken the next step in their lives and have moved!:( Now I am about to take off and I miss everyone!!! Adult conversation, play dates that wear out my little one, shared stories of the adventures in motherhood and life in general. I am looking forward to my family vacation, a chance to relax but I am also looking forward to reestablishing Fridays at noon, play date Wednesda