My kids love their cousins. All ten Towfighis plus Toby arrived at our house on Monday afternoon. Seven of them left on Tuesday morning to take Andrew to Cedarville. Joel, Micah, Wesley, and Julianna stayed with us through Friday evening. Nadia spent a lot of time with Wesley - they did puzzles, colored with crayons, colored with sidewalk chalk, played games (especially Loot Letter), etc. I think she'd make a great babysitter! We had lunch at Kids' Cafe every day, which was a blessing to me, and the kids enjoyed all the snacks they were given to take home each day (cereal, chips, rice Krispie treats, juice boxes, pretzels, etc.). One day the police officers were also distributing free backpacks and school supplies, which the kids loved receiving. Micah was very attached to his backpack for the rest of the time they were at our home. Aside from Kids' Cafe, we only had one other outing - a hike at the Milton State Park with other homeschoolers. The outing was also supposed to include tubing in the river, but we've had TOO much rain lately (including water in our basement) so the water conditions weren't safe for tubing. Oliver and Julianna were the only ones who got in the water at all.
Margie passed away on August 10. Because the funeral is happening tomorrow in Virginia, Nadia rode to Maryland with the Towfighis on Friday evening so that she could have more time with her cousins. The Benners flew from Chicago to Virginia today, and Joe drove 6 of his kids plus Nadia to Virginia. Nadia was looking forward to spending the night with Rachel, Julianna, Susie, Grace, and Wendy in a hotel room. Jenna and Yvonne are driving from Maryland to Lynchburg tomorrow. Paul, Oliver, Ian, and I are heading to Lynchburg in the morning. It will be a new record for Oliver and me as far as time spent in the van in one day (about 12 hours total). The service is at 3pm. There is a meal for family members at 5pm, but we aren't staying for that due to how late we would get home if we did.
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