Difficulty writing

It's difficult for me to write entries for my blog. I feel things, I think things, I experience things, but it is so hard for me to put any of it into words. I've never been a good writer, and struggled all through my English classes. Anyways, this is kind of a way for me to practice and improve. So don't judge me! Just kidding, kind of.

Illness

I feel as though at least one member of my family has been sick at any given time for the past 2 years. I know that this isn't true, but when the reflux days of Tenzin are still fresh in my mind, and his recent hospitalization still more fresh, it's hard to look at the situation by fact and not feeling. Michael has been violently ill for the past two weeks. This is evidenced by the fact that he actually stayed home from work a few days AND missed 2 classes. Shocking, I know.
Last night Lilli came down with a fever of 103 or so. We've been managing the fever with Tylenol and Motrin and rest and fluids, and tonight the upchucking commenced. Poor sweet little baby bear. When my children are sick I want nothing more than to take all of the pain and suffering on to myself and soldier through it for them. But as Dory (sp?) says on Finding Nemo, "Well, you can't never let anything happen to him- then nothing would ever happen to him. Not much fun for little Harpo..."

First Family Bike Ride

Well, today something happened that I never thought would. Our entire little family (this includes Michael, folks) went on a bike ride today. It was wonderful. My dear cousin Matthew gave Michael a supersweet bike to ride and it fits him perfectly. He got it last week and has already taken it on a couple rides by his lonesome. I got a bike in early January and have also been riding it solo, tugging the kids along in the bike trailer behind me. Today, though, we joined forces and took on the world... well, not the world, but a little route on the roads around our house.
For those of you who know Michael, I'm sure you realize that this was a pretty big deal for us. We walk together all spring, summer, and fall almost every day, but apparently there is something about riding a bike all the time on your mission that takes the love of it out for some people for awhile (i.e. my fabulous husabanda). So finally he loves it again, and we have the bikes and smiles to prove it!