Cerene and Caida visit...again!

As I mentioned before, my sister and niece are visiting for a bit...they'll be leaving early Wednesday morning for Riley Children's hospital for a 48-hour EEG, in which they are hoping to pinpoint where Caida's grand mal seizures are happening in her brain and determine her eligibility for brain surgery this fall.  And they'll be staying here again this weekend...and, depending on James's job situation at the end of the month and Caida's surgery schedule, they may end up staying here even longer--which would be just fine by me!  We always have SO much fun when they visit, and Cerene and I motivate each other to actually DO something and eat better and laugh more.

Here are some of the highlights so far:

SWIMMING! 

Yes, Caida has become part fish!

Charissa, Tanner, and Caida (underwater)

me and Tanner!

We have been swimming at LEAST once a day since they've been here...and are about to go again.  I say at least once a day because on Saturday we actually went walking up the lazy river in Columbian Park's Tropicanoe Cove for an hour, came back here to swim, then went swimming later with the kiddos that afternoon.  I LOVE swimming...it makes my back feel better and my legs feel stronger and I could do it for hours every day...if only I didn't burn!

MAKING STATIONERY!

We put some food coloring and corn syrup in bubble solution and blew bubbles through the straws...making our own stationery!

SHOPPING & McDONALDS!

Caida has her own money--a few whole dollars--and she really, REALLY wanted to spend some of it on her own 49-cent ice cream cone...so we went to McDonald's one day so she could eat and play.  We also have been shopping every other day, for things we NEED, but also a few fun things...like these AWESOME M&M dishes that are Caida-proof!  :)

JUST HANGING WITH FAMILY!

Yes, Cerene cut Caida's hair while they were here!

Her long, beautiful, but unmanageable hair before. 

So much fun already, and there's only more to come.  Worth the sunburn.  :)