Family Time

My crazy week is officially over.  My kids finished school on Wednesday.  My brother and his family have come and gone.  My little brother is home from Detroit.  My little sister is married.  Remember how I said I was tired earlier this week?  It doesn't even compare to how I feel now.  But it has been a great week!  And I promise to post wedding pictures and other stuff later. I will miss Joseph (my nephew) and Robbie beating on each other.  I'll miss the cute dancing of my nieces.  I'll miss Kay (my niece) running up to me and giving me random hugs.  I'll miss Mary screaming every time one of her uncles looked at her.  I'll miss Mary saying "ouch" every time those same uncles touched her.  I'll miss sitting around and making fun of my brother and his baldness.  I'll miss hugging Brad every time I walk by just because I can.  I'll miss having my awesome sister in law here.  I'll miss Mom cooking dinner for me, because frankly the break was nice.  I'll miss the craziness of feeding 9 kids at one time.  I'll miss all my cousins and aunts and grandparents being here.  I'll miss working together to skewer 1200 shiskabobs.  I'll miss Mom and Randi crying every 3 seconds because they were so happy.  I'll miss Aunt Sherrie's awesome wedding food.  I'll miss the fun and the laughter and the tears and the joy and just being together. So, my family, we've enjoyed the craziness, but I think we're all ready for a break.  I didn't cook dinner once this week (as compared to my Mom who cooked for 20 pretty much every night!), and Jon and I don't remember the last family dinner we had at our house.  So, tonight, we stayed home, just the Gee 6.  It was so nice.  We had a deluxe dinner of wedding leftovers and sandwiches.  We played "Big Fish, Little Fish", which was highly entertaining.  We read scriptures.  We gave the kids baths.  We played charades (which mostly consisted of the kids crawling around on all 4 limbs and making us guess which animal they were).  And then we put the kids to bed.  It was nice to not rush home at 9:00 and try to get the kids to sleep because we had to be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow.  It was nice to have some time to ourselves. I've enjoyed my family time - both with my big family, and with my little family.  And now, I'm ready for some much needed rest!