It was the best of times...

Group shot before Theresa and Scott head home...

... and one more with "normal" faces.

... it was the sickest of times. I may have mentioned last week that Juniper seemed a bit under the weather.  That was, as it turns out, a pre-cursor to flumageddon, 2015. By the time Theresa and Scott left us on Friday morning, it had been all the way through this little family, leaving us all relatively incapacitated at one point or another.  It was one of those all-inclusive dealies: respiratory distress, vomiting, full-on body aches, chills and sweats, multiple-day headaches, exhaustion. The FLU.  I got it the worst, by all accounts - the whole week is kind of a blur.  If you want a more "technical" explanation of events, you can check out this week's JuniperAndLinden.org.  You can find it here.

Juniper tries to eat some soup while sitting at the radiator - the only way she felt warm.

It was an indescribable blessing that Theresa and Scott were here - they were able to pick up all the slack that we could not manage, and treat the people who were not ill to some fun and adventure while the others convalesced. It also, of course, sucked, not to be able to actually take advantage of the rare opportunity to just hang out and have fun.  Sadly, this flu also seemed to follow them home - last we heard, Scott was in the grips of it.  Here's to hoping Theresa remains unscathed!! 

A daddy-Linen snow morning

 I do have a few photos to share from the weekend - Linden and I are both a little draggy still, but that did not deter Linden, at least.  There were some outdoor adventures on Saturday morning (while I was at pottery), including the exploration of a massively snowy playground, and the wonders of some sea ice on Buzzard's Bay.

Check out that sea ice!

It goes on as far as the eye can "sea"

Trying to find a buried tire swing (which indicates the depth of the packed snow!)

Sliding, taken to a whole new level!

  See you next week - here's to hoping it is a very healthy one!