We wanted to surprise my Mom and drive home to Missouri with Ryan and Lizzie, but someone blew our cover before we could get there. The 17 plus hour drive wasn't that bad really. The kids did well for sitting in the car all that time. We finally arrived to Grammy's house at 3:30 am. Elisabeth woke up when the van door opened and immediately knew where we were. she wanted to see the horses and find Grammy as fast as possible. After that I didn't see much of her for about three whole days. She didn't want anything to do with me, she just wanted her Grammy and Grandpa. She even slept in their big king size bed with them for a few nights. After about five days of being here I knew it was about due time for the kids to get sick, it happens every time, it was just a matter of when. Isaac woke up the next day with a burning fever, the next two nights were sleepless for us. Finally he started feeling better and then of course Elisabeth, Tucker, and Baby Ryan all came down with the same thing. Elisabeth started hers out with a temperature of 105 F. I called her pediatrician in Pennsylvania and he recommended that I take her to the emergency room as soon as possible. After she received a blessing given by Grandpa and Uncle Bradly we opted to take her to an urgent care center in Springfield. We checked in and they were about to call us in when I realized that Elisabeth's body felt a lot cooler than it had earlier. I pulled out a thermometer and took her temp one last time, to our surprise it had dropped to 103 F. After talking to the nurse we decided the worst was over and we took her home where she could sleep comfortably. 

 The next 3 nights were once again sleepless for us.  On Friday elisabeth was feeling much better and we had more drama that had to do with a rash and an intimidating call to the Pediatrician. Friday when we woke up it started to rain heavily. I was up with the kids and didn't think much about it since it had been raining for the nth days previous. Mom woke up and realizing I had lived through another sleepless night told me to go back to bed and she would watch the kids. i was just about back to sleep when