TWELVE TOGETHER

Over the next four days we will find out if our little house can hold twelve people. All three kids are home from college for Christmas break - Caleb and Samuel arrived this evening and Hannah yesterday. Our friends Bill and Julie arrived Wednesday evening with their three little boys. And now we are just waiting for Janeen to get here. 

Twelve. That's four times our "new normal" of three. (Plus, we can't forget the two dogs. Even if we tried.) 

The last time all twelve of us humans were together was almost two years ago when we escaped Haiti for a few days of retreat in the Dominican Republic. That was just weeks before Covid sent us all in different directions around the globe.

I thank God for this opportunity to be reunited.

I think this is shaping up to be a 96 hour slumber party: too much snacking and laughing and not enough sleep.