Silver Linings and clouds

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There's a saying about clouds and silver linings. It came to me this morning that there is a benefit to having the hives like I do.  Yep, you read that right, there is actually something good about these hives! I don't get the sicknesses that my kids and husband get. My immune system is so weirded out and hyperactive that I might get a tickle in the throat, and have a few sneezes, but this 3 week cyclical cold didn't really touch me like it has the rest of the family! So thanks God for that little blessing.
In other news, S is teaching baby K to carpet surf. You may have heard of mattress surfing (eg. Princess Diaries 2) and the famous Hawaiian surfing. But here in Oregon when it rains so much, we have to find other ways to do things. So big brother is teaching little sis to carpet surf. She'll catch on to it eventually.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 9, 2010 at 4:38 PM

    oh, yes, we have carpet surfed over here in Newport a lot of times
    Linda G

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  2. The Giles FamilyDecember 9, 2010 at 9:49 PM

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  3. The Giles FamilyDecember 9, 2010 at 9:51 PM

    That is too funny! The first time we took Caleb to Oregon Dave started doing that with him when it was raining of course. We brought that tradition back with us down here and now Caleb loves to 'carpet surf' all the time. Lol. We'll let him and baby K ride together when they see each other and Sam can push them!

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  4. cm0978December 12, 2010 at 8:12 PM

    Michael used to push Kevin around in the empty Pampers diaper box, but never realized it had a name!

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