Our Mama Beth and Self protraits

It is about 2 in the morning and I can't sleep. Colin wrote a nice description of our day yesterday below, and he is a much better writer than me so see below.

I thought about some things and I might as well use this insomnia (sitting in the bathroom as not to wake the snoring husband) to write about them. I think if we don't write them now, we will not remember these moments as clearly when we return.

Mom and Patti- I want you to know that we have been well taken care of here this week by Rachel's mom, Beth. She is part of our team, and has sweetly taken the role of mama Beth to us. She lives in Chicago and this is her third trip here. Every day, she makes sure we have sufficient snacks, wipes, mosquito spray, pats on the back, and sweet encouragement. She never fails us with her backpack full of necessities. We think she has CVS pharmacy stowed away in her bag. Just say, "I wish we had some of ....." and she replies with, "Oh, I think I've got that." She is so kind to us and our husbands-- she thinks they are funny, and sometimes she is the only one laughing! We really have grown to love her and think she's done a fabulous job raising her daughter, our fearless leader.

We didn't get any photos of the self portraits, so I snagged some off of the Voss computer that I am using. Here they are. I think they are priceless!