Pictures of Luke with Family - Part II

Luke's Grampa Brian had a sister, Aunt Kathy, who lived in Mississippi. Sadly, she lost a long battle with breast cancer last fall. She left behind a wonderful husband, my Uncle Gene, and three great children, my cousins, Maggie, Dan and Emily Ann. Well, Maggie, her daughter Caroline, sister Emily and Uncle Gene all traveled up to Tennessee last weekend to visit. It was the first time I'd met Caroline in person. I think technically, Caroline and Luke would be 3rd cousins. (Maggie is my first cousin so she'd be Luke's 2nd cousin and therefore her daughter would be Luke's 3rd cousin? right? I have no idea). Anyway, Luke and Caroline were so funny together. Most of the time they didn't care that the other was even around. We thought it would make for cute pictures if they took a bath together. Well, neither of them would sit down in the bath - they both wanted to stand up the whole time.












So, here's a funny story about their visit (well, it's funny now).... So Maggie and Caroline had been sick a few days before their trip to Tennessee, but they were feeling better by Thursday so they went ahead and made the drive. They stopped in Chattanooga and stayed with Papa and Reeda Simpson (my dad's dad) on Thursday night. Then on Friday they were coming up to Knoxville to see us. Well apparently Uncle Gene wasn't feeling well so he stayed in Chattanooga on Friday. We didn't hear why he wasn't feeling well, we just knew that he was very tired and was napping when they left. We had originally planned to go to Cades Cove on Friday evening and then to the Knoxville Zoo on Saturday morning, but unfortunately it rained the entire time they were here, so we just went to dinner and hung out at the house. Well, then we find out that my grandfather got sick on Saturday - apparently had whatever Uncle Gene had. THEN, I woke up on Monday morning and was very ill. Daddy went home from work sick on Monday. We quickly realized that this was a stomach bug that was making its rounds. I stayed out of work on Monday, but went back on Tuesday. Then Greg got sick on Wednesday. Then we got some friends sick over the weekend (even after we thought the bug was long gone). I also talked to some of the other moms at Luke's day care and it turns out the other toddlers had had the bug as well. THEN, I was in the car with my boss all day driving to Columbia, SC and back in one day (this was a full week after I had been sick) and two days later, while he was on vacation in California, he woke up sick with the stomach bug. And he infected some of his friends in CA. It's been widespread desctruction!!
And now, if anyone has a little upset stomach, they are blaming me for their problems.... I don't know guys.... that was two weeks ago. I shouldn't be contagious anymore... or at least I don't think I am... who knows!!!????!!!!