It has now been 6 months since I quit Facebook and 5 months since I quit Instagram. The duration of time seems so little when I write it down, yet it really feels as though a long time has passed. Abigail drinking a glass of chocolate milk. In the middle of March, we had a very spontaneous visit from a friend in Washington. She was traveling through with her twelve children (no big deal) and they stopped to stay with us for a night. We had 18 kids in the house for about 24 hours, and it was so wonderful. It was good to see an old friend, to reconnect and catch up, even if it was brief. Washington I still don't know how she did it, but she convinced me to drive to Washington to visit her by myself with all of my kids! The drive with the kids was smooth and easy. We arrived on Holy Thursday and stayed with her for almost a week, during Easter-time. My friend is such a lovely hostess that the whole trip was easy and enjoyable. I felt at ease and relaxed with 18 kids