Category: Family

Family news, announcements, etc.

Traveling bug

So I guess the bug that Jere’s family had a month ago made its delayed way to the Southeast. Elsie started throwing up on the way from Justin’s house to Andrea’s parents house (that was Friday), and she continued to be sick all day Saturday. She got better on Sunday, but she passed it onto Andrea, who was sick all day Sunday. Andrea’s better today, but now her mom, two sisters, and her brother and his little girl are all sick.

So I’m keeping my fingers crossed and painting sheep blood on my forehead and cheeks, and hoping I don’t get it. You might all want to do the same; there’s no telling where it might strike next.

Two front teeth

Remember that record from when we were all growing up where the “hit” song was, “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”? It was Mom’s or Dad’s. The cover of it was a good bokeh shot of a little blond kid with a bowl haircut smiling with no front teeth (and perhaps a red sweater?) standing in front of a Christmas tree. I always thought that was a silly song for whatever reason. I mean, who loses their two front teeth right around Christmas? And why would you want them for Christmas.?

two front teeth

Well I thought about the song the other day as Ashlee was trying to eat some pizza. Now Ashlee’s four food groups are pizza, apple juice, corn dogs, and frosted flakes, with some milk thrown in there every once in a while. She didn’t finish her pizza. /GASP /SHUDDER (Oh the horrer!) When I asked her why she said it was getting too hard to take a bite because she had to do it with the side of her mouth. Poor girl. Now I understand the song much better. And I feel for the poor kids who can’t finish their pizza because of this. I’d want my two front teeth for Christmas as well if they were hampering my pizza ingestion in any way!

Blogs

Blog is such a weird word. Just look at it. Now say it. BLOG. Man thats weird. Well, despite how weird it may be, I started one. I’m not as good as Becky, and not nearly as good as Laurie. Here is the link to it. In the future, you can just get to in by clicking on my name on the side. Speaking of which, hey Jere, do you think you can change the link on the side so that it goes to my page? Thanks. Enjoy!

So it begins

The kids got Christmas break a day early as their last day 2008 was called off due to snow. As forecast, we got about 8-10 inches between about 3am to 3pm today. I still went to work, and Becky still had to go take her last final, but the kiddlywinks got to stay home and chill.

So, I’ve got the week off next week as well. I get to help Becky figure out how to keep the kids entertained for the week. Nick is pretty easy, Ashlee tends to walk around asking what we have planned for tomorrow and announcing that she’s bored. So I figure one day we’ll go catch a matinee of that Despereaux (?) movie. And another day we’re thinking about spending at an indoor water park that’s just 20 minutes down the road. They’ve got really good resident discounts at the water park. And we get 2 free buckets of popcorn at the theater. So those two activities are no brainers.

PS – Becky won’t like this, but to my siblings who may have to time off, this may be a good time to try out that 10-day free trial of World of Warcraft. Duskwood, Horde, that’s all you need to know! ;)

One week later

So we’re home. A day early. We were coaxed into leaving yesterday instead of today because of this huge meeting that’s supposed to take place. A big storm from the south is supposed to meet up with a big storm from the north right over I-80, our route home for 95% of the trip. So we decided to make the trek back yesterday instead of today which keeps us away from the majority of other travelers going home/back to school today and away from the blizzard that’s supposed to hit PA/OH/MI. We got back at 10 last night, not too bad a trip except for Becky, who was, you guessed it, nailed by that bug that hit the children a full week earlier. I won’t go into the gory details, but she woke up and didn’t feel good, and when it hit full on, let’s just say it was a good thing we were already prepared with a proper containment unit (brought but not used for the kids on the drive out) and we happened to be just approaching an available exit. Nuff said!

For the most part the kids are out of the woods. Ashlee felt really bad Friday morning, but she seemed fine by that evening. The both of them are just now starting to get their appetites back. It just seemed like they never wanted to eat anything the whole week.

And as for me, well, since Becky has come down with it one week later, I won’t say I got through clean until this time next week at the earliest.

PS – Did you remember to clap when you read the title in the actual post (old college game, actually it’s probably a BYU thing, most other places you’re most likely supposed to take a drink)

Winnig isn’t everything?

Live from Pennsylvania, I’m fresh off my shellacking handed down to me by Nick when we both played Madden ’08 against each other for the first time. He played the Chicago Bears (go figure, Lions weren’t good enough?), I was Indy, and I’m still in disbelief that a Rex Grossman lead team beat me! So Nick’s having some fun playing games with his cousins this morning, and winning, and winning, and winning. I heard Kylie say, “Nick, how do you win all these games?!” To which Nick responded, “I can beat you in Monopoly next.”