As king George said on july 4th, 1776, " nothing of importance happened today". Luckily, that quote doesn't apply to me today. So, without further ado, My birthday highlights:
I woke up to a (not so) beautiful morning and had a delicioud breakfast of goldenrod. then I had to walk halfway to school in 43 degree weather. Also, the juicebox in my lunch was leaking. luckily, I noticed early on and threw it out. now let's skip foward to 3rd period. I announced to the guy next to me that it was my birthday. the person behind me heard us, and happened to be carrying around a bunch of birthday cards (crazy, I know). Several people signed it, and so that was a nice suprise. Then the teacher gave us 2 tests. In my 6th period class, there is a girl who is 3 days younger than me and has been irritated abour it since she figured that out. I showed her my b-day card and she signed it, followed by a skull and crossbones. She then proceeded to draw on her arm a detailed narritive of how i'd die and nobody would care. (by the way, we're friends, so it was all a joke.) then I went home and had my party. I got:
A puzzle
A book
A comic book
A Lego set
and an iPod Nano
Then I had chicago suffed pizza and carrot cake. afterward, my mom and dad went out to shop and left us to tuck the kids in. lily and jack broke my Lego set, and later, jack lit a match. (disaclaimer, I capitalize wods at random. That's just the way I write.) All in all, a pretty good day.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
My Boring Little Life
It's time for my longer than anticipated blogging hiatus to come to an end. Sickness is my excuse. Sure I was sick at the beginning of the month but even worse my computer came down with a terrible virus and completely shut down. It was wonderful and terrible at the same time. I found myself with more time due to a sharper focus on my life without the distraction of the computer. At the same time I found myself wanting to be online with no way to be there. Luckily we still had our laptop for emergencies but it's on its last leg so it was annoying to use.
Life is good. We've had a few beautiful days of spring weather which have been so rejuvenating to me. We enjoyed a beautiful day of spring skiing at Silver Mountain and then three days later went for a boat ride to check out the lake. The air was so warm that it felt like a summer day. Jason even skiied. The next day things changed drastically and the weather went south and so did my mood. I guess the snow and wind that came so suddenly makes me appreciate the gorgeous, sunny, 70 degree day even more. It's brutal though, to have it one day and gone the next. So fleeting.
It's time to start writing again. My most loyal readers, my kids, miss my posts and are begging for updates on the lives they already live. Tuesday my boy turns 14. That means four more years until he leaves home. I can barely comprehend where the time went. Maybe he will do a special guest post in honor of his birthday.
Life is good. We've had a few beautiful days of spring weather which have been so rejuvenating to me. We enjoyed a beautiful day of spring skiing at Silver Mountain and then three days later went for a boat ride to check out the lake. The air was so warm that it felt like a summer day. Jason even skiied. The next day things changed drastically and the weather went south and so did my mood. I guess the snow and wind that came so suddenly makes me appreciate the gorgeous, sunny, 70 degree day even more. It's brutal though, to have it one day and gone the next. So fleeting.
It's time to start writing again. My most loyal readers, my kids, miss my posts and are begging for updates on the lives they already live. Tuesday my boy turns 14. That means four more years until he leaves home. I can barely comprehend where the time went. Maybe he will do a special guest post in honor of his birthday.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Spring Break Sickness
We made our annual spring break trip down to Utah. We were looking forward to warmer weather, seeing family, skiing and a side trip to Southern Utah. Instead we all came down with the most miserable flu and scrapped most of our plans. We also infected my sister (our wonderful hostess) and left her on Wednesday sick in bed.
Even with our illness we stuck to some of our original plan. We arrived on Thursday afternoon and hit the slopes the next morning. Jason had several cousins in town so we all met at the resort. The day started out badly and ended up being my worst ski day of the season. Anna, lily and Jack were all sick, but since the bug hadn't hit me yet I had little sympathy. By the 2nd run I knew I wouldn't survive the day. Lily was crying and complaining that she hurt all over and had the worst hacking cough. We called my sister-in-law Staci who came to the rescue and drove up the canyon with her two babies in tow and saved the day. By the time she arrived Jack and Anna had given up as well so I sent her packing with three little kids. The afternoon made up for the morning and we had a fun time skiing.
Friday was also Anna's birthday. Luckily she felt well enough to celebrate and she had a fun party with quite a few of her cousins.
Saturday was the big family event. Our nephew Nathan was married in the SLC temple so we spent the afternoon at the wedding and the evening at the reception. It was so fun to see our favorite nieces and nephews all grown up and married with families of their own. I can't believe they were the ages of our kids when I met them so long ago. I made it through the wedding and reception and then went home and crashed.
Our original plan for Sunday had been to attend Music and the Spoken Word with the big kids. Everyone was feeling pretty sick and tired by then but Jonah and I woke up and decided to go. We DVR this every Sunday and then watch it after church while we are making lunch or dinner. It was pretty cool to see it in person. The best part was running into my friend Angie who was there from Boise. Due to extreme weather she was stuck in SLC. We had a great time catching up.
Monday we took a tour of the church humanitarian center where the poor tour guides had to endure our little kids hacking cough's and frequent complaints. We also drove down to Provo for a shopping trip for BYU t-shirts and sweatshirts and a taste of icecream from the famous BYU creamery. I had my usual roasted almond fudge. We also ran into some friends from home in the bookstore.
On Tuesday Jason and Jonah hit the slopes again to take advantage of the fresh powder in those awesome Utah mountains. During the time we were there they got over 4 feet of snow in the mountains. Rebekah and I took the other kids to temple square and did a lightening fast tour. That night we left the boys to babysit and went to dinner with my sister and brother and their spouses.
Wednesday morning we got up and made the drive home. By now my illness was getting worse and I was so happy to get home. I've been trying to rest ever since. The laundry is undone and I'm getting more behind by the moment. I finally gave in and went and saw the doctor this morning so hopefully I'm on the road to recovery.
I'll add some pictures later. I barely captured any of the week. We all looked/felt so bad all week that I never felt like bringing out the camera.
Even with our illness we stuck to some of our original plan. We arrived on Thursday afternoon and hit the slopes the next morning. Jason had several cousins in town so we all met at the resort. The day started out badly and ended up being my worst ski day of the season. Anna, lily and Jack were all sick, but since the bug hadn't hit me yet I had little sympathy. By the 2nd run I knew I wouldn't survive the day. Lily was crying and complaining that she hurt all over and had the worst hacking cough. We called my sister-in-law Staci who came to the rescue and drove up the canyon with her two babies in tow and saved the day. By the time she arrived Jack and Anna had given up as well so I sent her packing with three little kids. The afternoon made up for the morning and we had a fun time skiing.
Friday was also Anna's birthday. Luckily she felt well enough to celebrate and she had a fun party with quite a few of her cousins.
Saturday was the big family event. Our nephew Nathan was married in the SLC temple so we spent the afternoon at the wedding and the evening at the reception. It was so fun to see our favorite nieces and nephews all grown up and married with families of their own. I can't believe they were the ages of our kids when I met them so long ago. I made it through the wedding and reception and then went home and crashed.
Our original plan for Sunday had been to attend Music and the Spoken Word with the big kids. Everyone was feeling pretty sick and tired by then but Jonah and I woke up and decided to go. We DVR this every Sunday and then watch it after church while we are making lunch or dinner. It was pretty cool to see it in person. The best part was running into my friend Angie who was there from Boise. Due to extreme weather she was stuck in SLC. We had a great time catching up.
Monday we took a tour of the church humanitarian center where the poor tour guides had to endure our little kids hacking cough's and frequent complaints. We also drove down to Provo for a shopping trip for BYU t-shirts and sweatshirts and a taste of icecream from the famous BYU creamery. I had my usual roasted almond fudge. We also ran into some friends from home in the bookstore.
On Tuesday Jason and Jonah hit the slopes again to take advantage of the fresh powder in those awesome Utah mountains. During the time we were there they got over 4 feet of snow in the mountains. Rebekah and I took the other kids to temple square and did a lightening fast tour. That night we left the boys to babysit and went to dinner with my sister and brother and their spouses.
Wednesday morning we got up and made the drive home. By now my illness was getting worse and I was so happy to get home. I've been trying to rest ever since. The laundry is undone and I'm getting more behind by the moment. I finally gave in and went and saw the doctor this morning so hopefully I'm on the road to recovery.
I'll add some pictures later. I barely captured any of the week. We all looked/felt so bad all week that I never felt like bringing out the camera.
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