MyMarissa

So, I really DO need to recommit to blogging our going-ons ... boring or not.  My kids will love it all their lives, right?  So will I.  Marissa ended up with the flu YET AGAIN!!!!  this past week ... and we are all still trying desperately to get rid of the coughs and sniffles.  Truly ... I blame the crappy gray color of Utah right now. 

But ... she also got contacts this last month and put red in her hair just this week.  Cutie.

I honestly don't know what I would do without this girl.  We butt heads OFTEN, sure ... but, we really rely on each other and enjoy being together too.  She works hard in school and managed to get a 3.8 GPA this last term.  WoooHooooo!  My family knows the issues Marissa and I had over her math skills/homework/habits ... but folks, this past term ... math was ON. HER. OWN.  I am so so proud of her .... SO PROUD!

Krystal and Aaron loooooooove having Marissa babysit ... and this is just one of the reasons why ... here she organized a little baseball game with them in our backyard one of the days the weather was tricking us and making us feel like winter was perhaps coming to a blissful end.  Too bad so sad.  But - they had a lot of fun this afternoon.

Ya know ... sometime in January Picasa changed its format ... and I'm still trying to figure out my new camera -- and getting pics on the computer has been pretty frustrating and slow going.  But, I think I'm finally getting the hang of it ... and the rest of February pics will be up and coming!  Let's all pray for Spring .... pleeeeeeeeeeease!! Oh ... and also for no more coughs and sniffles!!!

Aaron Update ... and excuses

We have really had a crazy last month due to sickness.  Krystal had strep .... and has had a cold/cough pretty much all of January and most of February.  Marissa has missed more than a week of school this last month because of sinus issues and the flu.  I've been miserable with sinus/coughing issues.  Tyler had his worst bout of gaut yet and ended up taking a week and a half off of work trying to recover.  It's been a mess.  Aaron got the flu -- but survived without a trip to the hospital for the first time ever!!!!  Hoooooooray!  Poor guy DID have to be dragged (throwing up) to the doctor's office.  How miserable is that?  Being in the car with the flu is THE worst.  Anyway ... Tyler and I didn't sleep for 2 days while we worried ourselves sick about Aaron and the balance between keeping his tummy settled and his blood sugar up.  We all seem to be NEARLY better now ... just lingering coughs and sniffles.  BUT -- here's to a better month.

Aaron got new glasses!  He really doesn't need them other than for slight astigmatism, but he wanted them so bad ... ???  weird.  Anyway - he only needs to wear them when he's in school or practicing the piano.  He has this strange tick where he moves his eyebrows up and down ... and the eye doc thought he was squinting ... so thought maybe glasses would help.  hahaha.  Aaron is just quirky ... and this squinty/eyebrow thing is just his latest phase.  Silly kid. 

Aaron also performed in the Piano Festival this month and did fabulous.  He scored a Superior* and will earn his first gold cup in April.  I have to admit - it's tricky to keep at it - we keep letting the days slide by without practicing ... but he manages to keep plugging along (and we practice GOOD when we get the ball rolling :)).  Here's Aaron with his bud Isaac at Festival.  They got to play in the same group which Aaron thought was really cool.  Thank heavens Isaac's Mom took a pic ... cuz I didn't even bring a camera!  DUH!

I have so much to blog about ... but we just haven't been at 100% lately --- and regular life just requires .... well, more.  :)  Anywho - I guess I'm usually behind by about 2 weeks in the blog world anyway.  Many more random posts to come .... :)

Krystal

Krystal is in love with the things her grandma makes her. She seriously wears something homemade almost every day. This hat is her FAV.OR.ITE. Is it just adorable or what? She has such a talented Grandma Pat.

And here she is playing superhero with Tyler.  Just memories I know she'll want to always have ... she has "lots of strongness!":

I (never) Want My Mullet Back

So - Marissa and I both had our hair cut.  After my last hair cut - ya know, the mullet I apparantly requested - I have had some extreme anxiety about having anyone even touch my hair.  And then I took Marissa to Fantastic Sams ... and the SAME lady that cut my hair before came wandering out from her break to cut Marissa's.  Why didn't I just walk out right then??????  Stupidity .... Fantastic Sam's - you are dead to me.  But, anywho - I went to a lady who used to live in our ward and came highly recommended (Tara Atkins) - and, I'm telling you - I was in and out in 30 minutes TOPS (I can't stand how long haircuts/styles usually take), she did a FABULOUS job on my hair ... AND understood my instructions (who knew that was possible?), and she is very affordable.  I ended up taking Marissa to her to have her Fantasic Sam's cut fixed ... and it is SUCH a difference.  How do we look?  :)

Hopefully Tara is around for awhile ... I just can't handle the stress!!  ;)