Week of January 12-18

There was no school on Friday so the girls and I went to the aquarium in Sandy. This is a picture of the older girls trying to touch the Manta Ray in the petting pool. (Actually, Megan is just pretending because she didn't really want to touch it!) We also got to touch starfish and urchins and crabs and some spindly things. It was cool! Our favorite things were the jellyfish and the little native Utah frogs.

Actually, Megan wasn't feeling very well that day and has since been camped out on the sofa with a fever. Illness is doing the rounds in our family and it seems to be her turn. We started out the week with Kevin not feeling well. Monday he came home from work in the middle of the day and crashed. I have never seen him so sick. When he was still not well by Wednesday and had hit temperatures higher than 103 degrees, we took him in to the doctor. He was officially diagnosed with Pnemonia. Yikes! The doctor gave him a shot and put him on a strong antibiotic. He has been doing better since then. He is still not completely well. He moves at about half speed and does better with a nap, but the fever has not come back and he has been able to do some half days at work. We feel very blessed that it wasn't any worse than it was and that his Pnemonia didn't require any hospital stays! Poor Megan "only" has a fever of 101, so I'm thinking, "Come on, kid! You're hardly sick at all!" Perspective. I tell you. Not always a good thing.

Here is a cute picture of the twins with their new dolls. Remember Sister Hansen and her doll-making supplies? Those heads were included in her loot, along with two pre-sewn, still in the package bodies. All I had to do was stuff and "sculpt," which is very fun because you get to make cute little fingers and toes, just like you do on a real baby but without the morning sickness! Hallelujah! So, it was very easy and very fun and the best thing of all is that the twins love their new dolls and take them everywhere! What could be better than to have your work so appreciated?

We had basketball again this week. Kevin was way too sick to go coach his game on Wednesday, but he has an assistant coach who also has a daughter on the team, so not to worry, right? I went and watched. Last week they won their game with 36 points. When Kevin wasn't there, the score was 2 to 2 at halftime and they were lucky to have the two points! Wow! I am still laughing about it! Do you think a coach can make a difference? I am thinking so. Sarah did come around in the second half and scored a basket for the team. She actually shows a lot of potential for the sport. Megan did great at my game, too. My problem is letting the other members of my team score some points with Megan and my other returning player, Tyree, playing so confidently and dominating the key!

Beth is saying, "Da-da-da," and it is the cutest thing EVER! I don't know why I find it so endearing, but I just love it. She jabbers it in the happiest way and it is so cute to see her little chin dance up and down. We tried to get it on tape for you, but she just wouldn't do it! If you watch it, you will mostly hear the rest of us saying, "Da-da-da." We're quite good at it, too, you know.

I also went and got her 6 month pictures taken and do you think she would give one of those great no-teeth smiles? No. Not that day! She just looked at the picture lady like she was a nut. She gave a couple of small, long-suffering smiles. Mostly, she just wanted to go back to sleep. That's okay. We got some sweet shots of her still.