February 13, 2005

February 13, 2005
Let’s see...what exciting news can we share with you today? Could it be 1) Alayna poured all my bubble bath in the bath? 2) she announced that she "tooted" while the missionaries were here 3) she hid the dish network smartcard in the vent on the stairs and Bob only found it because the lightbulb in the vent went out 4) She actually figured out how to untie a double knot and dumped every game her height and down onto the floor OR 5) all of the above. If you guessed #5 you win!! I would just like to interject here that I really am a good mom, she is just, um...extra work!
She did pour all my bubble bath into my bath (the lid was screwed on tight, but not tight enough I guess) and then hopped out of the tub and turned on my jacuzzi bubbles (didn’t know she knew how to do that). By the time I got to her minutes later, I could barely find her in all the bubbles. Then that night, when I went to take my bath, I poured my other bubble bath in to find it had been watered down. I kept pouring it in thinking I didn’t get any soap. When I turned on the bubbles, a tower of bubbles grew several feet over the tub. I will include pictures as proof.
Marisa had her orchestra concert this week at school. Bob took Kayla and Tyler but when they got there it was so crowded (because of the 2nd grade musical) that they had to watch it from the hall. So, I am sorry grandmas- we didn’t get it taped. But she is doing such a great job and practices on her own every day.
We had a very fun weekend. Friday Night, we popped popcorn in our new popcorn maker and watched "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." It was fun to see on a bigger screen (I originally saw it on the airplane). The kids loved it except we had Kayla up with nightmares- even though she closed her eyes through most of it. I thought it was a pretty scary movie for younger kids. On Saturday, Bob took the 3 older kids to the IMAX to see "Polar Express". They said it was like watching it in a huge igloo. Marisa got motion sickness from watching it, but they liked the movie. We are all so excited that the new Survivor premiere is this week!! We must also say how disappointed we were at the finale of Amazing Race. On that note, we found out the next one will be teams of 4. The minimum age is 12- Marisa was so mad she will be missing it by 1 year. She REALLY wants to go. I propose that my brothers and dad go- come on, you guys would be unbeatable, with all the travel experience as well as the amount of languages you all speak- I dare you! No, I double dare you. No- Marisa and I "TRIPLE DOG DARE" you!!! I hope to have your answers by the end of the week. I can link you to the application form!!!
We hope you all Have a Happy Valentines Day and remember that our family loves you!!
Love-Kris

Mom's bubble bath getting out of control.

Alayna in her bubble suit.

Marisa practicing for her orchestra concert.

Changing the lightbulb as a family. Bonus was to find the dish network smartcard.

Alayna giving mommy a massage.

February 6, 2005

February 6, 2005
It’s raining outside and almost all our snow has melted. It’s exciting to see grass again! The temp was up in the 40-50 range this week which was a welcome change. We even went grocery shopping without coats yesterday!
Well, we had a very busy week this week. Monday started out early when I got a call from someone in the ward that said a lady in our ward had been in the ER all morning and her new baby was sick. I was the only one available to help. When I got to the hospital they admitted the baby for RSV- it was like dejavu. So, I took her 2 year old son and then me and another friend cleaned her house. The baby was released the next day and is well. It brought back lots of memories of when Alayna was in the hospital...
On Tuesday, Tyler and Alayna got sick with the yucky cold that has been going around. So, Tyler stayed home from school on Wednesday. Kayla ended up getting sick as well and stayed home on Friday. The funny thing was that we hooked up the nasal aspirator so when Alayna’s nose gets stuffed, she just runs into the laundry room and vacuums it out herself. I think they are all feeling better today.
On Thursday we were supposed to have the missionaries over, but cancelled because of sick kids. We still took them dinner though- I went with pizza to be safe!
Saturday was a very busy day. They had an Activity Day Recognition breakfast at 9:00am. People here do everything so early and don’t get that we don’t do mornings. In fact, our family should have t-shirts that say "We don’t do mornings!" But we had to go since it was for the girls. We even played a fun game with them- kinda like the newlywed game, but for parents and daughters. It was fun. Then Bob and I went and did all the grocery shopping and a trip to Sam’s. We should never go on Saturdays- way too busy! We spent the day cleaning the house, doing loads of laundry, cleaning out and washing the cars, etc. That evening, Kayla’s friend, Olivia, was baptized so we went to that. I took the kids so Bob could stay home alone for once. He made us teriyaki shish kabobs that were awesome!
Today the kids were so sweet and were giving me massages. Marisa was doing my feet, Tyler my legs, Alayna my back, and Kayla my shoulders. It was heavenly. The only things that could have made it better would be a machine that dropped kitkat bites into my mouth every 30 seconds!!
We had our share of disasters this week. Alayna dumped ALL of Bob’s new body wash into the bath. It was the only lid I didn’t check. It turned the water blue and then when I turned on the jacuzzi we had bubbles through the roof! Tyler used his "karate moves" to punch all the bubbles down. She also decorated the walls with a red crayon she happened to find (we have all writing utensils locked up). We found that goo-gone is the best thing to take it off! But the award for "worst disaster for the week", can only be blamed on me and Bob. While eating dinner I saw a billowing cloud of smoke coming off the stove. I ran over to find that he had put the 2 (count them, 2) plastic lids for microwave on the burner that I had accidently left on. It made a huge mess. There were strings of plastic everywhere and it smelt awful!!! Now we have to get new lids.
This week Marisa has an orchestra concert and at the end of this month, she will be doing a recital where she gets to play her own piece as a solo. Pretty exciting! Tyler’s class gets to take a trip to Petco to get fish for their new aquarium. Always lots of fun things going on. We hope all of you have a great week and stay in touch- hint hint!!
Love-Kris