Rasmussen Family visit

This past weekend we were so lucky to have our friends the Rasmussen Family, visit us.  It was a quick visit on their way to and from Logan visiting family but we'll take what we can get.  We knew the Rasmussen's from BYUH.  The first couple of times we hung out were pretty rough.  Drew was a teething baby and made it a chore to do anything but finally the third time we hung out together we had a ton of fun and they became one of our best friends there.

This, now big boy Jonah was their only child they had in Hawaii and since they moved they have multiplied

and had adorable Ryker

and sweet Evva!

Jonah and Drew were best friends in Hawaii and although they didn't remember each other very well they hit it off like they were never apart.

It was so fun seeing my good friend Laura again.  It had been too long.  I'm seriously so grateful for all the friendships we made in Hawaii.

Alia was asleep, missing out on all the fun at Cafe Rio, which we introduced Mike and Laura to (you have to in Utah), so we woke her up for pictures.  She was a little out of it but Evva was eating the camera up as you can tell.

Then we went through another timer shot which never turn out quite as well as I would like but I'm just glad we are all in the picture, blurry or not.  We love you Rasmussen Family!

They live in California only 8 hours away so when we said bye we said we were going to drive some time soon to see them.  Drew thought we were going with them to California right then.  When we headed home she got very confused that we weren't following their car.  When I told her we meant another day she started crying.  A song came on the radio and she asked if it was a sad song.  I said no, it's a happy song and started dancing.  She then asked if I would find a sad song.  Is it because you're sad Drew.  All she could do was nod and cry.  I had to take a picture of this momentous occasion because this was her first sad song experience.  One of many she's going to have throughout the years.  Boy, she started young!

I guess sad songs and waltzes ARE selling this year.

Grinning from Ear to Ear

I went in to an ENT (Aka Ear Nose and Throat) Doctor and finally found out what was wrong.  After looking in her ear for two seconds he knew what was wrong.  Two seconds!  It irritates me that there can be such a run around having to work with both an ENT and audiologist.  I understand they have different roles and you need to work with both of them but... why?  Enough venting!  She has fluid in her middle ear and needs a tube.  It's also only in her left ear, nothing wrong with her right, and we go in on Wednesday morning.  They say it only takes 5 minutes... really?  That quick?  And they put her down with gas for only those 5 quick minutes.  They say after she wakes up she'll be fussy because they aren't used to surround sound and it makes them disoriented and takes a little getting used to.  They also have the tube in until it falls out on it's own anywhere between 12-18 months.  Hmm...  And we can't lay her down in a tub, and have to be super careful while giving her baths or taking her swimming so as not to get water in her ear.  That STINKS!  But hey, do I sacrifice my child's hearing just because I like to humptey dumptey her in the water?  Of course not.  I'm actually excited to get her hearing on the right track and I guess we don't go swimming as much as we did in Hawaii.  That kind of thing has got to be devastating for any child near the water.  As for it being anything else besides fluid the doc can find out when he suctions it out and sees things clearly.  So I'm glad we finally know what's up and that it's only in one ear.  Hopefully it's nothing more.  I'll let you know how everything goes Wednesday and wish me luck because Kurt leaves on Monday for training in Ohio and I'll be a single parent till Friday.  YIKES!

Photobooth Fun

What can be more fun than a bunch of girls and Photobooth?

We R Family

After we had our own family Christmas in Cedar we drove up and spent the rest of the Christmas weekend with my family.  My mom and Joe had flown in from Hawaii that morning and it was the first time we were all together since last year for Breana and Mack's wedding.  Let me say through all the chaos with the stomach flu, 6 kids, work, eating, sleeping, movies, and the wii, we had a BLAST!!  Santa brought Nikki and her family the wii with rock band and steering wheels for mario kart and we decided to have a battle of the bands.  We split up in groups of three, with Kurt being the judge, and each group had to perform three different songs with each team member playing a different instrument each time.  There was a point system Kurt was judging by and also on enthusiasm/dancing... you get the picture.  It started simple enough with a few moves like the rubber band, jumping, guitar throws and marching.  Then on the next round everybody kicked it up a notch and by the end the last group was in full costumes with moves like the cockroach and a few other ones that I can't mention on my family blog! ;)  The other team won by two points but if we were to combine forces I know we would go platinum!  

We all had SO much fun!  I sincerely love my family.  I'm SO grateful that we are all in good places with our lives and that we are all doing what we are supposed to be doing.

:)