"A house does not have to be perfect to be a home of joy, a child does not have to behave perfectly to love and be loved, and every moment of life does not have to be perfect to be of value. Too often, I realize, we fail to see the glorious reality of the simple joy that abounds in the seemingly mundane routine of day-to-day living. Instead, we tend to idolize the past, idealize the future, and devalue the present.... What better way to show our appreciation to Heavenly Father for what we have than to embrace our lives, albeit 'ordinary' and 'unexciting,' with joy?"

--Winnie Dalley; Ensign, March 1998

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Its that time of the year... to get sick!

Last Sunday morning, we all woke up sick! Headcolds, sore throats, body aches... we were miserable! Chloe stayed home from school Monday and Tuesday, Cooper and I laid low most of the week and Justin wasn't fortunate enough to get much rest, so he is still not feeling so hot!

Life can't stop for illness, especially not this time of the year, so once I was sure we weren't contagious and I wasn't lightheaded from being upright, we plowed on with holiday activities and shopping! Justin and I went to his company Holiday party Thursday night and had a good time bowling and visiting with people. Tonight, we went to our ward (church congregation) Christmas party and enjoyed some good food, a Christmas sing a long, and had fun surrounded by our ward family! It even started snowing during the party.

Do you know what happens when you try to get a sick 22-month old boy to pose for pictures in front of the Christmas tree?! Let me show you:



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Carissalayla said...

we are sick as can be at our house but we are all vomiting...I puked on the subway coming home from church yesterday, that was NOT fun and very embarassing, I felt bad for everyone nearby. This is not the right time for all of us to have our heads in the tolit bowl as we are trying to pack...hope it's only a 24 hour bug.

December 15, 2008 at 5:57 AM

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