Potpourri

This week wasn't defined by one big moment, but we do have several small things to report.

First of all, on Monday we went to see the movie The Secret Life of Arriety. It's an animated feature based on the the book The Borrowers. We all enjoyed it, but Alex and I loved it. I thought the artistic nature of it was really neat and some of the outdoor settings were just beautiful. I also loved the music. I can highly recommend it.

We had some somewhat sad news about McKay. Last July he had a rod put in his back to fix his scoliosis. Well, he has grown so much over the past few months that on Wednesday the back surgeon said that McKay will have to have the rod extended, which means another major surgery. Goodness! He managed the first one very well, so hopefully this one will go okay, also. It isn't scheduled until the end of April, but we might move it up.

Let's see. Abby is enjoying her Quidditch club at school. It sounds like they all have a great time riding (or running) around on their brooms and throwing Quaffles and such. Awesome!

And I guess our biggest news is that the design of the floorplan of the house we are going to build is done! It has been a long process but I think we will have a neat house that will be perfect for all of us... especially Alex and McKay. I am excited for the digging to start.



Have a great week, everyone!

Hitting the Slopes

Today was our first skiing day of the season.  It has been a strange winter with very little snow and mild temperatures, so skiing hasn't been on our minds that much.  But we wanted something to do for the long weekend, so we went up to Snowbird today.  Our friends at Wasatch Adaptive Sports had things set up for Alex and McKay to ski, as usual.  They've been taking Alex and McKay skiing for 10 years, but every year they are a little bit bigger and we have to figure out how to get them secured in their bi-skis.  The tricky part is to help them hold up their heads while they are skiing, but they managed that fairly well today.  Anyway, it was a beautiful day for skiing.  It was so warm that we didn't need hats or gloves, and the slopes weren't too crowded.  I'm not a very good skier, but because of taking Abby, Alex, and McKay skiing I'm starting to feel like I can do okay.  It's a lot of work to get all of us up there to go skiing, but seeing the big smiles on McKay's face as he goes down the hill makes it all worthwhile.  We're planning to go several more times this winter.

A very exciting post. Wahoo.

Hi. It's my turn to blog this week.

And at the moment, there are two things on my mind.

First, the delicious cookies my wonderful mom made. I just ate four or five of them. They're so good. They're like normal chocolate chip cookies, except better, because you put pudding in the mix so they're super soft and chewy and delicious. Ahhhh...

We also had some yummy potato soup for dinner this week. It was really quite good. You sprinkle cheese and bacon in it, which automatically makes it great.

Second. Remember how I went to Harry Potter Land? (I know, I still can't quite get over it.) Yeah, so all those kids I went to Harry Potter Land with decided to start a Quidditch team at our school. (Those of you familiar with Harry Potter will know that Quidditch is the magical sport they play in the air on broomsticks.) We play a version that's really quite like in the books, except we're on the ground. It worked out well because I go to a charter school, and the majority of us are kinda nerdy, so we didn't have a problem forming a team. I just got back from Quidditch practice for today, and it was great.

Well. I feel like this was a pretty lame post. Let's fix that.

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There. Lame no longer.

The Triplets

It's my turn (Allison) to post this week, but to tell you the truth, nothing very exciting happened. So, I have decided to tell you a little bit about the triplets. They are my favorite topic, after all. I will go in order of age. (They have a 4 minute spread.)

Abigail is our princess. She is such a ray of sunshine in our family and keeps everything going. She LOVES to read -- she enjoys many genres and in recent years has read Harry Potter, Jane Eyre, some Austen, everything by Shannon Hale and Brandon Mull etc., etc. She has read the Book of Mormon through several times. It is wonderful to me to share this passion of reading with her. She is very creative and a wonderful artist with a style all her own. She has a beautiful singing voice. She also has an amazing sense of comic timing and keeps us laughing! She is a delight. But she doesn't like morning.

McKay is the one in our family that provides the fun! We call him Mr. Intensity because he loves things so passionately (or dislikes them completely). He starts smiling before his eyes open and can't wait to get started on his day! He loves music -- Beach Boys, Ryan Schupe and the Rubberband, The Nashville Tribute Band, Lonestar, etc. Jack Johnson is definately a favorite. He loves to move! Although wheelchair-bound, he enjoys swimming, skiing, and biking. Anything outside. He loves to be outside. He is very loving and takes care that we all know how happy he is with his life. He loves a good party! And ice cream!

Alexander is our sweet boy. He is so pleasant all the time. He loves to go to the temple to do confirmations, and he loves anything to do with prophets! He is always happy for scripture study time. He loves to go to school, also. He can't miss the Price is Right and loves to watch sports and other shows on TV. At Disneyland his favorite attraction is The Tiki Room. He also loves The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He is a joy!

I am sure grateful for my family! They are the light of my life!

Brian Regan

Our family are big fans of the comedian Brian Regan.  We have all of his DVDs, and we watch them pretty frequently.  We also have his CDs.  Quotes from Brian are sprinkled about in our everyday conversation.  So Abby was quite excited when for Christmas she received two tickets to see Brian Regan live in Salt Lake.

Last night was the show, and Abby took me with her.  It was at Abravanel Hall.  Brian is so popular around here that he sold out 10 shows at Abravanel Hall, which seats around 3,000 people, I think.  We got there early and we had great seats on the 3rd row, so we could see his facial expressions really well.  Another comedian named Joe Bolster started the show, and he was pretty funny.  Then Brian started off with a bit from his latest CD (hey, my knee hurts, I guess forever.)  At that point we thought he was going to repeat a lot of things we already knew, but after that he did almost all new material except for his microwave bit (sometimes it dings and I have no idea what's in there) and "I Walked on the Moon", which he did for an encore.

Highlights included bits about dog tricks (did my eyes deceive me or did that dog just roll over?), dancing (I don't know how to transition to the dance floor), and the word "cupboard" (I like to enunciate things properly, but . . .).  But the biggest highlight was spending time with Abby and laughing with her.

Take luck, everyone!