Alison Family update 10/11

If you haven't been reading our blog our facebook, which I'm guessing is alot of you...here's our update.

We left Oct 2nd on a trip that was the least bit dull. First stop was Flagstaff at 28 degrees at 5:30 am!!!!!! BRRRRRRRRRRRR! That means we left Laveen at 3:30 am.....yes we're crazy, but had to be there for game time at 7 pm.We carpooled with our friends the Beckers and it was adventurous...after several bathroom stops, we finally got going on our way to Kanab. I was sleeping peacefully until Jeff startled me and proceeded to tell me a police officer was now coming to be our friend....in the middle of nowhere. He pulled us over and also our friends who were behind us. Both got tickets and he was nice enough to lower the fee. Still Jeff and Geoff Becker are not a good combo: cars break, tires get flat and cell phones are damaged when these two get together.
We made it to my aunts house, hung out for a little bit and headed to the game while our kids played with new cousins. The game was cold and we were 3 rows from the top of the stadium. Still a great time and BYU won, what more could we ask for? The children in front of us were scared of Jeff and his brother Steven for constantly yelling at the refs, the BYU kicker and Utah State fans - as if anyone of them could hear them.
The next night we stayed with Jeff's other brother Nathan and Mandy at their new house - so fun! Thanks for letting us crash - the kids had a great time with more cousins and are always excited to see everyone! Mandy and I watched a movie while the men went to Priesthood session and the kids watched a movie downstairs. It was perfect - thank you!

Headed home the next day - Sunday and that was a long trip

Tuesday after we returned, (Lea had fall break this past week), at least one of us has been sick. Lucas was first and only for a day, then me for 3 days. Sunday (today) is the first day I have eaten since Thursday and am down 6 lbs. wahoo! Abbey has had a high fever since Friday night and we spent Saturday night at Good Night Pediatrics with about 40 other parents and sick kids. Turns out she has Type A/swine flu......so oink, oink to us. :) We caught it early enough, they gave us a prescription for Tamiflu to lessen the fever and other symptoms of clear runny nose and rapid breathing. Luckily Jeff and Lea have not gotten sick and hopefully will not, but at least now we know what we're looking for.

Lea started soccer last week, but since we went to Provo/Salt Lake for the BYU game and General Conference, we missed the first practice. We missed the 2nd practice Friday because we were busy being sick. Jeff took Lea to her first game yesterday (Saturday) and well, it was less than fantastic..... I stayed with Abbey for obvious reasons. Lea's team only got the ball past mid-field 1 time.....looks like we could use some help from Meghan and Paige! Last year, there were 2 boys on Lea's team who were really aggressive and wanted to take the ball and sometimes run with it - one would pick up the ball and carry it to the goal - seems he should sign up football instead, but they were great and scored a lot of goals for Lea's team. The boys at least follow the ball, the girls stand around chatting, playing with their hair or staring at the clouds. :) It was the first game, there's time to improve.
She also has a loose tooth, quickly followed by the next tooth that has already pushed through behind the barely-loose, loose tooth. We'll see how that goes as we head to the dentist this week.

Lucas is his usual crazy self, climbing, jumping, crashing, throwing, pushing and tackling anything and anyone in sight. That pretty much sums up what he does.

Abbey well she's been sick so isn't quite herself, but she is a very sweet, loving, feisty little girl. She's not afraid to take charge of a toy she wants from Lea or Lucas. It's every kid for themselves now that there's 3.

Jeff is the same - busy working and commuting, being stake clerk, trying to lose weight by Christmas then more by next summer. He's joined with Geoff Becker to lose 20 lbs by Christmas and then with his brother Steven to lose another 20 lbs by next summer. Now everyone knows and can check up with him. :)

I try to maintain my sanity at home and working with the Activity Day age girls in our ward (8-11 year olds).Enjoying the cooler weather and the fantastic winters here!

Love,
alison, jeff, lea, lucas and abbey :)