February

Whoa long time no see! Lots has happened in the last month.

Mom- she made lots of cookies to give out for valentines day. She also whipped up a whole bunch of candy for the CHD Awareness Fundraiser. Lots of it was eaten, but there was still plenty of leftovers! I think we'll have our gallon size bag of caremels for another few months, not to mention all the fudge!

Dad- has started working more regular hours. He no longer works over-night shifts, which is a big relief on the whole family. We always worried about him on his drives back home in the morning, lots of the timehe would have to pull over and take a nap so as to not fall asleep at the wheel. Mom likes having him home during the nights too and now he's able to see us kids off to school in the morning.

Me- School school school. With all my honors and AP classes it's all I really get to do at this time. For Valentine's day my mom got the kids a new outfit. I picked out a bright summer dress. It's my latest obsession, well not so much the dress, but the warmth I'm hoping to feel so that I can actually WEAR the dress without freezing to death. I'm done with winter, and ready for some sunshine!!! Can I have some bikini weather please?!? :)

Oh and along with school, I have been on the track team for two months now. I had my first meet a few weeks ago. I was coming in first place, until my shoelace came untied and I tripped... haha what a very Abby-ish thing to do! So I ended up coming in 4th place. But I'm cool with that! I'll de better next time! This is Eric and I posing at our meet!

I also took up coming to Early Morning Seminary. It's hard to be awake so early, but I'm doing it anyway. I arrive at school at 6:20 and usually get home at 3:45 every weekday, 10 hours and 25 minutes at school = WAY TOO MUCH!!!

Just another pic of my WITH NO BRACES!!! :) :D

Britta- had a little run in at the ER last sunday. She choked and got some food stuck down her esophagus. She was all ready for surgery to remove it (IV in her arm and everything) when last minute she coughs it up! It was gross but overall she was glad to not have to go through with surgery.
Also, Britta has had two ever returning in grown toenails. Today she had surgery on both of her big toes as to stop these from returning yet again. It's a 90% possibility that they won't come back.

Carson- turned 10 on February 21st. He just had small family parties. We think his favorite gift was some yarn and a "Learn-To-Knit" kit from my Nana & Papa. In school, he previously learned how to "finger knit" from his teacher. He is very happy to be able to make hats and socks now.

Well today us kids have been watching all of our Barbie movies. I gotta say, I LOVE those movies!!! Along with High School Musical also. I just love little kid movies, I wish when I was younger these movies had been out! Oh well, I can enjoy them now! :)