Weekend Pictures

Last weekend Mike and I went to the Spokane Temple. However, when we got there Mike realized his recommend had expired, so just I ended up going, but my parents met me there. It was nice to be able to go with just me and my parents though. While we were there, Mike took some pictures of the temple. You can see the moon and Venus pretty good.
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Afterwards, we headed North, to visit with family. Here the girls are sledding onto a big puddle of ice in my parents' driveway! They had a lot of fun!

Basketball is Over

Livia did very well this year. We were hoping she would, so she would enjoy it and want to play, since Mike and I both played and love basketball. She made at least 1 basket at every game I think. Here is her team, minus 1 player. Good Job Livia, you played awesome this season!

I Miss My Sister!!

My sister, Amy and her family has decided to move to Mannheim, GERMANY for her husbands job for the next 3 years. However, they don't have a house to live in yet, so they are living in a motel until they find a place. Plus the motel doesn't have Internet, and they don't have a phone or cell phones that would work over there yet, and not even a permanent address. It could be another month or two before they have a place of their own, so I feel like she has literally left the planet! I usually talked to her 3 or 4 times a day, and now, all of a sudden I can't talk to her AT ALL! She moved from Kansas, so I never saw her anyway, but now that I can't call her whenever I want, I feel like she's gone for good. It's a very weird feeling! Here is a picture of her 3 beautiful kids, and the bottom picture is of her and her husband. Hopefully they get settled soon so we can communicate again! If you DO ever see this Amy, we love and miss you, and hope things are going good for everyone!

Girls' Haircuts

The girls were both ready for a trim...... but a "trim" ended up being almost 6 inches for Livia and almost 4 for Sydney! At least I can brush their hair easier now though. I was worried I had cut all of Sydney's curls off though, but it actually helped her hair be more curly, so it's all good! They were stoked about their haircuts though!

Now that's a lot of hair!! :)

Seattle Trip

Well we went to Seattle over the President's Day weekend for a second opinion for Sydney's eyes, but we decided to leave early and make a weekend out of it. It was lots of fun. We went to the Science Center, got to see an ocean movie in 3-D for the first time! We went beach combing and actually found tons of cool shells! We went to the space needle, went on a ferry ride, shopped at Pike Place Market, and of course got clam chowder and cod at Ivar's. It was definitely a fun-filled weekend. We were also able to see 2 of our cousins, since we got to stay at my Aunt's house.

You can see lots of fun pictures that were taken from our Seattle trip in the slide show at this link:

http://www.slide.com/r/IOz16gS_0T_p5AP3nHS8Y_ERcp_haxd1?previous_view=TICKER&previous_action=TICKER_ITEM_CLICK&ciid=3530822107915072045

As for Sydney's eye appointment... we went to Dr. Barrall who is rated in the top 3 doctors in the Country; and she specializes in pediatric opthamology! She has also won doctor of the year several times! We are very glad we went to see her. She helped give us different options and new ideas with Sydney. As I have mentioned before, Sydney has Amblyopia, but her case is extremely rare, because her one eye differs from the other so much. Her left eye is a little farsighted, while her right eye is severely nearsighted. Her eyes are 11 diopters apart which I guess is a huge deal, and for Sydney to have made as much progress as she did so far is great she said. However, because of Sydney's 10 month plateau with the patching, she suggested less patch time during the week. (3 hours instead of all day long!) and then on Saturday and Sunday put a dialating eye drop in her strong eye, to blur her vision, forcing her to rely on her weaker eye. So we are going to give it a try! Poor Sydney is such a trooper though! She really does put up with a lot. She has been having to patch for over 2 years now, and she's only 5! I am so proud of her! When she has one eye dialated though, it looks funky, because 1 pupil in huge and the other is small, so it catches me off guard. I tried to catch it in a photo for you to see, but when she looks close up at things, sometimes it makes her eye wander with the atropine in her eye.

Basketball Season

Livia is playing basketball this year and so far she's liking it and doing really well. She has never played before, but already you can tell that she's got the basketball blood inside her. She's only played 2 games so far and she has already gotten a LOT better. She made 1 basket at her first game and 2 baskets at her second. She is dribbling and guarding a lot better too. We are having a lot of fun watching her games so far. Sydney can't wait to play now. She's getting lots of good practice in during Livia's games and practices as well!

I know what your thinking..... AWESOME FORM!!!!

Cook's Creations

My family started a food blog so we can compare, create, and share recipes. It just started so there are only a few recipes on it for now, but if you are looking for any good recipes, you should check it out occasionally. Here's the link:

http://fabulousflavors.blogspot.com/

I also put it under my favorite blogs, on my sidebar.