Merritt Memories

The Flu Blues!!! Well, our home needs to be sterilized after this past week. It all started with Becca waking up in the middle of the night on Monday throwing up. It was non-stop from then on. The poor thing couldn't hold anything down. She had an extremely high fever, but couldn't hold the medicine down. The only way she was comfortable was in a luke- warm bath to keep her fever down. I snapped a picture of her in the bath sleeping! I thought it was cute. She is better now, but her bug spread to her lungs and nose. So she has been sick for over a week. Dustin, Kate, and Grace were hit next. Kate had a double ear infection, Grace a cold and soar throat, and poor Dustin got a really bad soar throat. He was unable to speak all weekend. He got it back yesterday! Kate says, "Dad you can talk!" He told her, "Yeah, I found my voice in your pocket!" she laughed and said, "Yeah, I didn't want to hear you talk!" It was funny! I am now starting to get s...

Happy Birthday, Ryan !! The BIG 10!! Ryan had his 10th birthday party. I felt bad because we had to push it back a week. His cousin got baptized on his birthday, so he wasn't able to celebrate on the 5th. He had a good time. They all came over for pizza, X Box, cake and ice cream. It was the first year he invited girls to the party. I said to him, " I thought you didn't like girls?" He replied, "Mom, I like girls. They are nice. I just don't like the things they play, and these girls are not like regular girls. They don't do girly things." When he changed schools, these two girls were his first friends. The boys were a little cliquish ! How backwards is that!!But now he has many friends. He was excited to get a football, and a basketball. His b-ball glows in the dark. He got a candy vending machine, transformer, Nerf gun, Ben 10 action figure, $10, Star Wars game, Lego set, and a card game. He had a great time!

Merritt's Top 5 Most Memorable Moments of 2007 Dustin 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Larae 1. Yellowstone 2. Trip to Kansas City 3. Manti motorcycle trip with Dustin and friends 4. Going home for Thanksgiving 5.Volleyball every Thursday! Ryan 1. Yellowstone 2. Christmas 3. 4-wheeling trip with Dad and Grandpa 4. Scouts 5. Going to a new school Aaron 1. Getting baptized 2. Going 4-wheeling with Dad and Grandpa 3. Yellowstone 4. Going to Las Vegas 5. Scouts Grace 1. Yellowstone 2. Getting my own room 3. Starting kindergarten 4. Becoming pen pals with Lexi and Ashlee 5. Going to Las Vegas and sleeping at Kymber and Christian's house Kate 1. Yellowstone 2. Learning to sign the alphabet 3.Learning to write my name 4. Going to Las Vegas 5. Getting a new room Becca 1. Yellowstone 2. Graduating from the crib 3. A sad day when I couldn't have my binki!! 4. Playing in the snow for the first time 5. Christmas! I had a fun time

Merry Christmas!!! We had such a good Christmas! Santa found our house this year, I told him to make it a small Christmas, but it seemed to turn out to be a big one. We were a little scared when Santa thought he had not gotten Aaron all he planed, but thank goodness for Mrs. Claus she's always prepared! Christmas Eve we had our annual gift to Jesus. We had Grandpa Russ and Grandma Lori over. After, we had yummy treats! We watched the Joy to the World DVD put out by the church. Aaron decided to leave Santa some carrots. He thought it was a good idea for Santa to go on a diet. Before bed, the kids opened up their pajamas. Ryan was happy that he finally got the Long Shot Nerf gun! He also received a spy briefcase and Spider-man 3 walkie -talkies. Mom and Dad got him Speed stacks and a ticket to a Jazz game. Brother and sisters got him Legos and Lincoln Logs. He got a Air Hog from Grandma Lori and Grandpa Russ. And Galactic Heroes from Grandma Nelson. I know...

Beautiful Lights!! We went to Temple Circle, as Kate calls it. Dustin was off for 10 days during the holidays, and we made the most of it. It was VERY COLD !! We were able to walk around quite nicely. We went on the 23rd, so it was not crowded at all. After seeing all the lights, and watching the nativity, we went to Dustin's office across the street and had hot chocolate. The kids had blast! The parents did too!