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I sure hope the rest of this new year ends up better than how it has started. A week or two before Christmas Eli got sick. It wasn't anything too bad, just a cough and a raspy voice--it kind of stalled out before getting too bad. But, even though it didn't get too bad--he gave it to me (can't help kissing the cutie, even if he's sick--oops). I got weirdest sore throat I've ever had. Usually, when I get a sore throat it is due to a cold, but no runny or stuffy nose, and no cough. Just a dry scratchy throat that made me sound super hoarse. I got sick just in time for Branigan and Julie to have their baby. Argh. So, I wasn't able to see the little guy after he was born, which was the worst form of torture for me.
About three days after Christmas Isaac started to get sick, naturally. He had a sore throat almost identical to what I had just got over, and a fever. We had been notified on the Sunday before Christmas that my Grandpa (my mom's dad) had developed Pneumonia. He had been sick for several months prior and it wasn't looking good. He died that day. The plan was to leave Isaac with a sitter and take Eli with us to the funeral that was to be on the 2nd of January. Well, because Isaac was still sick I didn't feel like I could leave him with someone and potentially spread what we had all been sick with. So, David and I decided that he would stay home with the kids and I would go to the funeral. The night before the funeral Eli started with a fever. I knew he was getting sick all over again, and that my efforts to clean and sanitize the entire house and all of the toys weren't effective. It was okay, though, because David would be staying with the boys while I went to the funeral. Wrong. David got a call at 8:45am on Friday, Jan 2nd. It was the scheduling supervisor at UPS. There had been some confusion and the supervisor thought that David requested a different day off for the funeral (interesting, since we had printed off the obituary and had given it to the supervisor--the date was clearly on it). So, David was told he had to go into work. With two sick kids I was forced to stay home and not attend the funeral. I was devastated. Eli ended up having croup and has been super sick. It has been a miserable month so far, and I think that Isaac may be getting sick again, too. What the heck? I have been obsessive about the disinfecting and sanitizing. What is going on? Grrrr! January is already my least favorite month. I lost my brother on the 24th of January, three years ago, and my mom on the 22nd of January, two years ago. Now I find out that my other Grandpa isn't doing well. I can't wait for this month to be over, and I STILL haven't been able to see my new nephew!!! I don't want to chance spreading anything. Grrrrrr!
Okay, I know I am a few days late for Merry Christmas wishes, but the thought was there earlier and I was too lazy to get on and post it! Sorry! I also want to say thanks to the Becerra's, for letting us be a part of the Christmas Eve get-together. We love to see you! Well, here is the story of our Christmas Day.
Christmas this year was a blast--well, mostly. It dumped over a foot of snow at our house on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. We were pretty much snowed in, since we couldn't get out of our garage. We woke up early and Isaac ran to the tree to see what Santa had left for him. He was so excited! Eli slept until after 9:00am, so he missed all of the fun. Oh well, he's only 6 months old--he didn't really know what was going on, anyway. After opening presents we were supposed to have David's dad over for breakfast. We got a call that he was stranded less than a mile from our house due to getting high-centered on a median that had been covered in snow. I'm telling you, it was a blizzard out here. Anyway, so David went and picked him up and brought him back to have breakfast. The only thing I could think about was that we were going to end up being late to Juan and Lisa's house to talk to my little brother, Zach. He's been in Mexico, on an LDS Mission for nearly a year now. I was sick to my stomach at the thought that we wouldn't make it. So, I called my step-dad, Juan, and let him know what was going on with the weather. He assured me that they would conference me in so that I could talk to him from home. Whew. What a relief. David, Isaac and I all had a chance to speak to Zach and it was great! So, then we left to take Jerry home and visited Juan, Lisa and my other little brother, Caleb (I should mention that it had only snowed a teeny, tiny bit in Murray--what the heck?) I feel bad that it was such a rushed visit, but we always seem to have so much to do on Christmas, and so many places to be. It would be nice to be able to just stay home and have everyone who wants to see us come here instead of us running everywhere. Anyway, then we went to David's mom's house and had a wonderful, but rushed, Christmas dinner. We then headed home around 5:00pm to get ready for my family to come over. We hosted my Dad, Rondi, Ramsi, Stoker, Tyler, Dolly and my two nephews. We missed Branigan and Julie and little Beau, born on December 22nd! It was a fun night, with lots of food and presents. I just love Christmas. I will post a picture of the entire family in our matching Christmas PJ's as soon as Ramsi forwards them to me. I'm sure they are great! Here are some cute pictures of our Christmas...
Isaac--after opening all of the presents from Santa.
Isaac with his "loot". Some of it, anyway.
The Grandson's in their matching PJ's. Little Beau has a matching pair of PJ's too! What cute little boys--wouldn't trade them for anything!
Isaac and Eli lounging together on the couch.
Eli and his cute little smile (and David's arm).
Aunt Ramsi made these adorable, reversible capes for each of the boys. She even made one for Eli and for baby Beau. They are super cute and the boys loved them! Thanks, Ramsi!
Saturday we took a ride onThe Polar Express at the Heber Valley Railroad in Heber, Utah. We wanted to take Isaac on it last year, but were unable to get tickets. This year we ordered our tickets early! For those of you who don't know Isaac very well--he is obsessed with trains! The Polar Express is one of his favorite movies that involve trains and he watches it often. He has been counting down the days and has been so excited that we were going to go this year! This week I found some pictures of a Polar Express ticket, similar to the tickets on the movie. I made some adjustments to the picture and was able to print tickets to give to Isaac and his cousin, Jonathan to take on the train with us. They were thrilled! The tickets looked great and they were the only kids on the train with 'real' tickets! The ride was a lot of fun! It was a much longer ride than I had anticipated--close to two hours long. We were given hot chocolate and cookies, we sang songs, read the story of The Polar Express and looked for the 'North Pole' and Santa out the windows of the train. When we got to the 'North Pole', Santa boarded the train, and since we were on the last car the boys waited excitedly for Santa to make his way to us during the ride back to the station. Finally, Santa was in our car! I couldn't believe how excited the boys were! I thought they were going to cry! Santa went to each child and gave them a special Christmas bell. It was the best! Here are some pictures of the adventure (lots of pictures)! Thanks Grandma Rondi and Grandpa Brad for sharing this adventure with us and for helping keep Eli happy so David and I could take pictures and video of this experience.
Here are Jonathan (my brother's little boy) and Isaac with their special tickets. On the other side it says, "The Polar Express" and "Round Trip" with a picture of a bell and some holly.
Grandma Rondi and Eli. I'm not sure why I cut my dad out of the picture. Sorry, Dad!
This is the part where the boy are anxiously awaiting Santa's arrival. They are standing on their seats and their eyes never left the door of the train car.
"There he is!!!!! I see him!" That is what they were saying when I took this picture. It is hilarious! Don't they look like they are so excited that they might start crying? I love it!
Santa walking down the isle, giving bells to each child and saying "Merry Christmas! Ho, ho, ho!". The boys couldn't wait for their turn.
Santa and the boys. 
Here they are after getting their special Christmas bells. Check out Jonathan's expression! Hee, hee!
Here they are after the ride was all over. What a fun adventure!
Jarrod and me.
This is a classic photo. Not just of Jarrod, but it shows his attitude. I'm not sure what Branigan is doing...hee, hee!
If Jarrod were here I'm sure he would kill me for posting this picture. I'm sure I'll hear about it from Tyler. You gotta love the 80's.
Jarrod, me, David and my Dad in Yellowstone for a family reunion in 2001 (I think).
Jarrod and Jonathan (Tyler's little boy).
Jarrod and Isaac.
Not sure where this was taken...
I love this picture. Love you, Jarrod. 
Mom and Jarrod, November 2000. Love you, Mom.
