So what's new with us? Not much. We got a fish tank (from Kristin's brother) and we bought 14 fish to put in it. It's not a very interesting story, but for those of you who are reading this online, rather than a hard copy, you can read all about it in our blog. There's plenty there that is interesting to me, but I make no promises that it will be interesting to you.
AJ is good. He's 6 1/2 months old and he's a happy kid. We went to Southern California a couple of weeks ago. This picture of AJ was taken at Dodger Stadium. He's sitting on Kristin's lap, but you can't really see her. He was very pleasant for most of the drive down to L.A. and back, and he was very well-behaved at the Dodger game and both days at Disneyland. He had his rotten moments, but I think we got off pretty easy.
At his 6 month check-up he got his 3rd round of immunizations, which he did not enjoy, but he recovered much more quickly than at the 2 and 4 month rounds. The first two times he cried a lot more and then was kind of ill-tempered for a few days after. This time he only cried until it was over and showed no ill effects at all. To be honest, I've wondered a little whether they actually gave him anything this time.
Alexa's good, too. She's 8 1/2 and cute as can be. She's cruising along through second grade and she still doesn't have enough to do when she's at our house. I wish she had some friends around here, but she doesn't go to school here (she goes to Driggs on 27th East and 45th South by her mom's house), and our primary doesn't really have much to offer, since most of the families in the ward are old with adult children who've long-since moved away. The bishop told me recently that more than a third of the families in our ward are the original owners of the homes. Since most of the houses were built between 1955 and 1964, well, do the math. But Alexa does pretty well in most any situation. She can play with kids that are 5 or more years older than she is, or kids that are 3 or 4 years younger, too. If we could find any kids that met that pretty simple requirement, we'd be set. There are a couple of semi-obnoxious (but pretty harmless) teenage boys next door, but that doesn't help us. She's been playing the violin for almost a year now and is doing very well. I think her teacher is kind of an idiot, but Alexa really likes her. I'm clear on the fact that Liz (the teacher) can play the violin very well. I'm not, however, sold on her ability to teach it to others.
At his 6 month check-up he got his 3rd round of immunizations, which he did not enjoy, but he recovered much more quickly than at the 2 and 4 month rounds. The first two times he cried a lot more and then was kind of ill-tempered for a few days after. This time he only cried until it was over and showed no ill effects at all. To be honest, I've wondered a little whether they actually gave him anything this time.
Alexa's good, too. She's 8 1/2 and cute as can be. She's cruising along through second grade and she still doesn't have enough to do when she's at our house. I wish she had some friends around here, but she doesn't go to school here (she goes to Driggs on 27th East and 45th South by her mom's house), and our primary doesn't really have much to offer, since most of the families in the ward are old with adult children who've long-since moved away. The bishop told me recently that more than a third of the families in our ward are the original owners of the homes. Since most of the houses were built between 1955 and 1964, well, do the math. But Alexa does pretty well in most any situation. She can play with kids that are 5 or more years older than she is, or kids that are 3 or 4 years younger, too. If we could find any kids that met that pretty simple requirement, we'd be set. There are a couple of semi-obnoxious (but pretty harmless) teenage boys next door, but that doesn't help us. She's been playing the violin for almost a year now and is doing very well. I think her teacher is kind of an idiot, but Alexa really likes her. I'm clear on the fact that Liz (the teacher) can play the violin very well. I'm not, however, sold on her ability to teach it to others.
Kristin just c
hopped (actually Peggy did the chopping) of about 11 inches of her hair, which is funny because she originally wanted to donate her hair to Locks of Love, but since they require 10 inches of hair, Kristin was afraid she'd have to cut off more than she was willing to part with. Then she saw Hilary Swank on the Rachael Ray show talking about a similar organization called Beautiful Lengths, but instead of making wigs for kids with cancer (which is what Locks of Love does), they make wigs for women with cancer. Kristin's sister-in-law, Amanda, has cancer, so I guess that hit close to home (and it helped that they only require 8 inches of hair for donation. The reason that whole thing is funny to me is that after Peg cut off the "8 inches" (I put this in quotes because it was actually more like 10 1/2 inches), she ended up cutting off even more than that to make Kristin's hair into the style that Kristin thought she'd like. I guess she wants to color it, too, but we didn't tell Peggy she wanted to do that today, so we had to plan that one for another day. I like the way her hair turned out. She seems to like it also, but she commented that it wasn't as shocking as she had thought it would be. I have a vague recollection of having seen pictures of Kristin with her hair cut in a similar manner a long time ago (when she was in college, she thinks), but while she was pregnant with AJ and again just before she got it cut today, it was longer than it's ever been in her life. So now it's short. I like it, she likes it. It's all good.
hopped (actually Peggy did the chopping) of about 11 inches of her hair, which is funny because she originally wanted to donate her hair to Locks of Love, but since they require 10 inches of hair, Kristin was afraid she'd have to cut off more than she was willing to part with. Then she saw Hilary Swank on the Rachael Ray show talking about a similar organization called Beautiful Lengths, but instead of making wigs for kids with cancer (which is what Locks of Love does), they make wigs for women with cancer. Kristin's sister-in-law, Amanda, has cancer, so I guess that hit close to home (and it helped that they only require 8 inches of hair for donation. The reason that whole thing is funny to me is that after Peg cut off the "8 inches" (I put this in quotes because it was actually more like 10 1/2 inches), she ended up cutting off even more than that to make Kristin's hair into the style that Kristin thought she'd like. I guess she wants to color it, too, but we didn't tell Peggy she wanted to do that today, so we had to plan that one for another day. I like the way her hair turned out. She seems to like it also, but she commented that it wasn't as shocking as she had thought it would be. I have a vague recollection of having seen pictures of Kristin with her hair cut in a similar manner a long time ago (when she was in college, she thinks), but while she was pregnant with AJ and again just before she got it cut today, it was longer than it's ever been in her life. So now it's short. I like it, she likes it. It's all good.
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Cute, cute kids!!!
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