Our new addition

This week we got a new addition to our home...

Meet Betsy. HE (yes he) is Elijah's new fish. We were studying letter F for preschool this week

and I decided it would be fun to get a fish.

I pushed for Betas over goldfish, but the boys were determined that they were getting goldfish. The boys each chose a gold fish and off we went. Christian named his fish Goldy, then changed it to goldilocks. Each night, I tell the kids a Goldilocks and Betsy story at bedtime, so that is how Elijah decided his fish should be Betsy. On our way home, we decided to stop by Mark's school during lunch to show him our fish. When we pulled up the bag to show him, Goldilocks was already belly up! Christian assured us that as soon as we fed him, he would be fine, but by the time we got home, there were still no signs of life and Christian was asleep so Elijah and I set up Betsy's new home and flushed Goldilocks. The boys were suprisingly not upset about the whole thing. Elijah told me that it was okay, because, as his babysitter Camilla told him, the toilet water comes up through the sprinklers, so Goldilocks would squirt out in the yard one day. I assured him that will not happen! The good thing about Goldilocks short life span is that now each time Elijah checks on Betsy, he tells us how amazing it is that he is still alive and that Betsy is a survivor fish!

In other news, Caleb had his two month check up this week and weighed in at 8 lbs 7 oz. He is gaining an average of an oz a day, which the doctor is very happy with. He is smiling now, but only at me and when no one else is around, so Mark is not convin

ced. He'll flash one at daddy soon and melt his heart, just like he does mine each time he does it. You can almost see his smile in this picture, but he was just finishing smiling at me.

Mark and Elijah flew up to Utah this weekend for the BYU game for Mark's birthday present. They went to ESPN college game day and we worked hard to spot them on TV and thought we caught a glimpse of a red headed boy, then Mark told me that Elijah was wearing a hat, so I guess we didn't see him after all! They had fun in spite of the game not going so well. Several of Mark's siblings and his mom met them there. I told him that meant for my birthday in April, I get to go somewhere with my sisters and mom, so where should it be?!

Aubrey is standing next to me, correcting my spelling and grammar. She says her news is that she is going to Isaac's party this week. She is doing great in school and gets all A's in conduct. Report cards come out this week and we have parent teacher conferences. So, stay tuned for news on that...

Courtney has been busy, busy, busy. With going to GATE one day a week, she has to get all her regular class work done and her GATE work. She has a field trip down to the ocean this week for GATE and is very excited for that. She is hoping for straight A's on her report card, but nervous about her math grade.