Presenting Mr. and Mrs. McCrossen...

My mom is now a married woman! She looked beautiful and was so happy. Here are a couple of the pictures I took. I asked Rulon to come and take some pictures for mom as a surprise and wedding gift from me, I can't wait to see those! After the ceremony we went over to Pomodoro, a great Italian restaurant for toasts and dinner. It was a great time!

Rotavirus...

Poor Seth is sick again! He's had trouble for a couple months with staying healthy. He started on Saturday with a fever, and tired, and just not acting like himself. So last night after a couple days home from school, and just laying around with a low grade fever, I took him to the pediatrician. She said he probably has a rotavirus. Here is what I found about it on the internet:

Signs and Symptoms
Children with a rotavirus infection have fever, nausea, and vomiting, which are often followed by abdominal cramps and frequent, watery diarrhea. Children who are infected may also have a cough and runny nose. As with all viruses, though, some rotavirus infections cause few or no symptoms, especially in adults.

So we need to be careful and make sure we're washing our hands a lot and we dissinfected everything last night. Fun Fun. I just hope he gets better soon.

Happy St. Patty's Day

This post must be read with an Irish accent for full effect!!!!

I don't think my family line has much Irish, but McKee's sure does! He loves St. Patrick's day! So top o' the mornin' to ya, and Happy St. Patty's day!

Big News!!!!

I talked to my mom last night and found out that she is getting married! I'm so excited for her! She really seems happy and in love. The wedding is Monday night! I can't believe it! I love you mom, I really do hope all of your dreams come true! You're going to be a beautiful bride!

I've Been Tagged

A. The rules of this game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the question about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, and then leaves a comment on their blog letting them know they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog to get the directions.
Questions:10 yrs ago:5 Things on my list of things to do today:Things I would do if I suddenly was a Billionaire:3 of my bad habits:Places I have lived:Jobs I have had:Things most people don't know about me:
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10 years ago...I was 18 years old, waitressing over nights at Perkins restaurant. McKee was just a couple months old so I had to be home all day while my ex-husband worked.
5 Things on my list of things to do today...hand over scout stuff, finish up laundry, run to wal-mart to pick up the toilet paper holder I left there yesterday, work on Seth's scrapbook, have some time alone with Mike
Things I would do if I suddenly was a Billionaire...move to Colorado, visit family in California, pay off everything, buy Mike a new car, put money away for the kids, give my family some money
3 of my bad habits...procrastinating, chocolate, picking my nose (hey, everyone picks, admit it)
Places I have lived...Rochester, Brockport, Fairport, East Rochester, Webster, Greece, Hamlin, California, Oregon
Jobs I have had...MOM, Friendly's, Perkins, Driveway sealing company, Invisible Fence, Pinkerton Systems Integration, Mary Kay, Creative Memories, Student Desk at MCC, Allstate Insurance, Isaac Heating, Wegmans, White Knights Farm, Maplewood Nursing Home, I'm sure there are more, I just can't remember right now.
Things most people don't know about me...I like to read, I love hearts, I don't like scary movies, I've always wanted to be a singer

I will tag...Lynette, Erin, Lora, Danielle, Alison, and Roxie

Shiny Teeth and Shiny Trees

Today was a busy day for us. Last night, on the 17th anniversary of the big Ice Storm of '91, we had a mini ice storm here in Rochester. There was just enough ice to be a pain in the butt, but not enough to close anything down. Mike had a hard time getting into his car this morning because it won't stay running long enough to melt anything without stalling, so he took the van. The 3 older kids had a dentist apt this morning, so Mike came home a little early with the van and we were off. All of the trees look so pretty coated in ice. I am still looking forward to spring though. For some reason this winter seems really long to me. So we got the dentist and the kids each had a turn. They did a great job. My kids are always really good at the Dr or dentist, so I wasn't worried. Brooke and McKee came up clean, but Seth has one little cavity, and we'll go back in a couple weeks to have it filled. Tyler got to sit in the dentist chair and ride it up and down a couple times. They are so cute there, they have sunglasses for the kids to wear so the light doesn't hurt their eyes. Tyler will get checked out in 6 months when the kids go back next time for their check-ups. McKee pulled his hat down over his eyes and said he didn't need the sun glasses because he was covered. He's a crazy boy.

Brooke had her first haircut, ever, tonight. She was so bald for so long as a baby I didn't have the heart to cut her hair until now. The ends just needed a little trim, nothing much, but I'm getting sentimental in my old age, and am still a little teary about the whole thing. We gave the kids a bath and I told her that we would do the trim after bath time. So she came downstairs all excited for her haircut and her first question was "It's going to hurt?" I said no, she won't feel anything. So we put her in the chair, Mike was a good sport to take some pics for me, and I trimmed the bottom. As I was cutting the last little piece off Brooke said "are you going to cut it now?" She had no idea that I was just finishing. She's so sweet, and now her hair will be a little bit healthier.

The last cut.

Thanks

We received a package from Lynette on Saturday containing some goodies for the kids. She made the boys matching ties, and the fun part is that Mike has one almost exactly the same, and some cute hair clips for Brooke. I could hardly wait until Sunday morning to dress the boys up, and do Brooke's hair. Here they are looking so handsome, and cute.