January is always month that literally flies by. We were on Christmas break until January 9th, which I love. We also get one day (MLK Day) off from school, which is really nice too. January is the Christmas hangover--getting back into the groove of school and starting the 3rd quarter.
Wiggy's first time doing laser tag with dad and the boys on
Martin Luther King Day. Everyone was home having fun, except mama who had to work.
Celebrating Maya's birthday! Maya turned 8 in January and she was baptized.
The girls also raced Wiggy's truck a few times before school started back up from the Christmas break.
Dropping Wiggy off at school.
Bubba had no school one Friday so he spent the whole day with mama. What a lucky kid. He even went with me to help in Wiggy's classroom. That was a lot of fun to watch him read with the little boys in class.
Later in the day we went to lunch and then I took him shopping. He asked me to buy him some cologne at Nordstrom Rack. Yes--the kid who can't smell anything asked to buy cologne. I said "of course!!" :)
The annual Daddy Daughter Dance at Wiggy's school. Her favorite date night with daddy. They went to dinner at Olive Garden beforehand and then to Yogurtland afterward.
Stake Temple trip to Los Angeles. We had a few extras in the car with us. After the temple we went to Cafe Rio in Valencia for dinner.....after a stop at Sprinkles.
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
