Basketball, flu and first dates

So the past week has been filled with some highs and lows... We'll get the lows over with first..
I got a major case of the flu last week. Monday morning I woke up with a "tickle in my chest" and by the end of the night I had a massive fever, chills, body aches etc... etc... By Tuesday night I started realizing that I was probably joining the epidemic going on in the US right now... and that I had the flu. I honestly don't know when I've ever been more sick. This thing is the PITS. I went to the Dr Wed and he said I had influenza A and maybe H1N1. I started on Tamiflu and it's been a long process... today is Sunday and I still don't feel great. Ugh. The fever and chills and sore throat are gone, but my stomach is iffy and I just feel so weak. This is a BAD ONE. yuck. It's one of those things though that really makes you appreciate something you take for granted. When you can't get up and do the things you're used to doing it makes you really appreciate the simple things in life, like being able to take care of your family, clean your house, cook meals, go to work, be happy etc... Good lesson. I am hoping tomorrow I can get back to life!


So ONTO THE GOOD STUFF!!
Lindsey got her DRIVERS LICENSE on Jan 2!! She was SO excited! I have to admit, it has been AWESOME to have another driver around here!! Now if we only had another car! LOL :)

Then last weekend she got asked out on her first date!! FUN!! She got asked to Bargain Ball by Ammon Nimmer. He put a cute sign up in her room and then balloons and confetti everywhere. She had to pop the balloons to find his name. She answered him by getting a jar of pennies that said "It only makes cents to go to bargain ball with you" and then balloons on it that spelled YES. and then pennies all over his door step :)

Lindsey cleaning up the confetti

Lindsey and the question on her wall! :)

ISN'T SHE CUTE!???!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW! Love this girl! This is just before he picked her up - they dressed CRAZY :) So fun! It was a "black light" dance so they all wore really bright colors and neon stuff... He brought her a yellow t-shirt to wear. They went to dinner at a friends house with their whole group of 8 couples, then played games, went to the dance and then had dessert :)

Lindsey and Ammon before their date



Ellie had been begging me for months to play basketball, December was crazy for me and I just kept putting her off thinking that we had missed the deadline for sign ups. One night we were driving to the store together and she said, "Mom, I REALLY want to play basketball, can you please check and see if I can get on the team?" I felt so bad, realizing that I had kind of brushed her off. Ellie LOVES to be active. She really, really, LOVES sports and doesn't like to sit around. I called her friends Mom and found out that there was still a spot on the team and that the first game was the next day. I hurried and signed her up online that night, went and paid the next morning and by that evening she was playing ball!! :) She loves it!! She is pretty good too! She scored 2 points in her first game and 4 points in her second game!! She is very determined! And super cute too, I might add :)

Ellie in action!

Just before scoring!! :)

Love her face in this one! :)