FRYE FAMILY: January 2022

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Cruz's Well Check

I called Dr. Pete's office because I needed a sports release form filled out for Lacrosse. I found out he hadn't been in for a well check in a while, so today I took him in for a well check and to fill out the form. Dr. Pete had some great advice for Cruz. I hope he listened! On 1/27/2022 Cruz is 14 years 8 months. His height is exactly 69 inches, which is 80% for his age. He weighed in at 143.6 pounds, that is 80% for his age. His body mass index is 21.1, which is 69% for his age. I realized as I had to fill out these forms, how extremely fortunate we have been with Cruz's health. He really is in pretty good health for the most part. He has minor things now and then, like some seasonal allergies, but I also think as we try to eat better, we can help some of those things out. But really so much to be grateful for!

Cruz's face when I asked him if I could take a picture......typical teen!

Moms Gone Wild!!!

Haha! On Wednesday I went up skiing with Rebecca, Catherine, and Kristen, all friends I met through the gym. We had so much fun and for not having new snow we skied some hard stuff! High Rustler, I believe it was my first time. So much fun!!!

Sunday, January 23, 2022

The "BLUR" of January

Pictures loaded backwards...but that is OK. The top picture is a good description of this month.....it started out great. We were able to go to Mexico with my whole family and that was such a miracle. We landed on January 1st, with Omicron making a total surge. I was kinda undeterred because I was so happy we were able to make it to Mexico. Cruz was back in school 1 week when he came home on Thursday and said his throat hurt. We sent him to his room but he continued to play lots of xbox so we weren't really sure How sick he was, but we did know Omicron (covid) was spreading quickly. We took him to the District office on Monday morning because he was still complaining of a sore throat, we almost made him go to school but then we decided to wait till the test result. At 8:30 they called me and told me he was positive for covid. A few days later Alegra came home from school saying her throat was sore. We took her to get a rapid test first and it came back negative, but I was suspicious since we had covid in the house. Later that day I took her for the spit test. Our results didn't come back on that for 5 days but she was positive. She mostly hung out in her room too, but we weren't super strict. We had kinda decided we just might all get it. Then a few days later Shawn started getting a sore throat and he tested positive. Then just last Tuesday Lexi woke up and was super stuffy. I looked at her and she looked sick. I decided to go get her tested, and she was positive. Lexi was sick right before Mexico and we had her tested 4 times because I was so upset about the possibility of not going to Mexico and she tested negative but when she wasn't getting covid in my mind I had decided she probably did have covid that first time around.....but then she fell. So far, I have felt really great and I slept with Shawn the entire time he had covid. Either I had enough antibodies or I had it and I was asymptotic. I did one spit and one rapid test in this blur or 3 weeks but they both came back negative. So January has definitely been our families COVID MONTH!!! Kinda a blur!

ALegra and I went skiing yesterday morning!

Lexi's teacher sent her a science video and she spent 2 days making different science experiments, it was nice because it took her mind off of being sick!

Alegra, our tweenager, getting ready for bed!

Sick pictures I found on my phone!

Lexi and I skied last Saturday when the rest of the family was home sick (not knowing she was going to get sick)

Shawn's positive covid test

Lexi's game before we all quarantined

The first week of January Lexi was able to get her first guitar lesson in.

My 47th birthday....a quarantine birthday, again! Cruz was positive at this point so we just kept him away, and we were waiting for Alegra's test result :(

Pre alegra getting sick her soccer team making goals for their upcoming tournament in February!

Lu skiing with dad in her Green Bay jersey!

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - December 25th through January 1st 2022

We had the best trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico this past winter break. This trip had been postponed for 2 years. We were supposed to go with my side of the family back in April 2020.....but then Covid overtook the world in March of 2020. We postponed it until Christmas break of 2021 thinking Covid would be gone. Covid is not gone but we were all able to go, which is a miracle. Covid actually started ramping up in mid December with the new Omicron variant in the United States. I had the kids masking and washing hands because I was so wanting to go on this trip. We even cancelled plans being with friends the first part of Christmas break because I didn't want to risk it. Lexi started feeling sick the Tuesday night before our Saturday departure. I was trying not to get too worked up about it. I ended up taking her to test Utah for a rapid and a longer Covid test, the rapid came back negative but I was afraid we wouldn't have our results from the longer test before Saturday so I took her to urgent care. They ended up doing a test that is the PCR test for Covid, tests for 2 of the flu strains, and we did a step test. To my sheer joy they all came back negative. The doctor said she probably had a bad cold. Her tests (both saliva and nose) from test Utah came back on Friday and were both negative too. I was relieved. We left for Mexico on Christmas morning at 11. The Omicron variant was roaring loudly, flights left and right were being cancelled because pilots and crew were calling in sick. But by lots of guardian angels our flight left on time and so did all my siblings. We all made it to Mexico by Saturday afternoon. The other miracle is that Georgia forgot her passport in New York and she was able to find someone flying to Utah to bring it to her and Russ's 4 adopted kids had expired passports, but Russ with a lot of money and time on the phone was able to change his flights to fly to San Diego and then from Tijuana down to Puerto Vallarta and he had to walk across the pedestrian bridge in Tijuana with Madi, Sesario, Walker, and Elle. He had their expired passports and birth certificates and he was able to get them across (plus some bribing). Rich had to do that 3 years earlier with Nick and Clara when they discovered the night before our trip their passports were expired, you would think we would learn, ugh!

We stayed at the Marival Armony, closer to Punta Mita. The resort itself was very beautiful. It was a new resort and the rooms were very modern and we had lots of room and a sitting room which was very nice. There were not as many things for the kids to do but luckily they all had a blast playing in the pool and boogie boarding at the beach all together. Spike ball was a big hit too. The food was really good there too but the resort was a half all inclusive and a half pay resort which made eating more complicated than it should have been when we had already paid lots of money for eating with our all inclusive package. The weather was absolutely perfect.

There was good surfing about a 10 minute taxi ride away and most mornings people would go. Shawn and Cruz went one more together and then Shawn went a couple of morning with just Rich, David, Ryan, and sometimes Russ. It was just magical to be in warm weather, be able to exercise, relax, walk on the beach, see my kids play, get Vitamin D, eat lots of guacamole and chips, and be together with my siblings and their families.

Sunday-We did a small church service and then spent time at the pool and beach

Monday - Boys surfed and we the kids started boogie boarding at the beach

Tuesday - More time swimming, reading, walking, playing, and relaxing

Wednesday - We went on our own private boat for our big group of 32 and saw whales pretty close up, did a bit of snorkeling, paddle boarding, and goofing off. This was a lot of fun!

Thursday - Beach and pool in the morning and then grammy, us, Clara, and the Jacksons took taxi's to Sayulita to do a bit of shopping and eat yummy fish tacos- Sayulita was crazy busy!

Friday - Last full day of beach and pool time. Can't believe how fast a week can go! This was New Years Eve. The hotel went all out with a dance floor and fireworks. Shawn and Alegra made it to 12 to ring in the New Year with the fireworks show. Lexi, Cruz, and I were fast asleep :).

Saturday - Pool in the morning and then we had to leave at 1:30 to go to the airport. Our flight ended up being delayed so we could have left several hours later, but it all worked out.

Ryan's family left on Thursday because he had New Years Eve shows to get to. The rest of us came home at various times on Saturday. Tons of flights were still being cancelled and we all got negative covid tests to enter the US and we all made it home - total miracle!