Crystal's Hates and Loves

HATE/FEARCrystal absolutely HATES snakes. In fact, she doesn't just hate them...she is terrified of them...real or fake! Karlie thoroughly LOVES to chase her around with the fake snake at the Keesler's. Crystal will stop whatever she is doing (except the mic...her love) and RUN for her life while SCREAMING bloody murder. It is the funniest, most entertaining sight ever. Rachelle swears we are going to give a 3 year old a massive heart attack. You might ask why we don't make Karlie stop...well...quite frankly...Crystal probably deserves the torture after how mean she can be to Karlie.

LOVE/WANT

On the opposite hand, Crystal absolutely LOVES to sing and play the drums for Wesley's Guitar Hero for the XBox 360. We might even have ourselves a star one day at the rate she is going. She can sing and memorize EVERY song she hears...appropriate for a 3 year old or not!

Christmas Eve & Day

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve we went to see the Hickman's (Laura's sisters family). Crystal and Karlie love spending time with Hillary, Kaitlin, and Stephanie. Crystal decorated cookies for Santa. We played a lot of games and just had fun.

Crystal's top present she has been asking for is a "Butterscotch Pony". She got it Christmas eve from "Santa Dave". She was so excited to see it. It acts so life like.

Then they opened up their presents that consisted of Pajamas and Christmas books. Their cousins got pajamas too.

Christmas Day

On Christmas Day the girls woke up at 815. They were so excited to see everything, especially Crystal. Crystal got a new car seat, an ipod, a Sleeping Beauty, and a whole bunch of random toys and books. Karlie got a Tricycle, Doll, a boat, and some other small things. Charlies family came over and we had a lot of fun.

5th Anniversary

Body Worlds 3

For our 5th anniversary we dropped our kids off at Shannon's (Laura's sister) and then on Saturday we went up to Salt Lake City with Tiffany, Kevin, and Tim. First we went to Body Worlds 3 at The Leonardo. I have been begging Charles forever to go. It was really cool to learn some of the different facts about the body and to see different cross-sections of the bodies. It was very fascinating to see how quickly a fetus develops. By the 8th week you could see all of the limbs and each individual finger/toe.

Lights at Temple Square

After Body Worlds we went to Texas Roadhouse to eat. Charlie and I had never been there. The food was so good and we had a lot of fun. Then we went to Temple Square to see the lights. It was so beautiful and very cold.

Charles and Laura

Tiffany and Laura

Kevin and Tiffany, Laura and Charles


Hanging out at our House

Tiffany and I wrapped all of the girls' Christmas presents while they were still gone. The guys watched the BYU Vs. Arizona football game. BYU just couldn't pull it together and lost 24-34.

Karlie's First Blackeye

What a Spill?.!

Thursday Karlie was walking next to our bed. I was washing my hands in the bathroom. All of a sudden Karlie fell and hit the bridge of her nose on the frame of our bed. It immediately swelled up and bruised. I was so nervous that it was broken, but it wasn't. The cartilage was just swollen and bruised. It sure looks a lot worse than it is.

The beautiful fall colors

So, we went out yesterday on part of the nebo loop. It was so pretty we decided to take some pictures. It was so pretty and the girls had so much fun. We decided we would use a couple ones of Karlie for her one year pictures. The only bad part is I can't decide. We got some really cute pictures of Crystal also.

A week full of trials

Well, a lot has happened since last Friday. I have been having gallbladder problems, so on Friday after I was dealing with all of the pain and vomiting. The doctor that I work with sent me down to the ER. I got down to the ER and was checking in when I got a call from my sister that my brother David had stopped breathing and they were trying to resusitate him in the ambulance on the way to the ER in Jordan Valley. So, I called Charlie, since he was already on his way up to help me in Provo and we went up to Jordan Valley Hospital. He was in a coma and had the ventilator totally breathing for him. They were cooling him down and the chances were not very good. After they got him up to the ER, Charlie and I went to Provo and checked in at the ER there. I was so dehydrated that they couldn't get an IV in me. They tried more than 15 times with numerous nurses and finally got an IV in my neck. They then admitted me to ghte hopital at 100 AM on Saturday. They were very busy that day with surgeries, so they didn't take me for mine until 700 PM. That got done and I was released on Sunday evening. Then with David on Monday they did an EEG to see if he had any brain function. I got a call early Monday afternoon to find out that the only brain function he had was seizure activity. So I immediately called Charles and we drove up there. After I had a chance to talk to him they unplugged all of the machines. He passed away about 15 minutes after that. He is now in a much better place with our mother. We are going to have his funeral on Friday in Salt Lake City.

Karlies 1st Birthday

Karlie turned one on September 11th. We had a birthday party on the 13th with family and friends. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun. She is such a funny girl. She is not afraid to stand up to her big sister and always lets her know when she disagrees with someting. We thought she would go more hog wild with the cake. But, oh well. We all had a lot of fun.