Crystal is getting busy

Crystal started her Second year of preschool. She was so excited to see Mrs. Amy again. She loves her preschool and all of her new friends there. She learns so much and is getting so smart!

She also started soccer. It has been very nice because she runs aimlessly around the field not really paying attention to the ball, so she goes to sleep easy on those nights. It is so much fun watching all of those kids swarm around the ball.

Crystal has been begging me for the last year to go to dance class. Well, I finally found a really good dance studio and she started dance. She thinks she is so cool, because she gets to go to the kindergarten class. She has so much fun and anxiously waits for each class. She has to show us each time she gets home what she learned.

Fishing at Utah Lake

Crystal and Karlie had so much fun with Charlie and Uncle Dan. They first went fishing at Springlake and could not get the fish to bite. Then they went to Utah Lake where they finally caught something. Karlie loved holding the fish, but Crystal wouldn't even touch it. Their favorite part of the whole outing was the ducks. They loved them. We will have to take them fishing more often.

Bubbles, Bubbles, and More Bubbles!!!

This is the girls favorite thing to do. They love taking bubble baths. Usually Karlie gets all of the bubbles on her (with Crystals help, of course)!!!

Fackrell Family Reunion

It's that time of year again!!! Yep, time for the Fackrell Family Reunion. We have so much fun every year. We always go to Mt. View Whyoming, and have lots of fun with family. This year we changed it up a bit and instead of camping in tents, we stayed in a Cabin/Lodge. Here is a short run down of some of the activities.

The first evening we were there we went to the Relay for Life Ceremony. It is done for the American Cancer Society. My Cousin decorated these bags that have little tea lights in them for Sharon Guymon ( my birth mother who died from Breast Cancer) and Gladys Fackrell (My Grandmother that died from Breast Cancer). It made me break down in tears to remember these two beautiful women.

On one of the evenings we went swimming. We always rent out the swimming pool and have lots of fun.

On Saturday a lot of people went tubing. I didn't do it this year. But, it has always been a fun thing to do.

Karlie was Miss Curiosity. She was hard to keep track of. We would take our eyes off of her for a second and she would be gone.

Crystal and Kaitlin had to pose anytime a picture was taken of them. Crystal had so much fun playing with her cousins. She idolizes them.

Karlies favorite part was playing in the dirt. She was so dirty each day!!!!

Crystal just had to pose again!!!!

Kaitlin and I

Swimming Lessons

Both of the girls did swimming lessons for two weeks at the Payson City Pool. They had so much fun. Charles did the Parent and me with Karlie.

Oh!!! What a few Crazy months!!!! Continued.......

A week after my surgery, Charlie lost his job. His boss told him that he had lied abou tme being in the hospital and that nothing had actually happened to me. That next weekend my dad was released from the Rehabilitation Unit and we drove to Roosevelt. We went for my nephew Kaden's Baptism. Here are a few pictures while we were there.

A week after that Kaitlin and Stephanie (my nieces) came to stay with us to help with the girls. We pretty much went swimming everyday and had a lot of fun. They were a big help. They went back home and Stephanie came back to our house while the rest of her familly went on Trek. Stephanie and Crystal are so funny together.

Well, a week ago my dad had a surgery on his prostate. Now everything works!!! Sharon came up Sunday to pick him up and they left this morning. Karlie screamed and cried when he left. They have really gotten to enjoy each others company. It is sad to see him go, but he needed to get back home. We love you Grandpa!!!

Oh! What a few Crazy months!!

So I decided that I should finally update my blog. We have had so much going on that I just have not had the time to post. So, here it all is in a nutshell. Durring Memorial day weekend I had some really severe abdominal pain. I was at Shannon's dropping Crystal off so she could spend time with her cousins. So I just waited until I got home to deal with it. When I got home Charles saw how much pain I was in and we called Charlies sister to watch Karlie, because she was in bed and we went into the ER. We waited in the waiting room for three hours until we finally got in and waited another hour to see the Doctor. By this time it was about 400 AM. I then had a bunch of tests and was found to have a couple of large Hemorrhagic Ovarian Cysts. The Gynecologist was nervous that they were cutting off the blood supply to the Ovaries, so it was decided that I needed to go to surgery. When they got in there they found that one of them had burst and was bleeding out, while the other one was fine. So they drained the blood and cauterized it to get the bleeding stopped. I was in the hospital for another day and then I came home.

A few days after I was home my dad came up to see the orthopedic doctor. He had done something to his knee. When he was done with his appointment he came back to my house and told us that he was getting a knee replacement the next day. So they stayed the night and he went in for surgery. He was kept in the hospital because of problems with his waterworks. On Sunday Shannon came over for dinner and brought a yummy chocolate desert. We all loved it, especially Karlie!!

To be continued................

In between Payson and Spanish Fork on I-15 there is some construction. As you drive through it the road shifts and you go over the "Rumble strips" a few times. Every time we go over them and they make the loud sound Karlie Giggles uncontrollably. The bad thing about the video is that you can only see the picture shake slightly instead of hearing the noise. She is also a little more shy because she knows she is being videoed. But it is still cute.

Our Cute Girls

I got the cutest pictures done of the girls. So, here they are, well at least some of them. There are too many to post.

Karlie's 1st Haircut

Karlies First Haircut

Well, Karlie's hair was finally driving me nuts, so I broke down and got it cut. Our next door neighboor cuts hair and did it for us. Karlie was so good and did everything that she asked her too.