Megan's Coming Home!

My little sister Megan is coming Home tonight! She has been serving a church mission for the last 18 months, in Romania! We have missed her so much! My kids are just as excitted for her to come home than for Christmas Day! That tells you something about her! She is so sweet and so much fun to be with! She has an amazing talent at making people feel happy and good about themselves! She is truly a Christlike person! We are so lucky to have her in our family! We will see her in about 7 hours! What a great Christmas gift!

Brinley - My Current Boss!

Ok, well I have 500 things that I should be doing right now, but I had to write down just a few of the things Brins said today! She was so so bossy! She kept telling me to do whatever came to her mind. When she thought I was not going to follow her commands, she say, "Grandma told me so or Gramma says!"

Tonight she was singing, The we will we will rock you song!(I don't even know how she knows that song). I asked her what that song meant and she said, " It means you flush the toilet." She is so funny!

We had some friends drop off a treat and thier family Christmas card tonight. Brinley sat and looked at the card forever. (The family has 4 cute boys).Then she said, "When I look at this card I think LOVE!" I could not stop laughing! Rob said, " Oh no we are in so much trouble with this girl!"

About 30 min. ago I was saying goodnight to Madey, and Brins came in and said, "Madey don't forget your personal prayers!" Madey said, "I already said them Brinley." All 5 of us are used to her great "advice"!

Ok now I can get back to my to do list but I had to remind myself of how cute she is! She was such a sticker today, I didn't think she was so cute when she opened a pressent that I had put together and had made a HUGE MESS in the kitchen after I had cleaned. I love you Brin Brin!

Happy Birthday Madey!

Christmas 2000!

Madey and her favorite cousins Emma & Ellie at the Polar Express in Williams, AZ.

Easter of 2001! I was pregnant with Ethan & so excitted!

Christmas 2000!

Madey's Baptism 2006

Our Sweet Madey is ten today! She said it is her golden year. Ten on Dec. 10th! She is so cute! We are so thankful to have her! I am so lucky to be her mom! She was worth the tearful wait!

Rob and I are especially thankful that she is feeling healthy again and back to her happy self! Last Tuesday I got a call from the school nurse. She said that Madey was in her office & that she just didn't look right. She paused and said, "I think I am going to call 911! I said "What?!" I was shocked! (Little did she know her teacher had already called 911.) To make a REALLY LONG story short, Madey had passed out in class and was basically disoriented for a little while. By time I got to the school she was lying on a bed in the nurses office with 6 or 7 firemen standing around her. (she was hating it!) They were testing her blood, listening to her heart, and asking her questions to see if she was coherent. I couldn't believe it! (That morning she said that she was tired, but she had no fever, no cough, no signs of being sick at all. ) I told her that she could stay home but she wanted to go to school). Anyway, one of the firemen thought that she had some sort of obstruction in her chest, so they loaded her up onto a stretcher & off we went to the hospital! I have never riden in an ambulence before and I hope I NEVER do again! It was scary! She had all sorts of tests done at the hospital, an EKG, blood work, Xrays, you name it. She kept changing colors. First she was white, then yellow, then pink the white again. It was crazy! She finally got a breathing treatment and then she pepped up right away! She just couldn't breathe! They found out that she had bacterial pneumonia in her right lung. The doctors kept thinking that it was more, but after 4 hours of watching her, stay a "normal" color they were convinced that she would be fine. What a night!

I forgot to mention that all of this happened right as school was ending. So every eye was on her as she was put into the ambulence, something that just horrified her! She does not like that kind of attention! (Brinley on the other, would have loved it!) She has really appreciated all of the concern and sweet attention that her friends and our family have shown her though. She knows she is loved! Thank goodness you are safe in your bed tonight Madey!(& breathing perfect again!) WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Happy Birthday Rob!

These are my all time favorite pictures of Rob, when he was little!
He is the greatest husband and father! We love you! Have a fun day!