Wild, fun and Crazy weekend......stressful? hmmm...

Well, it all ended with Kalicia having a severe asthma attack! I had to run her in on Sunday morning. She was under care for four hours on monitors and oxygen and then they sent her home with oxygen! Yea! That was such a blessing, because her last hospital stay was a week. So now her bedroom looks like a hospital and I am "nurse mom!"

Wait, aren't all moms nurses every day?

At the end of all the celebration, we got to watch them open presents!

The kids thought that was the neatest!
Capri (cousin) found her spot!

They were pretty excited at how well they made out!

The lanterns were a fun decor, but the ones hanging up outside didn't last long!

The wind played games with them!!!!

We had lots of guests, thanks for everyone's support!

Some of our cutest guests!!!!!!

My sisters were such a great help!

I appriciate all they do! I have the best sisters!!!!

Kalicia pretty much just sat in the same place and kept getting more food!

(must be nice to be young and eat 'til your hearts content!!!)

m & m's were her favorite....

Thanks to my husband, who was my right hand man! He is always so willing to help!

Keith and Derek Fusselman(best man)

Sierra and Trisha (Bride's Maid)

Satya and her fabulous Chocolate fountain, it was a hit!

Jessyka, and one of her many silly faces!

I love her for it, always keeps us laughing!!

The Bride and Groom, greeting their guests....

My cousin, Ellen played beautiful piano music.
(She said she'd give me Piano lessons!)

Austin, spending time with his little sister, Caroline.

The cousin hang out!!!!

....with the cupcakes and bubbles!!!!

The morning of all the cousins coming, Jon got knee surgery

Our home was busy with all kinds of exciting things going on.

I am glad to have Jon doing better!!!

It was a very eventful weekend! Everyone is happy and doing well!

Busy all-nighters....getting ready for Keith and Sierra's Open House!

The Final outcome, after hours of

working on our handrail and posts.

After 6 years of being in our home, we decided we needed to finally finish our staircase, especially because we were having a formal event in our home.

After.....

Before.....

Austin loves to perform!
He gets so excited to perform with the Honor Choir. He hopes to make Madrigals and then eventually after his mission, go to EAC and be a part of their music dept.

The girls love playing Tea Party!
They think it's so much fun to have snack time in their bedroom
when Charlotte gets home from Kindergarten.

Happy 6th Birthday Charlotte!!!!!

The traditional ......breakfast with a candle

(english muffin and jelly)

She was so excited!!!!

For the last few months, Charlotte has been telling me she wants a "Spongebob~Kitty Cat Cake"

(what and why? so I put a statue of a kitty on the corner and she loved it!)

She is my little princess girl and still loves princesses, but since she has gone to kindergarten, she has this new fascination with Spongebob.

She took her time and blew out one candle at a time.....

And she loved her new helmet for her new motorized "wheelchair."

......Her new motorized "wheelchair" with her new purple crutches on the back. Doctors keep suggesting we get her an electric wheelchair for when she is outside and in places that it's hard to use her walker.......she refuses to have a wheelchair and I don't blaim her! She loves her new ride though and now she can ride out to the barn, feed the horses and collect the eggs all by herself!!!!
Charlotte got to invite one friend to her birthday dinner, her best friend, AJ, in her kindergaten class. We made personal pizzas and she had a blast!!

Charlotte knew I was making her cake during rest time, she is getting too smart for me, no more sneaking around very easily. She asked if she could lick the batter and icing, how do I tell the birthday girl no! So I let her, she just didn't get to see the cake.

Her friend, Alex, and Kalicia helped!

Chuck E. Cheese ~Does it get better than that! We had time and birthdays to celebrate in between the wedding celebration....So Sharon and I took our Kiddos to have some fun!
Happy 1st birthday Olivia and Happy 6th birthday Charlotte!!!

Waiting for the couple to arrive.........

Mom and daughters

Grandma Burgoyne and Great Grand daughters, they adore her!

Uncle Sparky (Keith) and Sierra

The Beautiful couple

~Mr. and Mrs. Pember

Congratulations!!!!!

Celebrations!! ....the old and the young!!!

We had a fun time at Sierra Hensley's Bridal Shower, my brother's bride to be!

(Kalicia was so excited to go with me. I picked her up at her dance class and got right over to the party!)

Oh, No!!!!! It's Mom's birthday again and she turned 31 years old!!!!

Wasn't as hard to turn 31 as turning 30 though.

I had a very fun birthday and Loren got me these amazingly cool boots! I was so impressed, he has good taste!!! He celebrated my birthday in the morning before he went to work and made me my favorite "Loren's Omelets"!

We even had cake for breakfast, the girls thougt that was the greatest!!!!

Chocolate Cake for Breakfast!!!

Valentine's Weekend......

It was a very busy weekend filled with cousins, baptisms, surgery, therapy, heart cookies, sleepovers etc.......

Lots of Love........

Caroline sure is coming along. We are so excited!

She got a hold of a marker, drew all over her hands,table, face and clothes!

Look how excited she is, how could I be upset when she is developing and doing the things an "almost 2 yr. old" is supposed to be doing!!!! Yea!!!!

She was supposed to be sleeping. I peeked in on her and she had gotten into sitting position all by herself. Now I can't get her to do it again, but now I know she can!!!!

Halee and Cade were baptized, what a special day. Thanks for being good examples to the younger cousins!!!!

Charlotte had eye surgery. It was tough for her, but it's helping her and she is doing great.

Eye is still swollen.

Daddy and Kalicia got her a balloon for her surgery, that made her so happy!

Charlotte goes to St. Josephs hospital once a month for therapies. These are some of the things she gets to do to help her build her core muscles and gain balance.

We need to put one of these in the basement!!

Slumber party at the cousins!!!

Thanks Aunt Satya for letting us stay at your house!

We even got to meet up with Aunt Nat (Natalie, Mom's friend from College)

while she was here visiting from Utah.

After the fun Slumber party and falling asleep to Hanna Montana......

WE WOKE UP TO BIG COOKIES!!!!!!!

It was getting too messy to eat the "traditional" heart cookies in the house, so outside we went!

I have to tell Grandma Merrill, thank you so much for the white cloth. I don't know if this is what you are supposed to use it for, but I put flour on it and made sugar cookies right on it. The mess was easy to clean up, but my favorite part was that I could pick up the cookies without the giant cookies sticking to the counter and falling apart!!! I had fun making cookies this year instead of stressing out over it.

All this excitement in only three days, Plus a birthday party for Grandpa Merrill!

Happy Birthday Grandpa! We love you!!!