February- in a nutshell.

February 4th- Miss Aisley Pearl at 17 months old.

February 7th-

Aisley and I went to Maddie's dance competition. It was a long day and Aisley fought sleep till the bitter end, but in the end sleep won out!

February 10th-

One of the scariest days of my life when Aisley fell all the way from the top of our longest set of stairs to the bottom, started crying, and then passed out limp in my arms, and would not wake up! I carried her limp and lifeless body in my arms up to my room to where my phone was charging and called 911 in a complete and utter panic. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to help her. And it felt like an eternity before the paramedics finally showed up. By the time the ambulance arrived at our home Aisley was awake and becoming alert again- thankfully! And was already seeming a lot better. She hated the paramedics bugging her, getting her vitals, and in the end we decided a quick ride in the ambulance for a visit at the ER would be best just to make sure there were no serious injuries that weren't apparent by sight alone. During this whole ordeal, Keaton seemed quite unaware at how serious the situation certainly felt for me. He stayed with me for a few minutes immediately after it happened, but never seemed too concerned, and by the time the paramedics arrived he was once again back downstairs watching Disney Junior. Although, it seemed like a strange reaction at the time, I am very glad that he wasn't traumatized too much by the whole ordeal and I'm also grateful that he didn't make the situation any harder (in fact he made it easier for me in the long run since I was able to focus entirely on Aisley, but also know that he was just fine). My sweet and caring next door neighbor came over after seeing the ambulance to make sure everything was okay and to see what she could do to help. I immediately started bawling at the sight of her. I'm not exactly sure why. At that point I knew Aisley was most likely okay, but everything that had happened was finally starting to sink in and my emotions were getting the better of me. My neighbor, Misty, was so great and called Justin for me to tell him what was going on (I hadn't had a chance yet since I had to stay on the line with 911 until the ambulance arrived) she helped me with Keaton while I got ready to take Aisley in the ambulance to the hospital, she took Keaton to her house, kept checking in with me while we were at the hospital, and was feeding Keaton lunch by the time we got back home. Justin and his dad got the the hospital shortly after we did and I was relieved to have Justin by my side. It was like I could finally breath knowing he was there, knowing everything would be okay. Aisley was checked out by a doctor and had CT scans done of her head and neck. Everything looked fine. What a relief! What a crazy morning- to say the least. We all just feel extremely blessed that nothing serious was wrong with our precious Aisley Pearl. She had a bruise from the fall underneath her eye and looked a little worse for wear after such a crazy experience, but other than that she was fine. We love her so very much and are so very glad that she is okay.

(A little peek at Aisley's ever thickening hair. Those little curls!)

February 12th-

Aisley's 1st mini manicure given by aunt BreAnne. She felt very pampered.

February 17th-

Feelin' the love! I always love, love, love all the fun, cute, and creative Christmas cards we get each year (The # continues to grow!) This year I waited until half way through February before having the heart to take them down.

February 18th- Prepping for Maddie's "Sweet 16" Birthday surprise! (She was on her way home from Disneyland on her birthday and didn't get home till late, so we surprised her with this fun sign me and the kids made together!)

February 20th- Keaton, Ellsie, and Aisley enjoying their chocolate covered strawberries while out to lunch at Zupas.

He's home- Elder Adams is home!

At the SLC airport this last Wednesday, February 22nd- waiting... anxiously waiting for Talon to get off his plane!

And, of course we all had our matching shirts on!

This sweet baby girl was being quite photogenic. :)

And this little boy was an absolute riot to watch. He just couldn't wait for Talon to get home! If you asked Maccoy what his shirt said, he would simply reply, "Welcome home, Talon!" Yep, he can read foreign languages. ;)

Can ya see him? Our first glimpses of Talon... (I couldn't get very good lighting in many of my pictures...)

We took some pictures with our whole family all together with Talon... but, of course! my camera died before that happened... :( I was very sad to say the least. Darn camera! Why does it always end up dying when I want it the most!

And, after the airport we all headed over to my mom's house to eat lunch together. And, Keaton did just that. I was so impressed! He just sat at this little table and ate and ate...

 and ate...

and ate...

and ate... and once his plate full of food was gone he ate the food off of whatever kid left their plate next to him. :) Boy did it make me happy to see him enjoying eating. (Yes, that is quite rare around here, although getting those tubes put in his ears have seemed to work wonders so far!)

We are ALL so happy to have Talon home. :) And, although he may feel a tiny bit out of place, and a little bit lost no longer being on his mission, we have done a pretty good job of keeping him busy telling us all about his mission! He has some great stories to tell and we love hearing him bear testimony often of how much he knows that this gospel is true and that his mission was the "most important 2 years for his life."

Talon gave an absolutely amazing talk this past Sunday, February 26th. Words cannot describe how touching it was and anyone there listening to him I'm sure would agree. Talon has learned and grown so much these last 2 years and we are all so proud of and happy for him. We also all look up to up as an example of what we can do to not only be better in our own lives, but also because of him we all understand a little better the importance of sharing the gospel with all the world. I didn't take any pictures after his homecoming, but sooo many friends and family showed up to see Talon and it was just a great, wonderful day.

happy v day :)

After a lovely dinner we spent our Valentine night with these 2 most wonderful people- Grandma and Grandpa Norman- at the Joseph Smith Building in Salt Lake City. Such a great day. Just looking back on this picture makes me smile. I will always remember this v day fondly.

ANNOUNCEMENT, ANNOUNCEMENT, ANNOUNCEMENT!

 After quite a few long years of hard work and dedication Justin's journey through school has just about come to an end, and as weird as it feels for us the next chapter of our lives is about to begin!

Here's how it all happened-
*So, back in October of last year Justin started applying for and interviewing with many different companies that he would have liked to work for after graduation, and back on November 8th- my birthday!- Justin was offered what is called the MDP position with BD Medical! (The same company he did an internship.) This position is one we were both very excited for especially since it is a rotational program where we will be moving once a year for the next 2 years to any of the many BD plants that are across the United States and on the 3rd year will end up back here in Utah.
*Then- On November 30th Justin (and I :) ) accepted the job offer with BD Medical! It wasn't too hard of a decision, but it was a BIG decision (maybe even one of the biggest decisions we have ever made since being married) and after lots of thinking about, talking about, and praying about the offer we decided it was the best thing for our family.
*And, ever since making our big decision we have been impatiently :) waiting to hear just WHERE we will be going for Justin to work for his 1st year in the program. (It's kinda been like waiting for a mission call! Ha, ha.)
*Finally, on January 26th we received the call that told us where we would be going... DRUMROLL PLEASE...

After Justin's graduation in April and starting at the beginning of June we will be moving to...

COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA?!? 

Are you thinking what we have been thinking since we found out... I mean seriously, Nebraska? What in the world are we going to do in Nebraska? Ha, ha. Our initial reaction wasn't the greatest, but now that we have had some time to think it over we are very excited about our move. It will be quite the adventure we're just sure of it!

Showin' off the babes!

The amazing Heather (our cousin's wife) took all the kids pictures at the end of January and I got the CD of all the pictures in the mail just this past weekend and just have to show off the great work she did! Our kids are such cuties!

So, here they are!

Maccoy, age 3.

Ellsie, age 9 months.

Landon, age 8 months. (I had 2 cute pictures of him that I wanted to use, but I couldn't get the computer to upload the 2nd one!)

And, of course, my super cute babe- Keaton, age 17 months.

Keaton showing off what we call his "squishy face." The little stinker was making it complicated to get a good picture of him. :)

I really wanted a cute picture of Keaton with Elmo. And, of course, since that is what I really wanted, Keaton was bound and determined not to let me have it. You would never know that Elmo is his favorite by looking at this picture would ya! Oh, Keaton it is a good thing you are such a cute boy (most of the time) cause sometimes ya kill me! Ha, ha.


Oh, and the real reason we got all together to take pictures was to get a picture of all these little cousins together. And, boy was that a task and a half! But, Heather was up to the challenge and did a super great job only... I can't get the dang picture to upload for all of you to see! I'll have to see if Justin can help me do it? In the meantime I hope you enjoy these cute pictures and if ya want to check out Heather's blog to see all the other great pictures she has taken just click here. She would be more than happy to take pictures for you too!