Okay, so I'm late as usual... but everytime I thought about updating my blog either one of the kids were on my computer, one of the grands were needing attention, or we were headed off to do something fun! So, here I am... Sunday night... all the kids and grands gone to their homes...everyone here in bed except me...nothing good on t.v....good time to blog!
We had a fantabulous holiday with our kids and grands. They all got here on Christmas Day. Travis and Robin arrived late that night so we waited until the following morning to open presents and have our Christmas. All the grands were very cute opening gifts and being excited with their loot. 
That evening we had our friends, Victor and Alice come over and watch the grands and we all went to the temple. It was wonderful to be there with all our children! Afterward, we went out to dinner sans little ones! It didn't really matter to us, but the parents seemed to enjoy it!
Saturday morning we got up and got all 'gussied' up and went to JC Penny for family pictures. Last year, my friend, Erin, did them but she went and had a baby this year so is a little bit busy with life right now. Anywho... the pics didn't go as well as we would have liked. Taylor did NOT want her picture taken and there was no way we could get her to get in the picture. So we took what we could get and got out of there. I think we got a nice family shot though. Maybe I'll wait until the grands are in high school before we attempt that again, but I doubt it!
Sunday we took the gang to church with us and showed them all off. We took up a whole middle pew! Kallie got a cold and was getting sicker as the day went on. By the time it was about bedtime, Kallie woke up shaking and wimpering! We couldn't warm her up at all. Papa got out of bed and helped daddy give her a blessing and it was then we noticed that her lower body started to turn purple! Kallie's cardiologists have advised never to let that kind of thing go unchecked so we headed off to the emergency room. By the time we got there her coloring was almost back to normal but then her fever shot up to 104 and she started throwing up. So they decided to give her medicine for the fever and some IV fluids to keep her hydrated. We spent all of that night in the ER and made it home around 6 in the morning. At some point during the middle of the night, Kallie announced to everyone in the ER, very loudly, that "THIS IS NOT FUN!" Once the fever started to come down and the trauma of getting the IV started was over, Kallie felt much better and chatted up a storm with grandma while mommy and daddy tried to catch some zz's. She was so cute when she told one of the nurses that 'it's gwamma's birfday' and 'she's my best fwiend'...what a sweet girl! She is still healing but doing well.
That night the kids had a birthday party for Grandma! They invited some friends over and Karlo made a delicious chocolate cake. The grands made a special birthday crown for Grandma and more crowns for all the guests! It was great fun and even though Grandma was the Party Princess, Kallie decided to take her place as Queen!
Karlo spent some time doing "honey-dos" for me including, installing a new doggie door, replacing lightbulbs, hanging new lights in Dad Land (the garage) and helping Travis build our new lodge-pole bed for my Christmas present. What a big job it was, but they got it all finished and in our room before the last of the kids left for home! 
It turned out beautiful and I LOVE IT!! What talented men I have in my life!! This is the fourth bed Travis has built so he is close to being a professional by now! Even though they were super busy, they did take a little time out to go to Amazing Jake's for some fun! The spinning teacups were a hit and the frog hopper was fun but a little scary for the little ones!
On New Year's Eve we had a little celebration including a chocolate fountain, which the kids all enjoyed very much! We stayed up to ring in the new year and then got up early and went to the Archibald (Wade and Steph) Annual Omelet Feed! It was wonderful!
The kids had a good time while the dads all worked so hard on the bed! We played at the park and drew pictures with chalk on the cinder block wall in Grandma and Papa's backyard, picked grapefruit off of Papa's tree, played and played and played some more, and
just enjoyed the warm weather!
We wish e
veryone the best for 2009!!
On New Year's Eve we had a little celebration including a chocolate fountain, which the kids all enjoyed very much! We stayed up to ring in the new year and then got up early and went to the Archibald (Wade and Steph) Annual Omelet Feed! It was wonderful!
The kids had a good time while the dads all worked so hard on the bed! We played at the park and drew pictures with chalk on the cinder block wall in Grandma and Papa's backyard, picked grapefruit off of Papa's tree, played and played and played some more, and
just enjoyed the warm weather!We wish e
veryone the best for 2009!! 
4 comments:
Great post! Love those grands of yours.....so CUTE! It was fun hanging out with all you guys outside here and there watching the bed being made...and wow what a beautiful bed it turned out to be! It's really great! Good job Travis.... and hats off to his little elves, Karlo(tall elf)and Blaine (cowboy elf).
We miss you!! I love your new background!
Happy New Year to you too! Sounds like quite the holiday season...just full of grandkids and FUN...hope your little Kallie is doing better, that sounds really scary! Missed you...glad you're back!
Looks like Santa was good to you if you got to have ALL your kids and grands there for Christmas! Can we come next year?? It's -40here! Ughh! Your bed is beautiful...you do have talented men in the family!!
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