Thursday, June 10, 2010

Kolby's Mission Call

Kolby received his mission call the day after he graduated high school. He was on a senior trip so he tormented my mom by waiting almost 4 days to open it. He is leaving our little quiet St. George in October for a new adventure in Lima, Peru with a city population of almost 8.2 million. He is really excited and we are missing him already!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Family Pictures

Every year I have to give Scott a HUGE heads-up then push and prod my family so that I can have updated pictures of them. And every year it's just not as bad as they make it out to be.

Shaersti Jill- 5

Anneliese Renae- 3


Paysli Kate- just about one
My favorite girls!



Monday, May 24, 2010

Our Own Little Piggy Bank!

Anneliese- don't you know that a bank will save that nickel for you? You don't need to swallow it!
That's one of the many, many jokes we have heard today.
We were putting our kids to bed late last night when Anne threw a nickel and a quarter into her mouth. She choked on it and the quarter came up but the nickel went down. We just figured she would poop it out... right? After 5 minutes of Anne crying that the money was stuck in her throat and a call to poison control (who told us to get her immediately to the ER), we dumped our other kids at grandma's and headed to the hospital.
At 2 am we were headed home with this awesome x-ray and plans to check it again in the morning.
This morning we made plans with grandma to meet her at lunch after the x-ray. Hah... that's funny. A 2nd x-ray proved that it had lodged into her esophogus and had to be fished out.
After hours of waiting (Scott and Anne snuggled and slept while I tried to read), they finally took her in. She threw a kicking and screaming fit from heck but the anesthesiologist was so awesome. He took her right down the hall and calmed her down before she got the laughing gas. She was given a breathing tube, an IV and some meds. They stuck a scope down her throat and fished it out. The surgery itself was all of 4 minutes and a proud doctor walked out with the most expensive nickel I've ever seen!!!

This is Anne right before surgery (and before the fit).

This is the "after" picture. She got her own pink "cast" to keep her from removing her IV. She was so calm and easy-going while the sedation wore off. Everyone told us how cute and easy she had been!

And last but not least... here is the actual nickel itself, pulled from her insides. Pretty crazy!
This little experience has sure made me stop to think about how fragile life is and how important it is to keep my priorities in order all the time. It also made me realize even more how much I love my little girls!


Awesome Dad

I had to do a quick shout-out to the most awesome dad in the world. Our little girls love their dad so much and they get so excited to see him and to spend time with him. It's so much fun for me to watch the girls bond with their dad as they get older and start to realize how much more fun he is than mom.
We never get to take naps at our house and this was one of those glorious exceptions. They each fell asleep scattered around the family room so I went and got in bed. An hour later this is what I found. They slept snuggled like this for a long time... so cute!

It's a Girl Thing

My friend Brit sent me a link to a really cool hair blog. It is so much fun but it's been terrible because I'm slightly obsessed with it. I printed off a ton of pictures and almost every morning my girls choose how they want their hair done. I have actually learned that it's a great 10 minutes that I get to devote to just that child and I really enjoy that time. I have a lot to learn but here's the first style I tried on Shaersti a few weeks ago.

Emett Life in the Spring... Soccer

During the spring the Emett family takes a big break from all other responsibilities and enjoys soccer. This year was really fun because we have been so close to the team. Most of them are great friends of Kolby and Ben and they hang out at my parent's house all of the time. It's fun to see them play together. My mom was also in charge of the snack shack and I ended up helping her with it more often than not. It was a lot of fun.
This was Kolby's senior year and the team did a cute little program to recognize their seniors. Not only is Kolby graduating this week, we expect to get his mission call within the next few days, too. He is at such a fun time of life and he is livin' it up! He is such a great guy and him and Ben are such great examples to so many people, I really look up to them.

Camping Again

We have really enjoyed camping as a family and only wish we could be going more often. It forces us to take time out of life and focus on our kids and it has been such a nice thing!
Shaersti loves to fish but it's much nicer at the small ponds stocked with fish where they actually catch something. Enterprise Reservoir is beautiful but the fish sure weren't biting.
Rather than fishing, Anne just plays with the bait.

Paysli pretty much lives in this front pack while we camp and she loves every minute of it, especially on the 4-wheeler.