Happy Birthday Brandon!

I'm pretty sure I have THE best husband ever! Even though he is getting pretty old! I'm so blessed to be married to this guy! He is my best friend, always makes me laugh, definitely keeps me on my toes, (more often than not). He is an awesome dancer! LOL!!! He is such an incredible dad. These two girls love their dad SO much! I hope you have a very happy birthday tomorrow...you old fart! I love you tonz!

Two legs again!!!

 A little annoyed that mom has to take pictures of everything...right before getting her cast off!

 Brinlee wants to be just like Colby when she grows up! Putting and taking casts off! Yes, we were on first name basis with him. The doctor and Colby were SO good with Brinlee!

 Celebrating!

We are SO excited to see TWO legs again! It was a little ugly after being in a cast for so long (81/2 weeks) but looks better every day! She got the cast off on January 15th. I'm a little slow but wanted to document!

HO! HO! HO! Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Broken Brinlee!

Oh wow! A lot has been going on here! But the main thing that has kept me busy, besides Christmas is this little fart! Poor Brinlee was playing out at recess and a boy jumped off the monkey bars and landed on her. That was THE worst phone call to get from the school. We rushed to the doctors where they confirmed it was indeed broken and that he thought it needed a pin to hold it. It was a spiral fracture in her right tibia. I did freak out a little at that point....My mom and dad came with me to the orthopedic where he decided to just cast it. She lucked out! So she will be in a cast for a LONG time with absolutely NO weight bearing. She is in a wheelchair, and to look at breaks my heart! So far it has been 3 weeks, (almost 4) and she is in a full leg cast. We are hoping  that on Tuesday on her next appointment she will get a shorter cast. But we know she will be in a cast for at least the another 4-6 wks. Poor girl!!! But through it all she has been SO good. She doesn't ever complain (unlike her mother!) and is getting pretty good at getting around in her wheelchair! I have no doubt that she will be doing wheelies in it by the time we are done with the dumb thing! 

ZOO!

The famous drinking fountain... Averi

 Taylor

 AHHHH! Watch out Brinlee!

 Elle and Katie, Elle LOVED to watch the animals!

 

 Looking for the otters! Do you see them girls?

 New Polar Bear exhibit! It was so fun! Here he is doing the back stroke! :)

 He would swim down and then pop up out of the water right at the window where everyone was looking! We all loved to watch!

 Brandon and Katie loved the bears SO much!!!

Checkin' out the giraffes!  Thanks Matt and Katie for inviting us to the Zoo. We had alot of fun!

SCHOOL!

 Taylor's 1st day of Pre-School!

 2nd day of school...just had to model this outfit too!

 1st day of 1st grade!!! I can't believe it!

It's back to school! Brinlee started 1st grade on the 22nd, and Taylor starts her 2nd year of Pre-School today! It's been a long 2 weeks for her just being home with boring old mom! (and yes those are red wedges she has on...a girl after my own heart!!!)

Elder Johnson is FINALLY home!!!

Last night Elder Johnson's flight arrived from Taiwan (from Taiwan to San Fransisco to SLC) at 12:15 a.m. It was SO good to see him, even if he spoke Mandarin half the way home!  The girls were so sad that they didn't get to go to the airport, so they made him a sign at home that I took with me. They can't wait to see Uncle Blake today!

The Girls sign they made!

Mom and Dad waiting....

Katie and I waiting...I think we look more excited than Mom and Dad!

Lots of loves, a few tears, and Blake had a 'deer in the headlights' look!

A group shot! 

The 'akward' handshake!!! (He doesn't get released until tonight!

WELCOME HOME ELDER JOHNSON!!!!!!!