Sealing and Memorial Day!

 My little monkey! 

 Daddy and Aleana enjoying the evening. 

Playing in the pool with Addy and Kaylee.  Chelsie and Kaylee have moved and we are going to miss them. Although they are only in Smithfield so we can still see each other every so often.  

 I had just brought her in from swimming and got her dressed.  I went in to get a drink and came back to find lotion everywhere.  Can't leave her alone for a minute.  Luckily it was pretty easy to clean up. 

 Wearing Dads church shoes. She loves shoes!

 Too bad she was not wearing these with his jacket and tie.  

 This girl loves her blanket and has to take it everywhere.  

 Getting ready for our last swim party at Chelsie's and Aleana wanted to put on her own suit. 

Sealing! 

Saturday May 25th 

 Aleana and Uncle Brian waiting for Grandma to come out. 

My Grandma Taylor went through the temple a few years back and we have all been waiting for her to go to the temple to be sealed to her family.  I guess she felt she was ready because for this birthday she decided to go to the Brigham City Temple and be sealed to my Grandpa and have her children be sealed to her. My mom was so excited that she was finally going to be sealed to her parents and siblings.  

It was a special experience to be in the temple with my family and witness this sealing.  I think the poor sealer was nervous because he kept calling my Carol Ann instead of Joann Carol. He also had to redo my the marriage sealing 3 times and struggled through the children sealing.  It was still a spiritual experience and very memorable. I was so happy to be there with my mom and see her be sealed to her mom since  they were there to see Aleana be sealed to myself and Curt.  I am so happy for my mom she has been waiting for the special day to a long time! 

  It was weird to look around at my extended family and know that there was a everlasting connection between myself and them. This is what life it all about. 

My mom was able to have her entire family in the temple with her and her Granddaughters to greet her outside.  It was a little taste of Heaven. 

Aleana loved being able to play outside the temple and kept trying to climb in the fountain.  However she was not too happy when we left her with Debbie's friend Krystal to be baby sat, luckily there was a movie my tablet and snack so she survived.  She also had a really hard time at dinner because she missed her nap. She fell asleep on they way home and slept though the night except to wake up and have milk.  

Having a snack before Church.  

 Memorial Day! 

We spent Memorial Day at Curt's Parents house, Aleana loved playing out in the field, with the horses and Dogs.  

Giving their horse a kiss! We did not try giving her a ride but I bet she would have liked it she was not afraid.  She Also tried to put her sun glasses and hat on the horse. 

Aleana also liked watching Daddy help his Dad build a shed. 

The walls where Already up when we got there thanks to Mageans husband Brandon but they spent most of the day putting up the tresses for the roof. 

Aleana and her Dad! 

When we were not outside playing we where inside watching movies (Tangled and Frozen) to see if we could get Aleana to take a nap but she would not fall asleep. She finally fell asleep on the floor while Curt was changing her diaper to get ready to go home. She was so out she did not care that we were all talk and walking around her.  She also slept most of the way home.

She had a rough night and then woke up at 6:15 when Curt's Dad left to get supplies. We got up there on Sunday evening and spent the night.  We knew Aleana had a hard time falling asleep away from home so we kept her up until after ten so she was tried and she fell asleep easily.  She woke herself up around 2 and was freaked out because we were down stairs instead of in the room we normal stayed in.  I ran up stairs to use the bathroom and grab her milk.  I came back down and she will still crying and screaming.  Curt started to get her calmed down with the milk but he also needed to use the bathroom.  He handed her to mean and she flipped out.  She was crying and screaming worse then I had ever hear her, everything I did made it worse and she even throw up a little. She just wanted to go find her Dad, but I was afraid of waking everyone up.  Even we Curt came down she did not settle down, we tried singing, rocking, offering her milk but nothing was working and just bad her more up set. I was afraid she was going to throw up again.  Curt finally decided to take her upstairs and she began to clam down because she knew she was at Grandma and Grandpa's.  Curt slept up with her for a few hours and then brought her in bed with us. It was really cute when she woke up, we have been teaching her to ask to be excused from the table, so when she woke up she asked to be excused from bed.  She is such a cutie.

Puck and Glitter

We had a fun adventure at church today.  To start out with I had Aleana wear her purple glittery dress from Grandma Snelgrove and there was glitter everywhere.   We sat in front our friends the Bartholomew's and there daughter Emery who is Aleana's friend.  Emery was sharing grapes with Aleana before the meeting started and apparently Aleana was not chewing them up very well and started choking on one.  I got out the piece she was choking on and I thought she was OK, but her gag reflex was already triggered she threw up and I was able to catch most of it with some wipes.  I was trying to figure out how to get it cleaned up and Aleana turned back to see her friend and they could tell she was going to throw up again but before I could grab her she threw up on my friends dress and shoes as well as all over the hymn books and the floor.  I got Curt's attention as he was finding people to pass the sacrament and I hurried to get Aleana out before she threw up again.  I got back and a friend had gone to get cleaner and paper towels to help clean it up then Curt came with the same.  We spent the whole first part cleaning up.  I felt bad for my friend Jordan who got thrown up on, she was good to help clean up.  That bench was a mess covered in glitter and puck we tried to do the best we could but it was still a mess when we left.

When I got back from the bathroom Aleana was acting fine just jumping up and down and wanting more snack, I am glad she was not sick.  Although she did have a yuck nose and a cough this morning still the same as the past month or so, I wish we knew what was going on with her.  

My Crazy Little Girl

 Aleana in her Cute new sun hat and glasses.  She actually likes to wear the hat I hope it last threw the summer. 

 This little girl loves her boots! 

 She also loves this owl statue that is on my neighbors back porch. 

 Aleana is a bit of a stinker, she is becoming a climber and thinks she needs to sit up on tables so she can get to things we don't want her to have.  She is very independent and stubborn, her favorite word is "NO". 

 Here is a picture of our friends Colby and Leslie Majors.  When have been friends since we were down in price. We have not spent much time with them in the last few years but we connected again these last few months.  They are off to Colorado for Colby to do Grad School.  We will miss them but hope all goes well for them. 

 She thinks it is funny to put her blanket over her head and walk around the house.Luckily it has holes in it.  She will pull it off and say "see you".  She learned it from her toy that says "peek-a-boo, I see you"  

 Aleana climbing up onto our entertainment center. She is busy. 

 Aleana wanted to be like Daddy! I love this cutie. 

 

 This is my favorite!  

We went to my Grandma Taylor's for Soup Night and Kathy and Cadie's Birthday. Brian has a new dog with sever separation issues so he brought him.  Aleana went with them on a walk.  She loved the dog. Sadly we think she is allergic to dogs worse then me.   

Rock climbing on the rock behind my grandmas house with Debbie. 

Ridding Archie. 

Aleana is all over her sickness but she still has a cold or allergies.  Curt had a job interview today at the hospital in the Language Department, we will see if it is meant for us.  

Debbie's Graduation, Birthmothers Day & Mothers Day

Debbie's Graduation! 

My sister Debbie graduated from USU with her Bachelors degree in Health Education on Saturday May 3.  She now getting ready to go to Utah State to get a Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy.  I am so proud of my sister, she always seems to amaze me with her desire to get the most out of life and goes for it. 

The Graduate! 

 Love this picture of us girls! 

Aleana thought the hat was so cool that she wanted to wear it, she also thought her diploma looked good.  Aleana did pretty well considering someone was out side playing with her most of the graduation. Don't worry we all did see Debbie walk. 

 The family! 

Fun with Aleana

 Aleana wants to be like mom and dad, she loves the computer.  Here she is trying to pug a cord into the computer like she see's us do. 

 She likes to do stamps and craft projects.  She calls the "amps".  She can use them all on her own.

 She likes to pull all the blankets out of the cupboard. climb in and shut the door.  Here she is climbing out.  What a silly girl! 

Birthmother's Day! 

Saturday May 10th is Birthmother's Day so we went to see Jessica.  We took her a necklace that said "Love", a dozen red and yellow roses, a framed picture that said "I love you with all my heart" with Aleana's hand prints making a heart, as well as a few recent pictures. Jesica loved the gifts but she mostly just wanted to see Aleana. Aleana was shy at first but then she warmed up and actually played, Brooke and Jesica loved it!  

 Aleana with her half sister Brooke, birthmom Jesica, 

and myself.  Also with just Brooke and Jesica! 

What a precious pictures!  

 Brooke is dark and Aleana is fair, but just look at those faces and you can tell they are related.

 blowing bubbles with Jesica! 

 Jesica was so happy that Aleana actually let her touch her and play with her.  She loves Aleana so much you can just tell it in her face. 

Jesica posted this on face book later that day

Today I got to spend time my daughter aleana that I adopted out almost 2. Yrs ago for birth Mother's Day ! I had a fantastic time , we all did thank u curt and Christine I love u guys soooo very very much! And aleana u have grown into such a beautiful lil girl u Take breath away every time I see ur face I love u with all that I am I am so happy to have givin u the best parents in the world and I cannot wait to see u again

We love Jesica and are so grateful for all she has given us, she has given me the opportunity to me a Mom!  What an amazing women she is. 

I am glad these two had fun playing. 

What sweet sisters! 

Earlier that day we went shopping and Curt had me pick out some flowers for Mothers Day.  When we got back from Jesica's Aleana helped Curt plant them for me.  I love my sweet little girl and wonderful husband.

 Mothers Day! 

Curt stayed up on Saturday night to make these yummy cinnamon rolls. He is so sweet! 

As well as the flowers I got a card from Aleana, she helped Curt pick it out.  It has a cat on the front and she meowed until he picked the right one. Also a card from Curt and this cute Willow Tress statue of a mom holding her young daughter on her lap to represent Aleana and myself.  I love 

these statues. 

My beautiful Mothers Day flowers.

  Aren't they pretty! 

Me and my cutie

We got this chair for Aleana for our camping trip next month and she has loved, so we posed for pictures with Aleana in it.  I just love her and I am so grateful to be her mom! 

My Crazy Girl! 

So I don't where she got this from but she thinks it is funny to spill water on the table and slurp it up. She was also trying to blow bubbles.  I don't know where she gets some of these crazy ideas. 

Poor Aleana caught the nasty little virus going around.  She has had a cough and runny nose for about two week and it just keeps getting worse.  Last night we gave her some medicine for a low fever. She woke up around 3:30 with a temperature of 103 and threw up a couple times. We striped her down and put cool cloths on her to get her fever down. She was almost asleep when she threw up all over the rocking chair.  She still had a temperature around 102, so we just stuck her in the bath. Since her chair was cover we took her down stairs and she watched Clifford or "uff, uff" for a few hours before falling back asleep.  She did not sleep long so we watched more Clifford. Her fever stayed high even on the medicine so we took her into the Dr but there was nothing they could do.  I guess we just have to wait it out and try to keep her temperature down the best we can,  after her nap it was up near 104 so we need to be really careful. Although she still wants to play so I guess she is not too miserable.  I hope she gets better soon.  She is sleeping now and I hope we have a better night.