just a really quick post

We r still trudgeing this happy road to destiny staying busy as usual with work for both of us and i'm still in school and adjusting to a family of 4 and a new puppy. yes thats right a puppy! my husband texted me while he was in salt lake and asked if i would kill him if he brought one home. and i didn't even ask what kind i just said NO! well he couldn't resist and i am very glad that he didn't Jayni has had so much fun with jaclynn, whenever i am burping or standing up holding samantha she is doing the same to the dog. She is such a sweet girl and i love listening to her talk to jaclynn(puppy) she talks to her like she is a baby. She is a tiny pomeranian/shitzu and is super cute. we are still working on potty training but with the little time that i have to spend with just her she has picked up on how r family works. Things are so different with a lot of changes and i am loving my life. i am pretty much home all the time with the girls. i was lucky..well i wouldn't say that but i am doing this semester online, which is good but i have to be very disciplined. i am in english and history( my very least favorite subjects). Herer r a few moree pictures we had taken by this girl here in st. george her name is christina palmer, christina p photography and she is a delight to work with and super talented.

we had a great xmas, we stayed at our house this yr so it was pretty quiet. samantha had been sick a few days before and xmas eve she had a fever of 101 so we gave her some tylenol which brought it down. xmas morning after the presents she still had a temp. of 102 we took her to the ER and since she is only 5 wks they want to find out why she had a fever because infants shouldn't get them especially if they are being breastfed. they drew some spinal fluid, blood, gave her an i.v. which wouldn't go into her hand and so they had to start over into her arm. and did xrays. clayton and i were in the rm the whole time and we have never been through anythingharder than that. it was awful. I told clayton that i was going to have to have someone else come and be with her cause i couldn't do it anymore but he reassured me that i could. i got passed that and saw that my little girl needed her mommy! in her first xray it showed that she had a little part of her lungs that was collapsed. I asked if cam, my brother in law could come and give me and her a blessing. i felt so comforted after that and that everything was going to be ok. they did a 2nd xray and what they saw before was not there anymore ? after all the test were done they made me put her on a stretcher by herself because they had to transport us to the hospital and she needed to be strapped in. i thought that was retarted cause the straps were so big they wouldn't have done anything anyways. she was fine though and enjoyed the ride over. once we were in the pediatrics it was so much better, they were wonderful there. well we stayed christmas day and the next day and a half til all her results were back. she had a kidney infection and was put on antibiotics. we were so glad to have gone before it got worse. she is doing wonderful and we love her so much she has brought our family so much closer together in a way that we wouldn't have wanted but are grateful today for wverything that has happened and for where we are today! jayni is such a sweet heart and always say " samantha is my best baby" she loves her so much and hasn't been able to hold her much because she has been sick pretty much the whole time samantha was born . we all have been sick but are stayin home now and getting better! i love my life today and looking back on this yr, it has been a crazy one and one i thought many times that i couldn't get through it but to my surprise i am so grateful for everything we have gone through for so many reasons. i am grateful to a heavlenly father who i know loves me and my family for rooting for us and walking with us through everything!!