MISSION CALL

Kelly & President (Peter) Sackley just received their mission call!.....

They will be heading to Hong Kong, China to serve as Welfare Specialists. They report to the MTC on May 31rst.

CONGRATS! We are so excited for you. You will have such an amazing experience.

Sweet Sisters

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Pepto Bismo

On Sunday, Tatum wore the adorable dress from Auntie Kandyce. I coordinated the dress with pink: tights, shoes & headband. Unfortunately, I got really looking at her & realized that she resembled a bottle of Pepto Bismo....maybe the outfit needs a cute pair of white with navy polka dot tights, instead!



....This picture doesn't prove my point....I just found her a bit PINK....coming from the person who painted her daughters room pink & then bought bunk beds the EXACT same color!!! That means A LOT :)

THANK YOU

To the Allen's:

Jeanne, thank you for taking Coco this morning. She had so much fun & absolutely loves you.
Richard, thank you for the thoughtful & strenuous task of getting the "MONTANA" sign in our back yard!!

Montana felt SOOO special. She thinks that it is pretty much the coolest thing ever & still wants it in her bedroom!!

You guys are so wonderful to us. We sure love you.

Montana turned 5

My baby is five years old. We all enjoyed a fun birthday week with Montana. We went to Chuck E. Cheese, Travis made a special "eat with your hands dinner" & then a great party at Gymtastics. She has such loving family & friends who all kindly recognized her special day!! I often find her mulit-tasking now, playing the Leapster & holding Tatum! A true girl!

This song is perfect Montana & Coco love dancing to it!!!

RSV

Tatum, unfortunately, contracted RSV on January 18th, we were admitted to the Alberta Childrens' Hospital on the 22nd. Heavenly Father wanted Tatum alive as He placed a Gaurdian Angel in our midst the evening of her admittance into the hospital. A dear friend (also nurse) was sitting behind me during the Stake Womens Conference. She heard Tatum start coughing, then proceeded to ask to hold her. Lara began evaluating her breathing, color & noticed Tracheal tuck, then asked me to meet her in the lobby & told me to go straight to the hospital.

We were immediately admitted and remained there for the next 5 days. Thank you Lara for following promptings of the Spirit, or just being in the right place. My baby is healthy because of your help.

Tatum's Baby Blessing

It took us having three children to finally document a Baby Blessing properly!






Travis gave Tatum a lovely blessing on Sunday, February 14th in the Cranston Ward. The men who stood in the circle were Jeff H, Nate W, Richard A. & Bishop B. The only relative who was able to attend was Aunt Colleen & Patrick! At least they were there.

face painting & fun activities

We have had a lot of fun activities & adventures over the last month. I am going to include pictures from a fun trip to the zoo, Montana's gymnastics class, playing my little pony & a fun day of bowling with some friends!

The girls were given a face painting kit for Christmas & Travis has become a great face painting artist. The girls just love to become different "characters" they started to watch RETRO TOONS & now claim characters. When Grandma Korella was here she made Superman caps for the girls & Daddy painted them masks! What a great night!





Then as my Visiting Teacher was over the beginning of the month (GOOD JOB!) my girls were really quiet. Colleen came downstairs looking like this.....



I was very impressed with Montana. She copied the example in the book perfectly!

DRAMA

SOOOO. It would not be true to Korella form to go a whole week without something going wrong.

For the last two weeks of January (but only 5 days) Tatum was at the Children's Hospital with a confirmed case of RSV. It was very scary to see your 20 day old not breathing & turning grey.

Then, I did too much last week just trying to stay on top of my busy home & was out of commission, needing some serious naps, by Friday & Saturday. C-sections are BRUTAL!

Finally, tonight Montana sliced the top of her left thumb off!! AAAHHH!! Thank you Brother Herget for helping us bandage the seriously bloodly finger. We tried to get stitches but the doctors at Urgent Care (I am not so sure I trust them anymore) said it couldn't be stitched. So the moral of this one is FIRST, insist that your children listen to you when you say, "please don't help me cut onions" & SECOND, don't ever let your child use a CUTCO knife. they are WAY WAY WAY too sharp.

I am tired of the DRAMA!!!! AAAAHHH!!!!!

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

I better acknowledge the fact that we had an AWESOME Christmas this year. We were unable to spend time with our families in Arizona since Tatum was due so soon after Christmas, but we made due. We were able to go caroling, skating, volunteering, the zoo, & just having fun together. I took Montana to the Nutcracker, which she loved!

I sure had fun with the girls reading Christmas stories, making crafts & lots of yummy treats. Travis & I made my Uncle Danny's fudge this year....BIG MISTAKE!! I hadn't gained too much weight this pregnancy & in the last 3 weeks I gained 17 lbs!! CRAP!! Ohh, well....tis the season to be jolly!!



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So much Love

I just have to say thank you to all my wonderful family & friends who have helped us out over the last week. Life is so AMAZING because of all of you.


I am feeling more human again. I can walk around, sleep & get out of bed more comfortably & nursing is actually becoming pleasant....(thanks for the help D). Tatum is growing & is SOOO patient with her sisters.



Gramma has done so much for us & has had some great cuddle time with her new grand-daughter. Also, Montana has spent lots of quality time with Gramma on the way to & from school!! THANK YOU for your WONDERFULNESS!

Tatum is here

On Saturday, January 2nd, Travis & I went to the Rockyview Hospital at 9:00 am, were prepped for surgery and had a newborn baby girl by 11:13 am!! How wonderful & nerve wracking!

Tatum Karli Korella weighs 6 lbs. 10 oz & is 19 inches long. She has lots of dark hair...all over her body!!! She is VERY peaceful & loves to suck. She will probably be my first baby to take a soother.

Travis has been a great support. My Mom is in town for the next two weeks & I know will be a critical assest in our home. I am very glad to be home & the girls are CRAZY in love with her....literally!!!

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Changes changes changes

Well, it has been a year with nothing too major happening so we had to try to shake it up again.
This time we are not only have a new baby in 8 weeks, (JANUARY 2 @ 11:00 AM) to be exact, but want to move AGAIN.
So we will find ourselves being relocated to Chicago, Ill. fairly soon after I have our baby.

Travis was released on Sunday as Bishop. Which will give us a bit more time with & help from him, as our family will start to undergo some extra stress with all this coming up. I took some pictures on Sunday to document the day he was released. I think the only thing that got his mind off of being sad about the change was the permission he got from Ben to come & pick up his new gun. It was the biggest smile I saw on his & Nate's face all day!




Tana's friend was very sad when she realized what was going on. I had to take a few pictures of them...since they both looked so cute & even matched!!

Family Pictures 2009

We had our pictures taken by Vanessa Ross again this year! They turned out wonderful. Here are the pictures!! YEA!!

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Halloween

I love HOLIDAYS...maybe it was growing up in the States, or just having an awesome Mom who always celebrated everything!!! So, I am trying to follow suite. I decided to costume our family in a Peter Pan theme. Colleen is Tinkerbell or pinkerbell as she says, Montana is Tigerlilly, Travis is a Pirate & I am Wendy. I am very excited that we have already been able to wear our costumes & enjoy the season. The girls are so excited to wear their costumes to school on Thursday, attend the Stake Halloween Party [at 6:30 on Friday] then go trick-or-treating!!!

We are just hoping that the snow stays away....or at least melts!!

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Potty Training

We are officially one week into potty training. Coco is doing very well with not peeing on her princesses panties...That is all I have to say. I did not get officially mad at her until tonight, with #2ing her panties. Every other time I have found her in the bathroom trying to clean herself up. Tonight was a different story.

She purposely hid from me, told me she didn't, then wouldn't let me clean her up! EEEWW! So GROSS! I though only boys would do stuff like that. NOPE, my girls don't care to be dirty!! AAHHH!! So the cold shower threat was put on for tomorrow. We'll see what happens.

We did find out... we are having a GIRL

So I am excited to announce that our newest addition to our family will be a GIRL. I am very excited...the rest of the family will be excited too when she joins us...I know it!!!

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California Trip

T & I just took the girls to for a quick trip to California to visit Sea World & Disneyland. What a GREAT TIME!! Both parks were absolutely fantastic!! The girls were great travelers & had so much fun with everything we did.

We were even able to stop & visit one of my good friends from high school!! That was a totally added bonus to see Lori & her beautiful family.

Disneyland was so fun for all of us, but I think that we enjoyed California Adventure land the best. Lunch at Ariel's grotto was TOTALLY worth the expense! The Bug's Land section was so cute, the parade was marvelous & we just couldn't stop smiling. Also, we stayed at a nice hotel that was NEXT to the park, with a HEATED pool & breakfast...+++ in my book. Tana loved getting to swim everyday while Coco took a nap. She spent her hour swimming on Monday & Tuesday impersonating the animals that she saw at Sea World. We have quite the dolphin on our hands!

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Coco's in Preschool

Coco & our neighbor go to preschool together. They are so cute & go VERY happily!!! These are a few pictures of them on their first day.

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Baby Stella

Landry & Jon had baby Stella Vey on Tuesday at 1:33 pm she weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. & was 19 inches long!

This is the first baby that is had by one of MY siblings!!! YEA YEA YEA!!