From Christmas to Island Park and LOTS inbetween!

Okay well since December I haven't been in the mood to do much, but I finally got out of my hole and am trying to catch up on my life. I finally got my house just about reorganized again and I am feeling good! So lots has happened like Christmas, New Years etc. So here is a VERY long post of what we have been up to lately! Enjoy!!!!
Christmas! Karston trying to be an angel and making Jayder bug one too with a cookie cutter! Silly boy!
Just look at this handsome boy! I don't think I could love that face any more than I already do! Such a handsome stud muffin!
He resembles a frog in a lot of ways especially with the way he crawls so we got him Kermit the Frog for Christmas. He loves it naturally!
Karston LOVES trains right now. He yells CHOO CHOO ALL BOARD! So he got a little Thomas train and track.
My hubby found me this beautiful piece. I have been running out of space for my jewelry so He found me a much bigger Jewelry box. I love it!
Christmas with Grammie and Grampie Mullen, and Grammie and Grampie Dann and Jeanine Mullen! Spoiled kid! They got a table, auto train, fun electronic stuff, clothes, and toys. Thank you all for thinking of them for Christmas!
We made Grampie a video of our trip to Nauvoo. It turned out great!
Jayder bug got some fun little tool toys of course to play with.
The neat auto. Train!
Look at my big boy sitting up and enjoying his fun new toys. Getting so big :(

Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Cox! I forgot to take actual pictures with my camera so these are the ones Doug got with his phone. The boys got some really cool Disney books, clothes, and a few fun toys. It was lots of fun and we appreciated everything we received. Jayden's favorite toy is Buster Brown. They have deep conversations as you can tell by the picture.
Grandma Cox and Jayden So cute!
Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Purcell! Every year we have more additions and it is getting to be so chaotic but OHHHHH soooo much fun! The little ones make it so exciting. We had a yummy meal, followed by lots of fun presents. The kids each got a special teddy bear which they LOVE and we got some fun gadgets too! It was a great day Thanks!
My sister-in-law had an idea to do a picture with the 4 smallest boys out on the farm. So I brought the camera and took the picture and then we went and printed it out. It turned out pretty nice I think!
Me and my Baby!
Can you not get enough of him. Okay I know I am obsessed but look at this little beauty!
KILER'S BAPTISM! This little man turned 8 and was baptised. His program I have to say was probably the most embarrassing program I have ever been to and I wasn't even on the program. Karston told Grandma Cox that he was going to go sit with Grandpa so she lets him go, and do you think he really wanted to go sit with Grandpa Cox? If you said no your right. You see he is getting pretty smart the older he gets. He knows how to work the system all ready. At bedtime to avoid going to bed he starts to tell me he has to go potty, and of course I let him go because what if he really did need to go... I don't want to clean it up right. Well Karston's favorite place at church to be is on the stand. So the sneaky little devil uses this excuse to get up on the stage. I was being good and actually listening to the speaker when the next thing I see is Karston having a race up to the stage and behind the speaker and dancing and doing whatever. So I quickly go up there, and like any normal 2 year old he sees me and just when I get close enough to grab him the little stink runs the opposite way and is laughing his little head off. I was getting looks like I was the worst mother in the world, because I can't control my kid. Anyways, thanks to my Uncle Joe he jumped out and caught the little stink, and I went out to the foyer and pretty much died of embarrassment inside. So thank you son! Can't wait till you have a kid of your own so I can tell him or her to do the same thing to you! Paybacks will come!
This handsome Devil is my cousin Carson. At this time he was getting ready to serve a mission. So exciting.
The Newlyweds with Kiler.
The Borg Family
Me and Karston with the Baptism boy!
Auntie Tawnya. Isn't she so cute!
Kiler with his favorite present!
GIRL'S NIGHT! My sis-0n-law Beckie is Awesome and has been putting together Girls night the past couple months. This was the 1st one we did. It was so fun. We had a mani/pedi watch a movie, face mask, eat food party. It was great. She always goes above and beyond for these things. Someday I hope I can be like her! Anyways it was way fun and can't wait for the next one!

We did a cinnamon/nutmeg mask. My face never smelled so yummy!
The Girls!
Our cute toes!
RANDOM FUN! Jayden just being his cute and handsome self and wondering why I am always staring at him with a camera in my hands.

My soldier boys!
Jayden scoots everywhere now. He kind of got stuck on the rocking chair and couldn't figure out how to get off. Look at that baby cleavage!
Doug playing cars with Karston. Karston is very demanding and wants it done his way. Have fun Doug!
Jayden thinks he is REALLY big now. So this particular night he got really mad because he wanted to feed himself and not let me do it so I gave up and let him go for it! HE LOVED IT!
He is a little multi-tasker to. Take a drink, grab the food in the bowl, and grab the crumbs on the tray! That's my boy!
KARSTON AND NINA DATE DAY! First start off hanging on the backside of the recliner.

After that go make snow angels on the floor in the kitchen!
Go jump on the bed over and over again.
Do some sign language!
Have a romantic mac and cheese and applesauce dinner before parting until the next day!
Jayden LOVES his Mickey Mouse. Especially when he can sit and watch it without big brother changing the channel!
I came into my room the other day to find this. Don't really know how they did this but they were very successful!
FINGERPAINTING! Nina a Karston were bored so we broke out the finger paints. Aren't they such cute little artists!
It's a tree mom!
Jayden happy not being bothered while he plays farm!
Look at this AWESOME artwork! Mom even did some too!
FAREWELL CARSON! My little Carson has left on a mission. This little missionary is so cute and SOOO excited to go. I have never seen anyone so ready. He will do a great job, but we will miss him dearly! Isn't he so handsome! He has always had a special place in my heart because he always told me growing up that he is going to buy me whatever I want! Just kidding well he did tell me that. He just has a great heart and is an increibly AWESOME young man! Good luck Carson we love you oodles!

ROCK SPRINGS: So we went to Rock Springs to check out a prospective job. The job was AWESOME the location HORRIBLE! I couldn't believe it as we were driving around there were actual DRIVE-THRU BARS where you can get your alcohol, bullets, and guns all in one stop and to add to it they have these in the middle of NEIGHBORHOODS!


Don't know why this picture is in here but I guess you all just wanted to see a weird picture of me!
Little Man!
Where's Jayden? The workings of a big brother named Karston!
ISLAND PARK! Our annual Island Park adventure. Doug and I took the kids up on Saturday and played and Doug left on Sunday for work on Monday. It was lots of fun. I do have a couple more pics that I want to post, but I have to get them off of Doug's phone first. They are cute we made snow angels and threw the kids in the snow it was great fun! Doug broke his phone and so instead of paying 250 bucks to get it fixed he found a kit online for $60. So here he is concentrating on fixing his phone. Turns out you have to dismantel the entire phone to replace the screen.

To keep the kids away from DOug we built a fort. It was fun. I haven't done that in such a long time! Karston thought it was the coolest thing ever! I was just impressed I remembered how to do it!
Doug and I went and played Racquet ball which by the way we decided we are NOT talented in, but it is still fun anyway. So while we did that Karston and Grampie played Ping-pong.
Then Karston and Daddy played Racquet ball that was the CUTEST thing EVER! The racquet was bigger then he was!
He was really into this game. I was crying I was laughing so hard. It was darling, and just look at him in those shorts and socks to handsome for words!
Teaching time!
He did pretty good actually!
Waiting for daddy to go swim!
Loving the little 3 foot pool!
Family photo! I have the cutest boys ever don't look to closely at me!
I taught Jayden how to jump off the edge which became his FAVORITE thing to do and got really good and fast at it!
Karston has always loved to help me with Jayden. He knew he was still hungry so he started feeding him for me. What a little sweetheart!

Jayden had a fever the entire time we were up there so we decided to come hom early and take him in to get it checked. Good thing we did. Poor little guy had a pretty bad ear infection, and Karston had a sinus infection. Plus the little man cut 2 bottom teeth. Poor little thing. Anyway he really like crawling all over Karston's potty. He is like our grandma's I have a hard time getting him to smile and not shut his eyes becuase he knows a flash is gonna go off. Silly baby!

Even though he is sick look how happy that chipmunk is!

All snuggled in with Grammie. Isn't that so sweet. Night night!

Anyway's so that is what has been going on the Purcell world as of lately. Hopefully I won't get that far behind again! Love my family so very much! They are my most favorite possessions and I would be completely lost without them!

Life is like a box of chocolates!

"Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what your gonna get." This statement is so very true, and how I hate it!!!!! (Well sometimes) I am one of those people that really don't like not knowing what the future holds. The world is a scary place and sadly it is just going to get worse before it gets better. This past month has been a challenge. Not going to lie it has been tough and the word "WHY?" has run across my mouth and my mind more now then I think it ever has before. When I personally am faced with a trial not only do I find comfort in praying to my Heavenly Father, but I find tremendous comfort through others. Whether it be reading a blog or reading stories and experiences others have gone through on lds.org it always seems that in some way I will find an answer to my prayers there.
Trials are an interesting thing. They affect everyone differently some take it as it is and just move forward, some dwell and dwell and dwell on it knowing full well that nothing can be fixed by doing nothing, but at the time that is all they can bring themselves to do, some dwell on it for a minute then quickly try to find a solution, and others just think of it sometimes as a blessing and try to see the good instead of focusing on the bad. I have to first thank the Sullengers and their blog. They lost a child and she openly discusses her bad days, and how she made it through and makes it through when she feels completely lost. I have to say I don't know how I would make it if I couldn't hug, and smooch on Karston and Jayden EVERY day.
The other blog I just love I am sure a lot of you read on a daily basis in the Nie Nie blog. She was in a plane crash and about 80% of her body was burned. She tells of her struggles, but her faith in Heavenly Father just astounds me. She doesn't really dwell on her struggles even though I know how much they must affect her physically she doesn't let it affect her spiritually. So amazing.
I have not lost my child or been burned but a trial has still affected me and my family. Doug recently lost his employment. When he came home and those words came out of his mouth I have to say that it felt like a ton of bricks came and sat on my stomach. What are we going to do now is all I could say? I don't work, and well we all know how wonderful the economy is right now especially with people who are in construction. As soon as I felt like I could breath again I immediately said a prayer to my Heavenly Father asking him to help us get through this trial. After saying my prayers I felt so very calm and right then and there I knew we would be okay. Life may stink for a little while, but eventually we will be fine. I am not going to say that since then I have never questioned the feeling that I had because I have. Every day that goes by and we still hear feels like it is never going to happen, and that this may be our reality for a very long time.
Trials are interesting in that you really see just how strong your testimony and how very much faith you have in your Father in Heaven. I have to admit that I learned I was not as strong as I thought I was. I was reading an article and it was about a lady who could not understand why she couldn't bear anymore children. She talked of how she struggled with this for a very long time. She said she was reading one night in her scriptures and the scripture came across which says something like "Trust in the Lord with all thy might...." That statement is what I needed to learn. I needed to learn how to TRUST. Trust that Heavenly Father truly knows the bigger picture and that he knows what is best for me and my family. He knows the desires of our hearts, but he also knows what WE need to grow and become the individuals we need to be so that one day we can dwell in his presence again.
Now I don't know for sure if that is what I truly needed to learn, but it has been pointed out to me that that is an area in which I do need to grow in. So for now I am putting my TRUST in him. I know that he will watch out for my family, and where ever we are supposed to be he will make it possible. I truly do love my Heavenly Father. I know that he does and always will have my best interest at heart, and that we will be taken care of as long as we put our full trust in him, and continue to do the things we need to so that we can be deserving of his love and help. I know we will be fine and that one day we will look back at this experience and realize the reason as to why it had to happen, but I do have to say I wish it would come sooner than later but it is in his hands and all will be well eventually I just have to "Be not afraid and just BELIEVE!"

I DID IT!

Well my little Karston is just growing up way to fast. We FINALLY are potty trained well at day time potty trained. He will go all day and take a nap and with no accidents. He is starting to finally tell me when he has to go potty and when he is done he cheers SOOO loudly I DID IT! It is so cute and let me tell you.... It is SOOO nice not having double diaper duty. Night time he is pretty good, but still sometimes gets in to deep of sleep to wake up and go so he still wears a night time diaper or under ware as we call them. He is now trying to sleep in his big boy bed, but still is pretty attached to his crib. Baby steps I guess. Good thing Jayden is tiny and still fits comfortably in his bassinet.
Well another big Karston event is that you always know there is trouble going on when a two year old is VERY quiet, and hiding. My sweet little handsome Karston decided he was ready for a hair cut, and apparently didn't want mom or anyone else to do it. You know cause he is a "BIG" boy now. See for yourself the results. He is pretty proud of his new dew! He looks at himself and says "I is hansome now" with a big cheesy smile! Love it!!!! So without further ado my handsome Karston!!!!

JAYDEN IS 6 MONTHS!!!!

My little love is 6 months. I can't believe how fast the time has flown. He just had his first taste of baby cereal the other night, and didn't quite know what to think. He licks it before he will open his mouth to eat it. So cute and funny. He is a VERY good baby. He loves to snuggle with mommy, and play with his brother. He loves to jump in his jumper, and LOVES LOVES LOVES music. When I take him to Sounds his favorite thing to do is watch Ronda lead. He likes to roll around on the floor and is a mover. He has the sweetest little spirit, and he is so very much my tender heart. He does not like loud noises or lots of comotion. He always wakes up with a cute smile and grabs around my neck tightly when I pick him up. I am so very lucky to be his mommy. We can't imagine our home without him, and we didn't know what we did while he wasn't here. He is a joy to me. He is my little love!
He is 14 pounds-1st percentile
24.5 inches-5th percentile
Head 17-45th percentile













We had some updated family pictures taken at the same time we did his 6 months pictures. I thought they turned out cute! Different with white in the background, but it is growing on me more and more. My family is the happiest thing in my life. Every day I count my blessings and they are always the first things I list! They fulfill my dreams everyday and I love them with all of my heart, and so much more!!!!