Halle Ann

Halle arrived very quickly in the middle of the night on October 16! That's right, all of my children have their birthdays within two days of each other! 6 out of 10 grand kids on my parents side have been born in October!
So I woke up around 1:15 and had my first contraction laid down about 10 minutes later and had another. I knew by how painful they were that it was go time so I woke Matt up to go to the hospital and then my water broke! He got the girls up and they were kind of out of it, and then called my parents to meet us there and grab the girls. Thank heavens we didn't think we had time to drop them off because by the time we got to Alta View, I was almost dilated to a 6! They were trying to rush things to get ready for my c-section and get the Dr there since I was progressing so fast. I kept asking for the epidural and they kept telling me they had to wait for a minute. Well, that turned into 15 minutes and then it was too late. So not only was I not having a c-section, but I was doing it Au-natural! I was scared and in a lot of pain but Matt was SO FABULOUS and kept telling me I could do this! Well, 7 pushes later Halle Ann made her appearance that apparently just couldn't wait anymore!
She is fabulous and beautiful and has frosted hair! It is the funniest thing and all the nurses just kept commenting on her frosted hair! We are all in love with this little girl. Even Addy and Emerie will just sit and touch her softly! Life is good and we have been extremely blessed with this little girl and by those that have helped us in the last few days! We are surrounded by good people with big hearts! Thank you to everyone, especially those that have taken the girls and loved them and spoiled them while we were at the hospital!
To baby Halle, who will one day read this! You are so loved and are one of our miracles! Your daddy and I count ourselves so lucky to be able to raise you on this earth! We love you!!!

Our babies are 4!!!

Luke made the girl's a card and drew some pics of them! So cute!!!

Opening presents

They love their cousins!!!



Princess Addy

Princess Emerie

We'll call this the sugar table:)

Marina, Emerie, Addy, Maddy

Colton and Maddy decorating their crowns

making their crowns






Today, our babies turned 4!!! I can't believe we are already here and getting ready to add another little one to our family! For a minute we weren't sure we would be able to do the party. This baby tricked us into thinking she was coming a few days ago and then decided she wasn't! So last night Matt and I decorated the house in pink everything so the girls could start off their day with a pink explosion:) They wanted pink pancakes for breakfast so that's what we had! Then they got to go to school where they were spotlighted and got sung to! After school, they chose McDonald's for lunch and then it was party time!!! They wanted a Pinkalicious party(surprise) so we bought everything pink and played with friends and ate sugary treat upon sugary treat! They absolutely got spoiled today and LOVED every second of it! We have pink toys and pink clothes all over the living room right now and both Matt and I have had our toes painted(yes, he totally would die if he knew I put this on here, but I wanted the girl's to remember all the fabulous and fun things their daddy does for them;) and I have had my Little Mermaid lip gloss reapplied every 5 minutes! It has been their best day ever and when I was asking them what their favorite part of the day was, it wasn't a certain present or a thing that made their day, they kept naming names of their friends and family that was the highlight of their!
I am sure grateful for these two and all that they have brought into my life and taught me!!!
Happy Birthday Addy and Emerie!!!

Random Happenings!

Emerie riding her bike

Addy at the park

Emerie

Addy riding her bike


So life continues to be busy and fun and crazy and hectic! I am a little more than two weeks away from delivering this little girl and even with much to do(at least I feel there is so much to do) I am ready right this second and wish she would hurry up! Matt is just about finished with her room and has done an amazing job and I can't wait to post the pics! I love that he is a handy-man and if he doesn't know how to do something he figures it out!!!
The girls are in pre-school and absolutely love it! They are learning and growing so much everyday and everyday I see less and less of my baby girls and more of these independent and smart and beautiful little ladies:)

Matt's 30th at the cabin!

Heather and I

Natalie, Felicity, Addy and Nems

My handsome hubby

One of the MANY beautiful views from the cabin



Kristina, Brooke

Nothing like a little ping pong


The girl's always want to get in the "bath" when we go up there

Holly

We were lucky enough to have the cabin the weekend before Matt's birthday so we invited a few friends and headed up the mountain for a fantastic weekend! All the kids had a blast and we had very few squabbles which was awesome because we had 11 kids 4 and under! It got loud at times, but they had so much fun together!!! The last night there, we celebrated Matt's 30th and Natalie was turning 2. Can't believe I'm married to a 30 year old:)
This year Matt got to celebrate 3 times! At the cabin, then on his birthday, the girl's and I decorated the house and made his favorite dinner of bbq'd ribs, then we got to celebrate with my family at Texas Roadhouse for both Matt and Dan's birthday! I'm so glad we got to celebrate him so much this year! He works so hard for our family and does so much for us that it was nice to be able to do something fabulous for him!

First day of school 2011

They look so big! These two have been SO excited for school to start and kept asking how many more wake-ups before school started! It took them an hour to fall asleep last night because they were so anxious to go! This morning we had their favorite breakfast of pancakes and chocolate milk and they got to put on their new school clothes and head out. They were pros when we dropped them off! At their new school, they come out and get them out of the car and they got out and had the biggest smiles on their faces, ready to go in! When Matt and I picked them up they walked out with even bigger smiles on their faces and told us all about their day,including the awesome playground! I hope that they always have a love for school and learning that they do now!!! I love these two!!!

Our summer

Miss Savvy learning to drive the mini 4-wheeler on her own! She's a pro and the girls love her!
After a long evening of playing, these girls taking a break in their jammies! The LOVE Lifity:)
At Heather's work party, they had so much for the girls to do and it was a blast!!!

As Robyn said,"the best kind of girl, a dress on and ready to ride the 4-wheeler" Addy loves her dresses, but loves to get them dirty:)
The slip-n-slide

watching fireworks at mimi and papas! This is the part where you can see Miss Maddy getting ready to run to momma, she did not love the noise!

So patriotic

Matt would chuck them down the slide! It was so funny to watch!

Buddies! At the Johnson reunion
Ummmm, I think this pool needs some clean water:) They could care less!

Not Emerie's first horse ride, but she definitely enjoyed this one more than the last one!


Sweet glasses!

Trip to Lagoon for their first time!


Missing Maddy and Bee in this pic, but look at how big these kids are! Especially the two giants in the back! I sure love all these kiddos!!!
Lots of swim time at our neighborhood pool!!!

Savvy is always so sweet with the girls! She is a great mini-mom!!!

Playing at the pool again

The most beautiful dancers!!!

Concentrating so hard on doing what Miss January was doing! IT was the cutest thing ever!!!

Not sure why Addy is pulling this face, but they sure are cute!

Christian and Maddy


Our summer hasn't slowed down and despite being constantly exhausted, I wouldn't change a thing! WE have had so many adventures with both friends and family and have done so many fun things! The girls are busy, busy and keep both Matt and I on our toes! They are up for anything and could play 24 hours a day! I love that they are getting to be so adventurous! We took all the grand kids, minus Maddy to Lagoon while Christian was visiting and I told the girls that the rule was they had to try everything once. They did great and ended up loving everything! We didn't see much of the 3 older boys during the day, but had a blast with Savvy and Luke!
We traveled to Star Valley for the Ervon Johnson Reunion and had a blast! The girls loved all the activities and playing with cousins from sun-up to sun-down!
We've been to the cabin and of course, had to convince the girls that we would come back to get them to leave.
Our great friends Chris and Heather invited us to go for a fun night at her work party that was Harry Potter themed. Us adults had gone to see the last Harry Potter movie the night before. The girls had so much fun and there was food, games, treat, snowcones and prizes! They love being with their friends! We then came back to our house and roasted marshmallows!
We have spent many hours at our neighborhood pool and are so grateful for it being so close and convenient!!! The girls are turning into little fish and remind me of me when I was little! I could not spend enough time in the water! I sure love these two little girls!
We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our 3rd little sweetheart and can't wait to see what she looks like and discover her personality! This has been a pretty rough pregnancy, with a couple of stints of bed rest, which for me is the worst thing ever!!! I have a hard time holding still:) Luckily, modern technology has enabled me to get things under control and be able to enjoy all these fun times with my little family! We have been so blessed during this time by incredible people in our lives that have helped in the way of meals, or especially my parents taking the girls day after day! We are so incredibly grateful for everyone in our lives and count each person as a blessing:)
Ok, enough being sappy! Bring on the rest of the summer and more adventures!!!