Baby #5

Since its been over a year since we posted something real now sure sounds like a good time.

On Sept 2, 2010 we welcomed Kortney Renea to our family. Making our family officially HUGE!

She weighed 7lbs 0.02 oz and was 19 3/4 in long. She was born at 11:30am after only being in labor for about 2 hours. The doctor broke my water at 9:30am and with a little help from pitocin she made it here at 11:30.

I say only being in labor for 2 hours but really it has been about 3 months of labor, with all the pre-term labor.

We know what your really here for, so here are a few photos .

Update

If you hadn't noticed I have taken a long break from blogging. Our last post was from Utah which happened almost 6months ago. A lot has happened since then. We had a great holiday season. We spent it with family which always makes things better.

My niece moved home from Florida which I am totally excited for. She has been gone for almost 5 years and I have missed her so much. So welcome home Mary and Dave we love you guys.

We have three weddings in the family this year and actually two are just a day apart. One for my family and two for Ben's. We are so excited that our family is expanding. Sarah (my family) has meet the most awesome guy (next to Ben) in the world. He's perfect for her. They will be married in May. Ben's little bro Rhett is getting married in May one day after Sarah so that is kinda bummer because we had to decided who's wedding we were going to. Rhett won since Ben is in the wedding party. Sort of, he's an usher. Then Ben's older sister Trena is getting hitched too. We are so excited for her. She has found an amazing "Canadian". He is pretty nice and easy to get along with.

The kids have been busy with school. Zach is in band and had his first concert in December. It was good for a bunch of 6th graders. Tim does safety patrol during the week and really enjoys it. Who wouldn't like to boss around a bunch of younger kids. He gets to tell them to slow down, don't run, and take kids to class if they are scared. We tried to get Daisy into preschool that is provided by the school system but she doesn't meet their criteria. So for now she is still bored at home. Lilly is almost 18 months and has learned to use the bar stool to climb on the counters. She pushes that thing all over the place to get what she wants.

We totaled out our van a few weeks ago by, as Ben says, killing Rudolph. So we have a new van. The kids are extremely excited because it has a DVD player in it. That's all I can think of for now. I will post some new family photos when I get our CD back. They are wonderful.

Family Utah Trip (Part 2)

WE took the family to Salt Lake to Temple Square to do a scavenger hunt but ended up just goofing off and playing in the reflecting pool. Then we went across the street to the Conference Center and took the tour there. It was cool since we had conference this past week, so the kids remembered being there while they were watching conference.

Zach, Darcy, Ben, Lilly, Grandma
in front of the reflecting pool behind the temple

All the kids tried to climb into the reflecting pool,
at one point Lilly almost made it all the way in.
They boys kept playing in the water and at one
point Ben pushed Tim into the water but
he caught himself so only his sleeve got wet.

Family op around one of the other water features in temple square

Family Utah Trip (Part 1)

In Sept we took the family to Utah to visit Ben's family. The 22hr drive out there was interesting with a 1 year old but nevertheless we made it.









Tim trying to hide behind Lilly











For pets only that's why Tim is there
LOL








On Monday, Ben took the boys (and Colby) to Timpanogos.

The boys had lots of fun going into the caves.



Look at how much energy they have before hiking UP the mountain.














It was a little cold in the caves















Taking a rest. Looking kinda tired, eh?








Overall the boys really enjoyed the time they spent there and they made me good memories with their cousin.



We had lots of fun playing outside at Gma Adams house.





I don't remember what was so funny but Zach sure thought it was














Lilly just kept going up and down the stairs, over and over and over










The kids loved playing on these bike/scooter things that she had

Labor Day Activity

For Labor Day we went hiking at Rockbridge State Park. Daisy and Lilly did very well. By Lilly's foot steps, we went close to 10 miles. In real foot steps, her and Daisy walked about a mile. Pretty good for such cute little girls. The boys and I kept going and walked about 3 miles. We even saw a wild, ferocious, man-eating turtle. I assume it was man-eating because Tim would not pick it up. We then had a nice picnic in the park to finish. What a great day!

Ya wanna' bet!

Tim made the brave statement that Lilly's bib would not fit around his head. Being the wise man that I am, I quickly called him on it. The deal was that if it did fit, then he had to wear the bib for dinner . . . I think the photo explains the rest. Also, he was really excited about the photo opportunity :)

First Day of School 09

The kids started school today. Ahhhh, the grind begins again.
The kids were kinda excited. Zach didn't really want to go to school that bad this year.
But Tim on the other hand was pretty stoked. After they came home we already
had to run errands for school the next day and its only the first day. If this
is what is to come I shutter to think.

Zach started middle school this year. (6th grade) I know don't say it. I'm OLD.
I guess in a few years I'll look back and think how young I am but
today I feel very old.
His bus never came today(well it came after school started)
so I took him to school. That was an ordeal. Lots of
parents dropping of kids and on a busy street.

Doesn't he just look like a middle school-er?
Zach is in band this year and he will be playing the trombone.

Tim is in 4th grade this year. This is Tim's first year at school by himself.
No big brother to bother him. However, Kelly's daughter started
kindergarten so she is there to keep him in line.

Random Lilly

Lilly loves her pasta

She also loves to play video games

She always wants your food whatever it is

She is way to fast when changing her diaper or clothes

Up?

Now don't freak out she didn't drink the mtn dew
she just loves to play with the bottles
However this day she was a little tired she
actually fell asleep eating

I just had to through this one in. This is a
doll play pen. This is for her dolls. But she thinks
that it is for her and she fell asleep in it this day

Sitting with Grandma at Zachs party

Mourning Grandpa

The little kids have been missing grandpa a lot lately so we came up with the
idea to write a note and tie it to a balloon and send it off to heaven.

Kelly's little girl Rachel did this with us. She the one in pink
Janah is the other one in the photo.

The kids let them go.
The 2 on the steps are neighbor kids.
They had to know what was going on.

Up, up, up and away

Almost to heaven



Dear Grandpa,

We love and miss you so much. We are glad that you get to be with Jesus.
We are glad that you are not in pain anymore. We wish you could
play with us. We are sad we can't have candy.

Love,
Daisy and Rachel

(these were some of the things they put in their note to grandpa. And the candy thing is that dad always gave the kids candy from his garage or at his house)

Zach's Birthday

I'm a little late in posting this one but like that is a surprise. Anyway, Zach turned 11, can you believe that? I can't believe how old he is. He has really grown up in the last two years.

This year we allowed Zach to have a party. He was so excited he was telling everyone about it. I had to tell him that he could only have 5-6 friends over max. If he had his way he would have invited the whole school. But I digress. Back to the fun stuff.

The kids have started wanting me to make their cakes so this is what Zach wanted this year.
If you don't know what this is it is a Pokemon cake.
It's not professional looking or anything, but all the kids liked it.

Zach helped me make pokemon cookies to give away.
They were sugar cookies that were frosted with vanilla icing
and then we piped on the red and black frosting.
Well, I should say Zach did the red and black parts. He had fun decorating them.

Here is an up close look at the Poke ball on top of the cake

We put a cookie on a plate and then
placed muddy buddies around them.

We got Zach a DSi. He was a little excited.

Grandma had brought over stuff for the goody
bags. They had woo pie cushions. They
were the hit of the party.

This game the kids had to pop balloons.
The prize was that some were filled with
candy. Some were not. But they had to
use their body parts to pop them.

This game was Pokemon Guess Who.
They had Pokemon Charters taped
to their back and they had
to guess who they were.

The last game was a scavenger hunt. They had to
go from place to place in the house, outside,
and then from my brother Kelly's house.
(he's about 3 blocks from us)

I think they had the most fun with this game because they got
to run around and get a prize for finding the clue.