Mega Trip (part 3)

Utah trip - everything else

This is my nephew Zach (the whole reason we were out there). This morning he left for his mission in Ghana. We are so glad we got to spend time with him before he left. He serenaded us all week with his mad piano skills and we will miss hearing and seeing him for the next 2 years.

Lots of swimming in the pool. It fluxuated between 95 and 105 degrees!

This was an attempt at swim lessons but the pool was too freakin' hot! You can tell by how red Brynn's cheeks are. They kept climbing out to lay on the freezing concrete.

When Zach first tried to get him in Hud said "I don't know how to swim. I only know how to drown!" He made huge strides this week though. He's in a good place now - cautious but not scared.

Lots of schoolwork. The kids got a retarded amount of homework for their independent contracts. McKay was a total stud helping Bryson everyday. Made my day WAY easier.

Lot's of iPod Touch time. The kid is seriously obsessed with technology.

Lots of relaxing in the theatre. Wish I had a room I could go into, shut the door, and not hear another sound in the house:-)

Lots of wrestling. I watched Heidi's kids for a few hours cuz she was out of town and Marc was working. The boys always play awesome together.

Man Down!!!

But really though we just went to play with these little guys. They are so stinkin' cute but I'm so happy they didn't come with me.

Lots of people. Most of the family, minus a few stragglers. I think we total around 40 now

And last but not least. . . . our special kid! Somehow things are always backward on him!?!?

Mega Trip (parts 1 and 2)

Rick and Debi Meinzer's house

I tried to spare you all the crazy amount of crack that was exposed this day so you can thank me now. This is Monday at Rick and Debi's house. Rick brought his guys Oscar and Alfonso over to catch the fish and drain the pond. This was the highlight of my boys' life so far. They have not lived until now. I'm afraid all their other uncle's don't hold a candle to Rick after the pond drainage experience.

#1 - catching the fish (note: we start with clothes on)

#2 - pond half way down. Hud - half way naked

#3. Sorting the fish (the koi and trout mated so they had to be separated again)

Yes, that's snow in the background. Any chance to get naked though, right?

#4. Bryson decided to help sort piles of dead fish (still fully dressed)

$5. Might as well dig in and help while you can. This was before Rick started throwing the fish at him.

#6. Found a comfy spot on a cold hard rock

#7. Fine. I'll take my shirt off too. Then I'll torture some more 1/2 dead fish

#8. Who needs pants? It's almost 50 degrees outside. Practically hot!

When Jacob got home from school a bunch of neighborhood boys followed him down to the pond to check it out. Hudson was watching from the window and had a FIT when the boys got near his fish. He told Jacob "It hurt my feelings when you were playing with my fish because they are really super special to me!" (they are also DEAD, I might add) He also told Tanner "Hey this is cool! I can squish their eyeballs out!" (oh yea!)

Visit with the Browns

Some of the kids loved sliding down the stairs . . .

. . . and some did not. At all.

Cute little mini Brian. or Max.

Bryson loves his babies

They may not know it but they will be married one day:)

We got to hand out with the Brown's most of the day on Saturday and it was wonderful. We miss them so much and its always so fun to get together with them. It's so easy and natural and feels just like old times. We wish we could see them more often but we're glad they are the kind of friends we will always be close with.

Boy was I wrong!!!

From 2 weeks on I have been about 99.9% certain we were having a girl. I've told pretty much everyone who asked that I thought it was a girl, convinced the kids it was a girl, tried to find a girl name I like, and bought a pink purse for a diaper bag. I almost bought 4 coordinating outfits for a family picture-- 2 boy, 2 girl.

I can't believe I was soooo wrong!

The baby was flipping all over the place but I still can't feel any movement.

That's his butt with two femurs and another appendage:)

Looks like the same profile of my other two boys

We went to the mall in Utah and did this with all the kids. They got to watch a big plasma screen of their new baby brother. We saw him moving and swallowing and waving to us. Brynn tried to hold it together after we found out the sex but when we walked out she broke down. Which, of course, totally made me cry too. She wanted a baby sister soooooo bad. We have since been thinking of all the little girls we know who don't have any sisters.

Tanner and I don't care what the baby is as long as its a good baby. I'm feeling like it might be. This pregnancy has been cake (most of the time I don't even feel pregnant anymore) and hopefully the baby will be easy too. We are sad though that Brynn doesn't get a little sister. She would have loved it. Come August she'll love her baby brother though. She just doesn't know it yet.