Garden Planting - with help!

Every winter, Troy anxiously anticipates early spring when he can get out in the garden and plant our peas!!! He has passed this tradition and love of gardening to our kids and this year they were excited to "help"!

The 6 Pack

Carson is so lucky......he has 5 other boy cousins on Troy's side of the family that were all born within a little over a year of each other. Every once in a while, we try to get them all together in an organized manner to take a picture.....last year we went to Kiddie Kandids and all were in a sweat by the time we got through. This year we were at Troy's twin sisters beautiful house and tried to do it ourselves....which didn't work too great either....hopefully as they get older, this will get easier?! Here are some of the picture's:

Grace - Cheer Camp

In February of this year, Grace signed up for a mini cheer camp with her cousin, and got to perform during half time at one of Riverton High School's Varsity Basketball Games. She absolutley loved every minute of it, and can't wait to start dance this fall. Sawyer was only a week old when she performed so I missed her big debut, but Troy took some pic's of her big night:

Valentines Day 2010

Every year on Valentine's Day, we have a special candlelite dinner with all of the kids. It is really fun and we have special "toasts" about the things we LOVE about life. The kids really look forward to it and we always have chocolate fondue for dessert. Here are some cute pictures of the chocolate mustache's each one of the kids ended up with:

No mustache here....just cute at 2 1/2 weeks old!

Chloe's Little Break.....

What a day!!! Just before noon today, Chloe was getting out of our mini van and fell and broke both bones in her left arm....my heart sank as I rushed her to the Instacare only to be told that I had to take her up to Primary Children's Hospital. Troy met me (in record time), and we rushed up to Primary Children's. Sure enough, they confirmed the break and told us that they needed to put her out to set one of the bones.....they quickly hooked her up to an IV and gave her some morphine which provided some immediate relief and 3 hours later we were on our way home. She is in a splint right now and will get a cast on next week after the swelling goes down. Troy and I feel so lucky that we have such wonderful hospitals and facilities that can provide assistance and relief so quickly.....we will never take that for granted. Here are some pic's of Chloe:

Sawyer's Blessing Day

Last Sunday, March 7, 2010, was Sawyer's blessing day! It was a perfect day for his blessing and we had a nice lunch at our house afterwards. Troy and I both come from big families, so we had 60+ people at our house all at once!! I stressed and fretted on how we were going to fit everyone, but then I thought 'who has a house big enough to sit 60 people comfortably?' - answer: NOBODY....so we did the best we could! Everything turned out perfect and thanks to everyone to who contributed to Sawyer's special day....it wouldn't have been the same without you!

Here are some pic's....

Sawyer Call Brown

Sawyer Call Brown came into this world last Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 12:52 p.m.. He weighed 7 lbs., 9.9 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. He has 10 fingers, 10 toes, lots of black hair.....and is absolutely perfect! I can't believe he is finally here and our family is complete (we think)!! I was scheduled to be induced, but when I got to the hospital I was having regular contractions about 6 minutes apart and was dilated to a 4+....so they considered me in "active labor" and did not call it an inducement.....I am proud to say I went into labor all by myself! I have been induced with the other 3, so I considered this to be quite an accomplishment.....Troy was hoping for an ohmygoshmywaterjustbrokewehavetogettothehospitalNOW moment, but this was good enough for me :). Today, Sawyer is 1 week old and so far has been an absolute angel! He is sleeping well, eating well, and only cries a little when he has his bath. All of the kids have done really well....even Chloe. She was a little miffed when I got home and didn't want to have much to do with me. I think she was mad that I disappeared for a couple of days and came home with this other "thing" that everyone fusses over and calls "baby"......after all, she is still the "baby".....right?! Well, we have been re-bonding each day and things are almost back to normal (even though she prefers Troy over me EVERYTIME she gets the chance).....but we are working on it! Here are some pic's of Sawyer: