8 Is GREAT

Colby celebrated his 8th birthday on January 17th. Amist the chaos of the month we had an enjoyable afternoon with Colby. Grandma Scott let Colby choose what he wanted for his birthday dinner and made a wonderful dinner for us to enjoy and Grandma Lindley made him a delicious birthday cake.

Then this past weekend Grandpa and Grandma Lindley and Grandpa and Grandma Scott were able to join us for Colby's baptisim. Colby had a great day! Not only was he baptized, he also played a basketball game and then traveled to Salt Lake with his Dad and Ryan to watch the

Jazz game.

Colby is such a sweet boy and we are so grateful he is part of our family!

Readers digest version of our first few weeks as parents of a girl.

Is it February already? Our lives have been somewhat of a whirlwind the past month. On Saturday, January 2. We were blessed with the arrival of our little girl. Unlike her brothers, who were all born in the afternoon, Mayley decided to grace us with her presence at 2:04 a.m.

Sunday we were released from the hopital and brought her home to three very excited brothers.

By tuesday Mayleys bilirubin levels were a little high and she spent three days laying on this bilibed.

We thought it was hard to lay her on this bed all day and night. The only time we could hold her was to feed her.

But then on wednesday January 13th at 6:00 in the morning we took Mayley to the emergency room where she was diagnosed with RSV. She was admited to the hospital on the pediatric floor.

We spent two days there. Then they tested her oxygen levels and discovered that carbon dioxide was building up in her body and made the decision to move her to the NICU. We spent the afternoon there and part of the early evening, but she was getting worse so they decided to call life flight and have her transfered to Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake.

That night was extremely foggy and they couldn't send the helicopter so they transported her via ambulance.

After putting Mayley on a ventilator they loaded her on to the ambulance. At 2:30 a.m. we left Logan Regional hospital and followed the ambulance to Primary Childrens arriving around 4:30. Delirious, emothionally, physically and mentally exhausted we watched them wheel our baby in to the hospital and set her up in their pediatric intensive care unit.

On Sunday Janurary 17th they were able to take her off the ventilator and I was able to hold her again.

Later that afternoon they moved her to the pediatric floor where we remained until Thursday, when we were able to bring her home.









Fortuneatley, when this all started my Mom had come to visit. She was able to make arrangements and stay longer to help us out. Wades parents also helped us with getting our boys to all of their various activities and bring us dinner. Wades brother Greg was gracious enough to provide us with dinner, a bed and breakfast. And Marc, Wade's nephew helped us keep our sanity with his daily visits while we were at primary childrens.

We are so grateful to all of you that offered prayers in our behalf. They were truly felt. We are grateful to be home and that Mayley is a healthy, happy baby. We are enjoying the sweet spirit she adds to our home.

Mayley 1 month old

Our AUGUST in pictures

Our August included 1) A Visit from Matt, Debbi, Koben Iris and Amara

Ryan holding Amara

Ryan, Taylor, Koben and Colby sleeping in the Family Room

Taylor, Koben Ryan and Colby with their Lego creations

Koben and Taylor

Colby holding Amara

Iris playing with Taylor

2)The boys headed back to school

3) The Ultrasound Revealed : IT"S A GIRL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Camping we will go

Last week we snuck away for a quick camping trip. We are so fortunate to have a camp ground just 15 minutes away. It's close and yet once your there, you still get the total camping experience. It's perfect for us. And the boys LOVE to go camping. They had fun doing the usual shooting of B-B guns, playing in the creek, making s'mores and hiking.

Ryan and Colby shooting b-b guns

Taylor shooting his b-b gun

Taylor's one handed shot

Taylor, ready for a 4- wheeler ride

Dad with Ryan and Colby

Taylor watching a movie on Dad's ipod

Ryan and Colby watching a movie on the bunk bed

Ryan and Colby playing in the Creek

Taylor wading in the Creek

Wade, Colby, Taylor and Ryan on our hike

The boys playing games on the picnic table

Visit from Grandpa and Grandma Scott

My parents came from Las Vegas to spend a couple of days with us. We enjoyed having them here and while our weekend was low key and uneventful we had a great time. The boys thought is was great to take Grandma and Grandpa to the farm and let them feed the calves. Grandma and Grandpa were great sports. Friday night we cooked and had dinner outside on the patio, then we did s'mores and waited for it to get dark enough to do fireworks. Unfortunately, by the time it was dark it was too windy to do the fireworks so they had to be postponed until Saturday. Grandpa and Grandma left on Saturday at about 2:00 to catch their flight back to Las Vegas, the boys moped around and then finally settled down and watch a couple of the movies their grandparents brought for them. Then later that night we were able to light fireworks. The boys loved lighting the fireworks and running away before they went off. Wade and I enjoyed watching them and how excited they were about EVERYTHING.

Gramdma feeding the calves

Grandpa feeding the calves

Colby and Taylor lighting fireworks

Wade, Taylor and Ryan

Ryan posing with his sparklers

My FARM boys

I wasn't raised on a farm and all of this is still kind of a novelty to me. And while I don't like the smell, the way it attracts fly's, or all the dirt and mess that come with it... what I do love is watching my boys learn to work, and for the most part, actually enjoy it.

Colby and Taylor Feeding their Calves

Ryan moving pipe

Colby moving pipe

Taylor moving pipe

Exciting news

Our lives are pretty low key. And while I love my life and am mostly grateful for the mundane,(it beats the alternative). I also love the rare occasion that we have something exciting to share.

We recently found out we are expecting. And while I don't love morning/(more like all day) sickness or complete exhaustion. I do love the thought of having a baby. The boys have been so cute and so excited... it's made the whole experience even that much more fun.

the due date is January 17th ( colby's birthday). And while the chance of having it on that date is VERY unlikely... I was concerned about poor Colby having to share his birthday. When I asked him what he thought of having a baby on his birthday he said " that would be a great birthday present." Once again my children manage to take my breath away.