Happy Birthday Will

This year with the new baby I have had a hard time keeping up with things and Will has really got the worst of it with Fathers Day being the weekend we had Levi and his birthday being a few weeks later. Emilee wanted to make dinner for Dad though so I let her plan the menu and help make the food. She decided on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, mac and cheese, canned peaches and chocolate milk.





She was pretty excited to get to help make dinner and set the table with our tablecloth and place mats.




We also picked out a ice cream cake for him and had it on the 4th when we went to watch the fireworks with Grandpa Dan.

Oh Boy......

On the 17th of June we welcomed Levi Elliot into our family. He was born at 7:57 AM and weighed 7lbs 15oz. He was 19 in long. He was not too sure about coming out and screamed for the first little bit but has since calmed down and is a great baby. He sleeps about 41/2 to 5 hours at a time and is pretty happy and alert. Emilee and Jake love having a little brother and are both great helpers.


Will took pictures during the c-section but they are a little too much for me to put on the blog.....









The kids were so excited to get to meet the baby and find out if they got a brother or a sister.






Gma Anita and Gpa Dan


Great Gpa Jim








Papa with all three

Emmett

Right before I had the baby we headed up to Emmett to hang out with Joe and Becky and the kids for the day. It was the free fishing day in Idaho so we headed to a local pond to try our luck. It was really windy to be fishing but Jake was able to catch one. I missed getting a picture of his fish though....









After the pond we headed to Sonic to get a happy hour drink and back to their house. The boys had a great time playing together and riding on the 4 wheeler.






Cute Cache!


trying to get the helmet on Jake!


Emmy Jo


Jakers


Fox

Kids and Cows

Em and Mike mixing the milk for the calves.









Dad found some calves on craigslist for cheap and away we went with the trailer to get them.....

Our new toy

We had talked for a while about getting a Wii and decided to wait til Will was done with school and had time to play it. So the week after he graduated we went shopping. The kids love it! We only have a few games but it is something that we have enjoyed playing together as a family. It has been nice too cause it is something that I can do while I am sitting down.

Time to Party!

After a long morning of starting the pig on the pit and catching it on fire (that was not suppose to happen) and cooking, and baking, and cutting fruit, and decorating cake we were ready to party! The pig cooked for almost 12 hours on the pit and was great!



My dad was awesome! He stayed all night at our house, got up at 3 to start the fires and spent all day helping with everything from potato salad to slicing watermelon. My mom was a huge help too, taking the kids for the night and showing up the next day to jump in the action. There was no way I could of made it all happen, as pregnant and large as I am, without their help! Will and I both appreciated all they did to make this day as great as it was!





It was a great turnout of family and friends. It was nice of so many to come and celebrate this achievement with us!













A friend of mine took this picture of Jake playing during the party and I love it. I just had to add it in!

The Big Day!

May 15, 2010







Will is on the second and fourth screens


Em got him a rose and was waiting to give it to him after the graduation.



His cap got him into a photo album at the Idaho Statesman web page.