Happy Birth Day Noah!

I had the privilege of working yesterday and assisting with Kristen's C-Section. How great is that? Little David Noah was born at 7:26 in the morning and weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces. Josh couldn't be any prouder of his "man cub".

Kristen did awesome...that girl has got tremendous pain tolerance. She was up and at 'em in no time.
Hubby and I had to laugh because at different times, unbeknownst to each other, we both mentioned how much little Noah looked like our boys when they were born; particularly #3. Which isn't a surprise since he looks just like my dad and a whole lot like Josh when he was born. Aren't families awesome??

Congrats on becoming a family of four you guys! I am one PROUD and HAPPY aunt!
Stay tuned for more pics with the whole family!

a giRLy PoST!

After a year of regrowing #4's hair, we decided it was finally time to get an official "Catch Up" haircut and try to blend in all the damage done by #3 last winter. #4's primary teacher just happens to do hair so we made an appointment to see Kami at the salon.

She was so excited to be a "BIG GIRL" and get a REAL "hairtut".

And she couldn't be happier with the results. We spent the next two days posing and showing off the AWESOME new do!

Later that week #4 got to perform at half-time of the boys basketball game with the mini-cheerleaders. Every year the high school cheerleaders put on a week long clinic teaching the girls cheers and a short dance to perform at a game. Given #4's performance history, I wasn't sure she would do it but she surprised us all!

Give the girl a set of pom-poms and she goes crazy.

In spite of all the drama and tears, there are days when we just LOVE having a little girl!
Love ya Sis!

Some of our favorite people

Some of our favorite people came to stay for the weekend. It was one of those rare weekends where I don't work and it just so happened they had a wrestling tournament in Richfield. With some 'not-so-hard-twisting-of-the-arms' we convinced them to stay with us.

#4 and Emmry are only 5 days apart and two peas in a pod. They had a blast playing together and putting on their own version of "Bad Girl Rock Concerts" for us.

I wish these two could get together more often. They had a blast!

These two had a blast, too! We tried to play "Bad Girl Rock Stars" like our girls but we weren't nearly as Baaad.

The boys had just as much fun. Sumer's oldest, Austin, was busy wrestling all weekend but Braycen and Gage spent all their free time with us. #1 and 2 loved it. Here's Braycen dunking the ball while the two posers do their thang.

#4 wasn't in the best mood by the end of the long playdate and wasn't about to smile for our final photo-op. Typical.

Thanks Sum and RL for staying! We had a GREAT time and wish we could see more of you guys!
Check out some video below. The first is of the "band" and the second is #4's Drill Team moves. We've seen one too many half-time shows!