Kennecott Mine July13, 2011

The kids and I went to Kennecott with our friend Erica and her kids. I have never been there before. I was pretty cool to see how deep it was. They had a video that told about what goes on there.

4th of July Parade

We went to our first parade with our friends the Ulrichs. I've never been one for parades but I must say it was fun to watch the kids enjoy it!! Next year we will make sure we get there early enough to be at the beginning of the parade. We got there late and ended up at the end and by the time everyone got there, they were out of candy and you could tell they were done being excited!! But it was worth it for the kids.

Caden anxiously waiting for something to happen.

These two were so cute together. Makayla would look at what London was doing and copy her!

Our stake did a float. They won a lot of awards for how great the float was. As you can tell it was amazing!! Its a tabernacle choir made up of animals.

I love these three!!

This one the only picture I got at Sloan's brothers wedding. I love these kiddos so much! Kaycee had just finished crying because she was so hot. I love Cadens smile, he always lights up when he does.

Ellie Blessing June 26, 2011

We blessed Ellie on June 26. She was only one month old. We decided to do it then because Brenden's wedding was the same weekend so we killed two birds with one stone. It was a great day. Sloan gave her a wonderful blessing as usual. I can't believe we have four kids now! I love them all in their own special way.

I love this picture of Kaycee with her new little sister.

Ellie's First Week

We have been loving every minute with little Miss Ellie! She is only a week old and she is a great baby. Her siblings spend every minute they can with her. I hope she continues to be a good baby!

I love this picture of Sloan and Ellie. She is the one supposed to be asleep but she put Sloan to sleep!!!

Ellie Birth 5-23-11

Our little Ellie was born on May 23, 2011. I was questioning whether or not I should go in and get checked to see if I was in labor. The week before I was having contractions and I was just dehydrated. I had been having contractions all weekend and finally called sunday night and the nurse told me to take tylenol and take a hot bath. The contractions went away. The next morning they came back. So I called labor and delivery and told them I needed to have antibiotics before. So just to make sure Sloan and I dropped kids off at my sisters house and headed to Jordan Valley Hospital. We got there at 12:30 and I was at a 4. I was having contractions but when they checked an hour later I was still at a 4. I started crying to nurse to not send me home cuz I was having contractions and I didn't want to come back and have it be too late. So she had us walk the halls for an hour. By the time we were done I could barely walk they hurt so bad. Thank goodness I was at a 5. So they admitted me and gave me pitocin. Shortly after that I got the "GOOD STUFF"!!! I love the anticipation of not knowing what sex the baby is. We were hoping for a boy to even out the playing field. I was so excited when the doctor said, "It's a girl!!!" Its a good thing because we hadn't decided on a boy name. She was born at 9:30 pm.

I had to have a little oxygen to help the little baby out!!

She was covered in so much "white stuff" because she was born at 36 weeks 4 days. She was my earliest. All my kids have been one week earlier than the one before. I joked about having this baby 4 weeks early and who knew I would.

The kids were loving on her so much.

Its amazing the love you feel for your little baby the moment they are born.

Sloan loving on his 3rd little girl!!