Our Favorite Place

There is a park up the canyon in a side canyon that is our favorite place. A huge field for the kids to run, a small stream to cool the watermelon, plush grass, cool breezes, and friends/family to share it with...what else could we want?

This was STs first outing other than the doctor/hospital for bilirubin checks.

The whole family relaxing on the blanket waiting for the steaks to be done.

Blurry, but it goes fast. SC loves the air.

J attempted with SV, but she is a bit taller and doesn't go as high.

E and T...he LOVES to tackle her when she lays down. They are our dearest friends and we enjoy dragging them along when we go places.

Stream-cooled watermelon makes us smile.

Did I mention how peaceful it can be? E likes to embrace that too.

Sometimes its other cookies instead of smores...less messy.
Thanks to Oma for taking the pictures!

Dress-up Girls

Just a random fun afternoon with the dress-up box. SC usually gets into it too; however, she just wanted to pose instead.

Why can't they smile like this when I am taking nice pictures?

Super SC

Ballerina Barbie SV

Snow White SD

Sds Haircut...

Our SD has talked about cutting her long, beautiful hair off and have a "short" hairstyle. J and I were not fans of this idea because we LOVE her hair long. Finally, after months of talking about it, I gave her the okay if she did it for a good cause. She decided to donate it to Locks of Love, so they could use her hair to make a wig for children who have lost their hair due to medical conditions/procedures. Here is her long braid.

The moment of truth...my eyes were welling up with tears as the stylist just kept cutting. Breathe!!!

After the shampoo...she was giggling because the spray hose tickled her head.

Apparently she didn't realize that it takes time to style dry hair. This expression made me laugh!

The final product! SD doesn't miss her hair, but I do a bit. She looks great and LOVES the new cut. I love that she can almost take care of it by herself. ;)

Announcing #4...

This birth was very interesting. Thanks to Oma bringing her laptop with her, I was able to be online during most of the labor process...until epidural time. This was a great distraction as we waited for things to progress. From start to finish was a little over 6 hours. It was a great experience and my main nurse was fantastic! The doctor took longer than I would have liked to get back to the hospital and I was beyond READY.

Sweet Baby ST was born on Monday, June 21st, at 3:15 p.m. She weighed in at 7 lbs 7 oz and was 20 in. long. Her APGAR scores were 8/9, so we have a healthy girl.

She has long toes and fingers...maybe she'll be a pianist.

J holding ST for the first time.

Proud big sister #1, SD, with ST.

Proud big sister #2, SV, with ST.

Proud big sister #3, SC, with ST.

Trying to get all 3 older sisters to smile for the camera is impossible...for now. Hopefully in the future, something will work out better.