Just some new pictures

 Relaxing on a Sunday afternoon

 This one is for Grandma Margot. :)

Getting ready for Halloween.

Henry Ensign Thornton

Brand new Henry Ensign Thornton! He was born on Friday, October 11th at 10:18pm after an un-medicated 6 hour labor. He was 7 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches long. He is my biggest baby by over a pound. And he is so loved!!!

 First bath;he loved it!

Meeting 3 month old Cousin Morris. Unfortunately this swelling I'm experiencing will stay for a couple of weeks...

 Coming home from the hospital

                                                              At home in the bouncer

Being taken care of by his big brothers

Garrett's 7th Birthday

 This year instead of making a home made cake we attempted a home made pinata. Making the ball part was pretty easy; (paper mache newspaper around a balloon) but the decorating took about 2 hours, creativity and lot's of glue. :)
The wings are a wire hanger twisted into this shape wrapped in yellow crepe paper and taped with duct tape at the ends. Then I found silver streamer/crepe paper type stuff at Zurchers. (I had gone to Zurchers earlier in the day and bought a bunch of stuff that I thought might be useful.) We cut the strips to varying lengths to give it a wing look and copied it to the other wing.

 We had already wrapped the ball in layers of yellow crepe paper. Glad I bought the huge roll...Then took strips of the silver crepe paper and wrapped it around it to make it look like the Golden Snitch...and finishing touches were some fun starry garland I also bought. It turned out quite fancy and we liked the outcome. It also lasted through quite a beating; each kid got to hit it several times.

 Guess the theme? Ben made hats and wands with the kids. My big part was ordering the glasses online...the shipping was more expensive than the glasses themselves...really hard to find Harry Potter stuff.

 Good bye Golden Snitch!!Garrett got to take the first whack at it.

 Then Spencer and the three little friends we invited over.

 Then Richard

 Gave them all a chance to hit without the blindfold and it finally just fell on the ground,

 So Ben dumped it out.

 There's me in all my 34 week glory...And my parents came, and our aunts and uncles who live in town. Thanks for coming!

One of Garrett's favorite presents. Thanks Hannah!!

First Day of School!

 Ben and I got up together to make a nice waffle and sausage breakfast for the boys. The only problem was that they weren't really hungry...oh well. It was worth the effort. Like Richard's new shoes? Bright vibrant colors are totally in. :) Or rather, it's hard to find anything that isn't super bright.

And while Richard and Garrett were at 4th and 2nd grade, we played with Spencer at home. We put together the card board fort/house that Grandma Margot and Grandpa Gary gave us and he, I mean they, had a ball. :)

New sleeping arrangements

 While I was in St. George with the boys, Ben and his sister relocated the bunk bed from the littlest bedroom to the next biggest where Garrett and Spencer will now sleep. Spencer is upgrading from a toddler bed to the bottom bunk. :) He struggled a bit the first night but now is fine.

 Then a few days later our new investment, a home built loft bed, arrived for Richard. We put his dresser and my glider underneath. He will share this little bedroom with baby when he comes. Plus, the loft is great for a fort.

A view of the bunk bed room. We are really happy with how things turned out. We're crowded anyway, but this will work.

Utah County Fair

Visit to Grandma and Grandpa's house in St. George

 They loved sleeping in the closet

 And playing Connect Four, Chess, checkers, and operation with Grandpa. We even worked in a game of Muggins, a great kids' card game.

 Of course we had to get some Legos out.

 At my nephew's first birthday Shannon and I compared bellies. We are one week apart. She is having her second baby, first granddaughter for our family, and I am on my fourth son.

Didn't want to leave brother Scott out. :)

 Playing at one of the many splash pad parks that St. George has to offer. It's a lot of work going to the park-really hot!

 Garrett playing piano for my grandparents.

 Spencer after a morning at the park. :)

Baby Shower!

 Becky is fabulous. She and Sarah put this whole beautiful shower together during her family vacation. They had lot's of yummy foods, fun drinks and creative decor. It was such fun and so many wonderful people came.

 Garrett had a good time.