first day of school

this was my due date.  I was so glad that I wasn't in the hospital and missed their first day.

Cloe is in 5th 

Abbey is in 2nd and still doing French immersion.  I love hearing her converse in French.

And Brody is in 4th and thinks he is pretty cool.

This will be a good year, they all have good teachers and I'm excited for them.

Aiden

so we had a baby 2 months ago.

My due date was August 21st and I went to the dr on the 22nd, still pregnant, so she scheduled me for an induction on the 24th.  I really did not want to be induced...

Ryan's mom came to our house on the evening of the 23rd so she could be here in the morning for the induction.  Luckily she was here because at about 10:30 pm, I started having contractions.  When I realized that it actually was labor, I was happy to be going into labor on my own.  We planned on bringing Abbey and Cloe, so we woke them up and headed to the hospital.  

This wasn't my favorite labor which I guess is good because it confirms that this is the last baby :)

We got to the hospital at 1 am and I was only dilated to a 4.  I asked for my epidural right away because I didn't feel like dealing with the pain.  That was a bad mistake.  I think being stuck in the bed slowed down my progress and, in my humble opinion, the doctor wanted a good nights sleep even though I told the nurses that I would progress really fast if they broke my water.  So after a long night of no sleep, the doctor finally got to the hospital at 6:30, I was only 4.5 and she broke my water, at 7:14, she was born.  

And then I forgot all about that long terrible night because I was holding the sweetest little blondie.

 Cloe and Abbey sleeping away in the delivery room

 Aiden Marie, 8 lbs 2 ounces 20.5 inches of lovable sweetness!!

 Do they look excited to have been there for their sisters birth?

 Grandma brought Charlotte and Brody to the hospital soon after the birth

My First blonde baby.  She had the longest blonde eyelashes!

Wow, that's a lot of kids....

We love having her in our family and she is so fun to have around.  Many more posts and photos about our little pumpkin.  

Brown reunion

End of July, until the first week of August we had a Brown family reunion in Wyoming, just outside of Thayne.  It was a really fun week and it was nice to spend so much time with family and not have any distractions.  

We all vanpooled up together and made a stop in Soda Springs, Idaho so my SIL could reminisce about the good ole days of her youth.  Our cabin was very rustic.

hanging out in the pavilion.  This is where we ate meals, shot guns, watched a movie, played games and made a mess with rocks. 

my one year old nephew was so excited when grandma let him hold the pellet gun.

playing card games in the cabin.

evenings spent around the fire.

we spent a day up in Jackson Hole.  Our family walked around the shops and then went to the rec center and swam.  For dinner we met back up with everyone at The Bar J Wranglers. 

Charlotte with her new cowboy hat in Jackson

this was the extent of our wildlife spotting.

waiting for dinner

Bar J Wranglers

Ryan and the three older kids took a 4 hour horse back ride with cousins and Ryan's parents.  They all loved it and said it was so gorgeous up in the back country. 

stopped for lunch

Charlotte got to ride around on a horse before the older kids took off.

We spent a few days playing in the river near by.  because of the current, we tied a rope to the boat so the kids could still float around.  

The boys fished one of the days but only Gavin caught something.

Ryan took the kids on a hike to a natural spring while I sat down by the car and waited.  They each got to take a drink where the spring came out of the mountain.  

making tie dyed shirts.