Hunters blessing

Hunter was blessed this Sunday, December 6th. He's two months old. Colby blessed him and did a wonderful job.
While I had my sisters at my house and all dressed up we decided to get a few pictures together. I don't think we've had a family picture with my mom and dad since my sister passed away 19 years ago, so I wanted to post that picture too. I wish we could have had all of the son in laws there so that we could get the whole family together. Maybe another day. As much as everyone hates getting their pictures taken I'm glad we took them.

October is so busy

With Hunter being born, Colby's birthday, and Halloween, it's been a pretty busy month.

Hunter is here!

Yay! Colby Hunter Holmes is finally here. He was born on October 9th, 2009. He weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and he's 19 1/2 inches long, and a very handsome little boy.
Shortly after he was born after they did some tests on him he was having a hard time breathing. It wasn't too bad, just had some shy breathing when he'd go to sleep, so they x-rayed his chest and nothing, did blood work and nothing, so he was on oxygen for about two and a half days. They had a clear bucket thing over his head while he was in the incubator, and Saturday night he got a tube taped to his face in front of his nostrils to make it easier for us to feed him. On Sunday morning about 10:30 am they turned off the oxygen and from there he didn't need it anymore. So from Friday to Sunday he was stuck in the nursery. We had to go in there to feed him or if we wanted to hold him. Sunday they discharged me, but were nice enough to let Colby and I stay in the same room for free until Monday when they discharged him. He's home now and he's healthy, and I'm learning what everyone means by wear a rain jacket when you change him. lol.
The girls just love him. Jamie is asking every half hour if she can hold him, and her and Camrie just sit and stare at him sometimes, it's so sweet.

Happy Birthday Camrie

Camrie turned the big number 3 on Sunday the 20th. She's getting so big. I can't believe how fast time flies. Seems like yesterday she was my little baby. When Aunt Deanna got to the birthday party Camrie went up to her and said, "I'm not a baby anymore". It was cute how she said it, but it's sad to think she's such a big girl now.

First day of Kindergarten

Today is Jamie's first day of Kindergarten. I had to go in and wake her up at 7:00 this morning. She said she was still tired and I told her she needed to get up and get ready for school, she just smiled and then pulled the cover over her head. I didn't feel to bad about waking her up since she's usually the one waking me up at 7:00 in the morning. She got up ate her breakfast burrito, changed her clothes, got her hair done, brushed her teeth, took a few pictures, then at 7:50 we went in and got Camrie out of bed, had her go potty and put them in the jogging stroller with a nice warm blanket. The bus showed up about 10 after 8:00. It's a good thing we left at 8:00 because it took me five minutes to walk to the bus stop. There were a lot of kids waiting, but looks like Jamie is probably the only Kindergartner taking the bus in our neighborhood. I was glad to see Jolene and KennaRae, a couple of my ward friends waiting with their kids too. I hope Jamie has a super fun day today.

Jamie lost a tooth

Yay!!! The tooth fairy came to our house last night to pick up Jamie's first tooth.

Colby's half marathon

I just want to say how proud I am of Colby. He ran his first half marathon on Saturday the 8th of August. He had to wake up around 3:00am in the morning so that he could make it to Provo and on the bus that takes you to the top of the canyon for the race. The race started about 7:00am. Thanks to Ron and Nancy I was able to see him at the end. Ron and Nancy picked the girls and me up at 7:00am, just in time to see Colby running to the finish. He ran 13 miles in 1:59:36. Just under two hours. Great job Honey, you did awesome. Hopefully next time I can say that I got to run too.


Yay Daddy!! We were SO surprised to see him looking so good. I thought he'd have to drag himself across the finish. Nope, he proved me wrong. He said the only bad part is that he was keeping pace with a bunch of girls. I'm sure he liked that more then he was putting on though. lol. He only walked once and that was to grab a drink of water at one of the watering stations.


His brother Zach instigated the whole thing. He talked Colby and their friend Jess into running with them. Poor Jess wore his soccer shoes with no padding and felt like his feet were broken. Zach and Colby went back to find him and jogged with him to the finish line. Good job boys!


Camrie showing how fast she can run.


Jamie showing how fast she can run. The girls both had a good time, and were able to just run around and play on the grass while we waited. They were so excited and cheered for Colby when he passed by.

Going to the beach

I took the girls to one of the beaches that are in Daybreak, thanks to Aunt Kristie who told us all about it and went with us with her kids. Jamie has been asking to go to the beach for um lets see probably about three years now. Whenever she'd say she wanted to go to the beach I always thought it would be forever before we could go to California or something like that, but this little beach was perfect. There was a lot of people at first, but I still didn't think it was too crowded, but the longer we stayed the emptier it got. We almost had the beach to ourselves for about an hour. It was so fun and the girls just loved it.

RODEO

We went to the Tooele Rodeo on the 4th of July, it's kind of becoming a tradition, and had a BLAST. Ron signed Jamie up for the Mutton Bust for us and it was hilarious. She won third place and was given a check of $27.50. Woo Hoo! She's been wanting to ride a sheep for like the last three years and she was finally able to this year and she just loved it. We asked her what she thought about it and she said it was fun and she wanted to do it again. She also said she liked how soft the sheep's wool was, and she lost her hat. When Jamie was done with her great ride and the whole crowd was cheering Grandpa said he was as high as a kite. lol. I think we all were. It was great. The girls had a lot of fun, and we got to see some great fireworks afterward. We'll have to get Camrie on a sheep next. She won't stop asking now that Jamie's done it.
This picture is Colby and Jamie on their way to the sheep pens.Colby and Jamie are waiting for her turn. There in the middle. Jamie with her white cowboy hat and pink shirt, Colby with his black hat and blue shirt.Sharing a slushy with way to much juice. Better too much then not enough though. Thanks Nancy for taking a pic of Colby and me. I had to post this picture. I thought it was cute, even though she was sad. lol. We didn't want her running on the sidewalk with all the people walking on it, so she sat down.Ron and Nancy ran into someone in their ward and her Grandson was in the mutton bust too. After she walked away Grandpa said, "you just have to beat him". lol. He was just teasing of course, but it was funny. Even funnier is that he's the boy that's up right before Jamie. That's my girl. I didn't film it that great, so I'll post Nancy's video too, she actually kept Jamie in the frame, and she's not moving around as much.