July- Jackson's Birthday

Jackson had his forth birthday on July 3rd. All he wanted was to have everyone at the river to play :) So, that's what we did.
There was lunch, rafting, waterfights, family and a lot of fun.

Branson and Callie (cousins two months apart)

Grandpa and Kynnlie Jean

Rylie and Jackson

Yes that's Rob floating the river in a cowboy hat :) With Jack

Jack aiming for someone ;)

And at the end of the day Jackson giving tractor rides in his new trailor

Father's Day

Father's Day this year was "uneventful." Rob's father's day gift this year was Branson, but we still managed to get out of the house for the day. When Rob was asked what he wanted to do, it was go into the mountains. So, that's exactly what we did. We loaded up the four kiddos for the first time and gave the van an adventure.

 

Branson Thomas

Once again we are reaching the end of the year and I find myself trying to catch up the blog. I heard numerous times throughout the year, "we miss the blog," "please keep blogging." And trust me I have tried. Some of these photos took months just to make it onto my harddrive, but here we have it I am actually getting to it (months later) and catching you guys up.
We have had a lot of happenings to catch up on, so lets get on with it :)
In June we welcomed Branson Thomas to our family! He came into the world super fast on June 12th. A quick little birth story :
Contractions had been off an on for a week but nothing was happening. I went into the doctors on Monday and still just 1-2 cm dilated which hadn't changed from the previous week. That night I was having the mild off and on contractions which I was irritated about thinking they would just keep me awake (yet again) with no progress. So, I took a bath and went to bed. At 1:30 am I woke Rob up thinking that maybe they were getting a little more intense. They were anywhere from 4-7 minutes apart but nothing consistent. I told Rob to go to bed, which he ignored me and turned on hunting. I sat at the computer and emptied photos off my camera just in case. They seemed to die down when I was sitting, but as soon as I stood up they were pretty close together. I texted Tiffany and Keith to see if they could come to our house since we weren't sure if we had time to get kiddos packed up and loaded. We left our house at 3:00 am for our hour drive to Durango. Once in the car contractions were 2 minutes apart and we were a little worried. We called the hospital to let them know we were on our way. By God's grace we made it to the hospital without my water breaking, and without getting into a car accident :) I was checked into the hospital at 4:10 at 9 cm and my Dr arrived at 4:35 and Branson was born at 4:45 am 7 pounds 11 ounces.
Since we have been home its been a whirlwind of life with four kids! But Rob and I wouldn't have it any other way. Our little house is filled with chaos and love!!