June: announcements, babies and baseball!

Jared and Ashley sent this photo to my email one Sunday in June.  We just happened to have most of the family at our house that day so we skyped with them after seeing this picture!  Exciting to have #6 coming soon to our family!
 

Annaly loved seeing Josie on the Ipad.
 

 

Kasey's 1st Father's Day!
 

 

 

Had to show off Kinsley's cute lil' bloomers!
 

 

Summer doesn't get very hot around here but Janessa, Kinsley and I went to the cabin one weekend so Kinsley could wear her cute swim suits!
 

She could have cared less being in the water!
 

Oh the faces she can make at Grammie!
 

We watched Tyson play T-ball this summer.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Corbin loved playing catch with Kasey one day at the game!
 

 

 

Annaly was worn out at this game!

                                                    

Kinsley between 0 to 1 month....

Sometimes its exhausting to be a baby.......
 

But not always.....
 

Sometimes it's just as exhausting being an adult......
 

Poor mommy!
 

Daddy had it pretty easy....sittin' and talkin'
 

Not too sure about this new toy at Grammie's.
 

The end of March and early April

At the end of March, Redi was invited to attend a Jazz game against the Kings.  Jimmer Freddette is a rookie on the Kings.  He played last year at BYU.  I was sad to hear all the boo's for him every time he was put in to play.  Utah can sometimes be so dumb.  Let's encourage the boy to excell instead of  trying to make him mess up.
 

The Jazz lost in the final second by one point.
 

These guys were pretty awesome to watch during one of the time-outs.


Easter Sunday we had Janessa and Kasey over for our 1st BBQ of the season.  Here is a picture of Janessa 4 days before she delivered Kinsley.
 

We don't get too many pictures of Kasey since he seems to work all holidays so I had to take this picture to show that he is around sometimes.
 

Later that Easter Sunday we took a drive with Janessa and Kasey up into the mountains around Henry's Fork and came out by Lone Tree.  Still alot of snow up there.
 

Wyoming beauty
 

Dad was honored at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday.  The town of Lyman choose him to be their Citizen of the Year for 2012!  Jason and Corbin had flown back from DC (visiting Emily's sister and family) the night before.  Corbin was still a bit tired from the trip.
 

Andy Hewitt, the Mayor, presenting dad with his award.
 

Yea for dad!
 

Kinsley Bright

Well.....since Kasey only brought his phone camera, I get to tell the story MY way!  What an exciting day for Janessa and Kasey!  Lil' Kinsley was born about 3:50 p.m. today on Joel's birthday!  She weighed in at 7 pounds and 11 oz!  20" long.  Head full of dark, long hair.  As Janessa was pushing, Dr. Karen Evans even gave Kinsley a mowhawk....like I said ALOT of hair!  I was so excited to be invited by Janessa to come witness the birth of our 5th grandchild.  What a beautiful day it has been!

Janessa's original due date was April 9th (Monday).  It came and went.  We had been walking each morning but no contractions.  On Wednesday, Janessa saw the doctor and was still dialated to a 3, just like last week so Dr. Evans said that she was tired of waiting so baby would come tomorrow (12th).  Of course that made Joel excited!  He has been saying all along that he hoped baby would be born on his birthday.

Janessa and Kasey arrived at the hospital at 7 a.m. Thursday morning in Evanston, Wy.  Doctor broke her water and got her going on pictocin around 8 a.m.  Labor started soon after that.
 

I couldn't wait around the house any longer so I decided to head to Evanston about 10:30 a.m. and arrived at the hospital a bit after noon.  Janessa is dialated only to a 4 at this time.
 

She finally made it to a 6 and decided that having an epidural would be ok......the nurses that put on the baby classes advocate to not be induced and to hold off on a epidural.......dumb nurses.  After the epidural kicked in, Janessa felt much better.
 

Around 3:20 p.m. the nurse came and check Janessa.  She said that Janessa was ready to go.  I called Kasey on the phone since he had left for a few minutes and ran into his dad and brother.  Here Janessa is before everyone came into the room to help her deliver Kinsley.
 

Of course I have my silly laugh.  It was either that or cry with joy.  It was so exciting to me to watch!




A few minutes old.  Probably not even 5 minutes.  Her eyes just got the drops in them.
 

Daddy can now hold her!
 

Cute lil' family!
 

 

 

 

 

 

Calling dad.
 

 

Her tiny feet.  They look blue but it is actually the ink from having her footprints taken earlier.
 

                              Congratulations Janessa and Kasey!  Welcome to the family, Kinsley!  AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEL!  I think Janessa gave you a pretty great gift this year!