Saunders Reunion

We had such a wonderful time with all 5 of the brothers in my husbands family! We are so blessed to be surrounded by such amazing family members.

This is me posing with my mother-in-law's wedding dress. They were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. It was so fun to look at their wedding picts! They even put on their wedding clothes and took pictures. Fifty years is something to be proud of. They are am amazing example to all of us.One of the activities we did was make a quilt to celebrate my in-laws posterity. We each decorated a square and then we put them all together into this quilt. It turned out darling.

We ate good food. I love this picture because it shows dad wearing his basketball shorts. He is the most wonderful father-in-law that a girl could ask for. All of his boys have the same shorts, I wish we would have had all of them wear them for a picture. That would have been cute.

One of the other activities we did was a service project. The grandkids did a lot of cleaning etc. for Grandma/pa, the boys worked on the roof, we took a piano through a window, and it all ended with a water fight!

I am so pleased that all of us were able to be together for the reunion. Our family is growing bigger so quickly, and many of us live far away, but it is always worth the time that we spend TOGETHER!

Saunders' Family Reunion

At the end of July all of my husband's brothers and their families got together for a family reunion. We had a wonderful time spending time together. Here are a few picts.
This is my sweet husband getting beat by his nephew in a wrestling match. They do this about once a year, and our sweet nephew beats him every time....dispite the size difference! Chris is very strong for his size!

Each family was in charge of an activity. We made rockets. This is a photo of some of the launchers.

We were also celebrating my in-law's 50th wedding anniversary. Here they are giving each son a pile of photos of their wedding day, and some other fun picts to have for geneology reasons.

Here are some of the kids making their rockets for our activity.

A bit behind

I have been sooooo busy that I have not had a chance to sit here and blog. We have had two family reunions that were so wonderful, I can't wait to tell everyone about them. My kids are growing up too fast, and guess what? My little Scrubba is going to 1st grade in a couple of days. Honestly, who is going to help me with the two little girls while he is gone? He is the greatest little boy in the world. I promise to find a few minutes to show everyone how wonderful my summer has been. Until then, just know that I am just chasing time, and three little ones in circles!

Our newest princess...

She is finally here! And I have to say, I am just getting used to the fact that she is a SHE! She was 6 lbs. 7 oz. and 18 1/2 inches long.

We didn't find out the gender of our baby until the day she was born. For some reason I thought we were going to have a boy....I guess mother's intuition is not as reliable as I would have guessed! When they told me it was a girl, I was so shocked. It took me 2 days to name her because I had not REALLY thought of girl names, because I thought I was having a boy!

We finally came up with a name by the 3rd day, but we didn't put it on the birth certificate until the day we left....just in case! I am so excited that she is a girl because it gave me the opportunity to name her after my best friend, someone I look up to, someone who is beautiful in every aspect of her life, someone who makes me want to be a better person myself. We named her Kaiya Braumlee Saunders, after her Aunt Braumlee, my younger sister. In the picture above, Braumlee is holding her namesake. I know that Kaiya will be proud to be named after such an amazing person.

We are loving every second of this beautiful little girl. She already has found a special place in all of our hearts. Now, if she could just figure out that we sleep at night and play during the day!

It's a GIRL!!

Yesterday our newest addition came into this beautiful world. Our daughter was born at 8:42 in the morning. She was 6 lbs. 7 oz. and 18 1/2 inches long. She has dark hair and she looks a lot like our little KK! We are still working on a name for our little princess....I have been very indecisive in that department. We are so excited to have her in our family. There will be pictures to come!

Counting days...not weeks!

I can't believe that I am now counting DAYS until this baby is born, and not how many weeks I am along! In 12 days I will be holding our new baby! I am sooooo excited! I am feeling great, however, people look at me like I look horrible. I think it has something to do with the swollen feet and the nice waddle that I have perfected. It will be nice to have my own body back again. It will be amazing to finally meet our new baby.

Eight and so much more!

I wanted to put one more thing in my last entry, but I ran out of time....I am guessing that one of the kids needed me or something, but I have a minute so I will hurry and try to finish it. I wanted to make a list of 8 things that have changed in my life because of my sweet husband. The hard part is narrowing it down to only 8 things. If you know my sweetheart, you can probably understand. He is such an amazing person! Our lives have blended together so wonderfully, it is like the perfect combination of ingredients to make the most amazing dessert that you would want to enjoy over and over again! I am truly blessed by this incredible man. So, here is my short list:

1.) I now eat onions. I never loved them, in fact I almost hated them, but his family puts them in EVERYTHING! I can now say that I enjoy a good onion, with most meals!

2.) I know how to and enjoy jeeping. My guy loves the outdoors in a different way than I do. He likes to take his Jeep up the mountains, and I like to hike up the mountains. We each have learned to love what we had not done much of before we got married.

3.) I have a very strong example when it comes to religious matters. He blesses our family with priesthood blessings, with FHE, family prayer, church on Sunday etc. I have always had religion in my life, but not as constant as he has maintained it.

4.) Softball. Yeah, I have never played, and because of him, I have learned to LOVE it! I still play like a girl, and I am probably the worst one on the team, but it is sooooo fun to play on our co-ed team.

5.) Gardening/Canning. His parents have three HUGE gardens that they share with us. We try to get up there to help when we can. I remember having a garden when I was really young, but I can't remember anything about it except weeding it! I have learned some new things, but my favorite is how to bottle what we grow! YUMMY!

6.) KIDS. We have 2 8/9 kids. Our third will be born next month. They are so amazing! And the best part is that my husband fits right in with them. He is just a big kid himself!

7.) Reaching my potential. My husband has proved to be the best in helping me to accomplish more than I ever thought I could. He is my biggest fan in all that I do.

9.) Grilling/Dutch Oven cooking. Because of him, I have learned to do both fairly well. I will have to admit that my husband is an amazing cook, and I will never surpass his abilities in these areas. In fact, when it comes to breakfast...he will always have me beat!

I love you sweetheart. I can't wait to see what the rest of eternity brings for us!