We celebrated Braxton's and Jack's birthdays in July. Here are some pictures of their beach themed birthday party.

We spent the 4th of July in Soda Springs, Idaho at Jeremy's family's ranch. It was so fun. Our boys had a blast. We spent a lot of time on the four-wheelers and the horses and just being outside. The girls played lots of card games and the boys spent lots of time shooting their guns. We always have a great time up there and look forward to going there every year.



Braxton and Jeremy riding. Braxton thought
he was so cool.


This was Jack's first time on a horse and he
wasn't scared at all! He wanted to do it all by
himself.

Jack is waiting for his turn to ride the horse.
He is being so patient.

Braxton riding the horse. Such a cute little
cowboy

Deep in thought.

Cute cousins.

We blessed Hayden over memorial weekend. I am a little late getting these pictures up but what can you expect from such a procrastinator. We had such a good time. Thanks to all the family who drove down for the blessing.

Braxton LOVES Thomas the Train so we went to see Thomas on Memorial Day. Both Braxton and Jack were super excited to see Thomas. They could not wait to ride the train. They loved every minute of it.

A friend of mine took Hayden's picture a couple of weeks after he was born. She did an awesome job and they turned out so cute!!! Thanks so much Whit. I love them!

Happy Birthday Jer!

Jeremy celebrated his 30th birthday on March 6th. As previously mentioned I am a bit of a slacker and am just getting around to posting pictures. I let the boys paint a birthday sign for Jeremy and they had a blast getting themselves, my walls and my floor very dirty. There was a trail of blue and orange hand prints all the way down the hall and into the bathroom. I even found a few handprints a few days later in some pretty random places. Good thing the paint was washable. They also got to help me make the cake, wrap the presents, and they each made a card for their Dad. They had so much fum and Jeremy loved it! Jer, you are a great Dad and a great husband. We love you!!


Wow! Thirty candles on one cake! Thats a lot of candles!


Braxton and Jack each had to open a present.
I don't think Jeremy got to open any of them.
Such a good sport!


The finished product!

Braxton looks pretty clean in this picture but

by the end of painting he was a mess!

If you look close you can see paint

around Jack's mouth. Yup! He tried

to eat the paint!

Well he is finally here and he made quite the entance! Hayden D. Reutzel was born on Feb 23 at 9:18 in the morning. He was 7 lbs 9 oz and 19 inches long. He came so fast I didn't get to have an epidural and anyone who knows me well knows how big of a wimp I am. It was not pretty. I think Jeremy was a little freaked out. He told me he knew I was in serious pain when I started cursing like a sailor. Hayden came so fast the doctor didn't even make it to his birth. The nurse had to deliver him and she almost didn't make it. I was yelling at Jeremy to get the nurse cause the baby is coming. She came running in and checked me and sure enough he was coming. She pretty much was there in time to catch him. The doctor showed up just in time to cut the cord. He was worth the all the pain though, just look how cute he is. Braxton loves his new little brother. Jack on the other hand not so much. Hopefully he will adjust to having a younger brother soon cause I don't have enough hands to catch all the toys he likes to give (throw) to Hayden. Braxton has become a good big brother. He loves to give Hayden his pacifier, and loves to help me change his diaper.

I know, I know........

I know its been a while since I posted last but I did warn people that I am a bit of a procrastinator. It wasn't totally my fault, our computer broke down and we had to wait quite a while for it to get back up and running. So here are a few pictures from the last couple of months.