Blog Problem!

This is kind of a test. Our blog is not updating when I post something new. So I am seeing if it will work today. Anybody have any answers to my problem?

Our Halloween Weekend......

We had lots of fun. We started our Halloween weekend Friday night carving pumpkins and watching Race to Witch Mountain. It was fun. Jarrett and McGregor hated to dig the guts out of their pumpkins. It was quite entertaining to watch them. Then on Halloween we woke up and had to go to Jarrett's first wrestling meet. He did really good for his first time. He held his own pretty well. I can tell you as a mom I would rather watch him play football. Those kids get pretty rough when they wrestle. After all the running around we had to race home and get everyone ready including me and Ben. Jarrett dressed up as a girl and I have to say he makes a very pretty girl. Nobody knew it was him at first. He loved tricking everyone. Isabelle wanted to be a Three Musketeer off of the new Barbie movie and of course I couldn't find a costume so I ended up making hers this year. Quite the experience. Gregor wanted to be a bat, but last minute he found a spider costume he wanted. He was a dang cute spider to. As for Fletcher he was just him. We had a Halloween shirt and bib he wore. Ben and I were hard core bikers, tattoos and all. The kids went trick-or-treating with the Ramsdells for awhile and then we headed to Mantua to my mom's first annual Halloween party. It was lots of fun to see my whole family dressed up. We ate dinner, played games, and just enjoyed being together. Then on the way home we ran out of gas. Ben being the strong man he is pushed the truck we were in all the way to the gas station by himself while I steered.
Sunday our little Fletcher turned 2 months old. Ben and I were talking this weekend about how thankful we are for him. He was our surprise. If it would have been up to me and Ben I don't think we would have had anymore after Mac, but how thankful we are for a Father in Heaven who knows better than we do. I can't imagine life without little Fletcher, he is such a blessing. He is such a good baby. He smiles all the time and is always telling me stories. Life is crazy with 4 kids, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Family Pictures Fall 09'

This last Saturday we got my brother to take our family pictures. We went up Logan canyon and froze. It was supposed to be in the sixties, but instead it was in the high 40s low 50s with rain. My brother does such an awesome job. We are so happy with how they turned out. There are more pictures at the bottom of our blog. It was a fun day.

Fall Days !

This one is probably going to be another long post so bear with me. A lot happens with four kids. First, Jarrett survived his first season of football. His team did end up winning 1 game. The last two games they gave Jarrett the ball and he got to run. He was so excited, he came over and gave me a million high fives after. He loved playing and was sad to have it over(Sorry to say mom was excited the season was done). He is missing the new friends he made, but he is signing up for wrestling this Saturday. He does anything his Uncle Daniel does. He looks up to Daniel so much.
Isabelle and I went on a girls night out. It was just the two of us and we had so much fun. We went to Target and got her a new wallet and then went to eat at The Training Table YUMMY. She talked nonstop the whole night,but we had such a good time. We will definitely be doing that again soon.
We blessed Fletcher on Oct. 11th. We had most of our family there which ended up being close to 55 people. Most of those were from Ben's side. It was a great day. Ben gave Fletcher an amazing blessing. It was so nice and you could feel the spirit as he spoke. Fletcher has been a blessing in our life. With the turmoil our little family has experienced this last year he is a breath of fresh air. He has such a sweet spirit and is so mild tempered. He will do amazing things with his life. I am so thankful that Ben takes his priesthood seriously and is worthy to be able to give our children the blessings they need. I am so thankful for my little family. Each one of them is such a blessing to me. I am so thankful for all of our families and for their support and help.
Tomorrow is mine and Ben's 11th anniversary. Yes I know we are getting old. I want Ben to know that I love him so much. This has not been an easy year and it is the year we have probably learned the most. So I just wanted to say Happy Anniversary and I am so thankful you are my best friend and husband. Thanks for everything you do for our marriage and family.
Fall is in full swing the pumpkins are on the porch, the weather has cooled down, and kids are picking out what they want to be for Halloween. I love this time of year. We are getting to the season when we stop and think about what we are thankful for and I love that. Have an amazing rest of your October.

A day in the life of Fletcher....

Well our little Fletcher is 10 days old today. I can't believe he has only been a part of our lives for such a short time. He fits right in so well that it is hard to imagine life without him. He has been a blessing since he entered this world. I asked Ben last night how we got such a good baby. He eats good and is the best sleeper. In fact that is the only problem I have is getting him to stay awake long enough to eat. He is very mellow. I think he has to be being the 4th child. I did have a panic moment this week when I was taking Jarrett to football practice and I looked in my rear view mirror and there they all were. All four of my kids. It was weird to see them all and know that they were mine. I am really outnumbered now. Just a weird feeling. Our life hasn't been upset to much like it normally is with a new baby. McGregor loves his new little brother and is always wanting to help me with everything. Isabelle is dealing well with being the only girl. She just stares at Fletcher and can't get over how cute his face is. Jarrett is big enough that he is a real life saver to me most days. He was our first for a reason, he loves all his younger siblings so much. It has been a great first 10 days.Can't imagine my life without our new addition, or any of my other kids. They all add so much to our family. Thanks to Ben for all your help the last week and a half. He has been great.

Introducing.......

We would like to introduce our newest member of our family, Fletcher Robert Brough. He made quite an entrance Tuesday morning weighing in at a whopping 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 21 inches long. We made it to the hospital Tuesday morning @ 6 am. They got me hooked up to the monitors where it was showing that I was have regular contractions when the checked I was at a 3. I finally got hooked up to the drip around 7. My doctor came in just before nine to see how I was doing and he said I needed to get into a lot more pain. My nurse told him that the baby was right there and if we were going to deliver him by early afternoon he had better break my water. Soooo they broke my water about 9:00 am. I honestly have never had contractions like that with any of my other babies. Finally at about 9:35 am I told Ben I needed the epidural. I wanted to punch the lady giving me the epidural. She was sooooo sllllooooowwww and would not stop talking. My nurse told her we needed to accelerate this and to give me the medicine to make it work faster. As soon as she was finished and I was laying back down I felt the need to push. They were panicking a little to get everything set up and get my doctor back to the hospital. I went from a 5 to a 10 in a matter of maybe 15 minutes. My doctor made me wait to push(yeah right!!!) until my epidural had kicked in a little. Finally, I was given the okay and with the edge taken off our new baby boy was born @ 10:12 am. We were all a little in shock to say the least. Ben didn't get a chance to get any camera's ready for the birth and we barely had our doctor there. It was amazing. I will tell you my epidural worked great for the 2 hours following the birth. The nurses nicknamed him bear because of his big hands and hairy little body. It was amazing. Fletcher is so perfect. He looks a lot like Jarrett in his eyes and McGregor through his mouth. He is dark like Jarrett and Isabelle. So far he is so mellow. The naming process has proven to be difficult for Ben and I this time, but Fletcher was born on Ben's uncle Terrell's birthday and he is an amazing person. So we decided to stick with naming our boys last names and gave our newest member Terrell's last name. If Fletcher is half the person Terrell is he will be an amazing person. Then Robert is Ben's Grandpa Brough's name and my Grandpa Losee's name. So that is the first entry of our little Fletcher. Mommy and Fletcher are doing great. It is amazing to have a child and love that child so much right from the start. I could stare at him all day. Ben, Jarrett, Isabelle, and McGregor are doing well also. McGregor is adjusting fairly well and he loves his new brother. We were a little worried about him. We are all happy and loving our new baby. Thanks to everyone who helped and has given your support. We love you all.

Fair, Gregor's Birthday, & First Day of School!!!

Another one of those posts that is going to have a lot of stuff in it. First, last week was the famous Box Elder County Fair. I have never quite understood everyones take on the fair out here in good ol' Tremonton. The town seriously shuts down for this thing and everyones life is the fair. Our kids love it so we do go out and spend time with Ben's family and let the kids run around. I will have to admit it was pretty miserable for me this year. I don't recommend going out there 39 weeks pregnant. You end up coming home with cabbage patch feet. The highlights were that PJ's(Ben's cousin) steer took Grand Champion, and Max (Pete and Dari's oldest) took first in his class and 7th overall. We were excited for them. Ben ran the fair 5k Saturday morning and came in 3rd in his age group and I think 30th out of 200. He is funny he hates to run while he is doing it, but it is almost like an addiction now to him and he loves it when he is done.
McGregor's birthday is today, but we did the family party last night. We had chocolate cake, rhubarb crumble, chocolate chip ice cream, and vanilla ice cream. He whipped through his gifts pretty fast. Then played for the rest of the night. My mom took him Friday for his special day and he picked out a pink and purple tricycle. You know he is our third child, because we didn't care about the pink and purple we were just excited he was pedaling. I always put a little blurb about them on their birthday so here goes. Mcgregor is a joy to my heart. On the worst days he can make you smile. He loves everyone and is really upset if he doesn't get to give you a hug and kiss before you leave. I have thought a lot lately about what we were doing last year at this time and how thankful I am to have him still here with us. Him and Jarrett are good buddies. I can't say the same about him and Isabelle, but he does love her and miss her when she's not here. We have decided he is our comedian. He is hilarious. We have found out lately that he loves to sing and he is one of the loudest in sacrament meeting. I can't believe he is already three. Happy Birthday buddy!! Oh yeah, he sleeps in his own bed now and all night!!!! Yeah!!!!
Well today we got up and got Jarrett and Isabelle off on their first day of school. Jarrett is in the third grade this year. He is a little nervous because he has heard some horror stories about his teacher. We will have to see how he does. Isabelle is in the first grade and was so excited. She knows her teacher loves her already. She was so excited this morning. Both of them couldn't wait to wear their new clothes and shoes. Can't wait to hear their stories when they get home.
Well tomorrow morning Ben and I get to go to the hospital at 6:00 am and have our new addition. Everyone asks if I am nervous and no I am SOOOOO ready. So our next entry will more than likely be about our newest member to our family. It will prove to be a very busy week, but exciting. Thanks to everyone for everything lately.