Introducing...

 Halle Bingham

Born on  Tuesday July 21st

@ 9:39 p.m.

7 pds. 7 oz. 19 inches long

Proud Brothers and Sister

Zach, Brinley, and Boston

Our sweet little angel! We are SO happy to have her here, and healthy! What a little miracle!

Life is definitely more busy being a mother of 4! I guess that's why it's taken me a week to post any pictures! My sweet husband knew me well and came home the night she was born and put it on my blog! I can't believe he figured it out! Way to go honey! I had to come and put some pictures on though! I have a TON and will post more later, but I am tired and going to bed! So this can be your sneak peak! Check back for more!

Oh, by the way we did change the spelling on her name if you were wondering.  We kept going back and forth in the hospital and liked this way the best! :o)

Hallie Bingham Has Arrived!!!

I am excited to announce that my little angel Hallie Bingham has arrived.  Both she and her beautiful mother are healthy tonight.  She was born at 9:39 PM, weighed  7 pounds and 7 ounces , and is 19 inches long.

It was the longest labor of any of our children but well worth the wait.  We all feel blessed that she is here and that all is well.  We love her!!!

Fishing at Vivian Park

The other night my sister gave us the idea to go up the canyon and cook hot dogs and marshmallows.  How come I don't ever come up with fun ideas like that?  So, we had to throw in the fishing poles too! And to make my job easier we just grabbed Subway on the way!  We did cook smores in the fire though, and they were yummy! My sis taught me that if you set the chocolate bar in the ashes next to the fire, it melts and gets all runny and you can just pour it on! Much better than biting into a big chunk of chocolate! The kids had a ball fishing, sissy is the only one who caught one (actually 2) though!  We don't even like to eat fish, so we usually just put them back in the river! You have to be quick though!

Brinley and her 1st fish! (of the night)

When we put him back into the river he wasn't looking so good.  Sonnet had to jab him with a stick to give him a little help! He flipped over and swam off right into the moss, so we couldn't see him anymore.  She and the kids were worried about him all night hoping he was o.k. They even named him Frankie and blessed him in their prayers that night!

ZACH

Boston with marshmallow in his mouth!

Cute pic of Sonnet and Zach

Looking for a "bite"

My ankles were SO swollen and my sis thought it would be funny to take a picture of my ankle next to her skinny little thing! She had never seen my ankles like this before! And neither have I! It isn't very fun, I've never been pregnant in the summer before, and this is one of the pleasures I get to enjoy! 

Fishing in the dark!

Boston playing in the fire pit!

We had so much fun! Thanks Son for the fun idea and for coming with us!

Bee's game!

Last Tuesday night we met my brother Rhett and his family at the Bee's game in S.L.C. my sister also came and brought a friend with her.  It was SO HOT but the kids had alot of fun! We ate Snowies and Hot Dogs, and of course had to go on the train ride! We got there just as they were giving the last ride, and I had to talk the guy into doing one more for the kids!  Chris Shelton was playing for Washington which was who we were really there to see.  It's always fun to watch someone you know play.  He was friends with my Rhett and played for my dad too.  The kids thought it was fun to go down and talk to him and have him sign their balls, and of course we had to get a picture!

The boys and their balls! (he he)

The train ride!

Cute cousins!

I can't believe I had Morgan take this picture, but it was going to be the last time we saw each other before we both had our babies!  Bobbie Jo is having hers C-section on the 17th (this Friday!) and I am scheduled to have mine on the 28th! These two little cousins are only going to be 11 days apart! How fun!

Udy family July 2009

Over the 4th of July my family all went to Park City for my dad's baseball tournament.  Zach and my nephew Austin were both playing and everyone else was there for fun! Also, my brothers were both helping with the tournament so they kinda had to be there! My brother Ryan and his family drove here from Tennessee to spend a few weeks, and this was their last little hurrah before they headed back home! Anyone who knows my mom very well, knows that her pride and joy is having her family together! And according to her we don't do it enough!  My dad got us all a couple of condos to stay in together and it was a fun few days, full of baseball games, swimming, fireworks, more baseball games, eating, and having fun!  My mom insisted that we get a picture of everyone together and after the fireworks was the only time that happened, so it was kinda dark, but it still turned out pretty good! At least she got her wish!  It was a fun weekend! Thanks everyone for coming!

Zach's finger! OUCH!

Last Monday night the kids were outside playing and Morgan had been out there with them.  He came in for a bit and we were both inside and heard this blood curdling scream come from outside and we both went running to see what it was.  Just then Zach came flying through the back door with blood dripping everywhere! I thought his finger had been cut off.  He was freaking out cuz of all the blood and couldn't even tell us what happened.  As soon as Morgan started washing if off under the sink we could tell it needed stitches.  So, we just went up to the Urgent Care on Main Street and 2 hours later came out with 2 layers of stitches it was so deep! They also gave him an x-ray and found out that he had fractured his finger in 2 different places! The wind was blowing really hard that night, and he was going through the side garage door and turned around to close it right when the wind caught ahold of it, and it slammed right on his finger! Luckily nothing more happened and luckily he just played his last baseball tournament in Park City over the 4th of July!  He actually has one more tournament over the 24th, but we'll have to see if he will be able to play or not! I take him on Wed. to get his stitches out and see what the doc says!

I know you can't really tell how bad it is in this picture, but you get the idea!

The doc stitching him up!

I thought this picture was so sweet of Morgan holding on to Zach's hand.  He was in alot of pain, and it was hard for us to see our tough little guy hurting like that!

ALL DONE!

(Before the splint was on)

Brinley runs a 5K!

The first week of June my cute little niece turned 2! I don't know where the time flies, but I remember the day we drove up to Logan when she was born! Holy Cow!  Me and the kids decided to drive up for her birthday at the last minute, I was busy getting ready for Girls Camp, but decided to go anyway! Spur of the moment is how I do things best! Just ask my husband! I'm not a great planner, and it drives him crazy, but those are some of my best memories of doing things! We gave her this cute little bikini, and I had to put it on her to see what it looked like! I'm not sure that her parents appreciated it, but it was too cute to pass up!

Here are the kids after Bailey opened her presents!

Speaking of doing things not planned.  My brother and his little boy who is going into 1st grade were running in a 5K the next morning.  They told Brinley that she could run with them if she wanted.  I just thought she was too little to run that far, plus we didn't have any shoes for her.  But they found some of Nate's shoes that fit her perfect and she was ready to go!  They had to be there at 7:30 the next morning and we went and met them at the finish line.  Boston was feeling a little left out at this point!  I got a phone call from my brother about the time we were expecting them to come in saying that Brinley was thirsty and didn't think she could make it!  So, I grabbed a bottle of water and jumped in the van to go find them to rescue my little princess! There was no way I was going to let her quit! I gave her the water and didn't even give her the option! She was SO CLOSE to the finish line, and I told her she could do it! I went back and waited for them to come around the corner, and was so excited when I finally saw them! My sister in law even ran Boston up to the corner and let him run the last stretch with them! It was so cute! They came in at about 39 minutes, which I thought was awesome for her first time! She was so happy when she finished! Thanks Rhett for letting her run with you guys and for sticking with her the whole way!  She had so much fun, and even came in FIRST in her age group!  Way to go Brin, we are proud of you for finishing your first race!

This is when I went and rescued her with water! I thought they looked so cute running!

Coming to the finish line! Even little Bosto is there!

Nate and Brinley crossing the finish line! Way to go kiddos!

Rhett holding Bailey, Nate's Grandpa, Boston, Brinley and Nate

The running shoes!

My little princess with her first place ribbon! Way to go sissy!

My Little BallPlayer!!!

This last Tuesday Boston had his first baseball game ever! He was so excited, it was the first thing he said when he woke up that morning! He had to get on his uniform first thing so he could be ready, and didn't even want to go to Gymnastics that morning cuz it might have interferred with his game! (Too cute!)

They don't let you start T-ball here until you are 5, which is so lame! So when we found that out Boston was crushed, he had already been counting on this year to start! So, I had to adjust his birth year a little (shh, don't tell anyone!) He still is one of the best players out there on the field! Thanks to his good daddy that loves to play any kind of catch with him! It was so fun to have Boston shine for a night, and for him to be in the spotlight! Way to go Bos! You are the cutest little ballplayer out there!

Boston standing on first...

He even slid into homeplate, it was hilarious, cuz no one on the other team was even around! I guess he's been watching his brother too much!

Way to hit the ball Bos!

On a little side note... my nephew has been staying with us this week.  They are here from Tennessee, and he came down to do the basketball camp at Lehi High School with Zach.  Well, they had to be entertained every second of the day, and they were usually pretty good at finding stuff to do! On Tuesday they were out hitting baseball's in the yard having a "home run" derby... go figure, there are houses all around us, not much room to hit a home run! So, they were deliberately trying to hit balls over my neighbors fence and into his yard to hit a home run! Well, I didn't know they were using HARD balls, and YES they knew better! But boys will be boys! I knew something was wrong when Zach came running in the house crying, telling me what happened!  I think in this case it would have been better if it would have been OUR house, but no, it was the neighbors!!!  I didn't know she was home when it happened, and was going to call her later that night to tell her what happened, but I didn't need to do that.  I got a phone call from her about a half hour after it happened! She was in the shower, when she heard this loud crash that scared her half to death!  I felt so bad! They were really nice about it though.  Morgan took the boys over that night to apologize and took their window out so they could go get it measured to put new glass in it! Zach was afraid of how much it was going to cost, since we told him it was coming out of his own pocket, but they took it into Jones Paint and Glass and found out it was only going to be $80! He was thrilled! He had already kissed his whole life savings away! :o) So, I guess my title for this post would be...

BOYS WILL BE BOYS!!!

Running on Empty!!!

Take it as you will, but this is how my gas tank looked after 1 week of my kids out of school and running them everywhere! I am exhausted!  I told the kids that we haven't had one day where we have just got to be home and relax!  I literally was on empty as I drove to my doctor's appointment this morning and was late (imagine that) and didn't have time to stop anywhere and get gas! I was just praying that I wouldn't run out somewhere!  I made it to Costco, and filled up just in time to go pick up the kids.  I ran Zach to Velocity at 10:30 and Boston to gymnastics at 11:00.  Zach is doing this speed and strength training this summer at the Flash Factory.  He LOVES it! It is just an hour long, so it is really fun taking him and picking him up everyday.  Most of the time we just stay and watch, cuz there isn't much time to go anywhere.  Brinley is taking the summer off of dance, so she has had fun playing with her friends in the neighborhood, and riding her bike!  I didn't mention that I started off my morning waking up at 6:30 so I could get ready and go send our girls off to Girls Camp this morning!  We have been busy planning for 6 months and for some reason this last week we have been even more busy running around getting everything done!  They left this morning, and I'm going to go up Wed. and Thurs. and come back each night.  I wasn't too excited about sleeping on the ground in a tent at this point in my pregnancy!  I only have 7 weeks left! I can hardly believe it! It has gone by SO fast! Good thing we have lots of stuff this summer to keep us busy until the baby gets here!  Ha Ha! Didn't I just say that I was exhausted???  I didn't even post any pictures of the kids last days at school and all their cute programs... so bear with me and I will give a little recap of May since it is already June!  Holy Cow! Where does all the time go?

Brinley after her end of the year dance recital... SO CUTE!

Brinley and her friend Macee.  Thanks for coming to support her! :o)

This is Brinley with her dance teacher Dena! She did such a great job with these girls and Brinley adored her! Did I mention she sewed all of their costumes... 4 different ones for each girl!!!

The princess with her brothers!

Zach playing Tiger ball!

Where we spend all of our weekends! We love it!

Morgan took the boys to Father's and Sons on the last day of school! They had been looking forward to going with their Dad.  Zach caught this lizard right before they were leaving to come home and brought it home in an empty orange juice carton, and it survived! The kids have since named this lizard Wally and gave him a home! Morgan even took them to Pet Smart to buy crickets for him to eat!

This is Boston as they are getting ready to leave! He waited all day for his daddy to come home so they could go camping!  He was so excited!

Morgan was thrilled that I made them get a picture before pulling out of the driveway!

The kids had a water party the last day of school just with the kids in our neighborhood.  Since there are only 75 of them on our street! My friend Nicole was nice enough to let them all come over and have a water fight in their backyard! They had alot of fun!

Zach and Brinley with their certificates showing they made it to 2nd and 5th grades! 

The kids on the last day of school!

Zach sporting his famous mohawk on the last day! (He still has it too!)  I've never let him keep it this long, but I've been too busy to shave it off!

The kids have loved helping Morgan working in the yard.  He decided to do a garden with them this year, and was busy putting a sprinkler system in before they could plant anything.  They had alot of fun doing it!

This is Zach with his teacher Miss Bird! He loved her as his teacher this year!

Morgan and Zach putting in the sprinklers!

My brother Matt and his family were here over Memorial Weekend and stayed with us! It was so much fun to have them here! This is my brother reading to his cute little girl Kaysha and Boston! They love him to read this story to them!

My sister Sonnet with the kids after Zach's "ROCK" concert at school!

Our cute little family! It seems we never get our picture taken together, but my sister was here to take this one!

Zach after his "ROCK" concert!

Boston after his little gymnastics meet! It was adorable, and he loved every minute of it!

The kids had their spring piano recital the weekend of Memorial Day! It made for a busy night with everything else going on, but they both did a great job on their piano pieces! Thanks to my sister for all the time she spends teaching them!

Wow! Sorry for such a long post! I guess I should post more than once a month! :o)