Do You Have Room (for the Savior)?

A lady in my ward wrote this song and I absolutely love it. It has such a great message.

Shane David Johnson

Shane was born on Thursday Sept 30. He weight 8 lbs and was 20in long. He was born at 10:51 a.m. The delivery went very fast so I wasn't all the way numb yet from the Epidural but it was enough to take the edge off. It was just a little more pain then I was expecting. I went from a 5 to a 10 in 11 minutes. It was a little crazy and the nurse ran out of the room to get the doctor. He made it in time and after 2 pushes he was here. He has been perfectly healthy which we are so grateful for. He has been an angel which has been great to make this whole transition a little easier. He has Jack's mouth but other then that he looks a lot like Parker to me. He has darker hair but their is a bit a red in there too. We just love him to death and are so grateful he is here and healthy. The boys are adjusting pretty well. Parker has been my little helper and whenever he crys he goes over and puts his arm around his tummy and he usually calms down. Jack gives him lots of kisses and does not like it when he crys. He always says "Mom, baby Shane needs you." It is pretty cute how protective they are of him. Dave has been such an amazing help. When I came home from the hospital he had the whole house clean. Every bed was made all of the garbages empty the dishwasher unloaded. He is such a great guy and I am so lucky to have him. I am feeling pretty good and love to just sit and snuggle the little guy all day long.

Lion King

My mother in law got all us daughter in laws and the older girl cousins tickets to Lion King. It was tons of fun to go with just the girls. Afterwards we ate at Cheesecake factory which is always so good. We got 4 different kinds of Cheesecake and all shared them.

Nursery

I think one of the funnest parts of having a new baby is getting to do a new bedroom for them. I have spent the last week getting everything all done and I have to say that I loved the way it turned out. I wasn't going to do another surf themed nursery but when you already have the stuff for it it is hard to resist. It was so fun hanging up all of the babies clothes and putting diapers in the basket. I am so excited for him to be sleeping in here. I just need to get a brown changing pad cover and it will be complete.

Basement

The basement is finally done and everything has been moved down. It took Dave 4 months and he basically did most of it himself. His Dad was such a great help when Dave wasn't quite sure how to do something and we are so grateful for him. His Dad even did our painting for us last min which saved us some money and he did such a great job. We hired out the plumbing and Sheetrock but other then that Dave did it all himself. He did such a amazing job and I am so grateful for such a talented husband. I feel bad he missed most of the summer but I think he actually had a good time down there. He has missed the construction business. I think everybody at Home Depot knows me as the crazy pregnant women but that is a different story. I think I could tell you what is on every isle there and I have learned more about products there then I ever wanted too. I was the errand girl and some Saturdays I was there 4 times. The 1st day we moved the toys down the boys played down there for 3 hours straight. It was great. It is so great to have this done before the baby gets here and have the extra space. We have a playroom, family room, bathroom and a room for our exercise stuff. Hopefully we can move our family room furniture down soon and get some new furniture upstairs but 1st we are going to wait and see how much this baby is going to cost us.

Cooking Blog

I absolutely love finding good cooking blogs and I just found this one kukikookbook.blogspot.com. This is a darling girl in my wards and I have tried 6 or 7 of the recipe's and they have all been fabulous. I just thought I would pass it along for anybody else that loves to find new ideas.

Summer fun

Well we have started summer off by doing some fun stuff as a family. We got a pass to the Lindon Pool which has been tons of fun and I just love being able to sit out in the sun all day. We took the boys camping for the 1st time which is kind of sad that they have never been. Since we bought the house we have had project after project from building the patio, putting in the yard, putting in the fence, landscaping, and now this year finishing the basement(yes I am starting to realize that I am a slave driver). We decided to make Dave take a brake and take the boys up to Hope Camp ground. We went with Dave's brother Curtis and his wife Jess. They brought Hazely which the boys were so excited about. The boys loved it.
On memorial Day we took the boys to This is the place monument with my parents. We went and visited my Grandpa Bob's grave on the way up and then went and ate at Ruth's Dinner. My dad saw it on Diners, Drive-In's and Dives so he wanted to check it out. It was pretty darn good. My favorite was the atmosphere. It was fun to eat outside in the canyon. It was baby animal day at This is the place monument so the boys loved holding some of them and of course their favorite was riding horses. It was a great day with perfect weather.
We had to do our annual trip to the Orem summerfest. It was a bit cold and rainy but the boys had fun. They both won a fish at the fishing bowl game which had to be the highlight but of course the fish died a few days later but they loved having them for those few days. That same weekend Dave's sister came from Arizona and took out her temple endowments. It was such a special day and we felt lucky to be a part of it. My niece Kenzie was also baptised that weekend since she was in town so it was a fun weekend with Dave's family. We got together at my house Saturday night and watched the summerfest fireworks since you can see them from my drive way.
Parker got to start T-ball this year and I have to say that Dave is glowing. Dave is helping coach the team and both him and Parker are loving it. It is so fun to watch all the kids figure out running the bases and fielding the ball. Sadie and Saylor are on Parker's team too which has been fun to have them all together.
The kids play with the neighbors all day long which makes me love living on a flag lot more and more. I am trying to keep as busy as possible this summer so hopefully this pregnancy goes fast. I guess I need to be grateful for the weather not getting too hot yet as I hear that is one of the hardest parts of being pregnant in the summer. I am 24 weeks along now and getting more and more excited to have a new little baby around. I truly miss it. My boys have gotten so much easier the past little while as they get older and more independent. I have to say that life is great and I couldn't be happier.