I am Grateful

I am grateful...

for an incredible doctor!

for all of the friends and family who showed up at my door with food and/or cleaning supplies to help me in my "limited activity" period. Or who brought books and videos for me!

for awesome Albertstons' sales!! Sorry, but last week Breyers ice cream was $0.75! I know probably not the best item to be stocking up on when you are trying to lose your pregnancy weight!

for all of the wonderful friends and family who watched my children for my gazillion doctor appointments! Thank you! Thank you!

epidurals! Even though it took two tries it was worth it!

for my mom who watched our girls, scrubbed my kitchen floor (as you can imagine it had been awhile!) made scripture case holders for them, made bread (except now I get the question everyday, "So why don't you make homemade bread Mom?" good question!), did my laundry, etc. Thank you Mom!!

friends and ward members who brought in yummy dinners and treats for my family once Cody arrived!

for four beautiful little girls who are a huge help! And a happy two year old who is coping as best she can with a life changing event!

and most importantly for a beautiful, healthy baby boy!

He's Arrived!!

Cody Hunter Thueson
July 27, 2009
7 lbs. 4 oz, 21 inches
Absolutely Perfect!

The Waiting Game

Well, we are still waiting for the arrival of our bundle of joy. Since I have been told many times this little guy would arrive early, it has been the longest pregnancy!! Thank goodness my doctor will induce on Monday. Yeah! The girls are so excited and can't wait to meet him. They pray every morning and night for his safe arrival. I could not have asked for sweeter girls!
Here's just a few photos of what the Thueson's have been up to.
Camping in McCall. Don't worry, I made sure Justin brought the air mattress for me to sleep on.








Well, here is the cute little chick Aubrey bought for her birthday. But as you can see it is not so cute any more! So after the tragedy of the two chuckers (let's just say it involved the neighbor's cat), the two chickens have now made the rabbit cage their home. Brooke and Aubrey love to take out their chickens and do "magic tricks". Circus here we come! I will find them swinging with their chicken on the their lap. The chicken sitting on their arm like a parakeet. And my personal favorite, Aubrey training her chicken around the yard with phrases like "slow down" and "stay". Yes, we have extremely talented chickens on our hands.


It's hard to believe my little Booshie has turned 4!! She is so excited because that means next year she'll be in kindergarten. Yikes!! And to my surprise she wanted a Belle cake instead of Cinderella. She said the breakfast prayer on her birthday and prayed that "I will get lots of good birthday presents!"


Fourth of July Celebrations: The Parade




Cooling off in the fountains in downtown Boise


Enjoying the Hawks Game and Family Time!!

Summer Fun Has Begun

Officially our school gets out Friday, but we have already begun our summer adventures.

First, I'll start with a baby update. As you can see in this photo I'm still pregnant and doing well. About 5 weeks ago the baby started dropping off with his measurements so the doctor put me on a no exercise/eat ice cream everyday diet. Not bad!! I have an ultrasound about every 2 weeks to track his progress and he's doing great right now!! And yes it is still a boy. I think I asked them to keep checking on the first 5 ultrasounds and since then have realized that yes, the Thueson's can have a boy!! And no, we do not have a name yet. So any suggestions?!?

So, the girls finished up soccer a couple of weeks ago and had a fantastic time. As you can see Brooke is very competitive. I have no idea where she gets it from. At school they have a mini-marathon they do throughout the year and Brooke ran the most miles for any girl in the school! Go Brookie Cookie!

And Aubrey is just as competitive. She was named the "Speed Queen" on her soccer team! It was so fun to watch them play and enjoy their season!

For Memorial Day we headed up to the cabin with Ginger and Gregg. Some of these picture are for my brother Michael who lives in Dubai. Sometimes we get busy and don't post pictures of our kids enough and him and Camille haven't seen our kids for almost a year. So, here's one of Cash and Weston and don't mind the little girl who's mother didn't do her hair!!

Paula Jean and her family came up from Phoenix for two weeks. The kids had a great time and we tried to do as much as we could in our rainy June weather. I think she said it rained everyday while they were here. Unfortunately, we were still in school but we tried to do as much as we could with them and even took a day off of school to play. While they were here Makenna and Kylie were baptized on the same day.



After the baptisms we had a huge party at Carter and Tendra's. We rented a big bouncy bin and a huge slide. Good time was had by all!! Even when we tripped the breaker and the fans would go off and the entire slide would almost collapse.

On our "day off" of school we went to the park and showed the cousins huge trout and even two sturgeons. Then we headed off to the Boise zoo which is just the right size for most of our kiddos!

So, every year the town of Eagle has a Wet and Wild Parade. Even though it was only 70 degrees and cloudy with a few scattered showers, we didn't miss the best parade of the year. They first have a dry portion of the parade with the usual floats, horses, dance groups, etc. Then, the real fun begins with fire trucks and companies equipped with lots and lots of water. Aubrey had gotten a squirt gun and was not afraid to challenge the fire hoses, super soakers, and huge water guns coming from the parade. As you can see in the next photos everyone got involved except for Hailey and me.





About once a week we head to Merrill Park where Dad can fish and the girls can play on the playground. Perfect for this pregnant woman's body!



For FHE we headed down to Swan Falls to do little fishing on the Snake River. Unfortunately, the river was raging and swirling and we got skunked. I tossed and turned all night long with nightmares of my children falling in it! Needless to say, I don't plan on going back anytime soon!

Our Tom Boys

So, you would think with four daughters our house would be all about nail polish, dancing, and ballet. Which they are most of the time, but when you have a Dad like Justin you are also trained in the finer things in life - hunting.

So, after Brooke and Aubrey's soccer games a few weeks ago. He took them turkey hunting and they loved it!! As you can see by the photos they were in heaven. And they even spent time picking flowers for me. They now ask every week if they can go again.


Absolutely gorgeous!

I love this picture of Brooke!

On a whistle pig hunt with dad. As you can see Aubrey is thrilled, but Hailey wanted nothing do with it!

Two weeks ago Justin woke up and said, "Let's go get some baby chuckers!" Alrighty! What do you do with baby chuckers? You stick them in a box in your kitchen. At night you wake up hearing strange noises in the kitchen and realize they are just your pet chuckers. And when Mom is gone you let them run around on the kitchen counter. The girls once again think its great. Then today we came home from Justin's parents and one was stading on our chair in the family room. Justin tried to catch it and it quickly hopped up stairs to our room. Needless to say the chuckers are now outside!

Easter Pictures

Here are a few photos from our Easter festivities. We had an Easter egg hunt with the Andrews cousins, but of course I forgot my camera!


The girls love dying eggs! Even Leah got to do it this year.



I think it is safe to say that all of the kids scored on the Easter Egg Hunt!

Thueson Happennins

So, I have been slacking in this blogging area, but get ready for a little photo overload with what's been happenning with our little family.

First, Brooke got baptized on February 28th! We are so proud of her decision and grateful that she is such a great example to her younger sisters. Love you Brookie!!

The first part of March we had another ultrasound of our little kiddo (sorry, no name yet! Usually by now we atleast have a name list going. Any good boy names??!?) and the doctor was suprised, shocked, in awe of how well my body has healed. Yeah!! She gave me the go ahead to be a normal mom again. Shopping, vacuuming, being on my feet, walking Brooke to the bus, etc! I think I left the office skipping. She also said I was free to drive to Arizona. So, within a few days we were on our way to enjoy the 80 degree weather!


We first spent the night at Joel and Angie's and let the kids play til about midnight! Cousins are the best. We stopped at Bryce National Park on our way to a taxidery museum. Now that Justin is into taxidermy we frequent these types of places.


Since the girls go to a year around school we were able to enjoy the sun for almost two weeks. As we opened up the van that first night, the orange blossom scent hit us! If you have never experienced that smell you are missing out! If only I could bottle it and bring it home to open on a dreary winter's day. We spent as much time outside as we could, went to parks, swam with our cousins, went to the zoo, and enjoyed Grandma and Grandpa's company.

Leah was one happy kid outside. She is already an easy going little girl, but she was almost giddy walking around in the sunshine.

My parents still flood irrigate their backyard and my girls loved to play in it as much as I did as a kid.

Sorry about the white trash hair do's but it's still a stinkin cute picture!

Dressing up with the Abbott cousins. I especially love Landon in the Hannah Montana outfit.

Taking a tour of the dairy farm on Uncle David's beefed up Ranger.

For FHE we met with Paula Jean's family and went to the new Arizona temple site.

Enjoying one of the joys of summer... fudgesicles!

Another happy Leah picture!

I went and bought a cheap little kiddie pool to keep the kids happy on the 90 degree days. It wasn't quite warm enough to hit grandma's pool. But we spent one day at PJ's time share resort and had a fantastic time at a beautiful pool and resort.

This is a typical Hailey photo. Feet propped up, lemonade in hand, and ready for everyone to wait on her. She just needs to break out in the "Fabulous" song.

Justin I think enjoyed the first few days of peace and quiet and a clean home. Then he got lonely and missed the messy little hands so we decided we couldn't stay forever and came home. The next weekend we all went up to my parent's cabin and enjoyed (ok we actually had a really hard time listening to it with kids running around everywhere) General Conference. Here's a shot of Brooke being tossed in the air by Uncle Gregg.

A quiet moment with Dad and Leah.