Gordon Summer Updates

We've had such a busy and fun summer, I would hate for it to end. School starts Tuesday, and we have survived and had so much fun this summer at our 4 family reunions, at four weeks of swim class and just hanging out with our new family pet,Hank the cow. The kids have had a great time and each have learned a new skill during the past three months. Tess learned to roll over, Autumn is learning to use the potty and speak clearly, Sabrina can now ride a two wheeled bike, Isaac has been taking piano lessons and has been practicing to become a magician. We have climbed a lot of trees, grown a garden,watched numerous sunsets from our back porch, and even tried to put curlers in our hair. The pictures are in no particular order, just summer fun and memories in our hearts.

Tessa's Blessing Day

Tessa had her special blessing day on June 5th. It was a special day and we are so grateful for the wonderful family members who came and enjoyed the day with us. Tessa is such a little peacemaker in our home and we are grateful she is apart of our family.

Children make us smile

We have great kids, who when they aren't mad, have terrific smiles! They also are super funny at times. Autumn's dress up outfit cracked us up, tigger with a tutu.

Growing up

These pictures make me smile as I look at my kids and how fast they are growing up this summer. The first is Sabrina (Ike took the picture at a reststop in Tooele while I fed the baby). Ike in the car- (Sabrina took the photo. Ike has a lot of favorites. For about 4 months Wild Kratts were his favorite. He has watched and memorized every episode and even talked me into making him a creature powersuit. He designed it, and gave me step by step instructions. We made it to Grandma H's for a day and planted flowers for her in her flower beds. We have learned just how impressionable children are. Autumn watched Ike take books out to the trailer and read them one day. The next day she was outside with books reading them on the trailer. We are just glad it was a good habit to pick up on.

Easter and Tessa

Tessa Mey Gordon joined the family on April 13, 2011 at 5:17 am. She came out at 8 lbs and 9 oz and 19 inches long. She has brown hair which is unusual for our little girls but Isaac was proud that she looks more like him, even if she is another sister. She came out pretty quick, but got a wee bit stuck which caused her to break her left clavical, but she is doing well and it seems to be healing. She was scheduled to be induced at 7:00 am but she decided to finally come on her own although 8 days late, just a couple of hours before we "evicted" her as Ben put it. Labor was just a short three hours from start to finish and honestly was the quickest one yet, but probably one of the most adventurous as we watched and asked the nurses if they have ever delivered a baby before since my doctor was sound asleep in his warm bed. The on call doctor was rushing in with cold hands and undone hair. (She too had just woken up).

Since then we have been a little sick at our house with everything from pink eye, fevers, ear infections to croup. This week has been much better and we can hardly believe that three weeks have already gone by since Tessa was born. We are grateful that we are feeling better and are adjusting well to our family of six. t

Easter came and went and we were also grateful for our sweet visitors who dropped off Easter treats and brightened our day with their smiles. They were much needed and we were so happy to have them.

It has been a beautiful week. We stopped at the park the other day after a trip to the dentist for Ike. It was so much fun to run and play (okay so I didn't run) but it was fun to watch the kids have fun! I forget how much fun spring is after a long winter! A few weeks ago went to a birthday party for my friend's little boy. They had an incredible face painter there. If you look close you might see Ike under all of that paint! He loved the cheetah face.