Florida - Welcome Benjamin

On August 8th 2010 Tom and I flew to Florida to tend Timmy, Tommy and James while Leah had her fourth boy Benjamin.

We had quite an adventure starting with my hair. This picture is in Salt Lake City as we were waiting to board our plane and it is the only picture where my hair is not frizzy and out of control.

Benjamin was born on Monday the 8th of August at about 8:30 in the morning weighing around 8 lbs 13 oz. Tom enjoyed holding him when he could.

Tim will make a great big brother. He was excited about holding his new baby brother.

Tom spent most of his time playing with the boys, first on the trampoline and then with the WII.

It rained a ton the week we were there so we didn't get to go many places but we did have a couple of clear days. Tom and I took the boys to the light house where we climbed all the way to the top. It was a beautiful view!

We climbed lots of stairs! This is from the top looking down.

On Friday we finally got to go to the beach. It was so nice! The water was warm and the waves not very big so Tim and I played on the shore, (his favorite place to be. He builds sand castles and gets one shovel full of water at a time in his bucket. He walks clear to the water and carries the shovel full back to his bucket. It was fun to watch him.)

Tom helped the boys catch waves on their boogie boards. Tommy loved to do it but hated getting his head wet. They both caught a couple of good waves and went pretty far.

Saturday evening, after a great b-b-q dinner that Steve cooked, Tom and Steve had fun with the boys on the Trampoline with the sprinkler going under the tramp.

Good times for all!! James really caught some air.............

On Sunday Steve took Tom and I to a hotel in Orlando so we could catch our flight home on Monday. We spent 6 hours in the airport before our flight. Thank goodness it is like a mall in the Orlando airport. We had much to see.

Tom grabbed some snacks for us right before we were getting on our flight because 4 hours is a long time not to snack. We watched Transformers on Toms computer on the ride home.

All in all things went great. This makes Grand baby # 14 for Tom and I but that number will only hold for about 2 weeks because Erika is due and wow then it's #15 til March when Christa has her next making..you guessed it 16 grandchildren. That number makes one feel pretty old!