Samuel James Sessions

 Big guy was born on 8/17/11 at 2:24pm, 9lbs 7oz and 22in long.

He and Marianne are doing very well!  There has been some concern about his heart because they noticed irregular heartbeats, which is typical of newborns, but these irregularities were not the typical ones they expected.  Apparently newborns commonly have pre-mature atrial contractions that cause these irregularities, but big chief Sam was having premature ventricular contractions.  So we were a little delayed in bringing him home as they ran a few tests on him.  He was finally released, but he has to wear a heart monitor that is basically a mini ECG.  That will be analyzed and then hopefully we can just have some fun with the big guy!

What we have been up to....

I know I know it has been awhile since I have blogged so here is what we have been up to this summer;

Lots of water time!!

spending a lot of time with friends

going to a ball game, the Brewers won, our first time being at a game where they won.

Local Glendale days, for the fourth of July

Spending a lot of time with Dad! Everyone loves this!!

Crafting

And mainly going to bed exhausted every night!!

Summer Fun!

Sky practicing some hovering with his favorite
plane!

Milwaukee Kite Festival - can you tell that
Tom was a little distracted?

kid pictures

One morning my Friend Lynn and I got together and she took some pictures of the kids. Thanks lynn. Macie 4 1/2 and Thomas 2 1/2

Last chance for fun!

Well we made it home and this is how far we went!  I'm tired!

Before we left for home we stopped at Rexburg to say bye,
Thomas & Macie took advantage to beg for another ride!

The kids loved to "Bounce!"

Thomas bouncing his heart out!

Tom loved the swing and wore a hole in the grass.

Macie was always cooking us something to eat!

No, she didn't fall...

Fun at Grandma & Grandpa's!

More fun at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

Tom has been itching for a ride on grandpa's tractor!!! 

Macie of course wanted a ride too!

Macie loved playing with her cousins, after they left she asked,
"Mom can I call my cousins and talk to them?"

Tom thought he was a pirate!

Grandma's Upper Valley Women's Choir concert.

Tom fell in love with the Ipad

BYU-Idaho Center

My mom and dad are missionaries in Rexburg serving at the new BYU-I center, so they gave us the grand tour of the center.  Man was it amazing!  People had told me that it was large, and had even compared it to the conference center in SLC, and I will be honest I didn't really believe them until now!  It seats 15,000 people and has 10 full sized basketball courts in it!  There are 3 levels of seating, you really can't see it because we only turned the main lights on.  Sorry the camera pictures aren't great, we don't really carry a camera with us so we just take pictures from the old cell phone.