Final Score.... Boys 2 Girls 2

After a 14 hr labor Carlee Bryn Smith is finally here.  She weighed 6lbs. 8 oz. 20 1/2 inches long.  Daddy, Grandma Ragle and her Aunt Brandie were there to welcome her into our Family.(of course mom was there too) She spent her first week in the NICU... she still had some fluid in her right lung.   For some reason her mommy can not carry a baby past 36 weeks and they have all had fluid still in their lungs.   She broke Ian's NICU stay by 2 days.  After a long week of traveling back and forth from Upland to Fontana Mom is glad to have her home.  Her older siblings adore her and spoil her!!!  Britton has even tackled a dirty diaper!  What a an awesome older brother he is.  Carlee has her dads long toes and finger's and his BLUE eyes!!!

Mom has quickly been reminded of the fact that you do not get anything done with a newborn in the house.  But I would never trade a clean house for my Litttle Carlee.

Mom and Baby Carlee

Carlee in the NICU w/ her oxygen and feeding tubes

Daddy's 1st visit w/ Carlee in the NICU

Dressed and ready to go home!

Just chillin at home 

Back to School

The kids all started school last 

Monday. SierraDawn is in Mrs.Guererro's

  combo class again this year. She enjoys 

being a first grader and helping the 

Kinder's in her class.  Ian is in a combo

 class also this year.  

He is in Mrs. Yoshimura's 

2/3 combo.  He also enjoys

 being one of the oldest in 

the class.  Britton is in the 

5th grade this year and we 

absolutely love Mrs. Krogh. 

 He just turned in his application 

for the 5th grade Band he is 

hoping to play the Saxophone 

or the Trumpet.  we will know

 in a few weeks.  It's has been 

hard for mom to be alone all 

DAY long.  I think I need some 

new hobbies, better yet any 

Hobbies would be great. 

( if you have any suggestions let me know)

Excuse me I'm Pregnant!

So I finally am posting some pics. from Memorial weekend. We all had a good time.

Our BIG News!

So after my brush with Manazumma's Revenge. I took what seemed to be forever to get back to normal. I kept wanting to take 2 naps a day. Well I hadn't had my period yet, and thought It was because I was soo sick. And my sister's all have had early pre-menopaus symptoms. I thought that's what it was for sure. Yeah, no more periods!! Until just a week before Mike had to have his final surgery. I started feeling nauseous late at night. And then it hit me!!! Ahhhhhhh, I might be expecting. I kinda felt real stupid, We were so set on us being done. I never would have even considered the fact I might be Prego. So it's official we are expecting baby #4 in January!! Which means December (for those who know how my pregnancies are anything but normal.) So here is my GOOD excuse for not updating my blog since may. Oh yeah and there is nothing like a 7 yr. gap between kids. Oh and better yet we gave everything away!! We have no baby items at all. Heavenly Father must be L.O.L.

It's been way too long!!!

So it has been awhile since I have updated my blog. I'll start off with our Memorial weekend.
4 out of 5 of my siblings all spent the weekend down in Baja (where else?) Most of us has a great weekend, with the exception of Rob and I. We both came down with what we call Manazumma's Revenge. We were down the whole weekend!!! (and longer!) All in all everyone else had a great time. My three kiddos had a blast playing with all their cousins. Whitney and Chad we missed you!. Maybe next year eh?

My Favorite Baja Pics From The Past

Spring Break

SierraDawn after a fun makeover with the Tuttle Girls. Ahh so pretty!

Yes , there are 10 kids in that Jeep! Can you find my 3!
Brother Tuttle was a very busy man all week, driving the Harper's Jeep around. with at least 4 screaming girl's, standing up in the backseat holding on to the roll bar!
(sound familiar to anyone??)

Siesta time! Mike always finds time for a nap in Baja!

The whole gang is here! Even Crash made an appearance in the photo.

This is long over due, but I just got the photos off my moms camera. Can you believe I forgot to take mine down to Baja.(that has never happened before)
We spent our spring break down at Grandpa Ragle's house in Baja. (what a surprise) The kids just love spending time down in there just running wild. That is was I love about it now.
When I was a kid everyone had the same spring break in Cali. (always around Easter) and the beach was always busy (but not California beach busy...) most of you know what I'm talking about. Baja beach busy means there is someone else on the beach, how dare they encroach on our 1/2 a mile of beach... they are way too close. No seriously it can get a little busy on holiday weekends, with vehicles going up and down the beach all hours of the day, and you have to keep an eye on your kids. Now it's completely different. We were there the week after Easter, which meant it was soo quiet. I think we were the only Quads and Jeep on the beach all week. Ahhh so nice. To have miles and miles of beach to our selves. Upon our arrival to the house we were surprised to find out that a Family from our stake was staying at The Harper's beach house next door. So much to my delight and my daughter's the Tuttle's were there all week too. The Tuttle's have 11 children, 8 were there. 5 of the 8 are GIRL's, SierraDawn was in heaven all week. The best part is Krii (mom Tuttle) is so used to having a ton of kids my 3 just blended right in. But my kid's are also finally to the age that they can go off down the hill all by themselves and stay out of trouble. They have been so many times they know the rules, (Stay away from any reptile!!!). It is nice to have that freedom, from constantly having to entertain them. All though the constant quad rides does get a little old after a while. (who am I kidding I love it and so does Grandpa Ragle) It was a nice relaxing week, of soaking up the sun, swimming, 4x4 rides, quad rides, campfires, and smores... who can ask for anything more? Oh and after 30 years of spending evey Spring Break in Baja I finally found Starfish. Yay for me, I had to leave them there to dry out in the sun. So everyone, (Family) hands off at Memorial weekend. Just kidding there is plenty to go around we found at least 20. For all of my siblings see you all at Memorial weekend I can't wait.