Proud Parents

Well Jessica finally had her baby on Wed. July 9th at around 1:13 pm. She had called her mom to tell her that she was going to deliver before noon and before you knew it we all were on our way to Logan to see the baby. Talk about excitement! I think Tammi kicked in to high gear before we made it out of town. She was so excited. The girls all were just to excited to wait any longer. Mother and baby are great as you can see. Dad was a little tired and so wasn't mom after getting to the hospital at 3:00am and being in labor all night and half the day.

Kayson Terry Westerberg is his name and he weighed in at a little 9 pounds and 13 ozs. Just shy under 10 pounds. He has big hands and a good set of lungs. He was 20 inches long and kicked the entire way out Jessica says. They make a wonderful looking family I think.

As for the grand parents well Terry and Wendy have grand children already but adding another one to the list is super. Tammi is excited and I feel blessed to get to see another event happen that I never thought I would get to see. My first grand child be born. Cross that one off the list!
WOW!

For me one of the special moments of the day was when I got to see Bryan's grand mother Arda, tenderly whisper to Kayson and hold him in her arms. She is such a wonderful lady of grace and beauty. She is what you imagine every grand mother and great grand mother to be. What a special moment that was for not only her but for all of us that was there to see her with a great grand son.

Now we will look forward to the blessing probably in Aug. We are so excited to have a grand son and to begin that chapter of our lives as Jessica completes a circle with having her own baby now. I still can't believe she is now a mom. Congratulations Jessica and Bryan!

Fireworks 2008 - Mom and the girls

Well I can't believe its over already! All the hype and work we all put into fireworks and its over. We had some very nice warm days and this year more than ever before, the weather was on our side, both in regards to storms and a cool breeze now and again. Jordan enjoyed the first year of being able to be in the booth selling fireworks. I think she did a great job her first year. She know now how to count change back properly. Jayme was in charge of the jump toy outside and needless to say, did all the running back and forth to Johns market to buy the treats everyone had to have once in awhile. She and Jordan were big helpers this year. And as usual, Jenna queen of set up, did a fantastic job of set up. Everything was perfect. Jenna has done our set up for quite a few years now and its always great to have her help in that way. She takes command like shes in her own world. I think Jenna would do good at event planning because she is so good at organizing, she is good at it.

WE didn't have Jessica and Jason this year, of course having a baby does take priority over being away from the booth and even serving the Lord is a good reason to be absent. Jason will really come in handy next year with his Spanish speaking abilities. We should be able to clean house next year. I think mom and Dad will be in charge of watching our grandson while the kids can finally take over the booth and run with it.

I can envision it now...Tammi and I with little Bry in the back seat going to Dairy Queen, spoiling our first grandson with an ice cream treat. How fun!

We've kind of had this fireworks on our calendar for quite some time.....getting it over means we are so close to Jessica having that baby and Jason coming home. Its an exciting time to be alive.

Now if I can keep the lawn mowed and watered I'll be doing find. We are all on edge now waiting for the big news. Wondering what day Jessica will deliver.....to make matters more interesting Maggie is expecting as well sometime between Jessica and Jason. Jenna will be leaving soon to go to Logan to start at school at Utah State and we'll have to move her down there. Girls have a trip for school clothes ( fireworks money) its already killing them. And of course we have to pick up Christopher Gregoire at the airport on the 12th of Aug and take him to the MTC on the 13th. We are excited to spend his last night with him before leaving on his mission. We are going to have a blast with him. So many things to look forward to and so much to be grateful for. I can say....I feel very blessed to be a part of it all.

Hope you all have a great July! Can you believe the year is more than half over already?