New Baby

Our newest addition to our family! Kayden Halliday Shutt, August 18th, 9lbs, 9oz
Rayce holding Kayden

You can see his eyes are red and swollen. That ointment they put on their eyes made his eyelids red and swollen, so he didn't open his eyes for days. Rayce still gets excited whenever Kayden opens his eyes!

He's been such a great baby and my recover has gone quite smooth. I got to leave the hospital a day early because I was doing so well with very little pain from having a c-section.

Over all, we are all doing well and happy to have our new little one finaly here!

Easter 2010
I made easy dresses this year and was done at least a month early! Wahooie! I even made matching ties for the boys, which they will probably not wear again, but at least they were done for Easter.
Rayce needed a nap so badly after church that he couldn't even make it for a picture with all the kids. Thankfully, we got him and Kellan together before hand. What handsome boys!

The next day for our easter egg hunt, poor Mara wasn't feeling well, so she only picked up ONE egg. Luckily for her, it was the one egg that Daddy attached a special treat to for anyone that found that specific egg.
The only other news is that I'm now 20 weeks along with my sixth baby. Two voodoo tests say boy, but I have felt like it was a girl, so either way, we'll be getting one or the other!

Lanea and Mara with their Christmas dresses! I gave them the dresses even though they still needed the buttons and buttonholes, which I did Sunday morning before Church!

Just one of those fun pictures you do once in awhile. I can't believe I've already GAINED 10 pounds (half of what I recently lost) already with the holidays and baby! Bummer!

Kellan and Rayce playing in the sleeping bag. I love it when they play together so well. They are good brothers to each other.

For those of you that actually check in on me, I'm sorry to let you down. I've strayed from the computer overall since it has been giving us so much grief!

I don't feel there is much to post since life is still going on as it has for some time now. Darren is working at a Fibor Optics company until he goes back to school for 16 weeks to be a Lineman. Then our hope is he will find a great job around here so we won't have to move. Beyond that, we just hope that this last and final baby, yes FINAL, will be healthy and whole!

Here are some of our latest pictures:

Rio Del Mar, August 2009

I finally got to take my family to the beach that I grew up at! They love boogy boarding and jumping the waves just like I did as a kid! And true to form, I now love sitting on the warm sand watching just like my Mom use to do! We also got to see a friend of mine that vacations at that beach every year and it just so happened that she was there the exact saturday we went! I loved being there with my own little family and taking my Mom with us to enjoy the beach together! I LOVE THE BEACH!!
M. boogy boarding in the waves. She was pretty good!

M., L., and K., deciding that the water was just as nice to watch and listen to than swimming in! How did I swim in it for so long when I was little?

My beach blonde babes!

Rayce did not care for the sand ONE BIT!!! He would come running to me because he had three grains of sand on his hand!

Kellan on the other hand did not care at all if he was covered in sand or not! Until he wanted to eat! Then we had problems!

One Wonderful Week in CA

What a wonderful week we had with our best friends! Mara got to have her BEST friend from Washington come to stay with us for a week! They were inseperable the entire time! All the kids got along so well, we barely knew they were around! I'm glad they didn't melt out here with this 100 degree heat! Kaylee, Mara, Keala and Lanea

Nathan and Keala
Kristine and Shaunie with Bennett
aka Jeroeniur

Kaylee and Mara

It was very difficult to separate Mara and Kaylee at the airport. They were bawling! There was weeping and wailing with alligator tears! I started to cry! It was breaking my heart to see them crying so hard! I am so thankful for such good friends and good friends for my children. I could not ask for more. We have been so blessed to find good friends wherever we have lived! Thank you all!

Keala's graduation

Keala graduated from Kindergarten and this was our first graduation ceremony for a kindergartner in our family. It was pretty cute and they really worked hard at making each child feel special. She had wonderful teachers and helpers in her classroom and I'm thankful for their love and support of my little Keala!

Keala was the first child up to graduate and for each child they read a little blurb about each one and had previously asked the children questions such as in 20 years what will you be doing. How many children will you have, who will you be married to, etc. Apparently Keala will be married to Kyle, whom I don't know, and have lots of children and work in a store. In her spare time she will play with her kids.

Congratulations Keala!

Memorial Day BBQ with Abi & Guapo

Rayce wouldn't let Guapo get more than three and half inches from him! Lanea, Kellan and Seiyani (my otha daughta from anotha motha)

Kellan spent as much time in the water as the big girls did! What a trooper.

Mara and Ishiqa rowed around the plake several times and got pretty good at controlling the boat!

My little Keala - having a great time!

The kids and I went up to my Uncle Scott's and Aunt D'Anna's where my parents are staying while they are on their mission and we played in the plake all afternoon! The kids had a great time rowing around and swimming, feeding the fish, catching tadpoles and just having a wonderful time in the beautiful outdoors!