A little angel is born!

Lochlan Edward Wehner was born August 3rd around 3:50PM. He weighed in at 6 LBS 12 OZ and 19 1/2 inch long. And look at all that dark hair.

Our dear friends Josh and Kyrie Wehner had their 2nd child-Lochlan by c-section on Monday the 3rd. We were so excited to go up and see the baby, so 6 hours after he was born we got to welcome him into the world. He is a doll, although he never opened his eyes, he did make the cutest baby sounds..little cooing. Soooo cute!

Sarah holding Lochlan

Uncle Stu taking his turn holding Lochlan

Us girls... Sarah, Kyrie and Tiffany. Doesn't Kyrie look great for just giving birth! She was a happy camper thanks to all those drugs!


And the boys..all the boys. Stu, Josh (holding Lochlan) and Doug.

Isn't it Grand?

Stu joined his dad and brother in law for a weekend trip to the Grand Teton's in Wyoming. They didn't just go to look, they went to conquer. They climbed this massive mountain and lived to tell the tail. The elevation of the Grand Teton's is 13,770. I don't know about you, but I think I would need oxygen to make it a quarter of the way up. Here are some pictures Stu took with his iPhone. Not too bad of a camera. In case anyone was wondering how long it takes to climb...2 days and about 20 hours of hiking.

At the top of the mountain looking South

Teewonade and Jackson Lake
Top of the Grand Teton
Looking towards Jackson Hole Wyoming

Garnet Canyon. This canyon was formed from retreating glaciers about 15,000 years ago

Christmas in July

Who doesn't love Christmas?? Why not celebrate it 2 times in a year. For the last couple of years our friends the Jackson's have had Christmas in July. This occasion is complete with presents, turkey dinner and all the stuffing's and the movie "Christmas Vacation". This year Josh Wehner wanted to start the 1st annual softball game for Christmas in July. So Saturday July 25th we all met for a friendly game of softball.

Doug Jackson and Josh Wehner. Josh kicked off the softball game with a speech.
Here is me in the outfield. I was picked last for the teams (SIGH). I think it was because I was wearing a skirt. But I scored a base hit on my 1st time at bat (then we got out by another team member getting tagged). Don't let the skirt fool you.

Stu was the catcher. He wore a long sleeve shirt on a hot day so he was not excited to be out in the sun.

Josh and Stu

Blue came with us to the softball game. He kept trying to chase the ball and run with the runners but overall...he did really good with that big of a group. (He looks so cute in this picture)
It rained the day before so we had this little mud slide on our way to home. Doug made a rule that if you slide in the mud on your way to home the points double.

Tiffany sliding for home

Doug taking his turn sliding into home

Later that day we headed to the Jackson's for Christmas Dinner. It was so yummy.

Look at all the fixings... The Jackson's even put up Christmas lights to help with the festivals.

Wedding Bells

Stu's sister Karly got married today to Michael Pettingall. This makes Mom Reeder and me the only "Reeder" girls left.
The wedding was nice (LONG but nice) they got married at the Bountiful Temple at 10:30. The day was hot and it seemed to get hotter as we waited for the groom and the bride to come out for pictures.
There was a luncheon for them at 1PM and then the reception was from 7-9. The night was long and Stu and I finally got to bed around midnight. The sucky part was that I had to work the next day.

Allen (birthday boy), Melissa, Sarah and Stu waiting for the bride and groom to come out of the temple.
Beautiful bride Karly and Mike. Their first appearance as husband and wife

Sarah (bridesmaid) and Stu (groomsman) at the reception. Karly's colors were bright jewel colors. Her maid of honor wore lime green. Melissa and I were in hot pink and Mike's sister and sister-in-law where in a rich purple. We all wore black with our corresponding color. The color scheme was beautiful!

The flowers at the reception. There were even vases full of limes. Whole limes and some cut in half to give the 'green' color Karly was looking for.

Wasatch Back

Stu and I had the chance to do the Wasatch Back Relay this year (last year we missed it because we were in Hawaii-small sacrifice)

The Wasatch Back Relay is a 12 man team that covers mountainous terrain from Logan to Park City (188 miles). Each team member runs three alternating legs of 3-8 miles long. Stu and I hooked up with my running buddy Liz, her sister Erin and our long lost running buddy Leesha. We also had a man named Greg that was from Springville in our van (each van held 6 members). We had the 1st leg so we started the race at 11:00AM Friday morning. The weather was nice (for a change) and after we filled the car with gear and people we made it to the starting line with about 45 min to spare and we got Liz geared up since she was our first runner.

This is our team. 6 of our members were from the state of Texas. It is hard to get 12 people to commit to running a race and our Texas team could not get the full 12, so we joined them. We met them for the 1st time the night before the race. They were the nicest people around. Our team name was Doggie Paddlin.
Stu and I at the starting line. It was kinda fun to watch and cheer for Liz as she started our race. I normally am always the one running so I never get to be a cheerleader.

Stu and Sarah right before I started my leg. I was runner #3 and since we started at 11 I started running my leg around 12:30 AM. It was REALLY hot!

Erin was our runner #2 so this is her giving me the slap bracelet at my exchange so I can start running.

Sarah, Liz and Erin waiting at Stu's exchange.

Stu and Sarah right before Stu started his run. Stu had the second hardest leg out of our 12 runners. He had to run uphill on a dirt path for about 7 miles. He is wearing a bandanna to help with the dirt.

This is Stu's dirt path he had to run. Check out those calf muscles!

Stu after his exchange. He was glad to be done since it was so hot. We saw some runners that were dropping out due to heat exhaustion and we saw runners hooked up to IV's from dehydration. Luckily none of our runners had any problems.

Overall we finished the race in about 30 hours. We were just happy to finish. Saturday during our last run it started to rain. Running in the rain is not my favorite thing to do, so I was glad I only had to run 7 miles in it. Our Texas team ran the last 6 exchanges in the rain (about 18 miles) and they were troopers. When our team crossed the finish line together it was a down pour! Even through we only got 3 hours of sleep and smelled liked death Stu and I both agreed, we would do this again!

Registered Nurse

Stu took his state boards for nursing on Tuesday the 16th at 8AM. He has been studying for this exam for weeks and he has been anxious to take the test for weeks (He just wanted to get it over and done with). He was told it could take anywhere from 48 hours to 4 weeks to get his results. Needless to say ever since yesterday Stu has been on edge and very anxious (there's that word again) about getting his test results. Well tonight he found out that he is a REGISTERED NURSE in the State of Utah. I could not be prouder of my honey for all the hard work he has done for our family. This huge stepping stone has been a long time waiting (3 years to be exact) and Blue and I are just delighted as Stu.

CONGRATS HONEY! You did it!!

Reeder Roost

This is the Reeder Roost. This is Stu's family cabin, built by his grandfather and his dad's brothers. A lot of love was built into this cabin and I have not met one person that does not love the cabin.
Stu and I decided last minute to get out of town and relax. Stu is taking his state boards on the 16th and he needed a relaxing weekend. Plus the fridge at the cabin was on its last motor leg and Stu wanted to fix it for his Grandma. We called up Josh and Kyrie and extended the invitation and before I knew it, we were heading up to the cabin. We left Friday night after Stu got off work. This meant we left at 8 PM so we arrived around 10 PM. Blue was sleeping on the ride up and he was so cute. Try as I may, I could not get a picture of him with his eyes closed. He hears the click of the camera and wakes up every time!The weekend at the cabin was awesome. We watched tv, played games and just chilled. Stu and Josh set to work on Saturday fixing the fridge. They were successful. Good thing since the fridge kept things cool instead of cold. Now...it keeps things cold.Another nice thing about the cabin is you don't have to dress up. You can let your hair air dry and you don't have to wear makeup. Here is a shot of Kyrie and I in "Cabin Style"Declan (who is 3) the son of Josh and Kyrie LOVED the cabin. He loved being up there and loved spending time with all of us. In fact when we left on Sunday he asked the cabin "What are you going to do when we leave?" I love this kid. He FINALLY was my friend (For about 20 min) and then he didn't want to be around me. Oh well

Family picture of Sarah, Stu and Blue

Family picture of Josh, Kyrie and Declan (Lochlan is not pictured but you can see Kyrie's belly, he is in there ;))

This was Blue for most of the weekend. I think being in a strange place, with strange people he didn't get much sleep. I FINALLY got a picture of him sleeping. Isn't he so cute?