1st half of August...before baby

So I thought that baby boy Manwaring #4 would be coming in either late July or early August...I was wrong.  We did some fun things before he came, in addition to my nesting habits :)

The Tour of Utah pro bike race came down by Snowbasin, and we went to watch the riders descend and take a corner. 

The course officals told us to stay off the road, and keep the kids back...trust me, you don't have to tell me, my kids were in the grass and not close to the cement.

Here they come...

...so many...

...so close! 

What was even crazier was we ran into 2 Total.CARE teammates at the same spot!  There's only 6 guys on the team!

A cousin get together at Grandma and Papa's house

The week before the baby was born, we went on a hike with our friends the Hymas family up to Green Pond.  We told Jonathan we were going on a moose hunt.  Well....

...there ended up being a moose at the pond!

But as you can tell he was far enough away that we felt completely safe, and it was beautiful.

Enjoying the twilight by the pond.

All the kids checking out the moose

Nathan found this very interesting rock, right in the water at the pond.  It is very unique, and we aren't sure what kind it is.  

It is also completely polished.  Very strange to find in a pond in the mountains.

 Seeing the moose made his night.  

However, now every time we go to hike he thinks we are going to find a moose.

I love this...

...reading Curious George stories to his brothers :)

Well, with still no baby and school now approaching,  I had wanted a little one on one time with each boy before the baby.  So Grandma Kathy was nice enough to take two while I could take one school supply shopping and to get a treat of their choice.

James wanted ice cream of course

Jack is showing off his new fast shoes

By our house, two new little deer fawns with their mommy

We went swimming with the Beckstroms

Here is Jonathan with Jett (who loves our boys, they are the little brothers he always wanted)

Cousin Isaac's minion birthday party!  Issac was born on the 15th, which was my due date.  Also another cousin was born on that day as well, Rondo.  Our baby didn't end up coming on the 15th, but that's okay.

A minion pinata

All of Isaac's cousins that could come

We stopped at Grandma Hiller's house on the way home and they kids hunted for snails.

So the first Sunday in August and I was still pregnant lots of people commented on no show of baby.

By the second Sunday, I only got sympathy comments from women, and none of the men in my choir would talk to me:/

Grammies and Boompa had come out to hopefully see the new baby...but he didn't want to make an appearance yet.  So Grammies was still here the weekend before he came, but Boompa had to go  home the day before.

Our last Costco trip, enjoying some cool snacks with Grammies

Giant Teddy's!

Nathan was in the Heber Valley Road Race, which is the state championship race.  This was his first race as a category 2 rider.  He did well, 12th place out of 27, and 15 guys did not finish.  It was SO hot!  

A little of our crew by the finish line

Kirstin came too!

The whole crew at the finish line.

Drew and Lee had finished in the catagory before Nathan so they stayed to cheer him on.

He made it!  He said he had wanted to quit because of the heat, but he pushed through.  Nathan has accomplished this year on the bike. 

Cute boys with Grandma and Papa

 They were all there, how fun for Nathan to have lots of people there to cheer him on.

(They also all didn't want me going alone and being so pregnant, not like it mattered, he didn't come:/ )

On my due date, August 15th (Grandma Kitty's birthday!), we went for a walk the night before my induction to try to get contractions started, and Jack didn't want to ride his bike anymore.  Well, I could barely fit on it... so I rode it around.

Though funny, it didn't start labor unfortunately.

Each kid has been so very different!

Shows that I actually don't know anything about how to get labor started :)

My last WOD before baby. Monday the 15th at the 4:30 class.  Overhead squats, I was really trying to help this baby out, but he was quite comfy.  I liked also showing my mom one of my favorite activities. 

Finally, a big snake in the road by our house.  I helped shoo it off to the side so it wouldn't get run over.  I think that it was a bull snake, there wasn't a rattle on it.

And thus, half of August went by and I still hadn't had my baby boy.  

I gave him my eviction notice, and he was to vacate my womb on Tuesday, August 16th via induction!

Preston Rodeo/Haworth Reunion

Preston Rodeo Weekend...aka, the unofficial Haworth family reunion in Franklin and Preston Idaho.
I look forward to this every year.  This year, with the last weekend of July being so close to my due date and my history of going early I didn't think we would be able to go.  Well, after my  false alarm earlier that week I packed up and we'd see how I was feeling to see if we'd stay the night.  Saturday we played at the farm until Nathan got there on his bike (yep from our house in Mountain Green all the way to Franklin!).  After he was ready for the day we went with family to the carnival. 

Jonathan on the merry-go-round

Emily loving it as well

This ride was awesome, Jack was laughing/screaming, James loving it, and I was laughing and taking pictures while watching from the ground.

Another cute ride that all the brothers could enjoy together

 James went with Lydia and Elisa a second time :)

Pictures from the biggest small-town parade there is.  Seriously my kids came away with more candy than they get from Halloween!  Also look at all the family that was there...just at this one corner spot!

Fun cousin's and best friends Tom with Lilah

After the parade was the rodeo.  James and Jack went with Grandma and Grandpa, but Nathan and I didn't have tickets because we didn't think that we'd even be able to go and you have to get tickets months ago.  Unfortunately some AZ family couldn't come, but we were able to buy the tickets for the boys to go off them.  During that time we went to a playground with Jason (who brought up his kids by himself) to play with Jonathan.  They all liked this bunches.

After the park we started back to the farm.  Jonathan wouldn't fall asleep, so I took him on a drive, and ended at the Twin Rivers farm down the road from Grandpa's.  This is the one that has all their baby cows in little huts by the road that we can see.  Well one of the calves was in the middle of the road and had broken off his chain!  So there I am, very pregnant, trying to pull this calf back to his hut, a car came by and wouldn't stop...and Jonathan was crying to see this calf while he's strapped in the car.  Nathan had opted to stay at the red brick house to help Jason with his kids and talk with him.  Anyway, it worked out and I got the baby to a hut, buy why does crazy stuff happen to me?
Well, we had decided to stay the night, and because there were so many people from the Haworth family, all Manwaring's (Rich and Rachelle's crew, Jason and kids, and Kathy and Alan + us) stayed at the newly cleaned and painted red brick house next door to Grandpa and Grandma's house, since it wasn't rented out yet.  It was fun...and hot!  I've never been so hot at night(except while growing up).  So there were a few rooms of people and only one bathroom.  And it turns out that in the middle of the night EvErYoNE needed to use it :/  Also, the only window that wasn't painted shut in the house and had a screen on it was in the bathroom, so it was the only cool room.  When it was finally my turn I put my head against the cool sill and really enjoyed the wind that was blowing, and then watched a spider start to spin her web in front of my nose!  I named her Charlotte and said I wouldn't bother her if she didn't me.  It was one of the longest nights that I can remember.


The next morning we went to church with Grandpa and Grandma Haworth, then afterwards went to Doug and Debbie's for lunch with everyone.  (picture coming from Angela)

Misty and I.  She is amazing. I've had all my babies within a few months of her, including this last one.  She is the blessed mom of 6 beautiful children, two of which are angels watching over their family.  I hope to be as close to the spirit as she is.

What I love so much about this weekend is that it is an chance for all of these second cousins to get together to become better friends and build memories in a place that is a legacy.  It's not just a farm...it's a place that has been in the family for generations, that has been bought and sold among family members, that has been cultivated by blood, sweat and tears, and that is a place where cousins become the best of friends.

Jack with cutie cousins at the Porter place

We are always sad to leave, but we can't wait until next year!

After getting home, we all crashed from the fun and family filled weekend.