It's a... BOY!!!!

We are so excited to welcome a new little BOY to our family!!

Stennson Nathan Shatto

7 lbs 5 oz    20 inches long

6/29/2011 at 1:21am 

Words truly can't express how grateful and blessed we feel as we look at the four beautiful children we have been given. It is so humbling to be given so much! We are so thankful to be celebrating the birth of a second son today! 

It was a bit of a rough delivery, but he is healthy and we are recovering well! 

My sweet sister came in the middle of the night to meet him! 

It was so much fun watching each of the kids meet Stennson this morning! 

Matt and his BOYS :)

One very loved little boy! 

Helping the nurse check him out :)

Slowly his bruises are going away...

More to come soon! 

Dutch Village!

This week we spent a morning learning about our Dutch heritage at "Dutch Village" in Holland! It was our first time there. I went in with pretty low expectations, but it ended up being a great morning that all the kids loved! Even with the 90 degree heat, we had a lot of fun!  The grounds are beautiful and it was a great mix of educational information combined with fun! They had several rides (that are VERY old :)), a "farm" area with all different animals to pet, and then several replicas of old fashion Netherlands. The best part was how laid back it was. Pretty much no rules :). The petting zoo was just open with many animals roaming around. McLleyton loved it! The girls were all about the flying swing and even got a lesson in dutch dancing! Of course everything is more fun when you have cousins along! It was a good day outing before we welcome our new baby! Two weeks or maybe less to go! We're getting excited! 

Six of my favorite kids! 

Blessed...

My friend Laura (www.cebulskiphotography.com) snapped a few pictures of the kids for me last month. She was taking pictures of her kids at the apple orchard across the street and was sweet enough to let me stop by with my 3. We honestly only took pictures for about 5 minutes, but there were a few sweet ones. The Cherry Blossoms were in full bloom and so beautiful! When I look at these pictures I can only think of one word... blessed. I feel so blessed by these three and can't wait to meet this new little one in just a few weeks! 

We have a 1st Grader!

Shaelyn has officially "graduated" from kindergarten! She's thrilled and so excited for both summer vacation and 1st grade in the fall! I'm loving the break from school ... but I definitely have mixed emotions about letting her go to first grade! I think I'm going miss her like crazy next year! But, for now I'm loving having her home! 

Here's a few pictures from graduation! Her school had a really sweet ceremony, they did a great job! The next day she had an all day field trip to a park! It was a fun day! 

All of Mrs. Grimm's students- Shaelyn's class wore purple.

McLleyton watching the "ceremony" with Lauren
He had us all laughing as he yelled "Shaelyn" as loud as he could and waved like crazy! 

Grandpa, Grandma and Aunt Emy came too!


Mrs. Grimm was a great teacher! 
Quick family picture... everyone was pretty ready for bed at this point! 

Field Trip fun and lots of good old fashion games!