Major Excitement

We are so excited to have our new nephew and cousin here safely! Austin Cade arrived on the 24th and both he and Kelli are doing really well. He is absolutely adorable and we are delighted to have another boy around. Despite what Ian was originally telling people, he is not Ian's new "baby brother" (it definitely created some confusion when he kept saying he was getting a new baby brother) but Ian has changed his tune to slightly to say that it is "his baby".

We think that Ian will have to wait in line to a very proud and sweet big brother Payton.

Grandpa was pretty excited about this new addition.

The day after the birth, we all got up early for the Reading Elementary Fun Run. Justin and Brady did great in the 5K (Justin got 3rd overall and Brady won in his age division - even though he feels shamed because a dog and a nine-year-old girl beat him, but we are still proud!).

Ian did a great job with the preschool boys and kept running for the whole 1/4 mile even though that was a really long way for him. He's in the back with the orange shirt and was really proud of his hard work.

Rachel was so excited to cheer for him and was waiting at the finish line for his race and missed the start of her race. So, she jumped right in with the kindergarten boys and got 2nd place. A boy tried to cut her off with his arm and she zoomed right around him - we thought it was pretty funny.

Here she is coming into the finish with her brother cheering her on.

It ended up being a really fun morning, where they all got picked out of drawings for prizes as well as their race awards.

We are also thrilled to announce that Justin got a permanent job at the lieutenant governor's office starting next Monday. The market has been so tough that we feel incredibly lucky that he found something that is going to be interesting and which he will be around some great people. Even though we could never have foreseen it, his research that he did in graduate school for his assistantship and the work that he did with the committee in D.C. were things that are directly related to the election work that he will be doing in this office and were major reasons that he was hired. We also found out about the position from one of our great Bountiful neighbors that we ran into at a grocery store. We definitely feel like things have worked out amazingly well and we are excited for him to begin this job. We're probably still going to stay in Farmington for at least this semester because he is going to be swamped trying to finish up everything with USU and the new full-time job.

And for our final (and possibly Bridget's favorite) exciting announcement for the week: Josie slept through the night for the first time last night! It has been a long time coming and this morning the birds seemed to be chirping a little more sweetly and the sun shone brighter for one thrilled mom.