Blog Bling...

Well, a good friend of mine in this little blog world nominated me for a very special award.

I am truly humbled by the honor that is mine... And in accordance with the bylaws of blogging, when extended an honor such as this, you must post it on the "I love me" column on the front page of the blog with the rest of your accolades.

And in carrying on with blog protocol, I must pass this honor along to the most deserving candidates...

My good friend, Hil.

My dear kind sister, Schtie.

And I think I will have to give the third award to myself. Because I really deserve it...

We're going to the Zoo-Zoo-Zoo... How about you...

The Zoo has long been a tradition on the 4th of July in our family, and is one of the rare occasion when a good majority of the Lubbers clan gathers. This year Cindy stayed home with Alan, and I took the kids to the zoo. Hailey really enjoyed seeing the Giraffe Poop. (Where would she get that potty humor from?)

After the zoo I took the kids across the street to the "This is the Place Monument". Glenn Beck was in Utah to host the "Stadium of Fire", but before that he taped his tv show at the "This is the Place State Park". Timing was just right, that we were able to meet him on the way back to the car. He was very kind, and spoke with the kids for a moment, and was on his way.

That evening we went enjoyed a show of illegal fireworks from our neighbors right from the comfort of our own back yard. It was fun to watch Bryce go from utter fear of the fireworks, to sheer joy. It is amazing how children change the way you feel about holiday traditions.

Happy Day

We'd like to introduce you to Alan Creed Johnson. Born June 23, 2007 at 12:07 pm. He is a healthy 7lbs-15oz, 20 inches long, with a Johnson sized noggin. Cindy is doing remarkably well, and baby Alan is doing great.

We were scheduled to be induced on Friday, but there were no beds available, so we came in today. As we were driving Hailey and Bryce to Grandma Hansen's house this morning, Bryce puked all over himself and the carseat, so we got there, took him and the carseat out, handed him over to Grandma and we were out of there. It was probably one of the rare chances where we get to just hand off one of our children to someone else after they barfed all over. So, we got to the hospital and our labor and delivery nurse was Janeal Hatch, an old Dixie Valley friend, which was great. So, they hooked Cindy up to the machines, and the medicine, she got the epidural before any painful contractions occured. At 12:05 the doctor "broke her water" and at 12:07 after a couple of little pushes, Alan made his appearance into the world. All in all, it was pretty easy (that's easy for Dan to say). But we are very happy, what an amazing experience this is.

Here are a few photos of the days events. Enjoy.

Because everyone is doing it...

I hope you are happy Christie, you made me do this... I have been pushed into creating this lovely blog to keep you all informed of the doings of our little family... So, sit back and enjoy. Keep your expectations low regarding the quality, frequency, and relevance of our postings.