Take a Hike

 

Morgan and Jacksen went Hiking with Dad on Saturday. It was a tough hike 4 miles up (it was pretty steep) and 4 down... Micah said they were real troopers.

Baby Bath

So this is a picture of Marcus all wrapped up after his first bathtub bath. His hands were getting pretty cold and look a bit purple-ish in this picture.

 

My Piece of Heaven

So I have really been thinking lately how peaceful our home has been with Marcus here. Babies bring such an amazing spirit into your home. I'm so grateful to have him here in our family...it is a priviledge to have a peice of heaven in our home. He is such a sweet baby.

The newest member of the Budge family

So here he is Marcus Daniel Budge. He was 7lbs 6oz, 20 1/2 inches long, born on 10-8-08 (Wednesday @ 3:56 pm)and 15 DAYS EARLY!!! I was so NOT prepared. Neither Morgan nor Jacksen were early so I had no ideas of having an early baby, but I'm very glad he was, otherwise he would've been mammoth! The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck 3 times as well as his right arm but thankfully I had a really great Dr. and he was Jonny-on-the-spot about getting him out and untangled and baby is totally healthy and fine...OH AND my 2nd successful VBAC-yay.

The final product of my Movie Star Husband's trip to CA

In case any of you were wondering, The commercial, Movie trailer or whatever you want to call it, that Micah flew in, is done...yeah, My husband rolls with the big dogs, you know Kid Rock, Dale Earnhart Jr....kidding he never met them but the video is cool and hats off to Kid Rock for being so vocal about supporting the troops.
You can view it here:

http://www.nationalguardwarrior.com/

There are a few extra "making of" videos below the screen with extra footage of Micah flying. Any scene with an Apache is Micah :)

As a funny side note, the little afghanistan kid who kicks the soccer ball into the street and the soldier that kicks it back to him, well I guess this little kid is some up and coming kid star actor...well during a break Micah was in the snack tent and this kid was in there and Micah was like, "Hey, could you do me a favor and hand me one of those waters?" He said the kid looked at him for a few seconds like, "your asking me to hand you a water? Do you know who I am?" Although the kid didn't actually say anything he just paused and then finally said "here" and handed Micah a water to which Micah thanked him. It wasn't till much later that Micah found out this kid had "status" kind of funny I thought.

Our Month of Sept.

This month has flown by. Micah had the opportunity to do a missing man fly over at a funeral for a Medal of Honor recipient who's part of the story in "We Were Soldiers", although I've never seen the movie, but this was a very big deal so I took the boys to watch and all was very quiet and reverenced the way a funeral should be until the fly over and Morgan and Jaksen started YELLING "That's our DAD! That's so cool! Oh man did you see that guy turn up that was awesome, hey mom was that our dad that turned up and away?"
"I don't know, he's one of them."
I'm hoping not too many people were offended.

The first day of School was very exciting for Jacksen especially because it is his first year going to a "real school" and he got to ride the school bus which was a major deal...he was very excited about that. The belt he is wearing was his input on his "first Day of school ensemble" He really wanted to wear his belt and I caved...it could've been worse.

Labor Day weekend we went to spend some time with Micah's brother Nick and his family. We built a campfire in their backyard and had smores and peach milkshakes...yum. Micah and Nick forced all the kids to go hiking Saturday so Rhonda and I could have some "girl time." We went to have lunch at my favorite Mexican Place in Idaho Falls...Sol Rio, then we went to Barnes and Noble it was amazingly peaceful being able to browse without children to keep track of.

Just a few weeks ago, There was an airshow in Mt. Home starring the Airforce Thunderbirds, Micah was also able to fly in it doing a simulated rescue where 2 Apaches provided cover for the rescue Blackhawk...It was complete with pyrotechnics and everything...it was pretty cool...and of course the boys thought it was awesome that their dad was in it. Grandma and Grandpa Budge also came to see it and stayed for a few days. They also happened to bring Their air rockets which is always a big hit...we launched those babies till it was dark and the mosquitoes were getting us and it never seemed to get old...the boys just kept giggling. Jacksen kept getting farther and farther of a run at jumping on the launcher until one time he slipped cause the grass was damp...after that it became Dad and whoever against the other one...which was hilarious to watch and we were all giggling. G & G tweetie also brought their croquet set and we all played and EVERYONE cheated which made it all the more fun cause we were all laughing so hard we could barely finish.

The picture of Jaks is what you get when your kids sneak off with your camera, but it was a cool picture so I decided to post it.

The Twilight Vortex

So this weekend (labor day) we went to Micah's brother and his wife's house and since I didn't have a whole lot to do I started to read her Twilight series books. (actually I listened to the first one on her I-Pod and then read what she said were the Important bits out of the next two, and she gave me a synopsis of the rest. Which left the 4th book which she had on CD and I have listened to obsessively for the last week till I finally finished it....I was so determined not to be part of the fad, and yet I still got sucked in. Although they were very good books. And now I wait in anticipation with all the other crazed fans for the movie to come out. Sometimes I feel pathetic. Oh well It was a fun diversion while it lasted.