Gentry's Arrival

Welcome to the family Gentry!

Love my boy. Happy Mommy!

Check out my muscles!

The morning of Sunday, August 29th I was having some contractions, which is not unusual for me 9 months pregnant. I wasn't technically due until the 10th or so. Joe was suppose to go to PEC but didn't feel comfortable leaving me feeling so yucky to get all 3 kids ready and get to church. So he was sweet and stayed even though I protested. We went to church and all through sacrement meeting they continued and then through Sunday School. By 3rd hour I was pretty tired but sure that I wasn't in labor because this was suppose to be a September baby and it was still only August, plus I was far to busy that day and for the rest of the week to be having a baby a couple weeks early. Finally, we went home and decided to lay down and try and relax to get the contrations to stop. Well of course they kept coming and finally I started to time them. Sure enough they were between 5-7 minutes apart so we decided to take the kids to Aunt Ella's and head to the hospital. We called our friend Shannon, we were suppose to be going to eat dinner at her house, apologized and headed out the door. I cried on the way to the hospital because I was sure this baby wasn't coming because his mom was not ready. We got there around 4:00pm and sure enough I was in labor, big surprise! :) My labors are usually super fast so we assumed it was going to be a fast and furious night as usual but this little boy just decided to take his time. By 10:00pm we were almost ready but still not quite complete. We assumed it would be any minute. Well another hour passed and we still hadn't progressed so we decided to do a little PIT to see if we could help this little boy out. Only 15 minutes after starting the some PIT we were ready to go. So we were waiting for the doctor watching the clock. The doctor got there around 11:50pm and we had our sweet little boy not on the 29th like we had assumed but at the stroke of midnight on August 30th. Silly boy! So Gentry Joseph Broderick was born August 30th at midnight, 7lbs 14 oz. Our second son to be born with clubfeet (we knew ahead of time this time). Our 4th perfect little baby is here and we are so grateful for him. A couple days later we brought him home and then our next journey began.

Been a while

Okay so it has been a while to say the least. I figured I better update the blog before baby gets here. So tah-dah I finally did it. Since I was so far behind there are lots of posts, you will have to go into older posts to see them all. But I am pretty much caught up to the present which is saying something. I want to say that I will be much better, but with baby #4 a couple months away I make no guarantees:) But I still love you all and hope you keep checking. I will try!

Temple Family Home Evening

A few weeks ago we decided to take the kids to the OKC temple for Family Home Evening. It was such a neat opportunity to talk to them about eternal families and for them to see where we go all the time when we say we are going to the temple. It was so sweet, Darron kept saying how peaceful it was there. It was such a great experience.

Oklahoma City Temple

Mommy with the kiddos. Yes it was hot:)

Sweet baby.

My beautiful kids. Oh I love it!

Daddy with the kids.

Outside Fun!

Here are some pics of the kids enjoying some outdoor fun.

At the pool party for Isaac. Start the Broderick train!

Darron trying to power up!

Ari loves the swing as you can tell. So funny!

Alyse multi-tasking. Eating and apple while swinging...interesting:)

The girls! They look nothing alike in case you were wondering:)

Close up of happy baby! SO CUTE!

The Cystic Fibrosis Walk 2010

We did the Cystic Fibrosis walk. It was at Lake Hefner this year. It was chilly to say the least. But we had tons of fun supporting Great Strides. Go Team Bryant!

Holly and Hans family:)

Our fam enjoying the sunshine:)

And we're walking...and walking. Actually not much walking goes on there which actually makes it pretty funny. So we decided to walk more for fun.

On the trail.

Ari would not give this juice box back for anything, even after it was empty.

Daddy and his kiddos! So cute!

Our clan being troopers. Hey they got cotton candy out of it! Best day ever!

Joe's Arizona Adventures

Joe suprised his mom for an early mother's day gift. He went to Arizona for a weekend and spent time with his family. He had so much!

Dad eating burnt toast, his favorite way to eat it.

Joe's best friend from school, Justin happened to be on leave that weekend so he was able to spend some time with him and his fiance.

Joe with mom. So sweet!

Our niece Lindzey was celebrating her birthday the weekend he was there, so they all went to Rainforest Cafe.

The party animals:)

Easter 2010

This year we decided to buy the kids a playset. It took forever to put together. Our goal was to have it done by easter, which we did. Happy easter kiddos!

Alyse and Darron trying it out for the first time.

Ari was not sure if she liked the slide of not.

Finally done. Wow!

Easter kids. Who wouldn't smile when you candy before breakfast?

The baskets. We had a learning theme this year so everyone got new learning stuff. They loved it!

Ariana's First Birthday

Ariana turned one in March. That was the fastest year ever! Here are some of her fun times:)

The cake on her actual birthday. Angel food cake and strawberries. AWESOME!

We had a birthday brunch for her a week or so later. Breakfast is her favorite meal so we decided to go with brunch. Ari enjoying her food. Happy Baby!

Her giant muffin cake.

Her daisy decorations and Uncle Sam with Emarie.

The goods! Panera Cinnamon Crunch bagels, breakfast sandwiches, mini muffins and fruit. Can we say YUM!

Darron's School and Birthday

Darron had a great first grade year. He also chose to have a Pokemon theme birthday for his 7th. It was so much fun!

The sign Darron drew for his party.

Happy Birthday boy!

The Maxus Dragonoid! What I was waiting for. 7 small things that make one big things. Lots of fun clean up for mom:)

A star wars lego ship. Awesome!

His Pokemon cake I made with the help of Mimi and Aunt Holly.

He got a cougar pride award at school.

So proud of my sweet boy.

His art was chosen to be in the All-City Art Festival. His is the flowers with the sun. Great job buddy.

Alyse's Ballet

Here are a few highlights from Alyse's ballet. She did such a great job. It was really fun to see her getting better and enjoying herself. Plus she makes a beautiful ballerina.

Alyse in class

Mother Gingerbread and her cookies. So cute!

Another picture of her class.

Recital day. So exciting!

Great job our little Flower Fairy.