2,190 Days, 52,560 Hours, 3,153,600 Minutes

Or I could have just said 6 years. I look forward to millions more. I love you Zachy!

Get in Line

This kid is 2 years old and he is hot stuff..........

Just look at him!




He is a firm believer that love conquers all



He's not afraid to show off a little leg....


Or anything else for that matter!



AND he knows how to swim...


What more could you want in a little man?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYDEN, WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!

DAD

A simple word, but it means so much! I am so thankful for the fathers I have in my life and grateful for their examples to Keegan & Kayden.


Grandpa Reed pulling the boys up the hill during last winters crazy snow.



Daddy and the boys enjoying a good hug on the couch.



Great-Grandpa Jay meeting his great grandchild Kayden for the first time. I'll never forget how sweetly he held him and sang him old songs from the '40s. Kayden loved it and snuggled right down in his arms and fell asleep to his soothing voice.



Grandpa Bwana is always good for feeding Keegan's passion for all things firefighter-related


Sadly, I don't have pictures of all the great-grandparents that my boys are lucky enough to still have around. But we are so thankful for all of you!

Happy Father's Day to all of you! I love you!

One Little Monkey

Jumping on the bed........



He fell off (not exactly, he fell ON the bed) and BUMPED his head.



Mama called the doctor and the doctor said "Could you move away from your screaming child? I can't hear you." (sure, I'll just put down my distraught child who is clinging to me for all he's worth and tell him to be quiet so I can talk to you)



Mama called Daddy and Daddy said "Are you sure his skull isn't cracked?"



Mama got nothing done while staying close to his side to make sure her little monkey was ok.

a few hours later.......

One little monkey JUMPING on the BED. Someone didn't learn their lesson.

*aside from a goose egg the size of a golfball that is still protruding from his forehead 12 hours later, he seems totally fine. I am putting a hat on him whenever we leave the house. I'm afraid someone is going to call child services on me.........*

Happy Birthday

To the cutest 5-year old I know..........




WE LOVE YOU KEEGAN!!!!!!!!!!!

What You've been Missing

Sorry for the serious lack of posts. We've had a busy few weeks, and I just haven't found time to sit at the computer for more than a few seconds. Most of the time, the computer I've sat at hasn't even been mine, and so I haven't been able to put on any pictures. Here I am at my Mom's laptop, and I have commandeered it - I uploaded some of my pictures on it so I can finally post something!

We said goodbye to my brother Josh - who is now Elder Glasmann, currently 'doing time' in the MTC in Provo, UT. They had a bit of an adventure dropping him off, apparently there was a pretty bad flu outbreak within the MTC and to avoid spreading it to family and friends of new missionaries, they would not allow any families in. My parents dropped him off in the parking lot, gave him a hug, and turned him over to the senior missionary couples who were signing in all the newbies! Keegan totally loves Josh and looks up to him a ton - lately, his desire to be a "fireman ROCKSTAR" has increased. Can you guess why??

I'm excited for Keegan to witness Josh's mission. He has a good example in my brother to be honest, loving, and have a strong testimony of the gospel. Keegan has started drawing me pictures "so that I won't miss him too much when he is on his mission." He also wrote me a little letter with his own defition of what he though missionaries were. It said "Missionarys: 2 people sent by God to teach other people." It was so sweet - I am totally saving it.

While visiting for Josh's farewell, the boys spent a little time on Uncle Jayme's Wii. MarioKart is so much fun......

While back home at our house for a few days, we found a huge worm in the backyard! The boys were fascinated with it and stayed out in the backyard to watch it for about 15 minutes.

The latest with us finds us back down at Grandma and Grandpa's. Grandpa is traveling across Utah, Montana, and Idaho with the Clay Mineralogy Society and Daddy is up in Seattle at a sleep conference (sounds like fun, doesn't it?). Both Grandma and I felt that we would be so lonely without our hubbies that it would be better to be together. The boys and I came down here to hang out and keep Grandma on her toes!! We also tackled something I've been waiting to do for a LONG time - potty training Kayden!! He is doing amazing so far, he was definitely ready. It's only day 3 and he has only had 1 accident each day. He stays dry at nap times and even stayed dry overnight last night. That shocked me, and I think it was just a fluke, but I was happy either way! I think he likes the independence that it brings - he is such an independent kid, I thought it would be a struggle to do this, but it ended up being great. So far anyway :-) I'm sure we will have good and bad days, but at least our house is mostly diaper free (night time is the only diaper time for Kayden) for about six months!



I'm sure I'll have some more posts coming - this weekend brings Keegan's 5th birthday, and then the next two weeks bring Kayden's 2nd birthday and our anniversary. Whew....this month is busy.