School days

I can't believe it's that time again. Brig started first grade this year and he is very excited about it! Kre on the other hand was not excited for Brig to go to school and not him. So we put him in a 2 days a week Pre-school and he loves it but would rather it be 5 days a week because he gets bored with out Brig. So here are some pictures of there first day.

Keelyn's Blessing

So here are some quick pictures from the blessing today! It was a beautiful day and everything was perfect!

Fat lips, cute dresses, and lego ships!

I realized it's been a while since we've done a post with the kids. So here it is. Kre had a little mishap with a tramp the other day and we thought we should capture it on film. That was a nice sized fat lip!

Keelyn got this cute dress from her aunt Kristen and I thought she looked so cute in it. It's still a little big but I had to get a picture of her in it because it's just so cute!

Brig has been very in to building lego ships lately and he is very good at it I might add. So here is his current ship with his cute new smile!
Brig sporting his new G.I Joe "snake eye's" Pj's with his ship.

Good Times

Man life is good! I can't even begin to count all the wonderful aspects to my life. In fact tonight's migraine is most likely a result of my effort to count all of my blessings. It is just too much for me to deal with it. No.... I'm not being sarcastic, I am blessed and greatful for the "full spectrum" experience I'm getting in this life. I am however a little disappointed that there just aren't many funny blog posts for me to read right now....Bonnie....Bex....somebody, Please?

Post Event Slum

You know how after you go on a great trip or do something really fun it is always hard to get back to reality? This last trip was especially hard for me to come home from. Ricki and I took Keelyn to Washington for my little sister's wedding. All of my brothers and sisters were there with their spouses...and prospective spouse. Ken and Kris also brought their new kid, Cole. We had a blast. Yes it was a bit crazy getting ready for and conducting all the wedding activities. Yes I hurt both of my arms wakeboarding and I still can't fully use either of my hands. Yes I managed to eat way too much, but I absolutly loved being there and hanging out with everyone; late night Thai, boating, soda runs, cards, brownies......,the wedding, meeting Kirk's "sexy shad" ;) Then I come home. I had just talked myself into being happy to be home when I found out my hot water heater was broken. So now I'm home and I'll tell you that cold showers do not help the mood any. But work is picking up, I'm going for a long run tomorrow, and family will be joining us in two weeks for the baby blessing. Plus the boys were very excited to see us, or at least to see Keelyn and their surprises.

Mt Timpanogos

I got to run Mt Timpanogos in Utah today. It was supposed to be 105 Degrees today so I was up at 5, on the Timpooneke trail (which is my favorite) by 6:30. Despite the early start the parking lot was completely full with people parked all over the place. Someone must have just left and luckily there was an open spot.

I had to pass several large groups of boyscouts and others but it was worth it to be out on the trail and running hard. The trailhead is near 7000 feet and the peak tops out at 11,750 so it is just under 5000 feet of climb over the 7.5 miles to the top.

I got lots of comments as I ran by, some nice and encouraging, others less thoughtfull. But how can you get mad at anyone while enjoying trail like this. Despite the occasional bottlenecks (the ranger told me when I finished there were nearly 200 people on the mountain) I still set a personal record for the run up to the top and back to the parking lot.
It was a fantastic day and beautiful at the top.

Late Night Excitement

I know, the title may be a bit misleading. Shame you for thinking such things. The other night Keelyn was not tired but Ricki was. So I sat out in the living room with her so Ricki could sleep until the next feeding shift. Since I had already watched the day's Tour de France coverage and my eyes were not reading very well I decided to flip through my favorite channels (Discover Channel, Food Network) when I happend across one of my favorites, Mythbusters.
In this particular episode they were doing demolition myths. One myth was that if a car was sandwhiched between two large trucks in a head on collision the resulting carnage would leave the car pancaked and all the metal fused. They failed to prove it in the "realistic" portion of the show so they decided to kick it up a notch. Below is a portion of the show, be sure to watch the whole thing, it is great. I had a hard time not laughing out loud. (note-You will have to turn off the music from the slideshow below to hear.)

Kiddie kandids

So we went to get Keelyn's newborn pictures the other day and this is what we ended up with after trying for over an hour. I think that babies can feel the change in their enviroment. She is the easiest baby and rarely cries, but not this day. She wanted nothing to do with being put on her belly or having pictures taken. I finally tapped out and Bard took over and Keelyn instantly fell asleep in his hand's. Hmmm maybe a early start on being a daddies girl huh! Anyways I think we got some good ones after all that work!

"Kiwi"

Okay so my sister pointed out to me that some people may be wondering where the nickname "kiwi" came from. So here is the story. (It's very short) Brigen was asking me one day what I thought we were going to name the baby. So I told him that we were thinking of naming her Keelyn. So he sat there for a minute thinking. Then he replied that if we named her that we should call he Kiwi for a nickname. So that's where it came from. I thought that it was so cute that he really thought about it and came up with it on his own. I'm not sure how long it will stay so we do have other nicknames that will work when she's older but you never know it may stick forever!