tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32419328166302705282011-10-16T22:59:41.125-07:00Happy Holidays!Deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962008267029820259noreply@blogger.comBlogger1011100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241932816630270528.post-16997102953688747212011-07-14T09:00:00.001-07:002011-07-14T09:00:22.863-07:00

I've been updating my new blog...its still 4 months behind but getting closer. http://www.verryordinaryfamily.blogspot.com/

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For my one or two readers who may not have realized my blog address changed....you haven't missed much. But I did do a few updates recenlty so just in case you're wondering here is the new blog. http://www.verryordinaryfamily.blogspot.com/

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Ok well I already posted about my new blog but thought I'd finish my last post here.  Since we got married in November that will start our new blog.  As a fun sidenote....this is my 100th post on this little blog, so kind of bitter sweet.  Anyway here we go!Family photos / Engagement pics (more of these on the new blog)My brother Houston got married to Kyndra...I don't have very many good

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I am going to start a new blog.  So just in case I forget to tell you here it is... http://www.verryordinaryfamily.blogspot.com/  I am planning on updating October on this blog first, then when I finally get to November I'll switch it to the new blog.  I have all of next week off...maybe I can actually catch up.  Thats the goal anyway :)

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Do you know how Jay and I met....well we met online on one of those silly LDS dating websites.  I was embarrassed to tell people at first but the reality is, once Keaton's dad moved my every other weekend was gone and even when I had my parents watch him, where was I really supposed to go to meet anyone.  So there you have it.  We started emailing in March, texting and talking on the phone the

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Are we having fun with all this playing catch up yet?  Well August is a big month because I have a birthday on the 12th and Keaton's is on the 13th.  We had dinner at my parents and I requested Mexican food so my dad had someone from his spanish branch make me real flan, which was actually better than I thought it would be.  Then we had a cake for Keaton of course.  For my birthday my thoughtful

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Spent 4th of July weekend up in Utah seeing my new neice.  Drove there with these people...crazy times let me just tell you!Beautiful weather to play at the park or in the water in the backyard.We also took a trip to an air force museum.  The planes were huge and the boys absolutely love it! And it was cool enough at night to enjoy s'mores around the fire pit, although dumb daylight savings it

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So its been a little bit... here is some recap of the summer.  I teach summer school in June but not on Fridays.  So Keaton and I went to eat breakfast/lunch  at the Flight Deck Cafe.  Fun little place out at Gateway Airport where you can see the planes take off from the windows.  He had a blast.  If it was nice outside we really should have packed our own lunch and sat in the grass..maybe

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Keaton finished his first year of preschool.  They had a litlte program where the kids performed some songs and chants they had learned over the year, like this one...they are fish.He did not graduate from preschool of course, he's only 3 but did receive a one year certificate of completion.And of course we had refreshments, the zucchini for the bread was from their preschool garden!Love my big

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Things we like to do...Go for bike rides in front of the house. Bake Cookies in our Kitchen (ok this picture is kinda creepy to me)Add some life to our bathroomsTake silly pictures of ourselves before churchSpend time together having fun...summer time is almost here!

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At my parents I was spoiled with a computer that had an SD card reader in it, my computer is not so fancy, I will actually have to dig a cord out of a box to upload photos from my camera...that is my excuse for no recent posts. Easter came and went.  It was conference Sunday we stayed home and relaxed all day.  I don't have BYU channel and didn't want to drag my 3 year old to church so I watched

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Keaton has always wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese.  Well he got his wish recently when he went for his friend Trenner's birthday.  He had a great time on the rides, hanging out with his school friends and collecting tickets.  One funny side note...he says it's Chucky Cheeses, and if I say just cheese he tells me no it's cheeses.  Driving in the car that day he told me that Cheeses rhymes with

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Keaton's pig mask from Farm Week at school, he has lots of other fun 'costumes' he makes for school but this one is extra funny, thought the eye lashes look a bit girly.\Last weekend my brother and his wife went out of town for her birthday.  We got to dog-sit Toby and Tinkerbell.  It was lots of fun for us.My house was pretty nasty when we bought it...so we've been dealing with the lesser evils

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No i'm not finished yet and yes it's taken more than a month, but we're getting closer!This is the before pic.Today I pulled out that tree that blocks all views to and from my front door.   I added some flowers, hope I can keep them alive :)Dirty living room carpet and old wall paint beforeNew Paint and the first half of the wood .  Its down the hallway and finished in half of the living room. 

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There is never down time in our lives it feels.  My brother makes fun of me for "reading blogs" and "facebook-ing" all night long, but I have tried to explain that I don't even get on the computer  until 11 most nights so I'm not usually on that long but it is late.  The good news...at my house tile is all layed in the bathrooms, just needs grout.  Carpet is being layed onWednesday.  Once that's

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So it's taken over a week but all the big painting is done, minus trim and doors...and the beginnings of the tile are have been put down... Also, here is Keaton's first attempt at graffiti.  He can never make a K on paper, maybe it's the fine motor skills holding him back.  Anyway hope this is a site that I don't ever see again.

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The big celebrations were at school of course.  Keaton got lots of Valentines from his friends and of course way too much candy.  Besides the 10 kids and 6 teachers in his class, lots of the "big kids" from child development brought them treats too and helped them dip pretzels and strawberries in chocolate.  Yummy! Took this picture of us Friday morning before school.  It took me a while to

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Warning - over the next week my blog may be a daily diary of my house....  I should have moved the ladder but I was tired and lazyI finally got my keys on Wednesday.  Thursday we had a family math night at school.  Friday we went out to the house at about 6 pm.  I I cleaned the nasty nasty bathroom so we had one to use and pulled up the sheet vinyl in the bathrooms and kitchen.  My brother

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Keaton's first scripture in church...just one month after becoming a Sunbeam.   It was pretty typical...at first he didn't want to talk and when I told him the reference he even said.  "I'm not going to say that" but in the end he repeated the words half mumbled and kind of quietly.  It's the start of many more talk, scriptures and prayers to come. John.  15:12 - This is my commandment, That

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In the comfort of your own home you may enjoy bowling in your underwear... Or maybe you prefer golf?Or finally you may be a tennis fan, which happens to be Keaton's favorite Wii Sport.  However, it is hard to snap photos as tennis balls are being hit at you! 

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For those that have been asking.....here it is.  I did a final walk through on my house Thursday, signed all the paperwork on Friday but apparently we're in a line to actually get funded so that is supposed to be Wednesday.....these last two weeks have taken forever.  But while I was doing my walk through I snapped a few pictures.  I plan to put new flooring in and repaint the whole interior so I

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Gotta love 3 year old soccer.  We told Keaton several times which goal he had to go for and I think he understood.  But many others just wanted to run and kick, often past the goal and onto other field.  It was quite humorous.  Good thing we have 12 boys on our team so we can quickly rotate in and out for injuries, temper tantrums and crying. Yep!  That's my boy, ahead of the pack making his

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Last year we were in Utah, I think we celebrated at 10:30.  This year Keaton was a bit tired by 9 but he had made a New Years hat at school so we had to celebrate.  We blew our horns and used some party poppers outside and shouted and made lots of dogs bark at us.  Of course that sleepy boy was wide awake now so we were up til 10:30 once again.  Yes, we're real party animals around here.

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GRRR!!!! I'M VERY FRUSTRATED WITH BLOGGER RIGHT NOW!  THE NEW EDITING PROGRAM IS JUST NOT MAKING ME HAPPY!  So hopefully this isn't too random and I finally got everything in order.  Enjoy our Christmas! Melissa, Ben and Braden came down on Christmas day. We had lots of fun as always opening presents together. The little ones especially liked helping grandpa pass out the gifts. My brothers and

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What a busy time of year...here's what's been keeping me up til all hours of the night :)Weekend 1- It started on the 4th with a lovely work party. Yummy Someburros and other treats and a nice time with friends. Then came the ward party on the 5th. A hayride where on the way we pass wise men and shepherds and Mary and Joseph and end out in a stable. Very nice (we had done the same last year

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My mom loves the smell of a fresh tree. So every year it's a big ordeal to pick out just the right tree. My dad likes Noble Fir...kind of expensive for a tall one. Mom likes her trees to be really full so we usually end up with a Douglas Fir. They take lots of time unwrapping and shaking out trees, looking to make sure the trunks are straight, etc. They often go to 2 or 3 places just to find

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Lots of things going on to get ready for Thanksgiving. At school we made little turkeys out of nuts, yes that is a walnut and a peanut cute huh? Keaton finger painted this cup turkey centerpiece for us.One night last week we made food treats. First we made some apple turkeys. A yummy snack, though we made three and I'm not sure we even ate one.Also we made this Harvest Blessing Mix we gave it to

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Nice to have a day off in the middle of the week. To spend time being silly together. Also, we went to Rainforest Cafe for lunch. Thanks to all those who have served and continue to serve our coutries and who fight for the freedoms I enjoy every day.

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Stitches were in about 8 days. Keaton did pretty good. Started to use his hand a bit more after the 4th day. Even went to some birthday parties. Swung a bat at pinatas and dug in the sand. When they came out it looked pretty nasty and the top skin all dried up and peeled off but now it's just a big pink spot and I'm sure years down the road a scar on his palm will be no big deal :)Waiting for the

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Last weekend ago we had a whole day of partying. Keaton loved to play of course. Matthew's party was at Carraige Lane park. It was a construciton theme they each got the Home Depot aprons with the hat to decorate and the hammer also crayons to work on the castle. Keaton loved every minute of it especially playing in the sand. Earlier that morning we had been at Kamryn's party. This was a princess

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5:45 pm Sunday - Mom and Dad are visiting a sick friend. I am making dinner and Keaton is setting the table. Keaton is taking cups to the table..or I should say glasses. He trips and falls with a glass in his hand. Blood everywhere! I run to the bathroom to wash it off but of course water makes it look really bloody. Apply a paper towel, call mom.6:00 - Mom leaves dad and rushes home, we decide

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Well I still haven't found my camera, the one I just got for Christmas last year. But I did find the memory card to my 6 year old camera, and it worked out for the most part. The screen doesn't always work and it doesn't fit in my pocket but we managed. Halloween was a busy time. Keaton's Halloween started off really early Friday morning at school. The kids got dressed and went trick or treating

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My camera :( Last time I remember having it I was taking a little video of Keaton dancing. I was sitting on the couch, but don't know what I did with it....went to the zoo, went to the dinosaur museum, went to a halloween carnival...no camera. Hope I can find it before this weekend.

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We have been enjoying the cool weather and starting to get into the Halloween season. Here are a few fun things we've done. First we made a little sign Keaton helped glue the papers together then he did all the stamping and stickering himself. (kept him busy for maybe 20 minutes of conference Sunday) We decided to hang it on the bedroom door.Well that didn't take long enough so we went on to his

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I recently took Keaton to the zoo. It was only his 2nd time and once again he loved it. It was $25 for both of us to go. No train ride, no stingray bay etc. Last year I got this zoo membership coupon. $108 for two adults and up to 4 kids...I decided to go for it but the new coupon won't be out until late October. So I just paid for the day and decided to wait. When I was leaving they told me I

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My parents have the same birthday. September 26th (no- not the same year, my dad is one year older than my mom) Well this year with the anniversary of Disneyland, you get a free one day admission on your exact birthday. (the only time I ever wished Keaton was born on my birthday instead of one day later) Neither of my parents have been to Disneyland -can you believe it? No we never went as kids,

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Keaton loves helping grandpa outside. When given the choice of going to the store, swimming, the gym, etc with me or mowing the lawn with grandpa he will always choose the lawn. He has to be just like grandpa. If grandpa wears a hat so does Keaton, same for gloves etc. On this day they were moving some rock out from behind the planter. I just hope that when he's a teenager he still loves to do

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So a few weeks ago my friends Mary and Jill were going to take me for a pedicure for my birthday but I had just gotten one so we postponed...then my toe nail came off which was the result of an injury in late May. So instead we decided to take in a little baseball. When we got to the game we realized our tickets had no section number. Jill new we were in an "All you can eat" section so they

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Took Keaton to the doctor last week for his 3 year old check up. People are always telling me he is big but I wasn't sure how true that is. Well the verdict....97th percentile in weight, 93rd percentile in height. So average that out and we can say Keaton is in the 95th percentile. I guess he is a big boy relatively speaking :)And he's a swimmer now too, a month of swim lessons this summer and

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Friday night I got a text from my friend Jill at 4:30 saying she had D-backs tickets but her baby was sick did I want them, I didn't reply to her until 5:15, she didn't get back to me until 6...and then we proceeded to try to figure out what time the game actually started and how I could pick up tickets at Will Call under her name. And was it even worth the effort since it was almost game time. (

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Soooo many August birthdays...I think I have 7 friends, an uncle, cousins, Keaton and myself all in August...On August 8th we had Keaton's birthday party. Since it's so stinkin hot, I reserved a ramada at 9 am, right when the water turns on. It was a jungle theme (the invitations I made said Calling all Party Animals...we'll have a roarin' good time!)Since it was early we did some breakfast foods

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Keaton is now a Mustang! Yes, Dobson the same school President Obama visited this year. The same school I attended many years ago...is now Keaton's school too. Today was his first day at the Mini Mustang Preschool. Here are a few pics of his first day. All he can tell me is that he played outside and took a nap :)Today was also my official first day of work, though we got our keys on Monday, we

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August is a crazy month. You may not know this but my birthday is August 12th and Keaton's is August 13th. To top that off August is the start of school. Keaton is so excited to start preschool every day he asks if it's the day to go to school. He is starting at the new preschool at Dobson High so he will be a Mini-Mustang. His first day of school is Thursday (they go with the teachers

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Keaton has recently become much braver when it comes to playing in water. Now when he sees the sprinklers come on he will often strip off his clothes to go run through them. On this day he had taken a bath ealier than usual so he already had on a pull-up for night time. That was one heavy diaper after he was done. But he had fun and was able to entertain himself for about 20 minutes which is a

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Summer seems slow but we try really hard to keep busy. I figure my choices are to take Keaton out and let him use up his energy by destroying other peoples property or stay home and let him destroy mine. Ok well he doesn't destroy other peoples stuff but I have been seen dragging a screaming child out of several nice establishements when he refuses to go home. Here's some of our July

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We spent the 4th of July with some of my softball friends, they all have kids the same age as Keaton, it started out as a pool party / barbeque outside, but a hive of bees in the neighbors yard kind of ruined those plans, we couldn't splash enough to keep the hundreds of bees off of us, so we ended up inside. Poor Yvette, she has a 10 day old baby and now her house is full of 6 noisy kids and

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We went to Ogden to visit Melissa and family and especially for Braden's 1st birthday. Keaton really was very good on the car ride up (and no vomit which is a good thing). We got there about 2 am on Friday morning. Just enought time to get a decent's night sleep before the fun began. Braden's party was Saturday, so tried out the little water park on Friday night...and no Keaton is not naked...

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This past weekend was the ward campout. Keaton and I went up with my parents to Sharp Creek, which is just a little east of Payson and Christopher Creek. We were at a very nice group campground area, and I think we had a pretty decent showing for the ward. My dad picked a nice spot to set up the "Castle on the Hill". We were just a little ways away from all the comotion and could look down at

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So tonight we had the first real FHE with Keaton....He's almost three so it's about time I started right? I've always thought, with just the two of us what makes it any different than other times, we do everything together. Keaton helped me make the treats, we made mud cups with worms, you know, chocolate pudding, oreo crumbs and worms. He loved making it but didn't actually want to eat it at the

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Here are my recent sofball injuries....the leg one is from sliding into 3rd base. I was safe and able to make it home the next play. The first pic is from a day or two after, the second has been 2 weeks now, so a lot of the scab has fallen off. That happened on a Wednesday.Then that Friday I was playing catcher and a guy slid in to home. I was sure my toenail had come off, but it looked ok for a

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Ok well it's a few weeks away, but we will be out of town at Melissa's for Braden's 1st birthday and Josh will be in NY so Keaton and I were preparing cards to be mailed out to his Daddy, Grandpa's etc. When he cooperates, I could take pictures of him all day...he's so cute!Keaton is holding his pencil correctly and attempting to write his name. I helped with the K, he knows it has three lines

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Well today I am the biggest, biggest loser fan. I usually watch the show but this past season especially because there were two sets from AZ. A student of mine mentioned once that his middle name is Sione, so I said that there is a guy on Biggest Loser named Sione and he said that's my uncle. Who knew, right? So now that my students uncle is on TV I was definitely watching. Plus there are

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We had a long Easter weekend....that started a little early. At Fry's around each holiday they do free photos, and a little craft or picture coloring and we also got to decorate a cookie. This was the backdrop for the photos. Pretty cute.On Good Friday I had to school. I dropped Keaton at daycare so I could go to an appointment and picked him up at 11 and we headed to Golfland for an Easter egg

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We had lots of leftover Easter ham so today I was in search of a recipe to start using it up. This recipe was really good. I added more onions and bell peppers and put a little extra cheese on top. It was not difficult but did take a little more prep time than I usually spend. It was a big hit at our house. (recipe and photo from allrecipes.com)Mother's Ham Cassarole2 cups peeled cubed potatoes1

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Ok here's a story nost chocolate lovers can relate to.The other day Keaton and I shared a bag of peanut M&M's on the way home from the store. Which of course leaves very colorful fingers on the boy but that's not the funny part.The next morning as we were getting into the car Keaton saw the wrapper (my car is not very clean) and grabbed it as he opened it up he said "HUH!?! Oh, they're all gone

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Last week to celebrate the anniversary of the Relief Society we did a service project. We made bears to donate to the police department. It was a pretty laid back night and not huge attendance but I think it went well. We had a few already sewn so people could begin stuffing and hand stitching, a few already cut so the sewers could get started and lots of fabric to begin the cutting process. Mom

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We were very blessed for a long time to have all of our family nearby. When I was growing up, my grandparents and all my aunts and uncles lived in Arizona. As time goes on they are beginning to spread a bit more, including my sister who abandoned the family and moved to Utah (just kidding about the abandonment stuff) Anyway, when she was in town over our spring break we took time to see

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These boys have so much fun together and after a long day of play they need to get cleaned up. Here they are taking a bath together. Hopefully we'll have more pics of Melissa's visit and cousin fun.Sitting next to Braden makes my little baby look so grown up. His baby face has turned into a little boy face.

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I love to play softball...it's one of my favorite pass times.Just over a year ago I started playing softball on Friday nights with a friend from work and her husband, sister, neighbor, etc etc.... Most of us have been playing together for over a year now, minus one season they played Sundays and I didn't play and a few of the girls (3) being pregnant. Well we finally came in 1st place. This is

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Ok well not gone yet but I am amazed at how big Keaton is every day. They recently started a preschool for school district employees at Dobson High and I plan on putting Keaton in there starting August. I know that's still half a year away and he'll barely be 3 but it's all gone by so quickly. Here is some of the latest happenings with this busy boy.These pics were taken this morning. Keaton

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Well a mom has to brag a little...I happen to think Keaton is very muli-talented...he's doing well at soccer and has improved since the last clip I posted, he loves to sing and sings all the time, but he seems to be too camera shy to perform, he knows all the names of his letters by sight and about half of the sounds, and The Boy Can Dance! (still working on the potty training)I've always know

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Ok this post is way overdue and really long. It's so hard to choose just a few pictures I took about 85 and saved about half that to my computer and hopefully I can narrow down this post to maybe half that again.These are pictures from our trip to South Weber, Utah (Odgen area) to visit Melissa right after Christmas and to see her new house. I've decided it wasn't my old camera but I'm just not

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I saw this tag on someone else's blog but thought it was so fun.1. Your Real NameDeanna Louise Semendoff2. Your Gangsta Name (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)Deaizzle or I would just say D'izzle3. Your Detective Name (favorite color and animal)Blue Monkey4. Your Soap Opera Name (middle name & current street)Louise Shawnee5. Your Star Wars Name (first 3 letters of your last name, first 2

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My poor kid doesn't have any luck when it comes to health. Of course I don't want to jinx us, he has a healthy heart, no major allergies, etc. But he seems to always have something going on. He had so many ear infections his first ear that when we switched insurance companies they won't cover any form of "otitis" for TWO years. He also had bronchitis (probably RSV) when he was 5 months old so

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Yesterday Keaton started in a little soccer class for toddlers. I was so excited. Since I have to work it's hard to find activities to do with Keaton. There are lots of great things out there but they seem to be at 9:00 am during the week days. So when I found this little Saturday soccer class for 2-3 year olds I was super excited. The only catch...8 am on a Saturday. I had to drag him out of bed

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Keaton's Christmas started at his dad's house on Christmas Eve. He got a very cool art/learning desk, a fun game where you shoot marbles and a Hotwheels playset with lots of cars. He loved playing with it all so much that it was hard to convice him to see the lights at the temple.Keaton recognizes Santa and knows he goes with Christmas but didn't really get that Santa was going to bring him a

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Instead of making gingerbread or using graham crackers I bought a kit. Really I thought it would be cheaper than buying all kids of different candies. The house was already put together and there were only 3 choices of candy and not really enough frosting to do the cool things they showed in the picture. But at 2 years old, it was enough for Keaton. He loved putting these little round candies

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Keaton has a very nice new outfit for Christmas and he's worn it the last two weeks to church. He looks so handsome and if you didn't think so, he'll tell you! Here are a few attempts at taking a nice picture of him. Then my batteries died...still hoping for that new camera for christmas. This one would be my favorite, except if you make it larger you'll probably notice the long drool coming out

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Last week we went to the cul-de-sac in the Rancho Del Mar subdivision with all the lights. Keaton loved it. Lots of wow's and look!Keaton wore these little gloves which he liked, but it was funny because his hands were always held out like this.

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Keaton with Santa at our ward party....not a happy camper. He recognizes Santa and gets excited but doesn't want to be anywhere near him...unless Santa has candy...then he gets tough enough to get the candy, but he isn't real happy about it.

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So lately I've been walking at 5 AM with some girls from my ward. Some of them who are very ambitious would like to do a 1/2 marathon soon. So to start us off we registered for a 5K. It was the AFLAC Iron Girl. It was fun to get up early in the morning on a Saturday and exercise with a bunch of other people...but I didn't love it. I mean I figure we already walk 2.5 miles each morning so walking

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Melissa was in town for Thanksgiving. We didn't get any pictures of Keaton and Braden together because both of our cameras are dying on us, but she did have these pictures from when she visited in early October. I stole them from her blog to show the two cousing together. This was a fun visit. I taught Braden how to sit up (just kidding but they had told me he couldn't stay up for very long

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Ok well it wasn't really a nightmare but I don't know why people do it. I guess if there was a super great thing that you could save a ton on it would be worth it but yesterday was definately not worth it.I went to KB toys about 12:30 already lines like crazy. It was so packed it was hard to walk down the aisle and even see what was there. The only reason I went was to use a 40% off coupon,

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These are just a few pictures of Keaton at a recent birthday party. Camryn is the daughter of my friend Yvette who I worked with last year. It was her 2nd birthday.Always being silly.Such a big boy!

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So it's been a little while cuz we've been a little sick. Last week, well a week and a half ago, Keaton had a little fever in the evening..like 99.9. He acted lethargic so we headed to bed right at 8:00. Well about 8:30 he starts gagging and throws up all over his bed. I carry him into the bathroom while he continues to spew into the bath tub. We get cleaned up and then about 9:00 I guess he

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So this is the updated costume...I bought it online from Oriental Trading for about $12. And in typical oriental trading fashion, it is just not quite right. My size choices were 2T or 4T, but when I got it the package said Age 1-2...so the chaps fit, but the vest is short. Then the hat is gigantic, but I offered to let him wear his other cowboy hat and he chose this one. I made a point of taking

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I decided Keaton was going to be a cowboy for halloween. I found a costume online for $12 from oriental trading and since I was already ordering stuff for school standard shipping was free. It said it would be delivered by Tuesday, October 28th. Perfect I thought, plenty of time...well I forgot about the ward party Saturday, so we pulled out a hat Keaton got at my cousins birthday party and his

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On Monday we went to a pumpkin patch. Keaton had a good time, although I think he would have been just as happy playing in the dirt. The pics aren't very good. I should get a new camera or figure out if mine has a night mode or something. Josh had never been in a corn maze before and about 30 minutes into it he wasn't a big fan of the lost feeling and we were having to carry Keaton cuz he was

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Keaton is such a copy cat. My parents got a new garage door and my dad had to paint it to match the house, Keaton found the rollers that day and was rolling everything in the house. (luckily he didn't find any paint) It's been few weeks but this roller never quite makes it back to the garage, and even ends up in the toy box frequently. Last night he wanted to take the roller to bed and wouldn't

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So yesterday after our long day at the zoo Keaton took a pretty good nap but still woke up a bit grumpy. We had to run some errands at night and he was just throwing fits, taking off his shoes right after we get them on, running and hiding under things, telling me no, hitting and pinching etc etc. I finally go him in the car and had to pin him in his car seat to buckle it which is when he hit me

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My friend invited me to join her for the Autism Zoo Walk on Saturday. We were supposed to get there to register at 8 but when I hadn't heard from her by 7:30 I was worried. Finally she called back and said they wouldn't make it to register by 9 but they still wanted to go to the zoo. I invited my mom and got to the zoo right about 10:00 but since there was a special event we had to park at the

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Melissa and Braden came in this week since Mom and I were off on Thursday and Friday. We had lots of fun playing with the baby and I tried all weekend long to take a half way decent picture of Keaton and Braden but Keaton just didn't cooperate, he always wanted the camera to take the picture himself (and I've tried to give him his own camera but it doesn't work he wants mine). These are the only

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This is my nephew Braden. He is my only nephew and only the 2nd grandchild so far. Isn't he just a doll. Melissa will be here next weekend we're hoping for a hair cut for this wild man who is not even 4 months old yet.Hospital pic of the little guy! About 1 month old on our family reunion road trip. I love this one, wild hair, holding the monkey the binki half hanging out....such a cutie!

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So Keaton has always been very deliberate in his bowel movements even before he was a year old he'd stop whatever he was doing to take care of business and at about 18 months he took an interest in the toilet. So we got a little potty chair and started to remind him...but it wasn't really successful. Basically he tells me when he's about to go..."momma, i poop?" and I ask if he wants to go on the

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So I have a student, who is a bit different than most of the kids. She takes a while to explain things...for example she'll start with....well, you know I've been thinking about this in my head and well, you know, here is what I think the answer is...but it's said like one word at a time and very thoughtful like.When she sneezes she will not let it rest until someone says bless you, and if I

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I know, I know everyone thinks their kid is smart but sometimes Keaton just amazes me. So it started at like 16 months old. We sing songs a lot and I knew he was getting ready for nursery so we were singing nursery songs. He could sing I am a Child of God, Popcorn, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, Snowman, Sunbeam and a few others like Old MacDonald or Wheels on the Bus. Now to lots of people

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So Keaton went for his first "joy ride" today. This morning grandpa was mowing the lawn first thing which is one of Keaton's favorite pass times. So Keaton got up and changed clothes and put on shoes etc. Then he was out back with grandpa. I saw him a few times, on grandpa's shoulders, holding granpa's hand, pushing the mower. Then he saw his new bike. So I could see him riding around the

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So this year for Keaton's birthday we kept it pretty simple. First because he doesn't really know the difference and second because we really don't have any friends to invite, but that's ok.On the Sunday before his birthday we went over to Josh's apartment and he opened presents with Daddy. He got a book and a ball and a Thomas train set which he loves and plays with every day. Oh and he loves

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So I know lots of people already know this but in order to help my sister become a more trendy blogger, here is the link where I got my background. There are so many to choose from it's hard to decide. Right now they have some olympic and sports ones and back to school. When you go to the website you have to log-in but it's free. On the left hand side just click on the link to "free

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So I learned something new today from my cousin Lindsay's blog....that is that if you click on the pictures in someones blog you can see them in a larger size. Now this is great news because I usually put my pictures on either small or medium. This may sound silly but I feel like the large pictures waste too much space. I'm not sure what space, but it's almost like scrapbooking. I have a hard

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Well the day has finally come, Melissa and Ben loaded up this morning and headed out for Utah. And they took Braden too. I wonder how long Mom will cry for. I wonder if Braden will cry. I wonder if all of that will make Melissa cry. Keaton is an only child and this is his first cousin, but since Braden is moving, he'll be all alone again. Here are pics of the last few moments in their apartment

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This summer Keaton was in a "movement" class through Gilbert parks and rec. He loves to dance and has really good rythm so it was fun for him. Keaton does not like to be corrected or told what to do so we really had to stand back and let him do things on his own time. For example if they were marching and you said "March Keaton" he'd say no and sit down and might even tell you to go away.... but

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As summer is coming to a close (well I have to go back to work that is...) we spent a day at the splash pad in Chandler getting wet. Keaton had a facination with the bark on the trees and prefered drinking the water to playing in it (GROSS!) These pictures were very forced because mostly he wanted to slide and slide and slide but he was never still long enough to take a picture on the slide. So

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So Keaton has a durmoid cyst in the corner of his eye. We started seeing it about a year ago but weren't quite sure what it was. Finally after showing the doctor more than once they figured out it was a cyst and referred us to an Opthamologist, he sent us for a CAT scan. Poor kid had to have an I.V. and be held down. Well the films showed it was a good size behind the surface of the skin so he

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Keaton went to see Sesame Stree live with Elmo. He loves music so he was super into it. Nothing like seeing a show with all the girls :)

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This was another fun holiday mostly because he's at such a great age of trying new things and geting so excited. He loved coloring the eggs. Every time I dropped one in the dye he said "Where'd it go, I don't know." Then I pull it out and he says "There it is!" He didn't quite get the finding the eggs part he has no sibblings or cousing so no examples I guess. I had to lead him to each egg

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This is Keaton's second Christmas but that means he was old enough to understand a little bit more. He was super excited about all the presents under the tree. Three days before Christmas he pulled a snow globe off the table, it broke on the floor and he fell into the glass and sliced his face. So his cute Christmas pictures also include stitches. Keaton's favorite toy was a vacuum. He loves that

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Last night we went out to Mother Nature's Farm to the pumpkin patch. It was lots of fun for all of us. Of course the first struggle started on the hay ride. Keaton wanted to get down and walk around so there was a little tantrum as we held him back from falling off a tractor, but once we went over a few little bumps he was happy to sit on the bench with us. Next we tried the bouncy house. We

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We recently took a family trip to New York. Here's a quick recap of our adventure.Day 1: Flew out of PHX at 11:00 pm...arrived at JFK 7:00 am. Flight was pretty good because Keaton slept through most of it. Had breakfast with Grandpa Marty, played at a nice park, headed out to Elaine and Joe's place in NJ had a nice dinner with a few of their friends and family for Rosh HashanahDay 2: Picked up

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We took this family picture when we had Keaton in for his 1 year pics...

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