2008 – Page 2 – SteeleLife

10Nov 2008 by Kaylene 1 Comment

Sweet Mac, Sad News

Animals, Grief and Loss, Life in Texas, Me, Memories, Pictures

Our Zoo's prize elephant baby passed away lastnight. This is truly heartbreaking. He's been a big source of joy for us in our family, and regularly one of the things we have to visit at the Zoo. Today's terribly rainy weather suddenly seems very fitting. Houston Zoo Mouns Passing of Beloved Elephant Mac (click for zoo's article)

09Nov 2008 by Kaylene 1 Comment

The Primary Program

Aiden, Church, Michael

Aiden was the second part in the program, I think that was smart considering he's either the youngest or next to youngest in primary, and by far the rowdiest. He got up, giggled and said "Herwoo!" And then said "Just teasing!" and then said "I'ya Chil GOD!" TWICE. OH well, it could have been worse. Kevin and I were both red and trying to stifle our giggles and embarrassment. It's a good thing he didn't know were we were at that point or else he would have got a kick out of our response and been egged on. Very embarrassing... Michael did pretty good, he said the first two lines of his part without any help then I think the stage fright set in, and he needed a little help,…

07Nov 2008 by Kaylene No Comments

This could be really bad.

Aiden, Church, Family Fun, Humor, Life in Texas, Me, Michael

So Sunday is the Primary program, I've been practicing Michael and Aiden's parts with them... Michael turns SCREAMING halfway through his part, or mumbles it. Aiden's part is simple. "I am a Child of God." This Morning, I told him it and he said "I'ya Child BUTTERFLIES!!!" and giggled. Oh boy.

06Nov 2008 by Kaylene No Comments

You’ve GOT to be kidding me!

Family, Life in Texas

There's another hurricane threatening Cuba, BUT thankfully it's heading out to sea, not into the gulf! I about fainted. No thanks, we'll pass on one more hurricane in Texas. :) National Hurricane Center

03Nov 2008 by Kaylene 5 Comments

Halloween Costumes

Aiden, Baby Joey, Church, Family, Family Fun, Games, Health Concerns, Holidays, Humor, Kevin, Kevin and I, Life in Texas, Me, Memories, Michael, Move to Utah, Pictures, The end is near

In the spirit of blogging, and since I'm so picture obsessed, it's only fair, regardless of other circumstances, to share some Halloween snapshots. Friday was the day we made our final decisions on the job and move, so it was a BIG day in many ways! We went to the ward "Trunk-or-treat," and had a great time. Michael was our "Soccer 'ball' Player" I got the outfit at the AF DI, on our trip last month, and hoped he'd latch onto the "basketball player" idea, he didn't, after three weeks of 5 different ideas a week, we went to Traders Village, and ran across some soccer balls, he decided he wanted to be a "Soccer 'ball' Player" (the "ball" addition all his own), but when it came down to time…

02Nov 2008 by Kaylene 1 Comment

Did I save it?

Me

Because of the time of day, and the boys limited attention span, this is as close to sunset as I got. At first the sky was totally blown out white, and the Temple too dark. So Did I save the Image?

02Nov 2008 by Kaylene 2 Comments

Houston Temple

Church, Family, Life in Texas, Me, Memories, Pictures, Polls, The end is near

Yesterday we took a chance to go up to the temple and get some pictures, it was pretty fun, and we're glad we went. So which is your favorite? I have a poll at the right, so please vote! A B C D E F

02Nov 2008 by Kaylene 3 Comments

ICE or In Case of Emergency

Family, Grief and Loss, Health Concerns, Polls, Pregnancy

OK, I deleted the chain email, but people are doing this "ice" thing, where in your contacts on your cell you put "ice" in front of the names of the people you'd want contacted in case something happened and you weren't able to respond about who to contact. Ice Husband, ice2 Husband desk, ice3 Mom, ice 4 Mom cell, ice 5 MIL, etc... While I was pregnant I was especially concerned about this and put "husband" in front of Kevin's numbers, and "Mom," and "OB/GYN," and "Ped, Dr. ******," etc... So hopefully if anything had ever happened that they'd be able to contact the right people, and get necessary records, as well as wished doctors for my care. Thankfully it was never used, but I was happy to know that…

31Oct 2008 by Kaylene 14 Comments

We’re Moving!

Dreams, Family, Family Fun, Kevin, Life in Texas, Move to Utah

And this isn't just a move down the block! Kevin has a job offer in Sandy Utah, he's taking it, which means we're moving, and that our kids will get to grow up knowing their grandparents and other extended family!! We're beyond thrilled. Edited to answer a few Questions people are having~ He'll roughly be doing the job that he was doing before we moved to Houston (new company). He's got 12-18 months of school left before his Bachelors (depending on what he takes on each semester), and we're hoping he'll get a promotion once he graduates. It's nearly impossible to be in his current position without a degree, so we've been very blessed, but we've prayed about it and it's definitely time for a change. Amanda, that was one…

31Oct 2008 by Kaylene No Comments

Picture Tag

Aiden, Family Fun, Games, Pictures

For this tag you are supposed to upload the 4th picture in the 4th file. So, here it is! This is Aiden in our rental van 3 weeks ago, all three boys zonked out by the time we got home from a drive to go see the Temple Sunday night. It was nice to have that much room, too bad it'll be a while before we get to get our own. Tag to anyone who needs a fresh blog. :)