15Feb 2009 by Kaylene 3 Comments

Family Heirlooms

Me
OK, you're probably tired of this portrait session already, but this is special to our family. This sweater was knit for my husband Kevin as a baby almost 30 years ago by his Grandma Bonnie.  Each of our boys have worn it, I wish I could find pics of the other boys in it, I know they're here, somewhere, but not at my fingertips now...  Now I thought it was lost in the move, and I felt horrible, I couldn't remember how big it was. and thought it was probably going to be too small by next fall, as you can tell by the way it floods him that is not the case. About a week ago I was going through boxes trying to find something totally unrelated, and there…
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14Feb 2009 by Kaylene No Comments

Happy Valentines!

Me
This is the first revision, which changed a tad as the week drudged on.  I only changed it for Michael as he's the only one that still gave out Valentines at the end of the week.
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02Feb 2009 by Kaylene 2 Comments

How dare that weasely rodent…

Animals, Humor, Me, Winter Blues
...not predict an early spring!?!  The audacity. Six more weeks of winter, predicts groundhog Punxsutawney Phil I'm DONE with winter.  DONE.  Sure it's my first time dealing with real winter for more than a week at a time in 6 years, but please! Hahaha!  I've done my time with unbearably hot summers, so it should work out.  This next summer had ought to be mild with lots of rain.  I may just cry if not. Haha, had to add this.  Utah's "Groundhog." Never Mind the Groundhog, How About the Prairie Dog?
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01Feb 2009 by Kaylene 2 Comments

Merrily we roll along…

Aiden, Baby Joey, Birthdays, Family, Family Fun, Humor, Kevin, Kevin and I, Me, Memories, Michael
Life is just going along.  This week was a busy one.  This week Kevin finally had his training for his new job (they threw him into it for the last two months without the formal training), and spent most of the days at work training, towards the ends of the work-days he was still responsible for his normal work routine, so he kept positively busy. The week began with Kevin taking a pre-test for one of his classes, and cramming for the following exam, on Wednesday he took and passed his Microsoft OS XP Certification Exam, Kevin said that some people told him that if he could use Microsoft OS, he'd be fine, but he had to study hard, and it was more complicated than it sounded.  On Thursday Kevin…
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25Jan 2009 by Kaylene 3 Comments

Well, at least we know he loves primary!

Aiden, Baby Joey, Church, Me, Memories, Move to Utah
This morning Aiden happened to be the first one ready, the rest of us where almost there, but not quite yet.  Aiden used to have a running away problem, but with the blanket of snow, and a few scoldings he's been pretty good about it.  My Dad and one of my brothers left a little early for church for their callings, and we were rushing to finish getting ready when I heard the front door slam.  Sure enough Aiden had gone outside.  I was standing there barefoot at the door calling for him to come back, he took off.  Grr!  This does not a happy Mommy make.  I called to Kevin hoping he was more ready than me, and he was even worse off than me, and Joey was standing…
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14Jan 2009 by Kaylene 4 Comments

What a wonderful year it’s been!

Baby Joey, Family, Family Fun, Humor, Me, Memories, Pictures, To new beginnings
Many wonderful things have happened in our family this past 366 days, I maintained a blog (which I'm lagging on, LOL!), Michael finished Kindergarten, had his first summer break, and started first grade, Aiden more than tripled his vocabulary (though I'm still the only one that understands most of it), Kevin started a new job, we moved to Utah, but most importantly, our family grew by one VERY important member, and he's brought nothing but joy to each of us since the moment he came. Today is Joseph's First Birthday! I can't begin to express the love I have for this little boy.  When I hold him I can't help but kiss him and squeeze him and just smile from all the happiness that overflows from him.  I adore and…
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06Jan 2009 by Kaylene 2 Comments

re-cap of the last two months Part I

Aiden, Animals, Baby Joey, Family Fun, Life in Texas, Me, Memories, Michael, Move to Utah, Pictures
So looking back, it looks like I need to re-cap through the move...  We've certainly been having fun, and my computer isn't as centralized as it's been, making computer time more rare and hard to come by. So looking back, it looks like I need to re-cap through the move...  This is going to take a few posts, and I'm going to split it and post them fourth to first, so that they read down the page correctly...  So...  If I ever get around to booking my blog (or whatever they call it) you'll have to skip ahead a couple pages and flip back.  Sorry for the inconvenience. Highlights (and lows) since just before the move~ November 1st (the day after we agreed to the new job) we went up…
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06Jan 2009 by Kaylene No Comments

re-cap of the last two months Part II

Aiden, Baby Joey, Family Fun, Holidays, Humor, Kevin, Me, Memories, Michael, Move to Utah, Pictures
We celebrated Aiden's 4th birthday! We had Aiden's Birthday party, he decided he wanted a candy mountain cake...  That's what it looked like...  A mountain of candy.  He loved it so that's all that matters. We had a rainbow pinyata, and I think everyone had a great time. We had LOTS of dinners at the Steele's and have enjoyed lots of time with both of our families.  One weekend when Mom and Dad Steele were out of town I think, we met up with Kevin's little brother and sister at Arctic Circle and let the kids play, fun times and good shakes. We had our first heavy snow, the boys LOVED going out in playing in it, but haven't been back out really yet, LOL!  Sadly I haven't taken any…
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