East Canyon

1st camping trip.........Successful!!!!

This past weekend we headed up to East Canyon with the Keeles for a bit of Campin. The trip started out very eventful with Greg and Barb's water tank falling and hanging from the bottom of their trailer- then not being able to find a spot- so the boys dropped the trailers, left us gals, and went searching for a better one- Luckily after a few grumpy episodes, we made it to a nice spot (let me add its like 11:00 p.m. by this time) and the rest of the trip was enjoyable. Brenley LOVED camping she was such an angel- instead of her usual screaming all day (not exaggerated) I think I might have to just move my trailer up to the mountains for mine and Larry's sanity!
It was so nice to be able to just sit and do nothing and fun to be up there with the fam and get in some good laughs!

Proud Grandparents!
My Happy Little Girl, All bundled up!

1st Family campin Trip- with many more to come

Kyle, Crystal & Teegan

We got creative and colored Iceman's Mohawk with the ashes from the fire
(Yes, my dog has a Mohawk)

My nutty cheesy husband at the pool
(Larry and Kyle had way too much fun in that pool together)

My two little kiddo's snoozing away in the trailer!

DAD'S DAY!!

Happy Fathers Day to the Love of my life!! What a lucky woman I am to be married to such a stud! Your an amazing dad to Brenleyand Iceman! Thank you for all that you do for our family!!!!!!! We love you!

Great Grandma's

This past Sunday Larry, Brenley and I headed down to my Grandma Crooks (Brenley's great grandma). It was so fun to see her and listen to her wise 87 year old advice! My Aunt Jean and Uncle Larry were there too so we got to visit with them, and then my parents and Bro showed up- so it was one big party! (There are more pictures to come- be patient with me:)





Brenley and Aunt Jean


Grandma Goofing around and sitting on my dad's lap!

Just Goofin!


Brenley calmed right down when I gave her to Grandma to hold. I love this picture!!

1 Week Old!!

Brenley Muriel Keele

On Tuesday May 6th 2008 our Beautiful Healthy little girl arrived into this world. She decided to make her grand entrance at 11:29 a.m. weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz. and 22 in. long! Contractions started at about 2:30 that morning and by 5:00 we were off to hospital, both so excited knowing that after all this waiting and anticipation, it was finally happening, and on her exact due date, imagine that!! It was so crazy the love that I felt for this tiny little girl, the moment she was born. Right when I felt that last push and her coming out, I was so overcome with emotion, You always hear how much love a mother/ father has for their children- I never knew what that really felt like until that moment at the hospital! Nothing else mattered... I felt like everything was a bit hectic right after, but I honestly zoned myself out and just listened to that sweet cry. Larry stayed right by my side, and just held my hand... what an amazing man he is! My love grew so much stronger for him at that moment, and is continuing to grow more and more as I watch him with Brenley, and as he takes care of me while I am healing getting back to my full self.
I had the opportunity to be able to have a FULL delivery room during her birth. Some of you may think that is weird, and I totally understand, because I wasn't sure what I thought about others being in the room as well. When the time came down to getting ready to push, I had my mom, my Aunt Jean, Larry's mom, and Larry's dad in the room, and the nurse said, ok, who do you want in the room? And I felt totally fine with everyone being in there, maybe thats weird, maybe not, but I decided, Why not? It is such a neat expierience, and why not share it with them as well? Yeah, I made Greg (Larry's dad) stand behind me, he said he watched the monitors the whole time :) my mom and Larry helped me hold my legs and Barb and my Aunt Jean were being so supportive and "rooting me on"! All in all it was an amazing time and as I look back I wouldn't change a bit (well, maybe I would have my sis dad there, but he was at a meeting for work and was hurrying as fast as he could to get to the hospital... he arrived right after she was born, so he didn't miss much, and my sis was on a field trip with her little Cortney at Thanksgiving Point).
All in all it was a great Day/Delivery. We are just home now trying to adjust to life with a new family member. I am so grateful that everything went so well and she is so healthy! Thanks to all who have been so good to us and all the fun visitors! What an amazing Mothers Day Gift I have gotten!

What a man!!

Have any of you ever seen such a more manly man than that?? How sweet Larry was to paint my toenails for me! I have attempted many of times to get those things painted and I just can't bend over enough with this big belly to do it (well at least without passing out, or causing harm to others!) He was so willing to do it, and as you can see, he really was working hard! I had to keep myself from giggling because he was concentrating so hard on each toe, making sure it was perfect! I am so lucky to have such a good husband to help me out in critical times of need such as this one! He is the best! ( He will even massage those mammoth feet for me once in a while too!!)

Washcloths and Loofah's!!

So I have this fetish that only about two people know about- My mom and Larry. I have an issue with washcloths! You see, I can't ever use the same washcloth twice, no matter the circumstance! I wash my face every morning with one and then every night with a new one-- and when I shower, out comes another one. Here is the explanation- Whenever you use it, you are rubbing dead skin cells all over it and dirt and oil and anything else that may be on your body- so it becomes contaminated- and can only be cleaned by heading to the washer and making it through the Hot cycle! And I could never imagine sharing a washcloth with anyone!!EWW!---- so some of you may be thinking, that makes sense you might even do the same thing- well I just realized that I have another issue that has appeared! I can't use my loofah!! I have a cute pink one that sits in the shower, and every time I shower, it sits alone, not being touched! Its still in good shape, but I can't imagine using it because to me, it is covered in yucky bacteria fungus stuff from dead skin??? I think loofah's are wonderful and really are great at getting those great body washes lathered up- but I guess I am going to have to get a collection of those as well as my millions of washcloths! So am I crazy, weird, or what? Is this normal, does everyone else have this issue too and I just don't know about it?