Fun with Family

Keith's sister, Wendy, and her family came down from Utah last week. It was great to see them and to find out that they are expecting baby #5 in March. They sure are good secret keepers. That's just a month after I'm due and they're expecting a boy too. It'll be fun for our boys to have a cousin the same age. And Jill is expecting in June! So here's a picture of the pregnant sisters. (And now I know that when I'm in my tall shoes, I really am a giant!)
This is all of Keith's family. It's amazing to think that next year there will be 3 more kids!

Thanks Wendy for the pictures. We just found our camera last night.

Props to the Photographer!

This is one of my favorites! Keith looks hot! My best friend Shari's dad is a pro photographer and so she's been around it her whole life and has been taking classes from him, so she knows what she's doing.

If you want family pictures for Christmas (or anytime) I totally recommend her, and she's affordable. Here's her blog. She has more pictures of us on her blog too (not that you need to see more of us), but the cutest pictures on there are of her two girls having a tea party!

Halloween

Happy Halloween! I surprised Keith by having almost 50 bats flying out of our fireplace. Oooo....scary!

Here's the view from the fireplace.

Inspector Gadget and a Spider.

Our silly jackolantern.

Ten Years

We went to Keith's 10 year High School Reunion on Saturday night.

It was fun to watch Keith see a bunch of his old friends.

Unfortunately we didn't bring a camera with us, but I thought that I'd share a couple then & now pictures.

This is then: Keith pitching for Mesa High.This is now: he still knows how to get his game on!

This is then: after healing from getting hit between the eyes by another player's iron.

This is now: loving to play golf more than ever.

Like a Bird

So along with being totally excited to welcome our baby in February, these are just a few things we've been working on at home.


Setting up the crib. It's early, I know, but we couldn't wait. It's a good thing we got it early though because it still smells like paint, so hopefully the smell will be gone by the time we need to use it.

The changing table. I feel so lucky to be able to have one of these. I know that diapers can be changed pretty much anywhere, but I love that I can organize everything on this and it should help my back from having to change the diapers on the floor or somewhere like that. Plus, it looks really cool!

New furniture arrangement by Keith. I guess he's nesting too! He did this when he decided to vacuum under the couches.

Fun shiny beady things hanging from our dinning room light for fall. This doesn't really prepare us for our baby, but it's fun to look at.

We waited for the weather to cool and then we loaded our little garden with flowers and a few edible things.
Lettuce, Tomato, and Strawberry plants.

Parsley, Cilantro, and Mint.

Finally, now that it has cooled off here, I planted these beautiful petunias and a fern in my hanging baskets on the back porch. I can never get things to live in them during the blasting hot summer!

Everything that was stuffed in odd places in the extra bedroom (now baby room) had to find a home. Now it's all organized in the office closet. I love it! I was scared to attack this task, but it was easier than I thought and Keith helped me put the cool baker's rack thing together.

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