Summer Fun!

Wow! it has been so long since I have blogged, I may not know how it works. Anyways, I have either been super busy with life or just too lazy to blog. Probably too lazy! Anyways, we had such a fun summer and I'm sad it's over. We went swimming a lot, we did a lot of fishing, but no luck with catching anything. We also went up north quite a bit to "getaway" and we went to Seven Peaks and the Zoo one weekend with my cousin and his family. Here is a bunch of pictures to remember the fun we had. 

He hated wearing the life jacket on the boat

Keegan and his best bud Dacyn

Do you want some Mt. Dew??

Kelson, Dacyn, and Keegan at Seven Peaks.

We had a blast! The kids had so much fun and I think Jesse 

and Elam had just as much fun as the little kids. They 

were kids themselves!!

Such handsome boys!!

Of course he had to hitch a ride at the hotel

Stylin'

He didn't like the Carousel much!

He is too stinkin' cute!!

Next blog will be Keegan's 2nd birthday. Let's hope I get it on here before Christmas! 

Zucchini Bars!!

I apologize for not having a picture of these yummy treats. We had a family get together and they were gone before I remembered to take a picture. I hope you enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Grated Zucchini                                            
• 3 Eggs
• 1 cup Vegetable Oil
• 2 tsp. Vanilla
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 1/3 cup Flour
• 1/4 tsp. Baking Powder
• 2 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1 tsp. Salt

Frosting: 

• 4 oz. Cream Cheese--whip until fluffy
• 1 cup margarine or butter
• 2 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and bake in a half size sheet pan or 1 in. cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 24-28 minutes ( I cooked mine in a convectional oven for 24 minutes and they were not as moist as usual.) It depends on what kind of oven you use. As for the frosting, mix all frosting ingredients together and lather it on the bars after they have cooled. 

They may be a little fattening, okay so more than a little, but they are so dang good. They are easy to make too. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Our 1st fishin' trip of the summer!

Last weekend we went up on Ferron Mountain and went fishing and had a little bbq with our good friends, Kacie and Alex. We had such a fun time. Jesse and Alex have been best friends for the longest time and it's so nice that Kacie and I get along so well too. We always have a good time when we are all together. 

The night before we went and bought some fishing poles for Keegan and I.  Keegan was in heaven with his cool Spiderman fishing pole. It was so cute, while we were fishing he would stand on this rock and just throw his fishing pole back and forth in the water. It entertained him for quite away. He loved it. It was crazy because he had watched his dad throw his pole in a couple of times and then he just started throwing his pole in. He picked up on it so quickly. He is going to be such a good fisherman just like his daddy! After we did a little fishing we had a bbq and a fire and just hung out. While we were waiting for our food to cook Alex brought out two of his guns. I was a little nervous cause I didn't want Keegan to freak out while the men were shooting targets but Alex brought earplugs for him, so we were good to go. After awhile Kacie started shooting the targets and then they all told me I needed to try it out. I told them I would be good to just sit and watch but before I knew it,  I was holding a gun. I was so nervous cause I had never held a gun let alone shoot a gun. So Alex told me how I needed to hold it and look through the site and all that jazz. I aimed at my target, a full Pepsi can, and BOOM! I hit the can on my first try. I was quite proud of myself. I shot a couple of more times and then I was done. It gives you quite the adrenaline rush!! It was pretty fun. Anyways, we ate dinner, went back and did some more fishing then headed home. Unfortunately, we didn't catch any fish but we still had a blast!! Thanks Kacie and Alex for a fun time. I can't wait for more fishing trips!!

                                                 Like father, like son!!

I just love this little guy

                                    Eating his puddin' around the fire

                                              

Trying to fit in with the big kids!!!

My father-in-law is a principal at an elementary school, so we take full advantage of his gym when we have family gatherings or when we just need to wear Keegan out a little. Well, over Easter weekend all of the grandkids went down to the school with their favorite uncle, Jesse, and played a little basketball. Keegan figured he was just as big as the other kids and decided he needed to run with them too. It was so cute because he was in the mix with all of the older kids and was trying to keep up with them and did pretty well but in the end he was just a little slow. But he still had so much fun!!

He has quite the personality lately, he is at the stage when he has to copy everything anybody says or does. For example, when adults laugh, he has to fake laugh right along with us, or if someone is resting their hands on their chin then he has to copy them and do the same, also if he sees somebody folding their arms whether it be to say the prayer or just fold their arms, he has to also fold his arms. The list could go on and on. He is always coming up with new things that amaze me every single day, he cracks me up! I just love the kid.

Playing basketball with the big kids!!

Here is a video of Keegan playing basketball! I couldn't get one with him running with the big kids because as soon as he saw the camera he had to stop and come check it out!! So this video will have to do. He had such a fun time with all of his cousins!!

First of Many...

Keegan and Sophie

As you all know, I am the worst blogger and I hope I can start blogging more! Hopefully. My title says it all, I have a lot to blog about but I just don't have the time so this one is the first of many! I hope that when finals are over I will blog more! Yay, one year down!!! Anyways, the video above cracks me up. Keegan got this Cars fourwheeler for christmas and he rides it everywhere. Well, one night he had to give his partner in crime, Sophie, a ride and they both loved it. Keegan and Sophie are just two months apart and I love that he has a cousin so close in age. They play so well together, I just love it! I hope you all enjoy. Sorry it is sideways.

FINALLY!!

WOW!! I have finally found some time to blog. I have officially become the worst blogger out there! We have been a little busy the last couple of months and I just haven't felt like blogging so I didn't. Anyways, I am sure this whole blog will be about the little guy above, Keegan. He truly seems to amaze me every single day. He is learning so much and he picks up on things so quickly. Jesse or I will say something to him and he repeats the word right back to us, it is crazy. He is now 18 months old, the fun stage, and he is so funny. He is a handful sometimes but for the most part he is really good. He definitely knows when people are paying attention to him because he puts on a show for everybody and he knows he is the center of attention.

Keegan wearing Grandma Carrie's glasses!

Keegan is such a talkative little bugger and he jabbers from the minute he wakes up until the minute he goes to sleep. Here are a couple of the words he says:

Mommy Phone Shoes Poppy (dog)

Daddy Ball Teets(treats) Chicken

Grama Doggie Ba-Ba Noo-N00 (Noodles)

Granpa Tree Turtle No! No! No!

Whas that? (what's that)

Where mote? (where's the remote)

Where the ball?

Where they go? (whenever someone leaves)

Jesse taught him how to say why? which he thinks is hillarious, but I don't think it is to to funny. Also when you yell his name he yells back What!! He is too too cute. And he says a lot more words I just can't think of them right now. I need to write them down.

As for Jesse and I, we are pretty boring. Jesse is just going to work and I am still going to school which keeps me pretty busy. A couple of months ago Jesse and I were able to leave Keegan home with my mom for the weekend and we went up north with some friends and stayed in a hotel and went to a Hockey game. So much fun. It was nice to have us time away from the little one. We need to do it more often. Yeah, I know, we are BORING!! But that is okay cause I like to just hang out at home with the two men in my live who I love very much.

Sorry it's so long and boring!

November

November has been a crazy, but fun month for our family. I know I am really behind but I wanted to post this as a journal for myself. At the first of the month we took a trip to San Francisco with Jesse's sister and her husband for our 2nd Anniversary. We had so much fun, we went to Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf, and did lots and lots of shopping. It was so nice to get away and just relax. It is so crazy to think that Jesse and I have been married for two years now. I just want to let him know what a wonderful husband and father he is and I don't know where I would be without him. I LOVE YOU HONEY!! Jesse also had the opportunity of blessing my sister's little boys Ryker and Bridger. He did such an amazing job and I am soo proud of him and thankful for him that he was able to do it. Keegan is definitely keeping me on my toes. He is growing up so fast and it is so wonderful to watch him learn new things everyday. His new thing he does is he loves loves Oreo cookies so when he gets one, he pulls the cookies apart and just eats the frosting and then he is done with the cookie. It kills me. As for myself, I have been super busy with school and keeping up with Keegan. We had a good Thanksgiving and it was nice to have a little break. Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to....

Keegan, my Little Dragon and my mother on Halloween

Alcatraz

Inside the prison, It was an amazing experience.

Keegan relaxing at the hotel in San Francisco

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY KEEGAN

WOW!! I can't believe my baby is one year old. August 24th was his birthday (sorry I am very behind with blogging) and we just had a little party for him with family and friends. I came up with this crazy idea to try and make his birthday cake. I made him a turtle cake because he has this blown-up turtle that he carries with him everywhere, he loves his turtle. The cake turned out better than I thought it would have. I decorated the big cake and my sweet husband Jesse decorated the little cake, and that cake was Keegan's own personal cake that he dug into. It was such a good day. I don't know what I would do without him, he is such a blessing and we love him very much.

 

Some of the things Keegan has accomplished:

Walking, Running

Dancing

Climbing, Kicking the Ball

Getting into EVERYTHING!!

Demands he pushes the shopping cart at the Grocery Store

Tickles people and anything he walks by

 Some words he is saying:

Momma, Dadda, Turtle, Juice, Shoes, Hi

Tickle, Tickle, Tickle

What's that (says it really fast)

See it, woof-woof, teets(treats)

He jabbers from the minute he wakes up until the minute he goes to sleep. 

Weighs: 19lb. 12 oz.    28in. Long

Happy Birthday Little Man!!

We Love You!

AUGUST

August was a CRAZY month for the Jones' family. It was Keegan's 1st Birthday, I started back into school, and we moved all within a week and a half. We did manage to have a little bit of fun and here are some pictures of the "little man" golfing. Also Keegan thinks he is such a big boy so he decided to climb up onto the foot stool.

 My Little Pro Golfer 

BUSY-BUSY-BUSY

Wow!! What a busy month it has been for us. First off, I signed up for school which I was a little nervous about, but now I think I will be okay with it. Second we decided last monday that we were moving. We started packing thursday and was all done moving saturday afternoon. Now I just have to clean both houses and then I will be settled in. Yesterday was Keegan's 1st birthday, and it was such a good day. Another crazy happening in our lives is Jesse is getting surgery on his heart tomorrow to fix a couple of holes on his heart(extremely nervous). And then friday is my birthday. Yay! Also I have had to start dropping Keegan off at Daycare so I can go to class, and both him and I have had a hard, hard time with it. He has only been babysat one other time in his life (kind of sad) and so when I drop him off at Daycare he has a really hard time which I have a hard time with it and him screaming only makes it worse, so I hope things will get better. When my life settles down a little more, I will post some pictures.

Playing up in the Mountains

For the 24th of July we decided to go up on the mountains on Saturday and play for a bit. We went up there with Jesse's family and just hung out and relaxed. Since Keegan has started walking he doesn't stop so he loved that he had a ton of space to walk around. Also he loved loved the four wheelers. He loved going for rides on them and also he loved to just sit and play on them. While Keegan was taking a nap, we decided to take a long ride over the top of East Mountain (I think that is what it is called) anyways, it was such a beautiful view once we got up on top and you could see everything, I love to be up there it felt so relaxing. It was also nice because Jesse and I got a little time away while Keegan was sleeping. I would have to say that it was a little weird to be away from him because he has only been away from us once and that was when he was two months old. It had been raining a bit so the trail was quite muddy, and for those of you who know Jesse he is a wild child so he had to hit every mud puddle in sight and go up every big hill possible. While we were on the trail we came up on the big puddle so my brother in law tried to go through it but it was a lot deeper than we had thought so Jesse had to pull him out. It was so Hilarious! All of us were so muddy when we got back to camp, but it was worth it cause I had a blast. I had such a good time up there, but who wouldn''t have fun hanging out with family and relaxing and also playing in the mud. Thanks honey for yet another amazing fun filled weekend. 

Exploring the Mountains

Keegan playing with the four-wheeler with Grandpa Dennis

Horses

This last weekend was Cleveland Days and they had a Lamb Fry so Jesse's borther Covy invited us to go with him and his family. So we arrived at the Lamb Fry and got our food and then we headed back to Covy's sister in laws house to eat our yummy Lamb(NASTY). Well they have two horses so we decided to go and see how Keegan reacted towards them. At first he was very scared of them but once he warmed up to the horses he didn't want to leave their sides. So here are a couple of pictures of his new adventure with Horses.  

Me, Keegan, Zoey, and Covy

He did such a good job with the horses

Swimming

Last week Keegan and I went swimming for Jesse's nephew Jaden's birthday. Keegan is such a water baby so he was having a blast and it was also nice to see all of the cousins. The swimming pool had an outside pool but it was so windy that we hung out inside for awhile. Keegan has a cousin named Sophie and she is just two months younger than him, and they had such a fun time playing with each other. I love it that he has someone close in age because the other cousins are a little older so it is nice that they can play together. It is so cute and fun to watch them interact. We had such a good day!

I got him this floaty but he didn't like it,

so that is why he doesn't look to happy.

                                  Keegan, Me, Mandie, Sophie, and Hannah

                                     also Harrison is in the background

             He loves playing in the water!

It is Official.......

Keegan is WALKING!!!! On Father's Day Keegan started walking back and forth between Jesse and I, and kept walking like that for a couple of weeks. Well on July 7th we were playing and he just stood up on his own and started walking around, it was so crazy. Since that day he walks all over the place and I don't know why but he has to carry something while he is walking, it is so funny and he doesn't even like to crawl anymore. He is getting so big, I can't believe how fast they grow. We are so proud of him.

    

   (sorry it's on my phone so it is not very clear)

     

Baseball Game

Jesse's Birthday was last week and my mom gave him Bees Baseball tickets for his birthday, so we went last friday. The game started and they only played for like one inning and it started raining so they had to delay it for a bit. While we were waiting we decided to take a couple of pictures. We waited for about an hour and then it started up again, but by the time it started again it was cold and so we decided to leave. We only watched about a half an hour of the whole game, but we had a lot of fun and it was good to see my family .

The Whole Gang

Keegan eating Cotton Candy. He loved it!!

Nichole and her little boy Ryker. 

Keegan was terrified of the mascots at first.

10 Months Old

Keegan is now 10 months old. It is so crazy to me how fast they grow and how time goes by so quickly. The last couple of weeks has been so much fun for us. He is learning a lot of new things which is exciting for Jesse and I. It makes me sad that he is not my little baby anymore but I am glad to see him experience new things. He is the best little boy and we love him with all our hearts. 

Some of the things Keegan is doing:

Crawling

Pulling himself up on to Furniture

Standing by himself

Took his first couple steps on Father's Day

To stubborn to eat baby food anymore so he only eats table food

Has six teeth

Says Dada, Gampa, Shoes

(still will  not say Mom) makes me sad

He is getting into EVERYTHING!!

He is all over the place

He weighs 18lbs. 8oz.  28 inches in height

Here is a couple more pictures of him. It is impossible any more to take good pictures of him because he loves the camera but will not hold still long enough for me to take the picture. 

WE LOVE YOU BUDDY!!

Happy 27th Birthday

Happy Birthday Jesse!!!

I hope you had an amazing day.

I love you so so much.

Thanks for everything that you do for Keegan and I.

We love you!!

Flaming Gorge

Every year we have a family reunion up at Flaming Gorge. We headed up last Wednesday and when we got there it started to rain. It kept raining, and raining, and raining, oh yeah and it rained some more. It rained all day Wednesday and all day Thursday, and it was freezing cold. Keegan and I couldn't even leave the trailer and let me tell you it was so hard to have a 10 month old locked up in a trailer for two days, when he can't hold still for more than 2 seconds because he is so so active. Also he loves to go outside so it was hard to keep him in there. Friday it was an okay day, it was  pretty good so Keegan and I got to go outside for a couple of hours which he loved cause we would walk around and play with the other kids. Jesse got to do a little fishing, he went every morning with the boys and then in the afternoons. He caught a fish but my family is really crazy about fishing. They go for the big big fish, so when Jesse caught a smaller fish they made him throw it back cause it was to small, but I think he had a fun time with them anyways. At least he wasn't trapped in the trailer. Saturday was another good day so we went down to the Lake and then went for a ride to a scenic overlook, which was pretty cool. Sunday we woke up, packed all of our stuff, and headed home. Even though I complained that I was stuck in the trailer, overall it was a pretty fun trip and maybe next year the weather will be a lot better.

Keegan hanging out in the Trailer

Beautiful Overlook of Flaming Gorge

Keegan's 1st Trip to the ZOO

A couple of weeks ago we were able to take Keegan to the Zoo for the first time with some of his cousins on his dads side. He really didn't understand the purpose of us being there but we had a blast being there with all of our family. Thanks everybody for going, we had a lot of fun.