Long Lost

i have been out-of-internet-commission due to rodents. RODENTS. honestly, somehow i thought rodent damage was something out of a turn of the century novel. i don't know why i didn't think it could happen now. my internet was down for a whole week. ironically i am the only one the rodent damage impacted so far as the company can tell. if you are with MSTAR and your internet spontaneously goes haywire-perhaps the rodent impeded you too.

So as a matter of catch-up i wanted to upload the pictures from the trip caleb and i took Bear Lake with Aunt Juli, Toni, Lindsay, Keeley and J.




Me and Caleb
i am embracing my natural wave.
caleb is enthralled by grass. or J's phone was nearby. caleb has a sincere weakness for cell phones.








Linds and Keeley
we thought keeley started teething on this trip. she wasn't the happiest i have ever seen her but it was so fun to have here there anyway! i loved watching her with Caleb. it is so much fun to watch them become friends.










Caleb giving Keeley kisses.
Notice how he is poking her eye out. he made big slobber marks on her head. it was so cute. i haven't been teaching Caleb to give kisses-he did this all on his own.











Looking somewhat confused when keeley got plopped in Caleb's lap this pose just happened. it was so dang cute to watch them together. Caleb loved trying to cheer up Keeley. Any time she was crying Caleb would go runnin to her to try to talk to her and see how she was doing. it was adorable! keeley loved trying to move like caleb. i have a feeling we will be in trouble when keeley gets bigger. mistchif makers in the making. :)














picture pose.









Linds and keeley
we were so glad they came! me and linds drove up together and it was great. well...the ride up was a little challenging. the kids weren't thrilled to be in the car. but the ride home was better. so glad you came linds!! her car fit all kinds of stuff! i am a horrible packer for trips. inevitably i always have the most stuff. my family is so patient with me. they just laugh which is the best thing with me. my only defence is that i used it all. :) anyone who has pointers of how to pack lite-i would love them!!!!!












Happy Caleb
anytime this kid is outside, everything goes in his mouth and he is happy as a clam. adorable little busy boy. holding still is not a skill this boy has.









Aunt J and Caleb
these two had fun. J thought it was funny to watch caleb run around the condo and me go after him trying to stop him from ruining/breaking things or getting hurt. she was also an awesome help! her and toni watched caleb for me so i could go running-which was awesome!










Enjoyin' the sun. really, if you can't tell, the day was overcast. According to Aunt Juli you can't get sun on an overcast day but she was proved wrong as we discovered later ;)
we had tried to find a beach to hang out at but after an hour of driving we ended up back at the condo which proved to be the perfect hang out. caleb played in the sand. Keeley ate her rice cracker. and the rest of us got sun.



The vacation was awesome! i love to hang out with the women in my family. Linds and J are the best sisters i could have asked for. i am so glad they have accepted me with such open arms. every woman should be so lucky to get a mother-in-law like mine. she is sincerely my other mom. i love her.
thanks for the girls trip!