Happy Birthday Killian!

We celebrated Killian's first birthday this past weekend up in Thatcher. His birthday is this Wednesday the 31st. This kid is so funny! He can make dog noises and can dance. He is a crack up! I was in charge of video taping so my pictures aren't the greatest, but I'm hoping to get some other that hopefully I can add later. We had a great time at the Thatcher park and overall a great weekend! Happy Birthday Killian we love you!!!

 Why I didn't get a picture of Killian's cute face, not sure. But here he is with Bri and Grandma Ginny. I guess Killian stabbed a piece of food and ate it! Quite the accomplishment for a little one year old!

Opening Presents! Killian handled the attention really well. He even blew out his candles (with some help from his mom)

Some more news: Kameron's parents have made a career change and are moving up to Laverkin, Utah in the next couple of months. It's going to be a big change, but that's life I guess! Kameron is commuting to ASU for his last class (whoohoo!!) But it's expensive and a realllly long day for the both of us. Hopefully it's a quick semester. He's still enjoying his new job and we are enjoying Globe and can't wait for the fall weather to kick in a cool it down!

Baby Steps

A while ago Kameron bought an Ex-tra large tarp for the boat. We ended up taking it back and down sizing but not before we really got the chance to enjoy the size of this tarp with Jeter on it!

 We also gave Jeter a little hair cut but we had to enjoy the long-Do before it was trimmed.

 We like to spend time with cousins!

 Jeter and I have spent some quality time practicing crawling. But just recently he has decided to use those arms and legs so conveniently attached to his body! We are very excited mostly because the poor little guy is frustrated with his immobility, which makes mommy frustrated. So it's a win-win situation! Hasn't learned the move forward part but he is learning very quickly for not having done anything until his 10 month mark. It's amazing his skinny little legs can hold him up that's for sure! Good thing he is still 16 lbs!!!

Raidrops Keep Falling On My Head...

The monsoon season is here! I don't think I've seen this much rain in a long time. It's great for the garden, but makes our house a little muggy. But it defiantly cools things down and rain is just fun!!

 I just thought this picture was funny. Jeter likes to read his magazine in bits and pieces.

 We harvested a watermelon and some corn the other day! Jeter was so excited!!

 or confused as to why a big rolly thing was sitting in his lap?

 I made these very yummy chocolate cookies. Perfect chocolate fix and a great texture. I want to try them with mint or even peanut butter! Mmmm.

 Just ignore the two empty spots....haha!

 My mom, Emily and I went antique-ing in Globe this past weekend and I have been wanting some cute S&P shakers! Well Globe is a great place to look! I had options but these were my favorite. I am kind of tempted to go get the others that got left behind...

I also had some visitors! Emily Lunt and Julie Ellerman came to visit us!! It was such a fun day. Lots of chatting and lots of laughs! http://emilynmartin.blogspot.com/ Emily took some great pictures and also documented some funny ugh stuff. Haha! I would highly recommend visiting her blog for some comic relief!!

 Oh where does the time go? It's funny it seemed like we picked up where we left off. Like we just got back from spring break and there hadn't been a 4 year break. I love being close to friends and hope to enjoy more visits and make more visits to Mesa and see these lovely faces more often!
Best Friends Ever. Period!

ps--we miss you Molli!!

Chili!

 I made some chili for dinner and it was super good! So I thought I would share it:
                                     
 1 piece steak cut into small cubes (about 2 servings)
 2-3 medium sized potatoes
 1 can pinto, kidney or black beans-undrained
 1 can tomato sauce
 1 can diced tomato with green chili-undrained
 1 cup water
 1 TB cilantro
 1 TB chili powder
 1/2 tsp. cumin
 1 TB dehydrated onion
 dash of garlic powder
 salt, pepper

brown your meat, drain it
bake potatoes in the microwave for 3-4 minutes (until soft but not mushy)-                                      
or you could boil, cut into small cubes
combine beans, tomato sauce, tomatoes, water, cilantro and spices
stir and bring to boil over medium heat
 Mix well and serve with sour cream, bread or whatever sounds good!

The fun thing about chili is you can make it any way you want. No potatoes, two cans of beans, no cilantro. There really is no way to mess it up. Well maybe...but there really is so many different things you could do to change it up!

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Melanie came to visit for the day! It was so fun to see her, she's a long time BFF of mine! We had a fun time just chatting and catching up!

                                                   The "what are you doing lady" look...

Jeter sprouted his first tooth the other day! A little bottom one. Poor little guy got a cold either from it or it was just bad timing. The drool has kind of stopped but not quite. We just love this little guy!!!!

Diamond Backs Game!

 I went searching for veggies in our garden the other day and came across some zucchini!! The are green like the leaves so I think I have over looked them several times. But that gave us some giant zucchini!

Even a cute little flowered white one!

 Kameron was able to get some diamond backs tickets through his work so we went down to Phoenix and stayed in a hotel for the night. It was fun staying in nice AC and enjoyed the pool. They had a bird cage there, but you can't really see the little yellow parakeets. Bird cages kind of make me sad though. The birds can't really fly around; birds need to fly!!

 They also had a giant chess board....

 We (us, Jason, Cooper, Brianna and Killian, Emily) went to the diamondbacks game Saturday night. They were playing the Dodgers (I always go to the games when they play the Dodgers!) We took the light rail, it was a fun experience but probably won't ever do it again :) The game was really fun, and short! And you gotta love the diamond dog, delicious!

 Jeter did really good! Of course the loud noises scared him a couple of times but he stayed awake for the whole thing (yay?) but was such a good little sport and got lots of attention from strangers!

 (Cooper is hiding behind Jason)

 Jeter is smiling at the people behind us, Killian had a good time entertaining them too! It's funny how friendly people become when you have a baby. It was a really fun weekend and hopefully we can go to another game before the season is over! And the D-Backs won!

Good News! We officiallyy get to stay in Globe for the Fall semester!!! Kameron will have to commute for his class at ASU, but we are so glad to know where we will be for the next little while.

Gila Box

One fun thing about living in Globe is having a garden! We are enjoying fresh squash and can't wait for the cantelope to be ready! I am super excited to get some pumpkins planted!

Squash shapped like zuccini? Not sure but it was yummy!

We headed to Thatcher to see Brianna and Killian after their month long vacation in Hawaii. Nick took us out to the Gila River and we had such a fun time! Jason was there with Ava and Dayton also. It was so much fun and hopefully we can go there again soon!

The water is only like 3ft at its deepest point so it was perfect for the kids. And it was like bath water!

We got to spend time with Dane and Max (Hannah and Paige were gone to a girls night out) we missed them! But had a lot of fun with lots of little kids running around! Max is a little over a year, but he and Jeter were able to play together!

Waking up a little too early .....

Killian is crawling all over the place. He is such a wonderful little boy. I just love him to pieces! It's so good to have them back home!!

Boat update: My dad and Kameron got the carpet all cleaned up but the gas line or something was cut so we have to take it in to get fixed. Have to replace the ladder, some torn seats, handles and a bar on the front. We all still cannot believe that all happened! I couldn't figure out how to get my camcorder onto the computer for pictures/video. Lets just say it was not a pretty sight. I can't beleive the water filled the entire boat at one point! I am glad I wasn't there to see it though.

Kameron is enjoying his internship and it's looking like it may be extended through the fall so he can take his class from ASU, just waiting for the last approval! We really hope this is how it all works out. We don't want to move again so soon and really enjoy it here!

Fourth of July

For the Fourth of July we went to Lake Roosevelt with family. We decided that July is too hot to camp. Besides it being really hot we had a lot of fun wake boarding, knee boarding and eating really yummy food! My parents and Emily came on Saturday, and that's where the story really starts. We were loading up all the stuff on the boat and just enjoying the afternoon noticing the dark clouds in the distance but thinking we would be out of there before the storm hit. Well minutes before the waves hit the guys get back from the ramp and the waves get bigger, and bigger. Before we know it the boat is filling with water and chairs and life jackets are being swept away by massive waves. All the guys were trying to keep the boat from sinking and Janel and I rescued what we could. Thankfully all the chairs and most of the jackets. 

There are no pictures because my camera was in the boat, RIP my faithful camera along with a couple of cell phones. So I will try to explain the waves crashing into the boat going over the guys heads. I have never seen anything like it. Kameron has worked so hard on this boat. We have sacrificed to get this boat up and running. We just got it out of the shop last weekend. This toy is not cheap. So to watch it be almost sunk and ripped apart was one of the most painful things. I bawled like a baby a couple of times. Not that I was loosing a material possession, but to watch hard work be destroyed in minutes.

There is a good ending. We left the guys taking care of the boat to get kids and babies out of the sun. They stayed and were able to bucket out water and some wonderful person towed them to the ramp. The sheriff wouldn't be able to come until the morning. Some carpet was ruined and fuel hose torn and some other damage, but we took it to Thatcher the next day and Kam and my dad were able to clean the carpet and we will just have to start replacing the lost and damaged stuff.

It was not the way to end a fun lake trip. I am so thankful no one was hurt. It was a very dangerous situation. We said a prayer, but the wind didn't stop right away. We learned that sometimes Heavenly Father lets the waves crash into us, but our faith keeps us going. He always is watching over us even through the storm.

 

 We did have so much fun hanging out. There is no soda in the can but Jeter just loves to eat and drink what all the big people are eating and drinking.

                                                                          Emily wake boarding!

Janel got up on her first run after several years!