We Love Pumpkins!!

So I know some of you will have already seen some of these but, what can you do? In my family we always loved to carve pumpkins. Even when my sister and I were in high school we would still carve pumpkins with my dad. So it has continued and we still try to do it now that we are older. So this weekend was pumpkin weekend for us since it is our last weekend here. We carved with Josh's family in the morning and then had dinner with my fam and carved with them in evening. So here are all of our amazing pumpkins

Josh's 2nd pumpkin of the day
My 2nd pumpkin
My mom carved this one. It is Rocket from Little Einstiens, she carved it for Keegan.
My Dad carved this cute camping scene.


Here are all of our pumpkins from earlier in the day.

Josh's and mine
Jon and Jacey's

I love this time of year. I love the weather and the colors on the mountain. I am really excited to see what it looks like in Spokane this time of year.

Completely Random Pics

I figured that since my last 3 posts have been without pictures I should put some on here. They are completely random but Keegs is in them so I think they are kind of cute.

In Grandpa and Grandma Cowball's hot tub.

Fishing at a little pond with Dad. Keegan just walked into the pond and got his boots wet.

Mad that I am taking his picture AGAIN

And last of all Mr. Underpants. This is what he wanted to wear to be the other night. His boots, underwear and his "bat hat"

To answer your question, Yes, Spokane!!!

Yay!!! We finally heard back from somewhere. Well, one that doesn't include alien abductions i.e. Roswell, NM. ( we turned that one down). Today while I was at work Josh called to let me know that his recruiter got his liscense number from the state of Washington. We were really excited because we thought it would be weeks more before we heard anything. So he was able to send Josh's info to a couple of places in Washington. Then just a few hours later, Josh got a call. He will be able to start on October 15th, the day of the next available hospital orientation, sooner if the manager can talk the hospital into it. While we have had a GREAT summer and visit with our families, it is time to explore something new!!

Dang it Megan!

Ok, so the other day at work I informed Megan that she need to help me out and put something new on her blog. I have become somewhat of a blog stalker and had alreay read her latest post about 10 times. I will inform you that they are currently building a new house and have been doing a lot of work themselves. But dang it I need something new. So being the nice person that she is she complies and posts something new and then dang it, tags me to do the same.

Here we go 6 quirks you may or may not know about me

1. My shoes have to be tied the same tightness, if not I will continue to re-tie them until I get it right or give up and untie them both.

2. I ALWAYS have my toe nails painted but will never put anything more than clear polish on my fingers.

3. If one hand gets wet and needs to be dried off I have to get the other one wet too.

4. I hate adressing envelopes. I don't mind writing letters or post cards but can't stand addressing them.

5. I can not wear socks around the house. I either have my shoes and socks on or go barefoot.

6. I do not like peanut butter, but love reeses PB cups.

Ok, so now it is your turn. If you have bothered to read this I tag you.

Update

So there is still nothing new to report on the traveling front. All of the ladies at the Olympus Clinic are very happy with this. We did have one of the hospitals in Tx request additional info on Josh, so that is encouraging. I do have to say however, I fear that the cockroaches in Tx will put the ones in Tucson to shame. YIKES!!!!

I am happy to say that after 3 intense days, not leaving the house, Keegan is almost completely potty trained. He stays dry all day, and can manage to get himself to the potty. He can usually go all night too. So YAY!!!! no more diapers. Ok so after I typed all of this I went upstairs to check on Keegan who was napping, and he was soaked. This is the first time he has had an accident during a nap. Good thing "Pa" loves him, cause it was on his bed. Ooops.

I'll post when I know more.

Just thought this one was funny. Keegs first outdoor peeing experience. He he he, cutest little tushy ever.

Fishing, Fishing and more Fishing

So there were 2 thing that Josh wanted to do while on our extended vacation on Utah, golf and fish. Well here are some more pictures of fishing, and he will be hitting the golf course this after noon, so mission accomplished. We had fun as usual up in Heber on Tuesday. The weather was GREAT and this fishing was too. Josh caught the biggest fish we have ever seen out of that river. Keegan loves going, whenever Josh catches a fish Keegs runs over and Josh lets him reel it in the last bit. Keegs thinks it is great, his other favorite thing to do is throw rocks ( i know, complete boy thing) but the best part is that Koda is right there with him fetching the rocks that Keegs throws in.

Here is Josh letting go of is HUGE fish.

This was only the second fish he caught for the day and he told me that after that one he could be done and call it a day. Did he though.....of course not.
Daddy and Keegan showing off a "Big Fat Fish" as Keegan said
And here are the best buds ever. We knew we had a great dog, but he puts up with everything Keegan can deal out. Seriously the best dog ever.

Guess What!!!! Guess What!!!!

So, most of you know the story. Last year on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend I lost my wedding ring. I have searched EVERYWHERE!!! The pool, Cafe Rio, and The Viehweg's house. I had also ripped apart our condo 3 times, searching EVERYWHERE in there too, cupboards and everything. It was nowhere to be found. I asked Tyler to look for it when they were remodeling the condo before they sold it. I had the janitors at the pool looking, and nothing.

Well.......today......15 months later........ I FOUND IT!!!!!

I had parked our car in the street in front of The Viehweg's house, like we had a zillion times before. I went out to get something out of the car, couldn't find what I was looking for. Closed the car door and looked down, and there it was, in the lava rocks in the park strip. I thought it was a key ring at first and then it only took me a second to realize what it was!!!!!! I was so excited that I ran in the house and told Josh to hold out his hand. He thought I was trying to hand him a bug. Everyone was shocked. It has been at Josh's parents house all along, granted outside in the weather, but there the whole time.

It needs to be cleaned but that is the last time I take it off of my finger!!!!!

Just thought these were cute.

These are from the same day we got the outfit just after a much needed nap. So here is my happy cowboy. (fruit snacks in hand) After the nap he wasn't nearly so upset about the long pants and actually wanted to wear the hat.

YEEE HAW!!!

So the previously mentioned horse show was Friday. Here are some pics of the show. They aren't that great and there isn't that many, my mom put me to work and that kept me from taking too many pictures.

Here is Keegan being silly while we were getting the horse ready. He is wearing an old headband banging the two combs together.

Just before this picture he smashed his thumb in between the two curry combs. I managed to snap a pic right at that moment and the look on his face is quite funny, but alas... the picture is blurry.
Here he is during the kiddy class. My mom is leading the horse and my sister Mimi is making sure that he doesn't fall off.
Here they are again, Keegan had a great time and kept saying "Keegan riding horsey" they had a photographer there and she got quite a few photos that aren't so blurry.
You are also getting a preview of his Halloween costume. My mom spent way too much money on this outfit for him to only wear it once. So that makes my yearly hunt for costumes much easier. Plus he loves this one. He is still sleeping in his boots, if I let him.

My little Cowboy

So this weekend my mom is in charge of a horse show. Since we are in town she decided that it would be fun for Keegs to do the little kiddie class. All of the kids win a ribbon and a trophy. I was just going to make sure he had on long pants and not worry about the outfit. Well, my mom had another idea. She came over today and decided that Keegan needed to Cowboy Up. So here are some pics of his new outfit. Not on my list of things we needed in his wardrobe but cute none-the-less

Keegan napping in his new boots. He wouldn't let me take them off.

Keegs in the whole outfit, minus the hat. He isn't too happy that I made him put on long pants.
Still not happy about the pants and needs a nap.

Keegs riding a horse

Last night we went out with my sister to see her horse. Keegan had seen horses up close one other time and wasn't too happy about it. They were loud and one of them sneezed on him. I didn't think that I could convince him to get on one, let alone get him to stay up there long enough for a picture. But he proved me wrong. He didn't even flinch when I lifted him up on Vicky. He had a lot of fun and wants to do it again.

Camping, Fishing, and of course Keegan

So is it August so we of course made the yearly trip to Island Park. Josh, Keegan and I went up a few days early and stayed in a cabin. When everyone else got there we joined them in the campground. If you have read Jacey's blog you will know that this year bears have been spotted in the campground. I was not too excited about this, especially with Keegan sleeping in his own bag this year. So every night I went to bed keeping one ear listening for bear sounds. (not that I really know what a bear sounds like). Josh and Paul did see a bear but it was across the river and didn't seem interested in going for a life threatening swim.

We made it into Yellowstone park a few times. We love that place, even just the drive, we love looking for all of the animals. We saw buffalo, elk, and even a bear and a cub. No moose or wolves to be found.

Keegan decided to wear goggles around the campfire one night. What a nerd.

The black bear and cub that we saw in the park.

Keegan at Old Faithful just before it went off.

Josh and I took a guided fishing trip down the river this year. Here is me with the biggest fish I have ever caught on a fly rod.

Josh with his "trophy" fish. Don't worry all fish were promptly returned to the river.

This is actually our first night up there, Keegan wanted to go to bed just like this.
We went to the Bear and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone. This is Keegan inside of a bear trap.
Inside of the gift shop they had a HUGE teddy bear couch. Keegan was scared of it at first.
Keegs eating his very own ice cream cone. He didn't know what to do with the cone once the ice cream was done.
This is Keegs just relaxing, I should say holding still for just 2 seconds.
All in all we had a great trip. We always look forward to going back. Can't wait for next year!

Fishing

One of our favorite places to go. The Provo River in Heber/Midway. We all have a great time. Josh gets to fish, Keegan gets to play in the water and Koda gets to swim, I get to make sure that Keegan doesn't go swimming too.

The Boys marching to our favorite spot.

Keegan doing his Huck Finn impression.

Keegan in his fishing hat.

Another day of fishing but still cute together.

Hello Utah!!!

Well, after 2 days in the car we made it to Salt Lake last Sunday evening. The drive was as good as it could have been. We stayed the night in Page, Az, about half way.

Keegan after a bath being silly.

Keegan getting settled for the night. Watching Clifford the Big Red Dog for the 100th time that day. What an amazing thing, the travel DVD player is one of the best inventions ever!!!

So far we have had a great time, Josh has been able to go golfing and just relax. We had a great time at the Real Salt Lake game on the 3rd. It was Keegans 1st time seeing fireworks, he liked them a lot but thought they were noisy. The 4th of July was one of the things that Josh and I were looking forward to the most. We love the BBQ at his grandparents house. Now we have about a month to just relax and do all of the things Josh didn't have time while working so much. Next thing up, camping in Island Park, 26 days and counting.