Just to have a new post

Josh informed me that he didn't like "our" new background for the blog. So here I am changing it so soon. If you haven't noticed, I hate to change it. It takes up too much time and since I do it so infrequently, it seems more difficult than in should be.

Tucson, what to say about Tucson. I am glad that we came down here but...... I am glad we don't have to stay here. We hate cactus and that is all that there is here. Even the trees have thorns. But that isn't even the worst part, living down here you learn that just because someone calls something by a different name doesn't change what it is. Calling a cockroach a waterbug doesn't make it any better. Growing up in a cooler climate cockroaches were something you only heard about. Everyone down here is so used to them, you just deal with them and it's no big deal. Well let me tell you, IT IS A BIG DEAL!!! I hate them. Yuck!

Well now, this is sounding like I haven't enjoyed my stay here. I have, don't get me wrong. I have enjoyed the apartment we are living in. It is well kept and with 6 pools to choose from you can always find an empty one. The weather is always great here, even when it is hot there are the previously mentioned pools. It has also been fun to explore a new place, Tucson really does have quite a few places that I am happy to be able to say that I have been to. (Even Kartchner Caverns).

I guess I am just looking forward the the 6 weeks we get to spend at "Home" thanks to my sister and her husband.

Watch out, 4 weeks and we will be back!!

Just cause

ABC's

A. Attached or single-married for 5 years
B. Best Friend-My sister, she is the greatest!!
C. Cake or Pie- Either one sounds great
D. Day of Choice- Any that Josh doesn't work
E. Essential Item- Chap-stick, nail clippers
F. Favorite color- Not sure, it depends on what it is for
G. Gummy bears or worms- they taste the same so it doesn't really matter.
H. Hometown- Sandy
I. Favorite Indulgence- I am addicted to reality TV.
J. January or July- I would have to say July.
K. Kids- one for now, hopefully one more someday.
L. Life isn't complete without- Family
M. Marriage date- 3/13/03
N. Number of siblings- 1 sister, 2 half brothers, 2 sisters-in-law and 3 brothers-in-law
O. Oranges or apples- I like them both.
P. Phobias- Aliens, or waking up in the middle of the night and having someone standing at
at the end of my bed. ( I know I am a nut)
Q. Quote-Way too many to choose just one.
R. Reason to smile- Keegan
S. Season of choice- Spring or Fall
T. Tag-whoever wants to. But Linds for sure that would mean she has settled in and life is
getting back to normal.
U. Unknown fact- When I was little I wanted to be a police officer until, I watched Cops on
TV and none of the female cops were cute. I didn't want to be that burly female cop So
that is why I decided that it would be better to be an EMT.
V. Fav Veggie- right now it would have to be an artichoke
W. Worst habit- To many to name. Josh would be good at answering this one.
X. X marks the spot.
Y. Your fav food- mexican
Z. Zodiac sign- Cancer

Visitors

Once again Keegan was lucky enough to get a visit from Pa and Grandma. They came down last week and stayed for a few days. Keegs had a great time swimming, going to the park and being spoiled. Josh and I had a great time going out, just the 2 of us. We go to go and see a movie and go shopping. It was a lot of fun, something we haven't been able to do since we got here. Tucson is definitely getting warm, the weather man forecasts 105 degrees tomorrow. YIKES!!! I don't like it that hot. At least we have multiple pools to choose from.

Keegan leaping of the side of the pool. Pa is the arm you see on the bottom right.

Keegans new toy from Pa. It is kind of funny, when he tries to sneak up on you to shoot you he looks like Elmer Fudd.

I always thought a tri-cycle was easy but here is his first major crash. I wasn't looking and the next thing I here is him asking for heeyelp. (southern drawl and all)

Being cute in the tub.

Being silly.

Contract Extended!

Nothing new here in Tucson. Except that we are staying a month longer. We will be here until the end of June. Weather is getting warmer, yesterday was in the 90's. We go swimming almost everyday, hopefully Josh and I will have some sort of a tan (even if it is the farmer variety) when we come back. Keegan and I often go for a walk when Josh leaves for work. I walk to give the dog some exercise, Keegan loves to come along to look for bunnies. Right now a lot of the cactus are blooming, the prickly pear especially. The Seguro should be next.

Cactus flower

Keegan looking for the baby bird.

One of the many bunnies on our walk

Keegan in his green fishy float. He is so fearless. The first time I put him in the float he took off, kicking almost faster than I could keep up. He is ready to go!!!

And my favorite picture this week. Keegan and his crazy hair. I swear it was just an itch but the camera caught it just perfect. ha ha

Keegs is anxiously awaiting "Pa's" arrival. Paul is going to be riding his motorcycle down here to visit us. 12 hours on a motorcycle!! Yikes!!

Crikes Mate!!!

Back to the Wildlife Museum! Keegan and I tried to go to what sounded like a really cool dinosaur museum. To our surprise, when we got there it no longer existed. So then Keegan decided he wanted to see water buffalo. This place is so much fun. I have told you all this before. So I won't bore you all (all 6 of you) with all of the details. Any how, Tucson is Tucson. Warm, sunny and not a cloud in the sky.

Keegan wrestling a croc Steve Irwin Style.

Going for a ride.

Mr. Black Bean Face

We visited Mt. Lemmon. The southern most ski resort in the country.

Keegan telling me to put the flash up.

Being silly.

Playing Air plane

Thanks for looking at another week in Tucson.

Ranch Dressing!!

No new pics right now, just a funny little story. The other night we went out to dinner at a steak house. (the one we tried to go to with Paul and Tari when they were here) The place is very western/cowboy like. Oh well the waitress was very nice, when she brought our salads out she also brought some carrot sticks and cucumber slices for Keegan. She also brought him a little side of ranch dressing. He LOVED dipping them in the ranch. Well, Josh and I are eating our salads and talking. I suddenly hear a slurping sound, I turn towards Keegan to see him drinking the ranch dressing right out of the little cup!!! I am so upset I didn't have the camera, he had a ranch dressing mustache that would have rivaled any milk commercial you have ever seen. Funny kid. Oh well, that was the most exciting thing for this week. I promise pictures next time.

Just another week in Tucson

We had another nice warm week here. Last week Keegan and I again went to the zoo. It is close, cheap and keeps him busy for a while. We got to feed the giraffes. This is Keegan and a Zoo keeper feeding Denver the Giraffe

Denver again, and Keegan a little unsure of the really long black tongue that he has.

Keegan at our favorite sushi restaurant, they gave him an umbrella with his drink. This is actually the second umbrella, he quickly broke the first one.

Jacey, Keegan and I went to another baseball game. We sat in the same place as usual, on the grass so Keegs could run around. Here is a picture of the sunset.

Keegan and Jacey in their matching "cow" shirts.

We had a great time with Jacey while she was here. I hope she had a good time even though Tucson is not most people's idea of a vacation spot.

Back to the Zoo

So the other day, Josh had to work and Keegan and I needed to get out. Instead of going to the same park that we go to at least 4 times a week, he and I went to the Zoo. We got there early, the weather was great, and the animals were all out. It was early enough that the trainers were all out working with the animals. Keegan got to feed the giraffe's, he thought it was great. He loves the giraffes anyway but then to get to feed them. I couldn't get a picture cause I had to hold him up. On our way out we decided to ride the train. Kind of a lame ride if you are an adult but to a 2 year old. Wow!!

All of the birds were feeling a bit "frisky" the zoo has a ton of peacocks

The zoo has 3 albino peacocks.

We went to another baseball game, this time it was the Sidewinders against the Salt Lake Bees. I think we were the only ones cheering for the Bee's. They were fun to watch, the players in the bull pen were the nicest. They threw a ball up to Keegan, he played with it through out the rest of the night. I was afraid he would accidentally end up throwing it onto the field. We were sitting on the lawn behind the outfield. The right fielder was close enough to hear Keegan yell "GO BEES". He would turn and wave. So cute, Keegan had a blast.

Keegan yelling "GO BEES"

Keegan with his ball. (Koda ended up destroying it the next morning)

More Pictures, What else??

Our latest adventures in Tucson have taken us to the International Wildlife Museum. It is great, it is all inside and air-conditioned. There are so many animals to look at. Keegan loves it, for him it is even better than going to Cabela's and seeing all of the animals. The thing that makes this place great is that they have whole sections with signs that say "Please Touch Carefully". So to a 2 year old this is the coolest place ever.

At the International Wildlive Museum petting a bear of some sort.

Keegan and his bud Koda

Again at the Museum kissing a tiger

This one is specifically for Grandpa Cow Ball and great Grandma. He loves to wear his "Cow Shirt".

We had a great weekend with Josh's parents. They came down on Friday and stayed until Sunday afternoon. We just spent most of the time relaxing and playing with Keegan. We went to the park, swam, lots of bubbles were blown by "Pa". We did have 2 events that were a bust. We tried to go to Kartchner Caverns, but that didn't turn out. After the hour drive to get there, the next tour was in 3 hours. Needless to say we didn't wait. We looked through the visitors center and decided that we would have to come back when Jacey comes down. Then the next day we tried to go to the really nice mall we have down here and none of the stores were open yet. Who knew malls outside of Utah open later on a Sunday than the ones in Utah.

I'll try again!

I tried to post some new pics the other day but it wouldn't work (or maybe I was impatient) Today it worked. The pics are kind of random but here they are anyway.

Keegan at the Zoo.

Sitting and of course not looking at the camera.

Keegan sitting on a metal elephant. The little metal kind like some of the animals at the Hogle Zoo. But, the dork in me didn't get it in the picture. I was too worried about getting the live elephant in the picture. Duh!!

In the tub after a badly needed haircut.

Before the badly needed haircut. It was getting crazy.

Here is the apartment complex where we live, we are in the on on the left just past the 2nd tree.

Here is Keegan with messy face.

Keegan FINALLY got his bed and we promptly put up his new tent.

Here is a pic of Keegans room with both of his tents.

Outside playing and holding still for 1/2 a second.

Pictures Finally

Keegs standing in front of a HUGE turbine at the Glen Canyon Dam Visitor Center

My 3 boys looking at the Dam with the bridge in the background.

Keegs and Koda infront of the turbine.

Keegs sleeping in his tent. His bed comes in 2 days. He loves camping in his tent.

Keegs and Dad in a slot canyon at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. He had a lot of fun in the slot canyon and the cave.

So far Tucson has been fun but, we can't wait for our visitors to come next month. Keegs sure misses his "Pa" and usually tells me every day "Talk Pa". We are also excited for Jacey to come and visit a week or so after "Pa"

5 years!!

I can't believe it, today is our 5th wedding anniversary. Time has gone by so fast and so much has happened. Needless to say this anniversary is much different from ones in years past. The biggest one is that we are sooo far away from "home". Usually we go out to a nice dinner and spend the night at the Castle Creek Inn. We love staying there. But not this year. So far it has been a nice day but nothing too extreme. We did go swimming this morniing around 11. Keegan was unsure of it at first but then he didn't want to get out. He was so cold, even though the pool is heated, he was shivering and still didn't want to get out. He loves jumping off the side and having Daddy catch him.

Yesterday we went to the Desert Wildlife Museum. It was nice. Lots of cactus and plants that want to poke you but nice never the less. I have realized that when you first look at the desert with all of it's pain inducing plants it isn't very pretty, it actually looks kind of scary. After walking through the museum with it's cactus gardens and flowers blooming it is pretty, in it's own way. There was also a cool man made cave here. It looked like what I would imagine a cave to look like, Keegan thought it was fun, scary sometimes too. His favorite part of the day was definitely all of the snake exhibits. I am worried I have a little Steve Irwin on my hands. YIKES!!!!

I still haven't gone out to buy a cable for my camera, I promise I will soon.

We Made It!!!

After 2 long days in the car, we made it to Tucson. We drove the first day down to Page, Az and spent the night. We got up the next morning and went to see the Glen Canyon Dam. What an amazing sight. It is unbelievable how it was built. We then spent the next day once again in the car for the last half of the drive. Keegan was great, he slept a lot which is always good. When he was awake he read a lot of books and listened to a lot of Signing Time. He did start asking for "Pa's house" and then would say "far away". He also said this for Dan and Mimi, Jenben, and his favorite little friend Mace (Mason) all to which he would answer to himself "Far Away". Once we got to Tucson we found our apartment and got our stuff inside. Then it was time to get back in the car and go and trade rental cars. This is when Keegs decided that enough was enough. He kept telling us "Get Out" we made the switch as quickly as we could and went in search of dinner.

I did get some pics of our adventures but I packed the cord to our camera and it is now "Far Away" Soon enough I will get another. Bye for now from sunny warm AZ.

Tucson here we come!!!

After talking about it for so long, we finally have our first assignment. Josh will start at Northwest Medical Center in Tucson, Az. He needs to be there by March 3rd. So not a lot of time to get our self in gear and down there. We are excited and nervous at the same time. I already think I need the Tums for my stomach. As soon as we got the contract to sign, my stomach flopped around a bit. Oh well, here we go on a great adventure. There has to be good Tex-Mex down there right??

Keegan Turns 2

Yesterday was Keegan's 2nd birthday. I can't believe he is 2. Time goes by way too fast. I didn't have as hard of a time as I thought I would have. Because let me tell you, I was a mess when he turned 1.

We had all of our family and friends over for his birthday. It was a little tight in our little condo but we managed. Keegan had a good time opening all of his presents, he is getting better at it. He got a lot of books, his favorite thing. His favorite book it Richard Scary's, Best Word Book Ever. Josh's family had a very old copy of this book. Aunt Jacey decided that since their copy had seen better days she would get him his very own copy. (he fell asleep with it at naptime today)




He also got books about cars trucks and "Things That Go". This was his attempt at a smile.

This is another one of his favorite gifts. Vanilla wafers, he loves them.

He got a tricycle from my parents. He almost gets the hang of peddling. We will have to work on it. And then the funniest part of the party. With the presents put away he was ready for his cupcake. He had been asking about them all day. He had his very own with a candle in it. The instant we all started singing to him he started crying. Apparently he doesn't like it when people sing to him. We all thought it was funny but he didn't. He was so upset by our singing that he didn't want anything to do with his cake. He wouldn't blow out the candle or eat any of it.

Once the trauma of being sung to wore off he was fine. He had plenty of new books to worry about and a bike to ride. We have the greatest family and friends. We really appreciate them all.