Rockin awsome

some more.....

2012-01-07T11:59:00.000-08:00

I guess I am a little obsessed with my kids lately...butt here are a few good ones that I love...mostly the ones with Crew and his longer hair. He recently decided to cut it himself and took my good sisors and cut a HUGE chunk right on top of his head..so now it is short, short, short. I will need to take a pic. he looks soo grown up..I hate it! (although he still looks pretty dang good. ) ;-)

Oldies butt goodies

2012-01-06T20:14:00.000-08:00

So recently it has come to my attention that some people out there doubt that I have the most beautiful children. Of course those of you who have SEEN my kids are laughing and shaking your heads that there is ever a person who would be dumb enough to think that and not value their own life enough to go a step further and tell me that they THINK my kids may not be the most beautiful children ever....so I was going through some old pics that I LOVE and am posting them to not only prove that they are just the cutest, butt to....well no that is the only reason. They are so dang cute...How can you disagree??(trust me if you would like me to NOT egg your car, YOU WILL AGREE!!) :-) Enjoy!!
These are from when Crew was just a baby, so Jett had to be 8. Wynn was 6. Rook and Cannon were 3.

Here I am sure they are deep in thought, debating which is the greater force...the Light and the Jedi...or the dark side. ...they were big into star wars then. :-)I love this one...I am sure Rook is saying...Why would you think that I did it??

Jett and Cannon trying to get Crew happy...by mugging him and smothering him with LOVE.

Wynn was sad about something...or deep in thought, either way I LOVE this pic. I am going to blow it up and put it on his wall.

If this pic doesn't seal the deal and I am not given worlds most beautiful children award in the mail by tomorrow, I don't know what will!!!

whole lotta Lola!!

2011-11-12T20:28:00.000-08:00

So those of you that know me, know that I always played with Barbie dolls as a girl. Well guess what...I have finally gotten a real life Barbie doll and her name is LOLA!!!! I love Dressing this little girl up, and believe me I am going to do it as long as I can...Because if she is anything like her mom..she will want to have a say in what she has to wear!!!!

Jett is 12!!!!!!

2011-06-14T20:52:00.001-07:00

So I am a little behind so I better get a move on.....Here is a little about jett. Well my oldest son turned 12. I can't believe he is that old. He was given the aronic preisthood and this last sunday passed the sacrament. It was crazy to watch...although he had no run-through he did a wonderful job. Jett is an amazing boy, and even though I know it is hard being the oldest, he is a good example to his brothers. I have learned so much with Jett and continue to grow and learn as a mother. Jett keeps me on my toes and on the go. He is full of energy and has a wonderful mind. When he was little he was often in his own world pretending to be a super hero, batman, or buzz lightyear, someone saving the world. He now is often in his own world...reliving a book he just read or just making something up as he goes.
I love you Jett and want you to know what a wonderful boy you are. The possibilities are endless when you put your mind to it. You are a force to be recond with and I am proud of you.

he loves motor cycles and got to go on a ride with Grandpa Ken...He loved it.

He loved Wynn when they were little, especially cuz wynn did everything Jett wanted him to.

5 years old...looking sharp.

Jett has always loved video games and books...the two things I know will keep him busy.

Here he is with Grandpa and Grandma Pidcock after he was ordained with the preisthood.

Back in the day.....

Jett is constantly asking questions about family and loves to hear stories of his grandparents..here he is with Grandpa and Grandma Miskin.

Grandma and Grandpa Murdock.

His first Halloween...

3 years old....he loved hats...he was always wearing one.

Can't seem to just smile for the camera anymore...I think he sat better when he was 2...

He has become quite handsome...I love how good he looks here.

He is tall and thin, a lot like the Miskins...He has big hands and feet, so I hope he will continue to grow and be tall.

When I am not looking he is often helping out someone with something. He is very patient when he wants to be.

Butt I can still whip him if I need to!!!!!! I love you Jetter....Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Gary!!!!

2011-05-13T14:56:00.000-07:00

So I have this guy that I love so much..his name is Gary. Most of you really don't know him because he is quiet, butt he is the most awesome guy I know. He is really funny and smart and is a wonderful Dad..and He loves the crap out of me!!! I always tease him that he is an old man in training, butt I love that he collects hobbies. From rock, stamp, and tshirt collecting to learning how to paint..to his Bees..He has lots of things that interest him. I love to watch the big bang theory with him, especially when they use big words and he laughs. I laugh mostly just watching him.
He is very considerate and thoughtful, He is very direct and honest, He does things to make me happy and loves to spend time with the boys. He is a hard worker and doesn't often complain...I love that there is a side to him that not many people see and I love that he loves the Lord. He has a great smile too.....I love ya Gar, Happy Birthday and I promise I won't throw you a surprise party this year...or will I??

I don't know if you can tell butt right about this time something really started to stink...I will give you five guesses to see if you can guess who it was.....(it wasn't me..and probably not Gar either).

When Rook and Cannon were born he often walked around with a front pack with one of the boys. He has always been such a great help with everything.

When Rook and Cannon were weeks old we decided to go to Navoo for a quick weekend. Real Men aren't afraid of looking a little "motherly" with the feeding and harness stuff and the bag of stuff.

As the boys get older each boy has a quality or physical trait that reminds me of Gary, in their eyes, their smiles, their laughs or their gestures..I love it!!

I love Gary with Lola, she LOVES him. He is calming to her and she loves the feeling of his scruff, and his voice. She has A LOT of him in her...she does the famous..I know you are talking to me butt I am going to ignore you til you go away....(she gets that from him!!)

He always takes time to hang with his boys. He is a good example to them and is so much fun.

Gary has always been wonderful with our babies. He changed diapers, fed and loved on each one of them. It wasn't until I had Jett, and I was able to see how much he loved Jett and was such a wonderful father that I fell in love with Gary all over again.

He has been my Guinea pig and let me do about everything I could think with his hair...he is a good sport.

He is so laid back. He doesn't let me get too wound up about stupid things and helps me calm down when I need it.

He looks GREAT in tye-dye!!!

He makes me laugh, a lot. I love you Gar, Happy Birthday!!!!!

Wynn!!!!

2011-05-10T13:29:00.000-07:00

Wynn came to us early-ish one morning around 8 o'clock..he was pretty blue and quiet..the cord was wrapped around his neck butt he was breathing, He was Really blue and thinking about it I know the Lord was watching out for this little guy, because our family wouldn't be the same with out him. Let me tell you some of my favorite stories about my favorite 2nd son: Wynn loves to dance and loves music. He has a great voice and a knack for music.

Wynn is very intelligent and should have been names "little Gary" . He has similar gestures and mannerism as his dad and I love it.

Wynn is a hard worker. Once he decides to do something there is no stopping him.. He earned enough money to buy his own zteks, in a bout a months time. He was an animal...

Wynn loves his family and is fiercely protective of them...he sticks up for them and doesn't like to see them pushed around.

Wynn is a great boy, he likes to cook and often wants to help in the kitchen. He is a pro at unloading the dishwasher and is often left in charge when Gary and I go out.

Wynn is very friendly and is very kind and considerate of others feelings. He has been a great help to me from helping with siblings to doing his chores. I love this kid more than anyone can know...except maybe his dad, who I am sure feels the same way.

Although Wynn could talk, no one really could understand him. Our friend Janet would have us over and Wynn would start saying something to her and she would look to me to interpret.. I would say he wants a cookie or a drink. One day she commented to me that it was amazing how well I could understand him. I finally told her, I didn't understand anything he was saying..I was pretty sure I was just a good guesser!!

Wynn is my most affectionate boy. He loves to be hugged. When he was little I would rub his head as he fell asleep, I can see him rubbing his own head every once in a while when he is tired.

When Wynn was 18 months old we found out that he had testicular cancer. It was one of the most frightening times in my life. The Dr's were always optimistic that it would turn out well, butt as a mother, the thought of losing your baby is daunting. He was always such a trooper and rarely cried during blood draws and ct scans.

Wynn has never been shy from attention..we were talking with a group of friends one night the power had gone out and my friend Heather was telling a story of how she was staring at a man with out his shirt on a house and ran her bike into a car...we laughed and then Wynn started to tell his story of how he saw a man with out a shirt on a house and ran his bike into a house. We laughed some more..I guess it was such a good story it needed to be repeated.

When he was about18 months I took him into a hearing specialist, he hardly spoke. She put earphones on his ears and when he would turn his head toward a sound he would see a little doggie or bird making noises in a box. The lady asked my why we came and I told her that he didn't speak and I was sure he couldn't hear..two seconds later he was turning toward the sound and the doggie went off...I heard, look mama ...cute doggie...look at the birdie...mama look... I took wynn and left..he hasn't stopped talking since.

Wynn would make the funniest faces, he would open his mouth and raise his eyebrows and make this "surprised" face. He loved to look in the mirror and smile at himself.

Wynn was often happy and smiley and had the sweetest disposition. He loved making eyes at anyone who would look his way.

When he was born he LOVED to be held and cuddled. He was such a big baby that he didn't learn to crawl til he was about 10 months...mostly because I never put him down.

Wynn has been a great blessing in our family. There is soo much more I could say about him. those of you that really know him have a better idea. I know that life would be quite a bit more boring with out him. We love you Wynn, You make our family complete!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

stolen moments and other adventures.

2011-04-28T05:41:00.000-07:00

When Lola was born the boys couldn't get enough of her, constantly kissing and touching her and fighting over who got to hold her. I really thought it would end once they got used to having her. I was wrong. They still can't wait til she is awake and they love to give her attention..sometimes too much. I love having a little girl, butt honestly the best part is watching my big boys melt around her. Here are some sweet moments with Lola and her brother, brothers with brothers and other fun times. Cannon definitely loves to hold lola and often gets a smile out of her. She loves him as much.

this was a couple of Sundays ago..I was in the bedroom and came out and saw Jett helping Rook. He was being very patient and kind...I grabbed the camera and Crew saw me get it soo he HAD to jump in...although his head isn't there..his rabbit ears are...

I love babies...I love when they are rollie-pollie and happy....she had just had a bath and was sitting trying to get who evers attention she could.

I love dressing her up, I love her in red, pink, blue, brown, any thing with frills and bows...poor girl I know she is going to hate it some day.

I love this dress...defiantly one of my favs...she had a great bracelet as well to match the red bow..

Gary got bees..you may have heard, here he is being a stud and checking on them in his bee outfit....even in that he looks good!!!

We went on a day trip to the air and space museum...I love watching Crew trying to imitate his big brothers..

For a day trip we took the boys to.....(wait for it).....BEATRICE...yep, Beatrice.... There is a homestead national park that was pretty interesting. The boys took a book and did a bunch of the activities.

Here they were being sworn in as Official guard "Helpers" of the national parks...they swore to uphold justice, fight for freedom and not litter in the park.

Here they are at the air and space museum.

I love this one, Crew was smiling until he saw his brothers were mimicking anican skywalker..so he quickly did the same.

Just a cute shot of Lola....she has been puckering a lot, sometimes ...well most times she blows bubbles, other times she just makes this face.

Have I told you how much she loves her Dad...he is calming to her, and she loves to rub her head against his 5 oclock ish shadow.

I mostly like this one of Gary...proof that he has a GREAT smile!!!!

In Beatrice, it was a great day for a hike, we had a lot of fun...Great idea Gar!

Easter is here!!!!!

2011-04-26T09:18:00.000-07:00

Well Easter was here and went....seemed like it goes faster and faster every year. This year was a hard one. The boys are getting a little bit particular about what they wear. Some don't like vests some like sweaters some like jackets...butt they no one likes the same thing...so we went pretty simple. It was a morning butt with the help of Gary we got them all ready in time to take pics. (they were thrilled..can you tell?)
We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Sunday and got to spend time with family and Friends. WE went out to the Deeds for an Easter egg hunt and a great dinner. They have become our family away from family. It makes me Grateful for our Savior and His great love for us, that he would live a wonderful life to be our example and die a horrible death so we can each be resurrected.
Love to all...Happy Easter!

Jett, Wynn, Cannon, Rook, Crew and Lola

Thanks Sabry for getting the bow together for me....I am so grateful for crafty friends with wonderful ideas!!!! (Notice there is no head band...cuz she has sooo much hair the bow will stay in w/o it!!!..ok just enough).

I think she was getting a little heavy or squiggly, making it hard to be held.

Lots about LOLA!!!!

2011-03-05T13:01:00.000-08:00

So there has been a ton going on right now, and I havn't any pics to share, So let me start with the pics that I actually took. One night Gary and I went out and usually when that happens the boys put a movie on for Crew in Gary's office..this is what we saw when we came home. It was pretty funny....he was right in front of the computer sleeping.

Here is Lola with Rook and Wynn..She is sporting the frilliest dress I have ever seen...given to her by Grandma Pidcock. It was soooo cute. She had mostly lace and frills and a little bit of cotton..it was crazy trying to get her in it...I almost lost her for a second..butt once I dug a little deeper I found her. Thanks Grandma for sending it..it is beautiful!! :-)

We of course, had to throw on our favorite boots to wear for sunday. It was so cute. The boys all had to jump in. Crew, Rook, Lola, Wynn, and Cannon.

Once they all started coming up, I thought we should all pose for a few pics...Jett, Wynn, Cannon, Lola, Crew and Rook...all looking good in their sunday cloths.

I just thought it would be fun to see all the different hands size. Mine, Crews and Lola's.

Crew brought me the Camera and wanted to take pics of Lola, so then of course he HAD to be in at least a couple..this was the best one ..he couldn't seem to just look at the camera and smile.

Crew actually took this one if you can believe it..I was holding her and she is looking at me..it turned out sooo good...Crew, You are HIRED!

She was smiling big for this one so I had to post it. She is getting a ton of hair, and almost can have a pig tail on top....I tried and failed...I should let Sabry do it...she is the miricle worker anyway.

Here is another one that Crew took...I can't believe how good it turned out.

Wynn took this one sunday morning...the two keller gals...all ready for church. I have been having a little bit of fun with Lola..as you can tell.

Missing

2011-02-17T20:15:00.000-08:00

It is late, Gary is out of town, so I will be up for quite a while...and while I am up I am looking at peoples blogs and old pics we have of family and friends..and I was thinking man, there are a few things that I have come to miss...I get a little homesick for family and my kids would LOVE to live close to them, butt really when you live far a way for a long time you get used to space and not having everyone around even though you would like them to be. I look back at some of these pics and these are a few of the things I am missing tonight:

crews curly hair, I am missing those locks..we have kept them quite short and now looking at this pic I am wondering WHY??? He is so dang cute with his blue eyes and crazy hair!! (that is one of his little girl friends in the back...she is one of my favs also..)
Defiantly missing this guy, I hate it when he is gone..even for short periods of time, at least over nights for real. It is comforting to know that he is next to me in case someone breaks in..He would slow them down at least a little while I get the shot gun or the bat.
Just another good one...I really see the resemblance of him and Jett.
I miss purple hair on Cannon..I love that he and Aunt Krystal matched...they look ROCKIN' Awesome!!!
I miss Jett in a batman cape. He never went anywhere with out it. I love those white nike shoes...crew wears those now. it is crazy that Jett was ever that small.
I miss my sweet crazy little two year olds...right before they got naughty, well I should say this was before ROOK got naughty, CANNON, as you can see, was already there, and shortly came out of it. This is what would happen when I sent them up to get ready for church...
I miss Jett when he was little, he was always, and still is, in his own world. He didn't need toys or anything butt his own imagination to keep himself busy.
I miss our uptight friend Dan, who couldn't stand to be in my house for 10 minutes before he started to wipe things off and put things away, or at the very least put a quart of disinfectant on his hands.. butt would let me do CRAZY things with his hair, and even wax his neck..

I miss that buzz lightyear sweater, jett LOVED it..this pic is taken in august and it is like 100 degrees out and he refused to let me put something cooler on him..that thing literally fell apart by the time he was done with it.
I miss my short hair, I like my long hair, butt short was fun and I am constantly thinking about going back to short...
I think the theme really should be how much I LOVED having Jett as a little boy. He has gotten so big so fast and no longer wants to cuddle or be hugged, even though I hug him every day...mostly to annoy him. He was so dang cute..don't get me wrong, he is a handsome boy now..butt I loved his toothless grin!!!
I miss Wynn playing soccer, he was so fun to watch. He wasn't even remotely interested in the game. I love this pic..he was following this kid around and talking to him the whole game. The kid couldn't get away ..believe me..he try ed.
I miss Rooks BRIGHT, BLONDE hair....it was almost so bright it would glow in the dark..it has gotten so much darker, as has Wynns and Cannon's.
I think in this pic I said, wynn give Jett a hug...Jett kept him at arms length to make sure no such thing would happen.
Sweet little Rook...He was so cuddly and perfect!!! I love his blue eyes...He was such a good boy!!! and then three hit and all hell broke loose.

Wynn at his preschool graduation...I miss him wearing that red shirt...he loved it. He wanted to wear it all the time.
Look at Cannon's rubber band wrists....and dimples on his hands...I don't know if Gary could even lift him now, let a lone put him and keep him up on his shoulders for long...
I miss our Sunday dinner guests..I LOVED knowing that we always had two of our best friends over every Sunday...I always knew we could have a great lettuce salad with what ever I made. I miss having someone over EVERY Sunday....I keep trying to find someone to take their place, butt have yet to find any takers.
I am missing my friend and neighbor Shari, she was the funniest, rowdiest, (raunchiest) gal in village Green...we have fallen out of touch and need to get back into it...I miss hearing her stories and having her cute son eat our left overs...Hmm, maybe I will facebook her.

Double Trouble

2011-02-09T13:15:00.000-08:00

Let me tell you about this day only 7 years ago....Little did I know that it WOULD be one of the happiest days of my life butt it would be the start of the most Chaos I had experienced before in my life. these little boys had the capacity for destruction like a tornadoes and still they melted my heart! Rook has always been my little firecracker, having a fiery temper and yet is so sweet, He has a sly smile that he uses to his advantage and is very witty and clever.. he loves music...all kinds and sings all the time, he is very smart and was always a little careful...
Cannon is all or NOTHING..he is sooooo LOUD and is constantly skipping around. His smile is infectious and I know he is never going to want for friends. He is very intense when he is in his all mode. He has a temper also butt it takes a little more to bring that side out. He is the night owl and often I will go down stairs when I wake up in the night and he is still up. He sleeps in late, which I love...except when I have to get him up for school.., he is very sweet and tender hearted. And is quite the ladies man!!!

A funny story about Rook and Cannon that tells you a lot about them, one day we were at the water park in Omaha and this older boy kept bugging Cannon. (Cannon is a a bunch bigger than Rook so people often think he is older than he is)..This boy kept picking on Cannon and made him cry, I was about to intervene when I saw Rook run over there and yell at the boy, throw his bucket of sand on the kid and he took off.. It was the sweetest funniest thing..until I saw the boys toothless, bra-less mother marching toward us, I grabbed the boys and off we went!
I am so grateful for these two and that they came as a two for one! They have brought so much joy and laughter into our lives..we love you guys sooooo much!!!
Happy Birthday!

sunday pics and other smiley moments

2011-01-16T13:36:00.000-08:00

Lola is growing so fast and getting so cute. She is chubby with a capitol CHUB!! She is a little spoiled, especially by her brothers, who, anytime she makes a noise they are there to help her out. And a little by me, who knew it would be so great to shop for a little girl. :-)
Gary's Mom and Dad came up for the weekend to spend time with us, and to see Lola. It was nice to have them come and have an extra pair of hands.
So I think I may be turning into my friend Sabry...No I am not super fast or creative in anyway ...butt I seem to like to get the kids dressed up on Sundays and take lots of pics and then miss half of church...wait I don't miss church so I guess I should say I just like to dress the kids up and take pics...:-) Here they are:!

Lola and Grandma Keller, both looking pretty for church...

Lola smiling as we are getting ready to take thousands of pics, before church.

The boys and Lola with G &G Keller.

Just the girls...

Sweet farmer Crew.

Handsome Wynn.

Rook and his sweet style!

Cannon and his sweet smile.

the name is bond..james bond...aka Jett.

All the good lookin Keller kids!

The rest are just of the most beautiful girl and her smile!!!!

a buttload of stuff

2010-12-25T08:39:00.000-08:00

It has amazed me to see the pics of Lola as she is changing and growing...sooo fast! She continues to become a chubby little girl instead of this tiny little infant here in the pic..she is only a couple of weeks old here:

I love this pic with Rook and Lola, they love her so much and are finding she was easier to hold when she only weighed 8 lbs and slept the entire time.

Here she is a month old and weighs 10 lbs. She is already wanting to be held so she can look out and trys to sit upright more so than just lay there...(I loved it when she just layed there and let you cuddle her). She holds her head up strong and likes to know what is going on.
I love this pic with Gary and Lola. We have the same pose with Gary and Wynn. She is getting rolls all over her and is starting to smile at people a little.

Here she is in all her 13lbs of glory. She smiles regularly and loves to be in the middle of it all. She sleeps best with lots of noise, (I think it makes her feel more at home). She is trying to laugh and coo's softly and sweetly..loves her showers with Gary and sleeps best when she isn't being held..:-(
Her shirt says "best christmas present ever" and she has been. I love dressing her up and this is one of my favorite outfits..I know what you are thinking..heck could you find a bigger flower? And Yes you can and YES she has them!!!
She was sleeping in her swing one night and I came in the room to get her and one of the boys put this on her head...I just thought it was sweet.

This one I had to throw in...it just makes me laugh. Crew had some balloons and came into the office and said he was going to feed Lola, he had got some boobs..
This is our Christmas tree, it has been decorated and redecorated and redecorated again. it seems the boys couldn't keep their hands off it. And the presents that were put under it. I love Christmas time, it seems to come and go to quickly.

We had our good friends over the night before Christmas to play games and eat lots of junk, we had the nativity with their kids and it was really great to start the Holiday with it, to remind us of what was really important..
Crew and his best friend Packer and sister Julia, the shepards and the sheep.

Then we played games...Kim would NOT let go of the dang spoon..I had to drag her across the room until I could literally PRY her fingers off it. My hands are still sore...(Once again Harmons....I am soooo sorry!!!)
Jett needed some attention too, so I had to post this pic of his mom whipping him into shape, just so it is documented that I am stronger than him...for now.
Christmas morning in our jammies. We had opened presents..don't judge by the faces, they ARE happy, just soo excited, having a hard time focusing on a smile! (ie Jett and Crew)

Here we all are, hoping that everyone had a great Christmas and wish you a healthy, and happy year. Knowing that when we put Christ at the center of our lives we are truely blessed and know of His great love for us....and will be able to kick Kims bootie at cards!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Lola's Blessing

2010-12-17T05:24:00.000-08:00

We blessed Lola a couple of weeks ago and I had to post her sweet outfit. It was so much fun to dress her up and show her off. I loved seeing everyones faces when I pulled her out of her car seat..I know she was a little over the top..butt give me a break, She is my only girl and it has been wonderful to buy some frilly, cutsy, girl stuff..I love it.
My parents were able to come up for the blessing, I am irritated I didn't get more pics of other people with her in her outfit..butt we were trying to be to church on time. Our good friends were in the circle and she was good and didn't fuss..
Anyway here are a couple of my favs.

I loved the bow, my friend sabry, bow extrodinair, made for her..it was perfect!

I think I am addicted to tights..they are so cute and her legs look wonderful in them while they keep her warm in her dresses..Is that weird? Butt she has almost 20 pairs of tights..I think they are sooo cute!

Dear Santa

2010-12-11T16:29:00.000-08:00

This year Christmas seemed to have come quickly, at least to me. My boys wrote letters to Santa and they were pretty basic..Cannon and Jett just wrote out a list butt Wynn's and Rooks are pretty funny...I thought I would share them:

Wynns:
Dear Santa, I have been very, very good for the last few mouths, (he ment months) helping my mom with Lola, doing extra chores, and this is what I think I deserve: a blue nintendo dsi XLG, Raving rabbids travel in time, Peg Perego USA John Deere Gator.
My Brother Crew deserves a john deere tractor with a scooper in front with a wagon. Rook deserves a spy gear video tracker. Cannon sdeserves a nerf clear reconics-b. Jett deserves a Nerf longstriker. My mom deserves a 100 daller gift card to Sams and Dad deserves a big 500 or 850 polaris sportsman ATV.
sincerely Wynn Keller

Apperantly he thought he was VERY VERY Very good to get a gator..He has been way helpful though and puts on no front. He said to me the other day, Mom I have been really good havn't I..I said you have Wynn, to which he said, it is because I want more presents...Hey I won't lie to anyone,..it is working!

Here is Rooks:
Dear Santa,
I have been Nice.
I want a ds for Christmas and I want a Susu Pet for Christmas and a Dsi for Christmas.
Love Rook,
And one more thing, sorry for being naughty.
love Rook...

I was almost crying when I read his. He is so funny...Poor boy, we have been using the santa thing pretty hard with him...butt dude, He IS naughty!!!

Butt we love ya Rook...

some pics of the fam

2010-12-03T19:33:00.000-08:00

We finally got some pics taken and boy they turned out GREAT! I will say it has been so much fun to have Lola to dress and make bow for. She is so much fun! The boys love her!

The ones with the boys are my favorite!!! They all looked so good, it is amazing what happens when you comb their hair!

Jett, Wynn, Crew, Cannon, Rook and Lola...they look pretty good, don't they?

Meet Lola Bell Keller

2010-11-08T07:05:00.000-08:00

Here is the story of little miss Lola, Who was due the 5th of November, butt because she was breech was scheduled for a c-section on the 29th. Well Gary plays ultimate frisbee every Tuesday night at the church with a bunch of guys. I love to go and harass everyone and keep people humble about their abilities so Crew and I went. Well Lola decided that she didn't want to wait til friday, so she came that night. My water broke at the gym, luckily while I was on the toilet...., I grabbed Gary and luckily for us our friends took crew and went and slept with the boys at home. So off we went to the hospital. She was born two hours later. I had to be knocked out completely since my blood platlets were low so I couldn't have an epicural...which makes me glad we wern't havning her natural...cuz I would have had to had her ALL natural..no drugs..that would suck! She weighed 8lbs 9 ozes..has dark hair and blue eyes, she has long fingers and toes and is beautiful!
The boys can't get enough of her and I have already started to use it to an advantage....who ever unloads the dishwasher gets to hold her first.....is my fav. :-)
We are so greatful to have her as part of our family because as Rook said, I Love my baby sister!!! I have waited my whole life to get her!!

update

2010-10-11T19:03:00.000-07:00

So I don't really have any good pics to post...butt I found this one and loved it.
Butt here is the update. I am 36 weeks prego and the baby is breech. They want to try and turn her, butt Gary and I decided it isn't a good idea. So we are going to plan on having her c-section, unless she moves her little head south. If she does great, if she doesn't great. At this point I really don't care, I am just ready to be done! I really can't complain butt the end is near and I am feeling it. I am swollen all over and my hips have spread..I was sooo excited to fit into some jeans, thinking, I am not soooo fat after all. Only to have my good friend tell me they were split down the butt....NICE!!! (actually I am glad she didn't let me go out in public like that). I am loosing my mind and can't remember one thing to the next and have VERY little patience for most anything..and have heartburn like crazy, butt I keep thinking that this baby is healthy, so far and everything is going well. I am blessed. I am blessed to be able to get pregnant with out problems, and not have major sickness through out the pregnancy and to have a strong body and great birthing hips so I don't have bedrest..( I would go out of my mind) And deliveries and recovery is pretty good also. I have five little boys already that are as excited....if not MORE excited to have a little sister and are a tremendouse help. I have a husband that is able to work from home and is kind and gentle and reminds me to sit down and relax once in a while. I have great friends that take me out and get me moving so I don't gain another 50 lbs and keep me entertained and also listen with a sympathetic ear while I am complaining about peeing my pants, and also have become a second mom to my boys, and love them as I do. I am blessed...so hopefully these next weeks go by quickly and I can continue to remeber how blessed I really am. And it does'nt hurt to hope she comes a little early too !! :-)

School is IN!

2010-08-19T18:31:00.000-07:00

Let me start this by saying, I love my boys! I loved having them home and going to have fun adventures...along with a few lazy days, butt I am SOOOO glad that school is in! It was worth giving up my lazy sleeping in and getting up at six-ish to get them ready and on the bus, and out the door by 8. Crew and I mostly sat around for a while, he asked where they were every so often and then when he realized he had the house to himself, he said, are we having a party??? WE SHOULD!!! It was so nice and quiet and Crew didn't scream once all day. Now should I feel bad? I don't think so. I was more than happy and ready to have them home all day when school ended last year, and now I am more than happy and ready to send them back..isn't that just the circle of life?? :-)

2010-08-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a while and the summer is going, going, going, all butt gone...It is only a few more days and the boys will go back to school....I am glad and sad at the same time.
I guess I should be glad that the time is going quickly, getting me closer to my due date. We are having a little girl and we are all excited. It doesn't seem real, I have yet to do any real shopping and make any decisions on bedding or car seats..although I am going to make some bows tonight...gotta get the important stuff done first! :-)
I was looking back at some old pics of the boys and I can't believe how big they have all gotten...especially rook and cannon...I was sitting watching them play and I realized cannon is as tall as wynn..That boy is HUGE! I don't know if it is my hormones or just that time in life when you get sentimetal and reminisant of days gone by and the sweetness and chubby cheeks that just aren't coming back. Here are a few of my favs...can you guess who is who???

Catching up

2010-07-11T20:06:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a while and I really need to catch up. So here is what we have been up to. Jett and Crew had their bdays, so we celebrated them together while Grandpa Keller was over for dinner. Then We had a 4th of july bbq with some friends, it was wet, wet and more wet...butt we still managed to have a great time. Then we have been into "GeoCaching"..it is where you get your GPS and get coordinates for the cache, they can be hidden hard or easy..we usually find the easy ones. Butt last mon we decided to go on a trip to find a buttload of them in the madison county where all the covered bridges are..it was a lot of fun. We found four in all butt tried to find 5..the 5th one we never found..who knew what happened to that. We also go to see some awsome bridges and buildings...I guess that is what it was...Crew was a little tired of walking and pics...so Wynn packed him quite a bit..All in all I think we all had a great day.
The boys also graduated in karate onto the next belt. Rook and Cannon are yellow and Jett and Wynn are Camo..Jett was at scout camp with his dad so he will test this week butt he is more than ready and will do great.
Also we have been getting things out of our garden..it is exciting to actually pick and eat the things we have been growing..here are some of the cucumbers that the boys got..I pickeled them and they are great!
happy birthday to the cutest redheaded boys I know!!!

Cool building...we climbed all the way to the top..it was awesome!

here is the first one!
We easily found the second cache..it is starting off strong!

Here is an area where the 3rd cache was supposed to be, butt we never found it.

here is our 4th location and 3rd found...luckily I have a good eye!!!

5th spot..fourth found cache..at John Waynes home that he was born in...pretty cool.

Crew is just tired of pic and walking all around.

Crew was pooped out and hitched a ride with Wynn...what a good brother!

here we are at winterset and an awesome stone bridge.

Please let me be done!!

Gary and the boys posing on the covered bridge.

The covered bridges of Madison.

Gearing up for our wet fourth of july party!

Some of the spoils of our garden....so exciting!!

Rook warming up.
Cannon getting seriouse...
Wynn is all business!!

Oh Hail!!!!

2010-06-03T15:04:00.000-07:00

We had a great storm come through, it was a little crazy with the wind and lightning..I love it! We had some hail butt nothing too big. There was a tornadoe that did touch down, butt it was on the north east side...or something like that..butt isn't the sky AWESOME!

Rook and Cannon are officially 1st graders, they had their graduation on tuesday and it was fun to watch them sing, ok cannon sang and Rook mostly hid behind Cannon...

this is their teacher Mrs. Dwyer, she is pretty cool, the boys love her and actually get to have her next year.

This is Crew's new do....what do you think?

Birthday Boys!!!!!

2010-05-30T14:30:00.000-07:00

May is a busy month in our family for birthdays, On May 8th is Wynns and this year he turned 9..Gary is the 16th and he turned 25...again ;P and on the 24th is Jetts and he turned 11. The boys are busy with Scouts, Karate and soon they will start up piano lessons again.(I guess I have the need to ruin their summer..as Jett puts it). They are getting big fast and I am proud of all the things they have gotten done. Wynn just passed off his wolf and Jett got his weblos and a MILLION other badges....mostly because I thought he had to until the last meeting in march and it was pointed out that there was a weblos list with about 12 things they had to do...12!!!! That was it! Jett and I did over 100! Needless to say that boy has almost every pin and award that book offered! Way to go Jett!!

Wynn has a flair for dramatics and is often making some sort of joke or telling a storie, who knows how much of it is true, he loves to embelish...I bet he gets that from Gary..;-P He is a sweet boy and is soooo smart. The other day he was sitting on the couch and said, mom their are only two people smarter than me in the family, want to know who they are? Sure I said, pretty sure I knew the answers...so he said, Dad and JETT!!! What ever! I am smarter than JETT!!! wait, ok maybe not butt pretty close to smarter than Wynn...jk

Gary is a great dad, and has the patients of a saint. He is usually the calm one that handles things well. He is very funny and I love that he has such a dry sense of humor. He loves to tickle the boys and wrestle with them, which he should get his licks in now, because in a couple of years these boys are going to be too big for him to wrestle down.
He was gone for an entire week and it was pretty LONG, at least for me. I couldn't do it with out him...love ya Gar!

Jett is so big and the hormones are coming on like a train wreck! He will be in middle school next year, I can't believe how fast time has flown. You can usually find him with his nose in a book and is almost done with the Lord of the Rings series. He is such a great help to me and may not know it butt he has such great leader qualities. I can't wait to see who he developes into.

Happy Easter!!!

2010-04-04T11:48:00.000-07:00

I love having Conference weekend the same weekend as Easter!! I have PLENTY of time to get the boys all dressed up and take a hundred pics...so at least a few turn out good. Hope you all are having a great day and enjoy the Easter Holiday!!

Jett, Wynn, Cannon, Rook, Crew

Jett looking so grown up.

Wynn striking a pose.

Cannon, just trying to hold still long enough to get into focus.

Rookie looking...GA-OOD!! He was fun to buy for...he LOVED the hat!

Our Baby boy getting so big..Crew also had a hard time sitting still..

Alot in little time....

2010-03-23T17:10:00.000-07:00

Well the weather has been so nice,the kids have done little else butt run all over the neighborhood and back into the house to track in mud! I can't even complain at the mess, its been SOOOOO nice to have them out and about and not under foot at all times. Here are a few things we did while it was cold and a few now while it is warm.

Gary is holding outcome of some long hours boiling and waiting for frosty weather and then warm weather to get the sap out of our white maple tree..He boiled down around 5 gallons of sap and this is the amount of syrup we got from it.

Here is the tree that is being tapped...it kinda looks like we are distilling moonshine or somethin butt HONESTLY Gary was just trying to get sap out of it! :-P

Here Wynn and Jett are proudly displaying their pinewood derby cars that they each did REALLY well..Jett got sixth and Wynn got eighth. Wynn also got most original design for his battle axe design..it was also tye dyed. It looked great.

Here Wynn is in his full scout attire. He loves wearing all his pins and buckles and all that stuff. He looks good.

Her is Crews favorite Missionarie. Elder Udy, Crew LOVED him, he would see him at church and say I'n goin to see udy..I would tell him no and then he would make a break for it and usually sneak out while I was distracted by one of the oter boys and there he would stand saying hi...he definatly liked him.

totally behind!!!!

2010-03-13T18:16:00.000-08:00

HOLY CRAP!!!!! I suck at this lately! Soooo much has happened. I thought I had better get a move on catching everyone up before I forget the good stuff. The biggest thing is this last week Gary quit his job and started his own firm...Keller, Lapuma and Woodard...sorry if that isn't right, I am trying to hurry.. So it has been crazy and exciting. He is going to do great and I am mostly excited.
Rook and Cannon turned six last month and it was a crazy day. I went to their school and took over sized cupcakes that the kids licked twice and then threw away...UGH! And then we went to Karate, met Daddy at applebees for dinner went home and opened presents and went to bed. They are getting so big and smart. I often hear Rook at six in the morning singing....I don't have a girlfriend, they don't like me because I like to fart...hahah...and I am funny cuz I like my hair standing up, I am soooo cool.. He cracks me up.
Cannon sleeps in til I threaten death and then he is up and running to the bus, sooo NO singing for cannon.
It has finally been warm and rainy so I can actually see the grass in the front lawn..it is exciting!!!
I had my knee worked on a couple of days ago so I am gimping around butt I am sure in a couple more days I will be right as rain.
Jett just got his orange belt in Karate and Wynn is close on his heels. Wynn is a lead role and soloist in their school play this next week so he is REALLY excited.
Well crap that is it.....I will post some pics soon.

what a week.....

2010-01-22T20:18:00.000-08:00

I have been really lame at posting, I know. Here are just a few updates....hmm, we missed more school..big surprise there. Then I went to saint george to enjoy some sunshine and get some prolotherapy for my knee, so mom and dad were able to fly out and stay with the boys for the week. I don't have any pics from st. George, butt it was nice to see the sun for a while. Rook, Cannon and Wynn have started basketball and it is fun to watch them play. I am coaching Wynn's team,(only because it was the only way to get them on a team since we signed up late) Butt it has been fun to watch the boys scramble, the thing I yell the most...don't touch people!!!! (these boys should think about playing football!!!) The pics of Rook and Cannon are fun, their coach yelled the entire time...dribble, dribble, dribble!
Also this last week was my birthday so we had a get together tuesday, my friend kim made me a great cake and we ate as much junk as I could get. It was a great day! Then I am also posting crew with his new glasses...he says like dads! Huh mom, these are not dad's they are crews. And last butt not least, Rookie under the dryer getting some high lights...I need to take pics of his after. He looks good.

Rook getting the full treatment....
Crew got all his kissing skills from his dad!
Mom and Dad with the boys
all of us and a few extra's on my bday.
the cake...and yes it was good.
Me and my team, me telling them..don't touch anyone and shoot the ball often!
Wynn and his mad skills...that kid is fast!
Cannon getting psyched for the game.
Rook being seriouse and Cannon in the back, being cannon...I love this pic.
Yea for Rook!! He remembered to dribble!!

We have just been chillin!

2010-01-10T17:51:00.000-08:00

Well the weeks have flown by, we have only had two days of school this last week, due to terrible, cold and buttloads of snow...it has been a LONG week, actually now that I think about it..it has been REALLY LONG week....thank goodness there is warmer temps coming... Here Crew and GAry and Wynn are chillin...Gary can't seem to sit anywhere these days with out Crew in his lap.

Instead of GETTING his two front teeth for christmas...Cannon lost them...he was pretty excited....can you tell?

Christmas.....

2009-12-30T17:42:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year, it was so nice to be in our own home doing our own thing. We had lots of fun on Christmas eve, we played games with the Elders and opened jammies..this year they got robes, way more cool than jammies, I guess...Anyway, here Rook is with a shirt that says it all: I tryed to be good butt got bored.
Here I am showing my AWESOME acting skills...can you guess what I am trying to get them to say...If you said mascara you were right, dang I am good!

Here Gary is showing off his mad skills.....I think his team may have even come close to beating my team...who am I kiddding, there is NO way they could come close...

We had a white Christmas to say the least...it snowed and blew and drifted...it was pretty though.

Here are the boys with the tree and their awesome robes...Crew didn't get one so he had a make shift rob...note to self..if you get it for one, get it for ALL..even the little ones.

picture overload!!!

2009-12-13T07:36:00.000-08:00

So I have been taking pics, I have just been a slacker when it comes to down loading them, I am kinda an all or nothing, so since we have had nothing for soooo long, here comes the ALL...

The boys got three days off from school because of all the snow, they loved it! Even Crew, was out in i most of the day.

Here we were right before church, Cannon wanted to know why he wasn't in any pics with me, so I thought what the heck I am dressed, and showered, lets take a few...crew had to get into the action.

Here Cannon is sleeping, I hope comfortably, on our floor by our bed, for some reason these boys have never liked to sleep in their own rooms.

One with just Crew and I, he is getting soo big, I put in my extentions..wouldn't it be great if my hair was always this long.

We decided to make treats for the neighbors, rook and cannon were such good helpers! We are making truffles, here they are rolling out the middle.
Rook and crew mixing the dough for the middle, these are cookie dough truffles...they taste great!

Jett and Gary shoveling for the 100th time, they shoveled the day and afternoon and night before butt the pic below is what happend that night when they went in to go to bed...

This was even before it got REALLY windy, you couldn't see where the side walk was and the bushes were...

Wynn, rook, cannon enjoying their snow day, right before we went sledding...
Here they are in their costumes for the ward party, Jett was the narrator, Wynn a wise man, Cannon an inn keeper, Rook a shepard and Crew just needed to dress up to be a part of it all....
UGH, well that is all for now...Have a great week!

who knew?

2009-12-12T21:52:00.001-08:00

When I look into the mirror there are things I need to say, I need to be able to look at myself and think my life's Ok... Although it isn't like the way I thought that it should be...I never thought these things would really happen to me....
Let me give you an example of things I never thought that I would do....
I will try to keep it simple and avoid talk of poo...
I never thought I would be messy and have little messy boys, I never thought I would spend a day tripping over toys. I never thought I d feel so happy when they finally went to school.. I never thought they'd hate me, because I am so cool. I kinda thought they would love me to read and sing them a song. Boy I was off on that one..I couldn't be more wrong. I never thought I would walk around picking up dirty socks..I thought that they would empty their pockets of at least the rocks.
I didn't know how hard it would be to make them wipe their bums, I didn't know what a bad idea it was to get a set of drums...(and whistles, and buzzers and anything that makes noise). never thought I would have to work so hard to make them eat polite..I never thought I would have to lose sleep to make them sleep at night.
who knew that they like to eat their boogers and if they don't they'll just wipe em on the couch..
I never ever really thought I would be such a grouch!
My throat hurts from yelling my head aches from the noise,
Who knew that I would be this way, who knew I 'd have five little boys.
Who knew I would never be lonely and there would always be a song...even if the words aren't right, you can't help butt sing along...
Who knew I would laugh at such good stories that they often tell....who knew I'd think it was funny when they tell someone to go to hell.....(yea that happened)
Who knew I 'd be so happy to clean them up from a fight, defending their little brother, even if he wasn't right...
Who knew I would be happy and feel life's little joys, who knew that I needed all 5 of these boys.

it's beginning to sound a lot like christmas...

2009-12-08T20:10:00.000-08:00

Well I will admit it that I use the "Santa" ticket as long as I can. I really don't start til November and use it well into February..lets just say I ride that train as long as I can in good conscience. We were doing some chores and it hit me that I hadn't used that card yet with Rook, (I try to use it as a deterant, butt in this case it was a last ditch effort to get him to behave himself). So I said it, I am going to call Santa, I reached for my cell phone and started to dial, then I said it....Hello santa...Rookies eyes narrowed in disbeliefe, Hi santa, yes its me Teri Keller. I wanted to let you know that Rook just hit his baby brother...Rook's eyes widened and then I could see the panick over take him as he ran to my leg and begged and begged....I said I was sorry, I said I was sorry! Please tell santa I said I was sorry! Now the tears had come on and he was almost hysterical, so I said you know what Santa he looks pretty sorry to me, do you think you can just forgive him? What you can? Rook started to look a little hopeful as he sniffed back the tears, I said out loud, You are right Santa, Jesus said to forgive everyone and to give them a second chance, even when they fight and hit their sweet baby brother. I will santa, I will tell him..bye.
I pulled Rook over and gave him a hug and I said, You are lucky that Santa listens to what Jesus taught us, and rook said yea and I am lucky Crew didn't tell you I kicked him too.

we have decided we are adopting!!

2009-12-05T07:15:00.000-08:00

People ask me ALL the time if we are going to have another baby, so I would like to tell all those people that we have decided that we are going to give adoption a try...so we went to our friends from the ward and asked if we could borrow their dogs sometime, so when my boys are BEGGING me for one we can just run over to her house and play with hers. in fact she has said that we could "adopt" her little dog Millie and take her when ever we wanted...so I think we have come to a perfect arrangement...as for the baby thing...Don't worry about Gar and I...we "try" on a daily basis and am sure that if we decide to have another child that when I stop taking birth control, if we want one we will have one..
Here is Millie with Wynn, she is a fun little dog..the kids love her.

Here are the boys, and the neighbor friends that went with us, and Mandy the dog...looking big and tough as usual...they love Mandy as well, she is REALLY old and is funny to watch as the kids try and make her do something she doesn't want to do.
Here is Cannon in his new duds..his Bond, James Bond duds....he likes to wear it to school and everywhere. It makes me laugh to see him walk around as a spy...
We have moved Rook's bedroom to the hallway, we just thought that his bed was WAY too soft and comfortable and knew he would LOVE his hard, cold floor...actually he was telling me he was tired and I was trying to talk him into going into HIS bed and not mine, he was rolling around on the floor telling me how mean I was and then....it got quiet. I love this kid when he is sleeping.
I was going to post these with the thanksgiving post...here is steve jamming away.
Angie rocking it out, you can't tell butt she was going crazy, she even slammed the guitar down at the end....just kidding.

Me and Lindsey were boxing and my arms STILL hurt from it, it was pretty funny, she kicked my trash...I don't know how, I am sure she cheated...she is kinda shifty. jk Gary is the master at running the hula hoop, here he is showing his mad skills....
Ohhhh, man! thats my stud!!
Here is lindsey, trying to hula hoop, you would think with having three kids she would have the hip action down pat!!!

thanksgiving day!!!

2009-12-01T15:46:00.000-08:00

So I guess I am way behind...I can't believe it is already December. Well we have been busy, busy.. We had our first thanksgiving here at our house and invited some good friends and their kids. It was a little crazy butt all in all it was a great day.
Luckily the kids actually ate because there was a TON of food, and even more pie for dessert.

Here are the older boys acting way more mature than the little ones...ok maybe not.

Brooke, Aaron, Dave, Lyndsey, Gary and steve in the background...somewhere.

There is steve....where did Angie go?

Ahhhhhh, so cute!..even if I do say so.

Then the adults spent the afternoon/evening playing the Wii. We boxed

Halloween fun

2009-11-11T14:38:00.000-08:00

We had a party at my friends brooke's house and all the costumes were great...here Kim is looking velvety smooth....I am thinking she is a genie...not sure though...I forgot to ask.
sabry, Brook and Shireen...Chillin.

Suzie, Brooke, Kim, Sabry, Me and Shireen....who could resist grabbing that butt?

Jon and Kate even dropped by.....

And Gary won out, we were Trekies....or trekers...or whatever, he looked pretty dang good.

Halloween was fun, now on to thanksgiving...and Christmas....UGH, let the real fun begin!

Happy Halloween!!

2009-11-01T13:34:00.000-08:00

This year I got a little crafty, thanks to all the ideas I stole from other blogs..Butt it turned out pretty dang good. These were lots of fun to make, each boy made one and they all have names...I don't know what they are, butt they are named.

Before we went trick or treating the boys played in the front yard. I can't believe what a nice day we had. It was great. Here the Jedi is fighting the hulk and spiderman is just running and enjoying his freedom.

Here is Cannon as the Jedi, Crew as spiderman and Rook as the hulk pirate. It was a toss up and I didn't have the energy to fight him so that is what he is.

Just a bit of what we've been up to.

2009-10-20T11:58:00.000-07:00

Well this is what our yard looks like only add mud, they started diggin up and repairing our ceptic...and it is close to being done...I guess. They havn't been around to ask.

This was last saturday, the kids woke up to a ton of snow and they were REALLY excited..I wanted to cry as I dug through the boots and gloves...butt the boys were so cute I couldn't. Cannon and his little shadow in the front yard.
All the boys bundled up waiting to get into the snow..what a great morning..is what rook said.
this is wynn "having tons of fun" horseback riding. He says he liked it.
You could tell Jett loved it. He is getting really good and this last time he was never going slower than a trott.
That is pretty much it.....I know, how do I contain all this excitment...it is NOT easy, butt there you go, there is your update.

Some of my favorite things....

2009-10-17T13:53:00.000-07:00

We were talking about things that we LOVED and the boys were saying that they loved the Wii and games and pancakes...I was getting reflective and thinking of my favs...here they are:
Here is my number one thing....I love this guy. He is soo good to me and is the best dad...he loves me even when I am CRAZY...which is all the time...He is a great guy.

Most of my days are busy chasing crew, butt every once in a while I can catch him and he will fall asleep, I LOVE snuggling that boy!
I love little boys in PJ's , they are sooo cute especially stripes...I love them! My new favorite thing is skeet shooting..we went at a friends house last week, I am getting really good at hitting them. Here is Crew with one of his favorite people...she is so cute..and I promise the gun is unloaded and on safety.I love to watch the boys get funky in public....it makes me laugh.
And my favorite thing is NO KIDS IN DIAPERS!!!!Isn't he such a smart boy.
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And my newest obsession...Fruit roll ups are AWESOME!!! They are only 50 calories and melt in your mouth...mmmmmmmm. Come on, you obviousely don't REALLY know me if you are surprised, and I know it isn't coke, butt I do need a change...

Potty training!!!

2009-10-12T18:08:00.000-07:00

So it has really been the middle of last week and this weekend that I finally got serious about potty training..and let me tell you CREW IS A ROCK STAR!!! He got the poop REAL quick and is now keeping dry all the day. He is doing great. He tells me when he has to go poop all the time and loves to do it...the pee sometimes comes a little late..butt we always make it to the potty. Ahhhhh....I am feeling like such a success as a mother...(until Rook wakes up and crushes me by telling me he hates me..) butt for tonight, I am feeling good!

family pics

2009-09-14T19:04:00.000-07:00

I think it is WAY too convinient that I am only in the pics when my hair is going a hundred different ways or my shirt is doing funny things or has chocolate hand prints all over it...or I have been sleeping and just woke up....HMMMM...anyway the boys all look good.
Crew was being super cute so I thought I would try and snap a few of him...the lighting wasn't cooperating all that great so the camera didn't take them as fast as I would have liked...butt a few turned out.
Gary, Me, Jett, Wynn, Cannon, Rook and Crew on the bridge going for a sunday walk.
Rook, Crew, cannon, Jett and Wynn looking good...it was such a great night for a walk.
i love this one of Gar and Crew. It just looks great.

Some new hair....

2009-09-13T10:44:00.000-07:00

So I learned how to do extentions with a girlfriend of mine and so we have been practicing on eachother and I have to say they look pretty good...My hair looks ALMOST as good as crews!!!

Off to School, they go!!!

2009-08-20T07:40:00.001-07:00

So the summer is officially over, at least for the four oldest Keller boys and man am I EXCITED!!!!! (almost as excited as the boys). Rook and Cannon are in Kindergarten and have the same teacher, they go to a different school than Jett and Wynn...butt they ride the same bus. they were really excited as you can see..Rook is the first one to get on the bus!

Here they are with the neighbor kids...they have lots of good friends on their bus.

Yup, rook ran onto the bus with out even saying good bye...

here are all the boys together, I can't believe that i only have one boy at home.
Jett and Wynn making their usual faces....SALUTE!!!

Cannon and Rook, eager and excited....my big boys!!! I asked them if they liked it when they got home and they said yes, they already had made lots of friends and got to see ones from church at lunch. Rook said, mom it isn't hard for me to make friends because I am podular.....
well if you are I am sure you get it from your DAD and NOT ME......

Crew singing for ya'll

2009-08-09T15:55:00.000-07:00

I am finally figuring out how to load video, so here are a few of Crew getting the courage to REALLY sing his FAVORITE song.

Rodeo!!!

2009-08-04T17:55:00.000-07:00

We went to the Carson Iowa Rodeo last friday with the boys and they, of course, loved it...all the cows and horses and sheep and clowns...it was lots of fun. We went and watched the entire thing and the boys slept the hole way home. ( it is about 3o min) It was great.
The next morning Wynn came upstairs and started to talk about the clown and the bull riders and then he said, mom, next year can I mullet bust? I had to ask him twice what he was saying. Then I said we will see if you are not to big to be signed up for the MUTTEN busting.

So I totally copied it from a freinds blog, butt it makes all the sense in the world!

2009-07-28T21:08:00.000-07:00

Professor is a Genius

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class.
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That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F..
The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
Could not be any simpler than that.

we made it....so here are a buttload of pics to proove it!

2009-07-15T07:04:00.000-07:00

Our trip was a success! I can't believe we drove 3000 miles in two weeks with five boys. It was a little nuts at times butt all in all the boys rocked it! These pics are not in order...we drove through Denver and ended up in Price utah to see our good friends the Carpenters, then on to the Stapletons in Saratoga Springs, then to Terreton to my family, then Blackfoot and then a real short stop with the Taylors in Sandy...I am exhausted thinking about it.

Here is the last day in Terreton with my parents, the boys were not excited to get into the van butt luckily they did it with little complaint....(I said little, butt as you can see from Rook's face there might have been a little more than that).

me with my brothers and sisters, Randall, Stacy, Shellie, me and Troy....

most all the miskin cousins...yes they are as crazy as they look.

Rook and Cannon LOVED the cats they spent most of their time in the tack shed playing with the cats..making them nap and eat and all that good stuff.

We went to Temple Square with Dan and Janet, it was fun to see all the church sites that we had patients for...I was glad Dan was there, he has less patients than Janet otherwise we might have been there a lot longer than I could handle...;-P

Me and Janet...It was so much fun just hanging out with them, thanks for everything guys!

We went to a copper mine, Jett and Wynn really liked it, it was pretty cool. The tires of the trucks they use to haul the crap away were that big...

Me, Aubrie and Lizzy..we were a little out numbered by all the boys.

Yes, they are that crazy...butt we had sooo much fun, Jett and Wynn are already planning our next trip to utah...hopefully the Carpenters come our way first...hint, hint.

Jett and Nathan at the delicate arch. We went and hiked around all day. It was REALLY hot, butt the boys loved it.

Thanks to everyone who put us up and had to deal with all the noise, we had a great time and loved seeing everyone. It made us a little home sick for our really good friends and our family. You are all invited to come and stay with us in Iowa and let us show YOU a good time.

On the road to crazy-ville....

2009-06-21T16:58:00.000-07:00

So I was talked into coming to Idaho for a visit to the fam, catch is I am doing it all by myself. Gar's work is crazy, busy so we were going to caravan down with a friend....well that idea got shot to-you-know-where. So I have geared myself up to go it a lone and am actually doing alright, in fact, I am not even nervouse, in fact, I am feeling quite confident about it, enough so that I am extending our road trip and hitting up as many friends as I can along the way..why not? So even as I am writing this my mind wonders back to the five second drive from church and back this morning and the constant bickering and tormenting of brothers...and still I feel calm...Crap! I think it has finally happened...my mind has snapped...I am officially a crazy women..
Wish me luck and See ya'll along the way!

Fare well John Dorian

2009-06-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

I have been out of the tv loop for some time due to the fact that all the fun stuff goes on when my kids go to bed.....so who has time to sit at home and watch tv. butt I was catching up on my favs when I watched the last episode of scrubs....it was sooo funny, I started to cry...It makes me sad to think that this show is over..no more JD, no more Turk....no more Dr Cox...oh, already the day seems grayer. I am sure life will go on and I will have to find another show to obsess over, butt for now I guess I will just say good bye my old friend!

Happy late bday Jett!

2009-05-27T13:55:00.000-07:00

I am a little late with this one, butt my oldest is just getting older way too fast. Jett is one of the greatest kids I know...one of the smartest and cutest too. When Jett was a little baby, he loved to wear hats and cowboy boots and all sorts of costumes. He wouldn't go anywhere with out his batman cape.
He loved trucks and cars and tractors and motor bikes, anything with wheels. He loved to sit and turn them and watch them spin. And always wanted to know how they worked.
He loved books and still to this day can't get enough. He is constantly reading and when he was little would bring books over, as many as he could carry, and plop down in our lap and would sit there until every book was read, some a couple times over.
He never sat still for long, still to this day I have a hard time getting him in pics because he won't sit still long enough for the flash. He was my first red head and I loved him right away..even with the temper that comes from a red head.
He loves his brothers, even though they are the most annoying things around. He loves to play with them and is a great example to them.
Everything Jett does he gives it 110%. He never backed down from the big boys, he would just take a longer jump or louder yell, he tried his best to always keep up. He LOVES to rough house and still to this day will wrestle with anyone willing.
When Jett was little he wandered off from our camp..it was late at night and real dark. It was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me....well at least high on the list. He wandered off into another camp and went looking for me. They brought him back and he told Aunt Kay that he went off looking for his mom and found a lady and her name wasn't Teri.
Jett's favorite book was where the wild things are. He knew it front to back and wouldn't let me skip pages...he would say it along with me and would tell other people lines from it.
Jett loves the fact that we have so much history and loves to learn about his ancestors and where he came from.
Jett was such a good baby. He NEVER cried, unless he was hungry and that was always a quick fix for that.
Jett has always been a good talker, that is how we knew he was awake, we could hear him talking and that is how we knew he was asleep, because that was and is the only time he is quiet.
One day it was stormy and he was sitting on the front porch of our village green place and I heard him talking very seriousely. I said what are you doing..and he said to me..Mom I am praying to the Lord. (he was four)
Jett loves classical music, he is learning some on the piano and listens to it every night when he is going to sleep. He says it sooths him. He is very talented on the piano.
Jett always had a hat on his head. He would find whatever hat was around and put it on and wore it everywhere. He wore them usually backwards butt loved having them on.
Jett is our only kid to have actually gotten the chicken pox.
Jett LOVED his dad, they would drive all over one summer when Gary was home with him and Jett was happy to go. They would go fishing, walking, digging garnets. I always hated coming home and feeling left out of the adventure.
Jett has a strong Testimony and will be a great missionairy some day. We love him so much and our family would definatly not be the same. WE love you Jett...happy birthday!

Let me just say a little about Gary.

2009-05-14T07:12:00.000-07:00

May is a busy month for birthdays, so it seems I sometimes forget to celebrate my most favorite guys birthday...So this one is for Gary!
Let me tell you some of my favorite things about Gary....
1. He is really calm and very seldom looses his cool, he is very thoughtful and thinks about every thing that comes out of his mouth.
2. He is a great dad, he helps however he can with the kids and even though he is busy all the time with other things I always know that if I need him he will drop it all for us.
3. He is very easy going, he doesn't let the little things stress him out.
4. He lets me do most anything I want with his hair....with in reason.
6. He always smells REALLY good.
6. He dresses up for Halloween...and takes the kids out trick or treating.
7. He loves me, even though I say crap and butt at church so the old ladys give him a hard time about his wife..(they don't know that is mild)...He loves me even though i am crazy.
8. He loves our boys...even though they are crazy!
9. He has a colection of hobbies, even though he doesn't have time to do them...so he lets the boys use them...(metal detector, rock tumbler..rock colection...ect.)
10. He looks great all the time...I love it!
We love you Gary, you are the best dad! Happy Birthday!!!

It's GREAT to be 8!

2009-05-08T05:32:00.000-07:00

Let me tell you a little about Wynn...He is one of my sweetest boys. He loves his mom so much and always wanted to be held as a baby. He didn't talk until he was about three and after that it has been non stop. He would always jabber and say la la loup..for I want soup. He is still my kid that likes to be cuddled. He is VERY talented...he loves to dance, and sing and plays the piano really well...(when he practices!) He loves the lime light...and isn't shy at all. We love him so much and our family would just be a little boring if it weren't for him...Wynn, you rock! You are our sunshine!

Mom broke down and allows a pet....HUGE DAY!

2009-04-26T20:19:00.001-07:00

So Those of you that really know me, know how much I hate the idea of having a pet, and even worse an INSIDE PET! We just replaced all our carpet to get rid of the horrible PET smell that the last people that lived here had left for us....ugh, butt I have five VERY persuasive boys..and I say five not because of Crew, butt because of Gary...so I gave in...we know have a pet, and not just one, butt a couple because I REALLY have no spine.
This is where They sleep at night....

Here they boys are getting ready to feed them...they are really excited!
They have named them and everything, Cannon thinks they are sooo cute..me too, they arn't that bad.

And here they are.....our pet WORMS!!! Well at least they eat their own poop, so no clean up there..

And on to better things...Here are me and a couple of friends hiding from the sun, (it was like 90 that day) While the kids were playing. I told Jett to get a couple of pics, this is the only one that worked...

Here Crew is being frickin adorable with my friend Ann, He NEVER holds that still for me!
This was his favorite toy, he loves to ride things, he rode up and down the sidewalk most the afternoon, I love his curly red hair and his cute little dimples.
Here is the slip and slide pics, it was down hill so they got some speed going if they would really try.
Jett wouldn't really try, not that hard anyway.
Cannon did a good one for the camera, they spent most the time throwing mud and worms at eachother.
Here is Crew just being himself, dirty, butt cool and diggin in the fridge for a soda...
Rook and Cannon playing with their friend Gavin. They had a lot of fun.

Here my friend gave us some "easter" bread..it was really cool.

This is what it looked like when you cut it open..the other one I didn't bake long enough so it doesn't look quite as pretty.
And here is crew doing what he does best...making a mess. I don't know why we buy kids toys, my boys play with everything they are not supposed to...also notice his cool new favorite boots..I love them..they match his personality...
Ok That is all for now...peace out!

ode to rook and cannon

2009-04-09T07:22:00.000-07:00

Since we moved out of the green, Rook has had a little bit of a hard time not having instant friends, he asks me everyday who we are going to play with and where we are going. I often tell him that he has a built in friend, The Lord sent him with a buddy to always have around....he didn't like that answer, butt lately they are starting to get along great and play well together, I love it!

here they are being silly and jumping around, Cannon almost does a back flip, I wish I would have gotten it on film.

Jumping like frogs...I love it when they are laughing and giggling...Rookie has a soft quiet laugh while Cannons is LOUD!

I told them that if they smiled I would buy them a transformer, Cannons just got bigger.

This was before the bribe.

Man I love Cannon, he has such a sweet personality and disposition, He is easy to be around and is such a good listener.

Rookie is sooo sweet and can be so kind. He is the first to tell me that I look pretty, and loves Crew. If he needs anything Rookie usually is quick to help him out.. He loves to sing and walks around the house singing...it's business, its business time!

In theators now!!!!

2009-04-01T20:13:00.000-07:00

Ok, I am having a little too much fun editing these pics, butt this is my fav.

You are a winner!!!

2009-03-15T12:56:00.001-07:00

You are a winner......
I saw this on my sisters blog and it looked fun, so there you go, I am a copy cat..butt rock on for freebies!

Something for YOU!!Something just for you! Lucky you! The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year. (might be a little while) (I will be waiting until I get my FAB-U-LOUS prize!)
4- You have no clue what it's going to be.
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it! Good luck!

before and after....

2009-03-09T17:19:00.000-07:00

Cannon lost his tooth a while ago, so I needed to post this one first....

Here is some of our yard and our deck...when I saw the slide, I knew it would be perfect for us!

So finally I have had a night off so I can post some pics. The first ones are just of rooms in progress...there are more, butt am way too tired to post everything....So here they are.

This one is of the tv/play room...it is HUGE! I love it. It is the only room that we didn't do anything too, besides clean, clean, clean...butt we did that to the rest of the house before we painted,painted,painted!!

Here is the other big room in the basement..it is going to be home to a ping pong table and who knows what else..it used to have yucky dirty carpet and nails, nails, nails in the walls.

This is Gary's office, the hard wood was in horrible shape, so we sanded it all down and put a finish on it, it looks GREAT!

this is after we worked on crews room, paint and refinishing the floor.
This is before......
After we painted..and in progress of carpet being laid, I will take a better pic when it is done.
This is before......YUCK!
This is our living room upstairs, I LOVE this room, you go out that door and onto a deck that is big and you can see the entire back yard. We painted, refinished the floor and put in recessed lights.
This was before....
This was also before...I hate wall paper.
This is the kitchen, after we painted...I think I really like this blue, it is pretty much the same as our condo.

This is before..it isn't too bad, butt it was sooo dirty and dingy and needed sanding bad!

and it had a yucky boarder....have I told you that I hate wall paper.

confessions of a slacker blogger....

2009-03-08T15:30:00.000-07:00

I haven't done much with this mostly because we have been working our guts out at the other house. I have just been doing some blog hopping and I wanted to update. We are making huge leaps and bounds with our house and are coming into the home stretch. It feels good to look at it and think to myself...I did this..(with a lot of help from good friends). Today has been a nice day of just chilling and catching up on little things here and there...laying around and actually reading a bit. ( I forgot that I even knew how).
I was laying up in bed reading when I heard the boys messing around with the computer and I hollered from the bed, stop messing with the computer and they heard me and stopped....that isn't going to be possible at the new house. It will be wierd to be at home with the boys and not have them right on top of me....weird, butt REALLY NICE!
WE finished sanding and varnishing the floors and monday the carpet will be installled...after that..it is pretty much done. I can't wait.
Cannon lost a tooth, one in the front bottom, Jett and wynn are working on derby cars and Crew keeps getting into things he shouldn't. Rook is still giving me a run for my money..so any good ideas on keeping a boy in check are needed....Gary is busy with work, bishop and other stuff....
And I am managing to keep sain in all this...yea.
That is all for now.

just a quick update.

2009-02-23T20:31:00.000-08:00

No pics yet to show, butt we are working, working, working on our new house...we can't wait to show off a little of what we are doing. Gary and our awesome neighbor Dave and Brett are working on some lights in the living room which will be GREAT! It is a big project and one I am sure they will all be glad when it is over. This last week we had a wall paper pull down party and tear up nasty stinky carpet party and this week has been lights and paint the ceilings...tommorrow we will tackly some of the basement that needs to be painted. Thanks to everyone who has helped so far....you guys rock!

Its been a while, so hold on I am posting a buttload!

2009-02-14T15:46:00.001-08:00

So after a week of 40's and 60's I guess the winter decided to make a comeback...and it did...I think we got at least 7 inches..it looks like more. The kids got friday off due to the storm. When the school closed there wasn't even a cloud in the sky, by eight in the morning it started to snow..and it didn't stop all day.

Here the party-ing started. Rook and Cannon turned 5 this week. On monday we had their birthday dinner, they requested hamburgers and blue berry pie. It was really good. The elders were over for dinner and got to Celebrate with us.

Here they are blowing their candles out, butt the funnier part is in the back ground..I think Elder Perkey was a little drunk on sprite..he was having a REALLY good time..butt who wouldn't..this is the party house.

Here was the Party before the birthday..we did it in the church since there was like 20 kids..it was a little nuts. We set up a huge candy land board on the gym floor and handed out lots, and lots of candy..the kids really were excited.Here they all are in their transformer masks...

Crew didn't get a bag of his own candy, so he went from kid to kid and surprisingly those five year olds were VERY generous to this cute little red head..he has cake all over his face and I never even gave him some.

Here he is getting fresh with Olivia, she is one of the cutest little girls, I have it all planned out that they are going to get married...she already bosses him around so it will work out great!

Then for the blue and Gold..(scout thing) We had to make a dragon cake, so I came up with this idea, (with the help of a very creative neighbor...thanks Kathleen for the idea) and I think it turned out awesome..I am very proud to say it was one of the only two that got compleatly eaten up. (I am patting myself on the back.)

You know it is a good day or bad day by......

2009-02-05T16:30:00.000-08:00

This week has been a roller coaster ride with the ups and downs of buying a house alone..not to mention throw other people into the equation...especially the tempermental kind under the age of five...
Oh, Is it going to be a good day...He is winding up....

Nope, bad day...he is mad now.. except wait..

Nope, it was just a quick outburst...now he is smiling...Good day.

What you made it through reliefe Society and no one said anything about your hair...Definatly a good day...or wait, maybe it just means I need to switch it up...Hmmm

You know it is a good day when this little boy is smiling...My word..You even see teeth! This is one to go down in the history books...

What ever is going on with us, I hope your day is good....

Just been messin around...

2009-02-02T20:57:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics that I have just been messin around with...I love the look on Rookies face...you will be able to guess who is rook.

This one Crew was still pretty little, he wasn't quite a year, he didn't have ANY hair at all...butt he did have a little.

Someone has a birthday coming up.......

2009-01-30T12:34:00.000-08:00

The countdown has been going for at least two weeks...it is so exciting to think that my little boys are getting so big...5!!! I am really glad to think that the year of four is OVER...it has been a rough year. Butt they are so funny!!

Rook: Mom do you got a baby in your belly?
Mom: No, should I have a baby in my belly?
Rook: Well, yea, how else are you going to get my sister?
Mom: So, you want a sister?
Rook: Yea, I guess....
Mom: What if it is a boy?
Rook: Don't get boys...we have too many boys!

Cannon: Do I look bigger because of all the food I ate?
Mom: Yes, you are huge, let me feel your muscles.
Cannon: I am strong too..are they big?
Mom: They are so big, they are as big as mom's.
Cannon: can you say they are big as Dad's?

Crew...and a few of his favorite things!

2009-01-28T08:36:00.000-08:00

Crew is such a big boy. He has so much personality He walks around saying sheesh! and NO! and PLEEZE! He growls at the little girls and fights with the little boys. He trys his best to keep up with the big boys.

Especially this big boy. Jett is definitely in the top three of Crew's favs. Jett seems to be the one constantly looking out for him and doesn't let the other boys be too rough. Jett is a good big brother.

Crew has this cheesy smile that he loves to flash. I love it. I love his curly red hair too...it is a good thing he is soo cute...because he isn't supposed to be playing with the computer.

Butt he does every chance he gets...it is his favorite thing to play with.

Have I mentioned that he likes candy...especially chocolate..I wonder where he gets that from???

He loves his little friends. He is so cute with them, this is his little friend Ben who has the biggest smile. Crew was playing peek a boo with him.

Crew is such a good little boy..he keeps us on our toes..butt dang how could you not just love him to death!

Greatest day in the history of this year!!!

2009-01-21T06:48:00.000-08:00

This week has already gone fast...I can't believe it is already Wednesday! Monday was a whirlwind of fun...(it was my 31st bday). So I took the kids, who were off from school, to coco keys, an indoor water resort to spend most of the day. When we came home Crew passed out and the boys played quietly in the basement.Gary Came home and we did presents, Jett picked out a massaging chair, and Gary bought me the first season of flight of the conchords..(which is pretty funny) Then they took me out for a fabulous dinner and then I went to my friends house for a Bunko/birthday party. It was fun. They had gifts and the rule was it was something they already had or found at good will that reminded them of me. It was pretty hilarious what people find to remind them of me. Coke cups, muffin tins that I always borrow, Candy, fart books...(don't ask), a boob cake...(they bought me my set of big boobs that I have always wanted),lovin' lube, play boy mug, a bra with socks with rocks in them tied to the bra, lots and lots and lots of bath gel and beads,(because I am the biggest brat in the world and made it clear that I don't like bath stuff), a toy bus from my friend that I am constantly throwing under it. (sorry Angie) And a MCRIB!!! Do these girls know me or what. I love these gals, they made my night..it was defiantly a PG-17 night, butt I am defiantly that type of girl. Thanks Gary, boys and all the bunko girls for the great time.

Angela gets what is coming!!!

2009-01-17T11:58:00.000-08:00

So, I love the office, I watch and re-watch it all the time. My favorite Character is Dwight. He is AWESOME!(I think he reminds me of Gar...jk) So I have been soo frustrated with the way that his WHORE of a mistress Angela has been toying with him and Andy. WEll she got HERS!!!! (I am so vindictive) Anyway after they fought over her for about ten seconds they both decided she wasn't worth it. YEA!!!!
I hope that Dwight goes for Meredeth...it would be sooo funny.
(can you tell it has been a boring week....)

too much fun for one day!

2009-01-13T06:35:00.000-08:00

We have been REALLY trying to teach our boys the importance of good hygiene and grooming habits. I think Crew is picking it up, not only does he brush his teeth butt he does it in style...(notice the pimpin' leopard skin print scarf..)

We decided that we were going to a swim park in the morning and it was sunny and decent, I really thought the snow would all be melted by the time we got out...yea, five hours later it was a blizzard, this was taken just before it really got bad.

Then like I said before we went to a water park and Rook had TONS of fun, he came home and walked to the bench and fell asleep and stayed that way for an hour, I didn't even notice him there until I moved the table away from the bench..

Jett's little excursion to the wind mill....

2009-01-11T16:53:00.000-08:00

Gary took Jett and his parents to the Danish immigrant museum. It is about an hour away from here so it was a quick day trip. They had a lot of fun. Jett loves hearing about his ancestors so he had lots to tell after the trip.
Jett: "I learned that the danish for famouse for building their windmills, The windmill is originally from Denmark. That our Danish, norwejin ancestors were really vikings...they didn't have wings or horns on their helmets. They had long hair that they braided...boys and girls and they had really nice cloths. Because they came from all over the world. Russia was named after a viking....The vikings were not only raiders butt also great traders.

The McRib is oh, sooo good!

2009-01-06T16:06:00.000-08:00

I don't know if many of you know that I have a VERY addictive personality. Most think that my addictions are purely of the fizzy kind, cherry or vanilla flavored that tastes best with crushed ice and in a bucky's cup..(suddenly I am very thirsty...) Butt sadly, they are not limited to that one specific thing...I have other addictions and one that luckily only last for about six weeks, is the MCRIB!!!! I LOVE it, just thinking about it makes my mouth water, there is just something about that processed pork with BBQ sauce, onion and a pickle...no not two or three, that is too much, just one..perfection!!!
I have passed on my addictions to my kids...hopefully they will be able to curb thiers where I have not been able to.

two bites and that sucka is GONE!!! Ok, it was more like fifteen, (he takes little bites).
On a different note, you may not have known that we found out that we have TWO sets of twins, not only are Rook and Cannon twins, butt recently Wynn has found his twinner...his name is Mitchel and they like to dress a like...aren't they cute.

And since the bills have gotten bigger and bigger we decided to start our own turkey farm...we will see if this investment pans out come November. Wish us luck!

This may be the best present ever...

2008-12-28T18:04:00.000-08:00

Crew got a TP for Christmas and has lots and lots and lots of fun with it every time he gets it out. He is a little protective with it..it is ok for DADDY to get in...butt NOT mom! Whatever!

I got in anyway, I figured if Daddy can play so can Mommy.....yea, as you can see he is overly thrilled...so then he got out and we are all that is left.
Not a lot of room butt about the same size as our condo...pretty close anyway.

Finally he gave me the boot, butt Gary could stay. What a funny boy.....

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T09:55:00.001-08:00

(just a quick dis-claimer, I know what the REAL meaning of Christmas is... we all do, butt I am just posting about our morning... And it involved presents....mostly getting, butt it was a favorite for sure! )

Merry Christmas to everyone! We had an AWESOME morning, the boys were so excited! They woke up at six and ran down stairs to find the presents. I heard Rookie say Holy smokes! Santa CAME!! (I think he may have been just a tich worried!) They waited patiently as long as they could, as patiently as they could. So we called Grandpa and Grandma and Krystal to come and join the party and the shredding began!

Cannon and Rook were really pretty good this year so Santa put a big smile on their cute little faces.
The sea of paper gets bigger and bigger, the boys got faster and faster at opening the presents. Crew almost disappeared for a while...luckily he is pretty loud and hard to loose.
I just love this pic of Cannon and his big smile. It makes it all worth it!
Crew needed a little help from Aunt Krystal getting things out of the box, he was excited to get new toys. He loved his lap top and his favorite is the vacuum that I got him.
He was perplexed that there were things in this sock and that they were things that were his and his brothers weren't trying to take them away from him. He held on pretty tight to his crayon for quite a while and then braved getting another thing out and held onto it for a while.
This was early on, the presents were still in tact, they were just excited to have things in their stockings. I can't really say how much fun it was this year. The boys were excited and they all were dying to find out what Santa had brought. Man I love these boys.
I might be a little biased butt these might be the cutest boys I have ever seen in Pjs.This was the night before , they opened their pjs and put them on. Man these boys are cute. We found them at target and I think I should have bought Gary some too. They loved them.
Here we are snuggling before bed, this was the first night in history of keller bed times that there was no yelling, no fighting, no crying.....just good boys going right to bed and falling quickly asleep. Thank heavens for Christmas nights!!!
Here Crew is opening his first present ever. He did pretty good, he just needed a little help.

Man, he is so stinkin cute, I love this picture he is so proud of himself for getting it open and loves his new pjs. He is getting so big and made this Christmas so much fun.
We had such a great Christmas and it was all because of our awesome boys. They were all so excited it made Gary and I so excited. I think I was up most the night unable to sleep because of the anticipation of seeing their reactions. Gary's parents and Krystal were able to come and spend time with us and the boys. We are feeling so blessed this year, as we have felt the Lords hand in our lives and have been blessed with good health and joy in our lives. With good friends and family that we love and are so important in our lives. We hope that everyone has a great Christmas!

Crew's first snow......

2008-12-16T14:52:00.000-08:00

Ahh, the first real snow, the boys couldn't wait until they could go outside and get their sleds and snow boards out and play on the hill. Crew was sooo excited and kept yelling out the window at the big boys, so I took him out to play.

Ten minutes later he was ready to come in. He kept showing me his hands, I kept putting gloves on them, butt he didn't like them. I asked him if he had fun in the snow. He replied with "MEAN"!! So I am sure I have scared him for life.

Given there isn't much that can't be made better with a hot bottle of milk and a warm blanket... I guess chalk it up to snow isn't as fun as you think it is...especially when you are one and won't wear gloves.

Keller family picture 2008

2008-12-09T09:49:00.001-08:00

Here we are in all our glory. It turned out really well considering that it was late at night and the kids were in no mood to hold any kind of "still". I love these sweaters on them, Cannon's is inside out, butt that is just how that boy rolls. Every year we take a pic and every year I look at Jett and think, he is going to be as tall as I am next year! Wynn is handsome with his blue hair and even Rook cracked a smile. I love Crew's curly hair and hope it sticks around. Gary looks good as always. Yup, that is us.

Sabry, this ones for YOU!

2008-12-08T17:41:00.001-08:00

Our friend Sabry was nice enough to come over and bring the boys cookies, which by the way were FABULOUS!!!, and she took a family pic for us and then Gary took it apon himself to drive her crazy with pictures of her...and she said, teri I better not see these up on your blog...what a great idea!! (don't worry sabry, you always look great!)

Don't worry I am not having a seizure I am showing her my top model pose.

Let me show you the difference

2008-12-02T11:40:00.000-08:00

A lot of people ask all the time, how to tell Rook and Cannon apart, as you can see from behind they look a like. (I don't think they look anything a like), butt for those of you that see them once a week, month, year...here is a couple of ways to remember:

Well for the first, Rook has green in his hair, and no his brothers didn't do it. I did, I like green, and so does he....butt here is the sure fire way to know if it is Rook or Cannon, usually you have to watch them for a bit and then you will notice....

Cannon usually has a big grin on his face...and if he doesn't just say hi to him and it will usually appear with in seconds....

Rook...isn't so quick to grin..in fact he usually is trying to stare you down...
Cannon....smile....

Rook....NO smile....
Cannon....smile.....
Rook...no smile...even after I am begging.......
Finally bribery...if you smile I will give you gum..and they NEVER get gum..and this was all he could muster......
Butt don't think for one second that he doesn't smile...he does smile all the time, just know if the boy that isn't smiling even after you say hi, starts smiling...butt also notice that he is causing problems...yep that is ROOK...and just wait cuz about ten seconds after that, Jett erases the smile from his face....

So those are the rules on how to find out which is which...and don't worry, I am giving Rookie a hug right now as I am typing this. He is loved..he is cared for, and he is favored....just a little grumpy.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2008-11-26T14:10:00.000-08:00

So we have never really thought that our boys would be that athletic, there was always some small hope, and maybe still with Cannon, butt any hope we had for Crew is gone..he obviously has no idea what to do with a ball..so he does what he thinks is best and sits on it.

Here he has a cohort in crime, they are trying so hard to get up to the computer, our little neighbor friend barly stands let alone climbs butt they are trying really hard to figure out a way to get both of them up there.

I have had a busy week getting everyone all done up for thanksgiving and Rook was tired of being ignored and wanted "OILS" in his hair, so I grabbed my new thing to try and threw it in his hair, it isn't permanant butt it stays for a while and looks cool.
all the other boys are mad that they don't get it.

Here is the end result...we will see what Gary thinks about it.

If I don't blog in the next couple days, know that I am probably dead....and Gary did it.

Its beginning to look a lot like christmas!

2008-11-23T11:33:00.000-08:00

So nothing new has been going on, so that means no really good pics. So I dug up some of my favs and let the boys pick a few of theirs, so these are kinda random also, butt still fun to look at.

I wanted to get a good one of our christmas tree all lit up, butt since I am not a great photographer, this is what you get. It still helps me get in the spirit..even though I don't put anything up until the day after Thanksgiving.

This was in Blackfoot a couple of years ago, our family minus one..yet to come..arn't the boys still cute and sweet and just a tich of baby still in Jett and Wynn.

This one I like just to see how big and fat I was..prego with Rook and Cannon.

Now they get a little random, here is stacy's girls and my boys..

And then Rook and Cannon holding our neighbors little girl, we didn't have the furniture in the living room because I just finished the hard wood.

Say cheese!

2008-11-17T11:08:00.000-08:00

Non of my boys have been binky boys, they will take them for about a month and then they go to the bottle with a vengeance. They love it, usually by a year I take it away, because I don't like them getting clingy with any object really. Butt you can tell Crew is the last...he now walks around with the bottle in his mouth like it was a binky, no hands, no milk, just bottle....that is all he needs.

I like this one of Gary because he is smiling, and the reason he is smiling is because I was BEGGING him to smile, and in the end promised something that I am not telling YOU..I am sure you can guess....just kidding.

Jett can't seem to take a picture unless someone is in it with him holding him in one spot..does that mean it will be a good picture? No, he got the ability to ruin a picture from his dad, well at least I am blaming it on Gary. He can't seem to keep his tongue in his mouth or his hands down or smile at the same time...

Aww, three brothers that love each other and can't wait to be in a picture together to show their posterity all about brotherly love.....

OH, maybe they were just doing it to get a good hold on the other brother to do a take down, well it worked. I shouldn't be surprised, this is usually how the pictures end.

All in a day in the life of a mom.

2008-11-08T07:32:00.000-08:00

There are many things that I discover through out the day, most are little things like the fact that I don't really care what the super nanny thinks, I will continue to wipe my four year old bootie, due to the fact that I don't like tread marks in underpants...Anyway, some days I make HUGE discoveries, like this one, that Crew will sit for a long time in one place if you wrap him up and put him in his vibrating chair that he loved as an infant..he still likes it...

and this one, I think I knew subconsciously, butt never really put it into practice until now, if you give a boy a box and a sandwich he will be entertained for literally hours!!! Cannon stayed in this box all morning long, he played puppy, family and cars in it..I love boxes!

This one I knew for sure, I just had to take a picture, get your kids to love to read and they actually CAN sit quietly for hours! Jett gets up and gets ready and even practices his piano quickly just so he can sit and read...man I love that kid!

Cannon wanted me to take a pic of him and Crew..cuz they were twins. They both got banged up pretty good...I promise I don't beat my kids, they do it all on their own.

Tagged!

2008-11-04T19:01:00.000-08:00

I am: a mom that is going crazy on her own let alone with the help of five little boys.
I want: my boys to be leaders, not followers.
I have: a great family, and friends...which when they are so great who can make the distinction between which is which.
I dislike:being bossed around, told what to do, pressured into thinking another way..take your pick.
I miss: having free time.
I fear: that I won't have enough milk in the fridge for breakfast...yup, that's it.
I feel: calm
I hear: music from my ipod.
I crave: diet coke
I cry: when I am laughing so hard that I can't breath or stop snorting.
I usually: smile.
I search: for socks
I wonder: what I should make for dinner.
I regret: Not holding my babies longer.
I love: Gary, my boys, fall, friends, family...bright copper Kettles and warm woolen mittens, paper packages tied up with string.....
I care: that my boys know I think they are awesome.
I always: check who makes comments and hope more people will.
I worry: about the economy, the presidential canadate being chosen, proposition 8, things being taught in our schools.....wait, no I really don't, actually I don't worry about those things at all because worrying isn't going to help, it gives me the drive to really teach my boys the gospel and help them understand that the world is going to be doing horrible things but if we are steadfast in living the gospel and follow the teachings of our prophet that we can always meet what ever comes head on and be up to the challenge. (I worry a little about my jeans being a little bit tight...)
I am not: in the mood to talk polatics, EVER!
I remember: when my grandma Miskin made a doll with me, just me and her, it was a lot of fun, she was so sweet and kind, and so sassy. I love that women.
I believe: That our Heavenly Father loves us and he will prepare the way if we are willing to walk it.
I dance: like a crazy dancing machine....
I sing: really loud and often off key
I don't always: floss
I argue: with my four year old about what he can wear, why he has to brush his teeth, wash his hands, eat his dinner, go to bed, you name it...
I write: a lot, books for the kids, in my journal, notes to my boys, love notes to Gary, notes to myself.
I win: when I cheat
I lose: when I don't cheat
I wish: I had photo shop
I listen: when I can hear well enough through the screaming...
I don't understand: math
I can usually be found: at a friends house
I need: gary and the air that I breath......and diet coke
I forget: pretty much everything....unless I say it out loud six times....
I am happy: when things are light and we are laughing and having a good time.
I tag : Angie, Sabry, Stacy, Becky, Cheryl, and Erika

Can't get a man with a gun...

2008-11-03T08:35:00.000-08:00

We went shooting on our friends property, it was a lot of fun. Just call me Annie Oakly, or just Teri.

Janet and I are getting seriouse

Gary and Dan are always serious, they are sighting the guns just for the pic.

Then we really get into it, by the way I hit a ton, ok not a ton, butt more than Dan! :-)The kids even tryed it and are getting good. Notice Jett in his Indianna Jones hat, he is so cute. I love that kid.

Then these are the reasons we finally left. Janet's boys were so cute in their little overalls. It was so fun to have them come.

boys are from mars

2008-10-29T17:05:00.000-07:00

Boys are funny little creatures, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think...HMMP, I guess I should have seen that coming. For some reasons this week I have had that happen a lot, on Monday it was the cereal, I put some on the table and set the box down and walked away, next thing I know I hear it being poured all over the floor...typical...I shrugged and cleaned it up. Then Tuesday I was making dough and I don't know what it is about flour, butt little boys KNOW when it is out. They were playing at a friends house and Crew was sleeping and as soon as I opened it up I heard Crew crying, so I went up to get him. I changed his diaper, so I went out to the dumpster and saw Cannon come running in. Then I go in and see this little guy in the middle of the flour looking a little bit guilty.

before I can grab him he grabs a handful and lets it fly, I am sure he is just showing me all the cool stuff you can do with flour and how cool it looks all over the floor.

Then I get Crewser all cleaned up and I come back to Cannon, as he puts it...just cleaning up a mess, cuz I am your best helper....How can you argue with that...So I get the broom butt before I do, he can't resist one more handful being thrown into the air....

In our house we live on sandwiches, I don't know what we would do if the bread store stopped selling it...what would we eat.. Well Rook has come up with the PERFECT sandwich. Here are all the ingredients:

Yup he is going to eat it..

Every bite, and it was SOOO GOOD!

a new game

2008-10-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

Here is the game, go to your fourth file, (I am assuming it is the pic file) and pick the fourth picture and then tell about it. (Thanks Angie, I am glad you tagged me I love this pic)

Here is Wynn and Jett in the middle of winter at our little home in Moscow Idaho. They loved to be outside, they loved the snow. Wynn is only about 8 months old and Jett is 2 years old. Jett was very busy doing his own thing and had to hurry and grab poor Wynn and pulled him close for a hug, cuz that is how Jett posed...all the time. I havn't looked at this pic for a while...they are so sweet.