The Keene Family

Haley turned four this past week. It was a pretty busy day! It started with breakfast and her "big" gift from Jim and me: a new Pinkalicious bike. Then we had JT's kindergarten assessment meeting, which went wonderfully. We find out this week if he has morning or afternoon kindergarten. We love his new teacher! Doesn't he look old in this second photo? Then we had Haley's friend party. Two of her friends were out of town, which we know might happen with any birthday party, let alone summer time birthdays. But Haley had a great time with Abby and Gracie, playing Pinkalicious and eating pink pancakes with peaches (a la Pinkalicious and the Flower Hat Parade ). Then our friends the Schmalz family stuck around for lunch and boating, especially important since it was Elisa's birthday as well. We went swimming and skiing on a nearby lake and got lucky with beautiful weather and hardly any other boats. We came home and hosted Haley's...

We went to my cousin Alyssa's wedding reception. It was really nice! Poor Jim had to get up the next morning at 4 AM for work and it didn't start until 6 PM over an hour from our house... so we didn't stay the whole time. The kids came with me to pick out new running shoes! I had a quick work trip to California. The rental car company had my reservation but no economy car. They only had two options left: a minivan or a Mustang. They said I could choose. It was tough, but I went with the sports car. :) I flew down on our anniversary. My amazing husband had a dozen gorgeous red roses delivered to my hotel room to greet me when I arrived! Then we got our new boat trailer! Jim had been dreaming of this moment for years. Our other trailer was defective but the company went out of business. Our boat dealer, Pacific Nautique, tried for years to fix it but it was just getting worse. Finally our salesman, Rob, came up with a very nice solution: they bought back o...

We arrived into camp in the middle of a crazy storm. Visibility was so bad by the time we were parked in our site that we couldn't see Steamboat Rock! We waited out the storm in Grandpa and Grandma Keene's motor home and ate tacos until we could set up. Once we set up, we got ready to play with friends!   The next morning, we were ready to hit the beach. Grandma Keene hosting several children on a floatie :)   One of our favorite things to do is stay in the boat as long as possible: skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, swimming, and floating. Headbands: Allowing you to feel put together and fabulous while everyone else sees your crazy hair. I like how no one is paying attention while I wakeboard. ;)   Sometimes we get a little silly in the water. The kids had so much fun together! Jim and his mom Our favorite Mexican restaurant was closed but we still had a yummy dinner in town at PepperJack's one night. Jim called ahead so...