Morgan's winning video

Beauty is.... My Morgan

Morgan with her Trophy and DVD

Abi (Morgan's good friend) and Morg, both won in their category :)


Me and My Girl. I surprised her at home with a rose and balloons. the school had called me earlier in the day to let me know she would be getting an award. so I made sure she had lots of support and some of her biggest fans.

Uncle Willie, Aunt Jill, Aunt Chey, Grandma Lu, Aunt Maggie, Papa Bill, Shauna (my Dad's wife) and Me holding the winner!!! Keegan, Breckyn, Jaxon & Ryker were there too (just not around LOL)

Well I have a lot to post and all happened before this...but I have tried to share this video with my friends and family in many ways and they have not worked. I decided to go this route instead. I feel it very important to show off Morgan's talents that she clearly got from me LOL. This was a "Reflection" assignment. I am not sure what it is all about. We have never done it before..but the theme this year was Beauty is...
Morgan of course chose Nature, which is no surprise as she LOVES the earth and animals. There were 190 students that participated in her school and I think about 25 are going on to Districts, which includes Morgan. I am so proud of her and her hard work. She took over 200 pictures for about 2 weeks. They are mostly from around our home, Southern Utah and also Arizona. She was careful in putting the pictures to fit with the words. It was a great night!! Love you Morg!!!!

*make sure you turn off my music on the blog so you can hear Morgan's

~Enjoy~

Poor Keeg

My Poor Little Boy!!

So, the same hour that I got a phone call about Morgan's award... I got another one from the school about Keegan. They told me that he had had an accident on the playground. Sinking heart instantly. But Miss Caroline told me he was ok and that he had ice on his eye. I asked if i needed to come and she said she didn't think so. I called back an hour later to check on him and she said that he was very tough and had gone back to class. Apparently while playing Wall Ball, he and another kid collided and Keegan hit the boy's head with his eye. She also asked if I was going to take a picture of it. I said of course. She giggled and said "he told us you would. He said you had ruined him when he was little with all the pictures." I laughed so hard. Keegan LOVES pictures of himself, USUALLY. Today not so much.
This is the first picture, the only way I could get it was by getting in it with him. He has a very pretty shiner. Hopefully he is not so upset about it tomorrow :)

Someday

Okay, so I have not had my computer up and running for THREE months now. I spent one day doing the posts that I did in July, but it was ALL DAY. With just an SD card it takes a lifetime to upload pictures and really don't like blogging without them (they are the best part).
So as soon as it is up and running again, I will play catch up. Until then, be patient and know we are still here :) :) Maybe barely, but we are alive. LOL

Learning to Swim

My Little Fish!

While Keegan was down and out, the girls got to go swimming a lot.
Morg learned to swim and dive

Breck of course is fearless and we have to watch her constantly

So proud!!!

Number 9

On June 29, Keegan went in for his 9th surgery (that averages out to be more than 1 a year). This time was for his tonsils & adenoids to be removed......pretty standard right?


Because he is Keegan...they decided to keep him in over night "just in case". As you can see he looks good and got to get out on time.

But that was short lived. Morgan is helping take care of him too. He was in a lot of pain and to no surprise, he refused to eat or drink. We didn't see a problem because we can feed him through is G-tube....BUT NO, because he wasn't eating or drinking, he started to grow bacteria in his throat and his muscles started spasming. So.....

Back to the hospital we go, for 4 more days. UGH!
The girls got to come and go to the playroom to paint bird houses with Keegan.

Now he is out and doing great. Let's all pray that "Number 9" will be the last!!!

BIRTHDAYS

WOW! HOLY BIRTHDAYS, BATMAN

With Keegan's on May 3, Brant's on June 14, Mine June !8, Tracy June 19 & Dad June 21.....
That equals 154 years of age between us!!!!
The kids enjoying PIZZA....always a hit!!
Jax, Morg, Pey, Rai, B, Madi

Keegan's Baptism

On June 20th, we had a very special day for our Keegan. He was baptized.

My Boy & Me
Breckyn, Keegan & Morgan

He was baptized by his Dad

Keegan & Grandma Lu

Shauna, Keegan & Papa Bill

Grandma & Grandpa Atkinson w/Keegan

Gr. Grandpa & Gr. Grandma Taylor w/Keegan

Gr. Grandma Amy & Keegan

Gr. Papa Nikolaus & Keegan

There were so many people there to share this special day with us. We had both friends and family. There were so many that we could barely fit in the room and it was HOT!!

Half of the room

Other half...and it hadn't started yet. Many more came.

But it was amazing to see all that love in one room for just 1 little boy. But that 1 little boy is the most special 1 in the world. "Keegan, I am so proud to be your mom. You bring me joy every day and the strength that I have received from just being with you is irreplaceable. Thank you for being YOU."

Bagels, Muffins & Fruit at the park to celebrate

Peyton, Morgan & Tiffani enjoying their time together (and the food)

Some of our friends & family. Thanks for coming, WE LOVE YOU!

Coming Soon

OK.....well my computer is still not up and running and I don't have the patience to download pictures the other way so I will update my blog as soon as I can..I have many great pictures from Keegan's baptism, his hospital stay and our party at Grandpa Nik's.

Remember good things come to those who wait :)