10 year reunion

It is hard to believe I am this old but I had my 10 year high school reunion. In true Keeley fashion I couldn't attend the reunion where I actually graduated. Oh no! After attending 3 different High Schools in 3 different states I decided the only reunion I wanted to attend was the school where I spent the most time and knew the people the best. So I went to New York! Go Blue Devils! It was great to see everyone, especially since I hadn't seen any of them since freshman year. It was amazing to see people who I remembered as little 14 yr olds who were now all adults. I had such a great time. I also had a great girl's weekend with two of my favorite girls in the world! My oldest and dearest friends: Aleta and Joleen! It was an amazing weekend, but I have had my fill of reunions. Wow! We are all grown up. What a great night!

This was my crush from 3rd-9th grade :) It was so funny to see him, and not awkward at all. It was great to catch up with everyone. (Can you tell it was seriously humid???)

Later we had a bonfire and smores. This happens to be an enormous strawberry flavored marshmallow.

Yum!!!! (I really like how my nails look here! Why can't they look that good all the time???)

There is nothing like a good bonfire. I was wishing my family was with me to enjoy it.

So much to CELEBRATE!!!

I am BACK! I took a little hiatus because school was seriously intense this semester (5 upper division classes, 14 books to read, many essays to write), but now it is ALL OVER. I almost can't believe it myself! I am a college graduate!!!!! I can't believe how long this journey has been, and how much I have grown in the process. It has been difficult for all four of us, but it was worth it.

I am so happy to be done. Every day I wake up and think "I could do anything today!". The only problem with that is that I am now 36 weeks pregnant and not as full of energy as I was. Not only that but this boy has dropped already, which makes it very hard to walk. So I am not quite as productive as I planned. Also, I need him to stay in there at least one more week so we won't have to worry about preemie troubles. I feel very content and proud of what I have done. And I am so excited to embark on the next phase of my life: mother of 3 here I come! :)

Just a Quick One

I just finished my second to last semester at UNLV! Only 16 weeks to go! :) It feels good to be done. I did very well. All A's! Unbelievable. Especially considering all that went on the last few months. Just as a quick recap:

Corbin started Kindergarten- He loves it!
Nate and I ran the Mackinac Island Great Turtle Race- I ran the whole 5.7 miles!
I had to add a 6th class to be able to finish all my classes by next May
We found out I am pregnant with our 3rd child! (That's why I had to add the 6th class)
Nate's baby brother got married
My sisters and families came out here for Thanksgiving! :) It was so fun!
We had Family pictures done for the first time since Madalyn was a year old.

I will try and catch up with the Blog over the next 4 weeks that I have off. There is so much to say and do! We are going to have the baby in June, towards the middle, hopefully after Corbin gets done with school. And a mere 4 weeks after I finish my last semester. Anyway! Pictures to follow, keep checking back!

Midway Christmas Party

The pictures didn't turn out great but the kids did get to see Santa this year. Corbin's school had a Christmas Party and Santa was there. They also got to decorate cookies and eat them of course. It was a good event.

Dad had to help inspire Madalyn to eat her cookie. She wasn't sure she really wanted to. I think Nate or I actually ended up eating it. She didn't really care for it.

"Ready to go yet hun?"

As you can see, Corbin didn't need any help eating his cookie. He thoroughly enjoyed it.

Corbin's First First Day of School :oD

Well, it finally happened. My little boy grew up! I think it must have been overnight. I still can't believe he is old enough to be in school. He goes three days a week and has a wonderful teacher; Miss Hill.
He wanted to wear all Spiderman. It was the theme of the day. He had a hoodie, a shirt, shoes, and backpack that were all Spiderman. He was so excited to show his teacher all of his new things.

He was so excited that he didn't even wait for Madalyn and I, he just started walking up to the school. It was a foggy morning, as you can see.

He was asking me something about the wall that I didn't understand, and I was trying to get him to look at me so we could take the picture. So this is what we ended up with.

This is going to be a frequent stop for us :)

He looks so grown up standing there.

He is so excited to start school! Poor Maddy was a little concerned. She wasn't sure what was happening.

Here is Corbin's class. He is on the middle right, behind a little boy's head. Sorry he moved when I was taking the picture.

One thing I love about Corbin is his ability to talk to anyone. Here he is trying to make a new friend! It warms my heart.

Good job listening and being attentive, now if only you could do that at home ;)

He is getting ready to walk in with his class. The teacher asked the kids to turn around and wave good-bye. She had to remind Corbin twice. He was so excited that he didn't want to have to turn around and say good-bye. At least he isn't crying and throwing a fit.
Yes I did get a little teary at this point. It was a big moment! I would have been remiss if I hadn't.

Maddy and I spent the morning shopping for things for her preschool that we are dong with some friends in the ward. Here she is checking out the bug superhighways while we wait to pick up Corbin from school.

Poor Miss Hill had her hands full trying to keep these excited kids from bolting to their excited parents. I couldn't wait to hear how his day went.
All he would tell me was that he loved it and he wants to play with the knight toy on Friday. Ikind of expected that though :)

The first thing he did was run up and give Madalyn a big hug and tell her that he missed her! How cute is that???

I just love these guys! They are so great together.

I asked for smiles and got growly faces. Go figure.

Then I got tiger claws to go with the growly faces! Raarrr!














All in all, he had a great time. I found out after school that he didn't listen at recess and got left outside with another class. We need to work on his listening skills. But no harm done. He passed his preschool initiation with flying colors :)