tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36697963221622175862012-01-11T07:56:20.678-08:00Please remember that the photos on this site our shared with you and I ask that if you do copy and paste them you be respectful of my family and use the photos appropriately.Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.comBlogger2151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-53242577829384381462012-01-07T06:51:00.000-08:002012-01-07T06:51:30.066-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You need to put an end to what makes life hard at the time and remember to smile and laugh at all the good things that happen in you life!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WZbUsY7b4OY/TwhbcCtoytI/AAAAAAAAAco/SZQZf63Z_Bo/s1600/butt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WZbUsY7b4OY/TwhbcCtoytI/AAAAAAAAAco/SZQZf63Z_Bo/s1600/butt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WZbUsY7b4OY/TwhbcCtoytI/AAAAAAAAAco/SZQZf63Z_Bo/s1600/butt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WZbUsY7b4OY/TwhbcCtoytI/AAAAAAAAAco/SZQZf63Z_Bo/s320/butt.jpg" width="320" /></div><br /><br /><b>THE END :)</b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5324257782938438146?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-66413492032611981102012-01-06T11:28:00.000-08:002012-01-06T11:28:03.648-08:00This is about adoption blog for sure but man nothing chaps my hide more that a group of people who have self appointed themselves over you as and HOA to tell you how you can and can't live in your own home that you are making payments to every month.&nbsp; I strongly dislike <a href="https://www.associationvoice.com/member/signin_secure.asp?assn_id=20406">MSI and Lallis Jackson</a>.&nbsp;<br /><br />But on a lighter note we just got our passports and little miss is now 3'1'' tall, HOLY MOLY she is going to be a tall girl since they say you are 1/2 the height you will be as a grown adult by age 2 and she doesn't turn 2 until June.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-6641349203261198110?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-14132343643518347282011-12-07T07:13:00.000-08:002011-12-07T07:13:03.988-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mE07_wUoUoo/Tt-CWdjKa1I/AAAAAAAAAcg/mJOox7PvFJw/s1600/kisseyface.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mE07_wUoUoo/Tt-CWdjKa1I/AAAAAAAAAcg/mJOox7PvFJw/s400/kisseyface.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just in case you needed a little kissey face today</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1413234364351834728?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-63498614696279586922011-11-26T10:52:00.000-08:002011-11-26T10:52:19.639-08:00The Night night fight drives me crazy! She is sleepy so sleepy she cannot walk straight but put her in bed and an hour of crying ensues. Not to mention that if she does not have her favorite animals she may not sleep.&nbsp;<br /><br />I miss the wee one that would sleep. Not that I am not loving the toddler but sometimes going down without a fight is a GOOD thing.&nbsp; Ah well someday she will come to know the value of a good nap, when she has kids of her own and needs to get some cleaning done herself!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-6349861469627958692?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-90603558870201097542011-11-17T19:41:00.000-08:002011-11-17T19:48:30.430-08:00When I was growing up we had a Christmas tree that had this white snow like substance sprayed onto the branches.&nbsp; My Brother and I would spend many hours playing around this tree hiding our ornaments seeing if the other could find it.&nbsp; As we got older the tree started to yellow and I could remember the year we threw it out.&nbsp; I also remember crying because things like that just make me cry.&nbsp; I HATE to say goodbye to things/people I love.<br /><br />I hadn't seen another tree like it since the 90s and when we threw that tree out it was a good 15 or so years old.&nbsp; Until today when while walking around Walmart I saw this.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p7FOm250z18/TsXTBRrxfFI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/fe0MPKs4xiM/s1600/white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p7FOm250z18/TsXTBRrxfFI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/fe0MPKs4xiM/s400/white.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now just know this gave me the biggest smile and almost made me cry in walmart...not something that has ever happened although there are times I want to cry that I have to go there, there are just some things that are cheaper there than Target or Kings or Safeway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway if it were not for the mess the white trees make I may buy this tree, who knows what the white stuff is...in fact it may be pretty toxic but hello childhood I missed you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is my beautiful daughter&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XBw278KlXDo/TsXTx4h-SFI/AAAAAAAAAcY/IxCefxsyegM/s1600/averynose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XBw278KlXDo/TsXTx4h-SFI/AAAAAAAAAcY/IxCefxsyegM/s320/averynose.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">blow it up to get the full joy!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">need I say more? Hope you are smiling now :)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-9060355887020109754?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-38028794552078675352011-11-14T05:45:00.000-08:002011-11-14T05:45:21.147-08:00After Averys first birthday she had an episode of Seizures that the Drs could not explain and it was either one LONG seizure or 3-4 simi long seizures we have had every test done under the sun to try and figure out why.&nbsp; Even a spinaltap OW! But still no reason why.<br /><br />She has not had an episode since but every time she spikes a fever we are on seizure watch.&nbsp; She gets to have tylenol and sleep in our room, although last night she wouldn't sleep while in our room soooo she slept in her crib with the monitor turned WAY up and the seizure meds on hand.<br /><br />Now my sister used to have seizures when she was little BUT they were never as long as Averys so I am uber cautious, maybe it will get easier someday for mommy and daddy to sleep but for now we are on edge every time a fever happens<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3802879455207867535?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-15035283583831044582011-11-13T14:39:00.001-08:002011-11-13T14:39:33.531-08:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Today Avery had her first day in nursery at church it both made me smile and cry a little. How did she get so big so fast? <br /><br />We are filling out adoption paperwork again but not as fast as last time. I know I have more love in my heart for more children and birth parents/family. <br /><br />What I am struggling with is feeling like I am cheating on Averys birth family while we look at the adoption option again.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://www.formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1503528358383104458?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-15525066108722248212011-11-13T08:40:00.000-08:002011-11-13T08:40:42.713-08:00I LOVE MY SAVIOR!<br /><br /><a href="http://mormon.org/me/4XXW/Kelly/">http://mormon.org/me/4XXW/Kelly/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1552506610872224821?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-58423981661246415822011-11-10T05:31:00.000-08:002011-11-10T05:31:18.530-08:00Do you ever have those days where you are not happy but not sad feeling a little ill but not sure if you have a cold? The only thing that keeps me going on days like today is my sweet sweet angel Avery.&nbsp; She seems to know when mommy needs a hug or something funny said.<br /><br />She is at that overly cute stage where she is discovering everything and everything is new and exciting.&nbsp; In and out of each room she goes and up and down the stairs all day discovering her new home.&nbsp; I think if we moved back into an apartment now she would freak out.<br /><br />She loves to help me clean and will sweep up after I sweep she is the biggest joy in my life and every day I am thankful for adoption even on my Hohum days..which really I should just change to HIHO days and whistle while I work and put on a happy face because my life is blessed in so many ways.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5842398166124641582?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-83871567693977469692011-11-05T19:47:00.000-07:002011-11-05T19:56:49.661-07:00So life has happened since out last post. We now own a house Avery is a walking talking attitude machine.&nbsp; Have we started to fill out adoption paperwork again?&nbsp; Not yet, but soon, I am now working part-time so will have more time with my baby and Ken as well as for the house and to blog and do more things with adoption.<br /><br />Basically I was off the radar for awhile but I am back! I can hear the cheering now. For all of my friends out there that have adopted or had babies since the last time we spoke or since I was on here, congrats I am soooo very happy for you. know that you were in my thoughts when I heard the news.<br /><br />So onto news about Avery...she was a butterfly for Halloween. I won a costume award but only because I was wearing underwear on the OUTside ohhhh ya thats how the REAL super heros do it...no I wont be posting a picture of THAT on here but it is on facebook :).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0E9apLxKOiE/TrXyyEcfnSI/AAAAAAAAAa8/dMd4AaEgii4/s1600/002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VktiIYhGMyk/TrXyaTNELxI/AAAAAAAAAa0/aCpoB_fO4d0/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VktiIYhGMyk/TrXyaTNELxI/AAAAAAAAAa0/aCpoB_fO4d0/s320/017.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />She is still in love with "Cheeky Charlie" the monkey BUT now has a new love called "wuff" which is a dog that now goes along with Charlie where ever we go.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0E9apLxKOiE/TrXyyEcfnSI/AAAAAAAAAa8/dMd4AaEgii4/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0E9apLxKOiE/TrXyyEcfnSI/AAAAAAAAAa8/dMd4AaEgii4/s320/002.JPG" width="240" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Um she pretty much wants to feed herself now, and this is what happens when she does so.</div>Here are some pictures of our new home BEFORE we remodeled oh yes it looks SOOOO much better and smells 100% better then when we first looked at it, I love coming home to this with nobody around always having a GREAT parking spot.&nbsp; <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tYCgv9GhmoA/TrX3aVqgCiI/AAAAAAAAAcI/CcvBaD_Zmk4/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tYCgv9GhmoA/TrX3aVqgCiI/AAAAAAAAAcI/CcvBaD_Zmk4/s320/007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hoFyleaziho/TrX0FesKePI/AAAAAAAAAbM/da6c1WsXJ7k/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hoFyleaziho/TrX0FesKePI/AAAAAAAAAbM/da6c1WsXJ7k/s320/009.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Changing the locks</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IyCYLZ3kAb8/TrX0JClS7KI/AAAAAAAAAbU/Jm4WBj3bvO4/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IyCYLZ3kAb8/TrX0JClS7KI/AAAAAAAAAbU/Jm4WBj3bvO4/s320/010.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why yes that IS bathroom tile around that fireplace EWW</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pexUWx19OWY/TrX0KXZ1f9I/AAAAAAAAAbc/dAyTzMkf-uA/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pexUWx19OWY/TrX0KXZ1f9I/AAAAAAAAAbc/dAyTzMkf-uA/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In love with the sun spots in my house and with the new carpet I lay their like a cat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jeXyXUu-Kso/TrX0LuhXAwI/AAAAAAAAAbk/bzeEyiybeIw/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jeXyXUu-Kso/TrX0LuhXAwI/AAAAAAAAAbk/bzeEyiybeIw/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a TV hanging there now and MUCH MUCH better paint</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZH9_-LqnDo/TrX0MuP4bKI/AAAAAAAAAbs/Ka0m7uPNWeA/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZH9_-LqnDo/TrX0MuP4bKI/AAAAAAAAAbs/Ka0m7uPNWeA/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Um EWW the green was heinous </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbU2nGmssWk/TrX0OObZA3I/AAAAAAAAAb0/5PWkoUkZIWM/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbU2nGmssWk/TrX0OObZA3I/AAAAAAAAAb0/5PWkoUkZIWM/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NOPE none of that is there anymore but the flooring and cabinets and they are different colors</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ENpXyvLEOIY/Tf0RcNa_6mI/AAAAAAAAAaY/O2AAFK2US68/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ENpXyvLEOIY/Tf0RcNa_6mI/AAAAAAAAAaY/O2AAFK2US68/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Wv-pg_vO6k/Tf0ReAbE8nI/AAAAAAAAAac/lKiFOsUrF80/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Wv-pg_vO6k/Tf0ReAbE8nI/AAAAAAAAAac/lKiFOsUrF80/s320/048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--OSMq_a4ZkA/Tf0Rg1XOoAI/AAAAAAAAAag/H0A0RTyROsg/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--OSMq_a4ZkA/Tf0Rg1XOoAI/AAAAAAAAAag/H0A0RTyROsg/s320/042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1-zT2-WuEU/Tf0RjeAb9iI/AAAAAAAAAak/28zC5zgVZew/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1-zT2-WuEU/Tf0RjeAb9iI/AAAAAAAAAak/28zC5zgVZew/s320/073.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Ok enough of that we are all here I have just been super busy but enjoy the pictures of playdates pool parties and first birthdays.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5042424340435074430?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-90859649791539407462011-05-10T14:38:00.000-07:002011-05-10T14:38:19.916-07:00Well little miss started to crawl Friday and by Sunday was going going gone....she LOVES to get around and will often clap at herself over the shear joy of it all.<br /><br />Ken for my first mothers day let me go shopping.&nbsp; For those of you who have seen my "clothes" know I was in DESPERATE need of nice clothing.&nbsp; Sure I made do and I will again if we need to.&nbsp; It doesn't bother me to wear the same stuff week after week as long as it covers me up.&nbsp; I was so happy to find 4 outfits although when I saw how much I spent I almost turned right back around and returned EVERYTHING!!<br /><br />Ken wanted me to get a matching outfit for Avery so we could take mommy daughter photos on mothers day...which we did but they are on my moms camera SO I will download them when I can. Earlier last week we paid off three big bills so my Mothers Day week was amazing.&nbsp; And as soon as I get those photos from my mom I will put some on here and Facebook and on my NEW digital frame from Ken and Avery YAY <br /><br />Life is good busy but good.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-9085964979153940746?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-12874972177386011442011-04-19T04:50:00.000-07:002011-04-19T04:50:45.728-07:00Ok sorry all.&nbsp; I honestly have 0 hours to blog.&nbsp; My parents came home this month from the mission YAY Avery has now learned to say Momma, Papa(grandpa), baba (bottle), More(only spoken while eating and if you ask if she wants more) Emma(her cousin) and lastly she does say Dada but not as often as Ken would like.<br /><br />She is getting SOOO big she wears anything from 18month to 2T depending on how its made.&nbsp; I haven't weighed&nbsp; her lately but will try to tomorrow.&nbsp; Crawling? Nope she wants to she will get up on her knees and scoot backward, she does however bounce on her bum and move around that way.<br /><br />She has been grumpy as of late so poor Ken and I have had little sleep due to the new teeth coming in. BUT it is well worth it. She loves pretty much ALL foods but grits, apricots and bananas and will often take her hand and scrap them off her tongue then look at you like WHAT are you feeding me.<br /><br /><br />She HATES shoes and cries till we take them off and then does this.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H0eNMiX6Yo8/Ta12fBszmFI/AAAAAAAAAZk/cMdBVWRlz0Y/s1600/218971_10150239771922289_768757288_8755212_4905248_o%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H0eNMiX6Yo8/Ta12fBszmFI/AAAAAAAAAZk/cMdBVWRlz0Y/s320/218971_10150239771922289_768757288_8755212_4905248_o%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />...sigh... oh well guess shes a lot like me in that area.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1287497217738601144?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-58011309798188488212011-03-25T04:50:00.000-07:002011-03-25T04:50:48.941-07:00I would be remiss if I didn't tell you I am thankful for my family.&nbsp; They are there through thick and thin.&nbsp; My baby loves me if I work one day a week or 5 like this week. My best friend is first my hubby of course but recently has become my sister since my mom has been on her mission.&nbsp;<br /><br />She is someone I can hang out with tell me secrets to and giggle like school girls at the guy who started at us through the car window the other night and freaked us all out. I would like to do more with her but alas there is not enough time in the day for me. I work and am a mommy and up until a few weeks ago was a Co-Chair for Colorado Supporting adoption.<br /><br />Because of my busy busy life my one friend who is there through thick and thin seems to think I don't want or like to hang with her. and I would just like her to know Amanda I love you! I am thankful you are my sister and friend(even though I don't show it) I am thankful you watch my baby when Ken and I have to work and I am thankful that you are the # 5 in our family that I tease you about.<br /><br />NEVER forget you are loved<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5801130979818848821?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-80316928186611718482011-03-18T04:36:00.000-07:002011-03-18T04:36:41.424-07:00Ah welcome to the busy season of Dental offices.&nbsp; I may not blog/facebook much since I would rather spend time with my family when I DO have time. But Colorado FSA shared our story a few weeks back and if you want to check it out here it is <a href="http://coloradofsa.blogspot.com/2011/03/success-story-ken-and-kelly.html">Story</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8031692818661171848?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-47217088280298568332011-03-05T13:16:00.000-08:002011-03-05T13:16:24.334-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shake your groove thing, she is doing what I like to call her "Hurrah for Israel" which she does a lot often times without toys....but it is WAY cute with toys as well!<object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a94f7eac71617a9e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da94f7eac71617a9e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329897497%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6C206B2E70372477D9288EA1178E6A6BD9DFD19A.3EDC2710E3902AD7F15ACD917E97601173A13E5B%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da94f7eac71617a9e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DhQ_aWaHE5SDzU3noG5XbHKWfruI&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da94f7eac71617a9e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329897497%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6C206B2E70372477D9288EA1178E6A6BD9DFD19A.3EDC2710E3902AD7F15ACD917E97601173A13E5B%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da94f7eac71617a9e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DhQ_aWaHE5SDzU3noG5XbHKWfruI&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4721708828029856833?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-86475701853105332872011-02-27T07:06:00.000-08:002011-02-27T07:06:23.951-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6Mb5NOz2_D0/TWpoZVoEW4I/AAAAAAAAAZc/DHvKmQ8zivc/s1600/bonfils.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6Mb5NOz2_D0/TWpoZVoEW4I/AAAAAAAAAZc/DHvKmQ8zivc/s320/bonfils.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I am O+ blood type which means I can give to all the other + out there in the world.&nbsp; I LOVE to give blood but every time I get dizzy see stars and almost passed out once.&nbsp; I love watching all the workers worry about me, I warn them before hand that I am just one of "THOSE" people that always get dizzy.<br /><br />But they rush around put ice packs on my head lay me back bring me juice. Then they check my vitals which are always normal and send me on my way but for a short moment I am pampered and it's great. After all yesterday WAS my birthday and I should get pampered...lol.<br /><br />Where was Avery through this?&nbsp; In her stroller playing with the other kids...most of the time she FREAKS if Ken and I leave her but as long as she was in the stroller and strangers were not trying to hold her she was good. So after a few mothers cookies juice and pampering it was time for Avery and I to leave and take a nap....ahhh nap time is there anything better?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8647570185310533287?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-73986858632977451152011-02-25T13:54:00.000-08:002011-02-25T13:54:40.178-08:00I look at the girl I once was<br />and wonder where the years went<br />So much wasted time that will never return<br /><br />I now look at you my little angel and wonder what you will be. Who will you marry? My little baby how I wish you could cuddle with mommy everyday.&nbsp; How I wish mommy didn't have to work so I could make every moment count.&nbsp;<br /><br />I miss my mommy today, she will be home soon but this week has been a hard one for me.&nbsp; As I watch you grow I know there will be a time when you will leave home and it will never be the same.&nbsp; Bithdays and Christmases will be spent with your family that you make.<br /><br />Someday you wont want to rock with mommy on the rocking chair or snuggle when you're sleepy. For now today as we look at our reflections in the mirror and you giggle and laugh I will keep that in my heart. And when you look back in the mirror 30+ years from your birthday I hope you will remember the good times and always remember to giggle and laugh.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7398685863297745115?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-25560191103848763452011-02-13T06:06:00.000-08:002011-02-13T06:06:25.228-08:00So Avery is on the growth spurt again, her little tummy is thinning out and she is getting taller.&nbsp; Man this girl is expensive to keep in clothes and she is not even a teen yet.&nbsp; EEK!! She is now onto stage 3 of foods...we were making homemade but it became too&nbsp; much to do with us both working.<br /><br />She is now eating fruits, she loves applesauce-no sugar added of course. She had her first eggs yesterday and she seemed to like it with no allergic reaction.&nbsp; We went shopping yesterday and my sister Avery and I had lunch at Costo and Sam's clubs eating samples....it was fun and funny all at the same time.<br /><br />Avery LOVES sitting in shopping carts you can push her around for hours and she is just happy happy. She has started licking everything though...this morning she licked me and my back....lol ewww funny weird and gross all at once.<br /><br />We don't often let her try sweets but the other day while shopping she tried a cherry chip cookie from a store and LOVED it. In fact she SCREAMED at me when I took it away since she was making a total mess all while trying to lick the cart.<br /><br />I love being a mom even with the licks and screams and the amazing exploding diapers it is the most fantastic thing in the world. I can't understand why some people would not WANT to be a mom.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know Momma C wanted to be a mom and she is a mom and someday she will have tons of children for Avery to call brother and sister.<br /><br />A Mom is the greatest thing I will ever be, even after my schooling and my amazing job and all that I have done in my life the best thing I will ever be called is MOM!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-2556019110384876345?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-6411803639168189822011-02-08T07:36:00.000-08:002011-02-08T07:36:46.585-08:00I am ready for birds chirping daffodils daisies and tulips.&nbsp; I am ready for my toes to go BACK to the color of skin and not this purple color they are this morning.&nbsp; I am ready for my gas /electric bills to go back to affordable and not OH MY GOODNESS REALLY! I am ready for flipflops shorts and sunshine that is warm.&nbsp; <br /><br />I am pretty sure Avery is ready too! She hates putting on her coat her mittens and loves to scream at me when I put on her hat. It is too cute and I can't help but giggle at her pure frustration over not being able to voice to me what she really thinks. I am ready to go to SLC to visit Birth momma C once the highways are safe again.&nbsp; <br /><br />Would it be wrong to live inside a<a href="http://www.pajamagram.com/SellGroup/hoodiefootiefamily.aspx"> Hoddie-Footie</a> all winter long ...no I don't own one but man there is this part of me(the purple/blue) part that would love one just to put under my scrubs all winter long. I think winter should be banned...bring on this global warming I hear about before my toes fall off PLEASE!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-641180363916818982?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-6122188023134601972011-02-06T08:22:00.000-08:002011-02-06T08:22:33.332-08:00I LOVE ADOPTION!!!<br /><br />Avery's birth families are amazing.&nbsp; I love that they are a part of our lives.&nbsp; I love that her birth mommy is my friend.I love that she can someday soon Avery will be able to call them up or send a text email or facebook them how she feels ask them questions and get answers.<br /><br />I am excited about the Families supporting adoption functions this year in CO.&nbsp; We have our conference in April. A 5k run in May and the list goes on and on.&nbsp; I am excited that FSA is growing and we are having more and more contact with the other adoption agencies..<br /><br />How I wish I could do more to advocate for adoption.&nbsp; When ever I try to have a "cool adoption page" like the <a href="http://thebestforyoubook.blogspot.com/">R house</a> or the Author <a href="http://thebestforyoubook.blogspot.com/">Kelsey Stewarts&nbsp; </a>I never like how they turn out and bam I take them down. Ok so just know I would LOVE to have a really cool adoption page BUT for now check out the ones above and know I agree with them...LOL there are many more great adoption pages out there.&nbsp; Maybe someday I will just do a post about them all.<br /><br />For now have a happy and warm safe Sabbath<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-612218802313460197?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-6274459850781286482011-02-01T16:04:00.000-08:002011-02-01T16:04:00.357-08:00Have you ever watched an infant wear mittens for the first time it is funny...she looked at Daddy like he was the meanest man alive.<br /><br />By the way...if you have children and it is below zero outside and you have a doctors appointment dentist appointment or something like that, it is DANGEROUS to take them outside in that.&nbsp; Just call in, make an appointment for another day. The people wont be mad if you do trust me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-627445985078128648?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-23296338780363027522011-01-26T16:51:00.000-08:002011-01-26T16:51:00.182-08:00<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> </h3><div class="post-header"> </div>Slept through the night August 2010<br /><br />Took a bath at home June 20 2010<br /><br />Smiled ALL OF THE TIME even when sick<br /><br />Laughed out Loud in your sleep all of the time at about 2 months awake while on Vacation in Ohio visiting G-Ma and Papa October 2010<br /><br />Sat up alone November 2010 at Aunt Nanna's house<br /><br />Ate Solid Foods October 7th in Ohio while visiting G-ma and Papa<br /><br />Got your first tooth November 29th 2010<br /><br />SAID YOUR FIRST WORDS January 25 BahBah(bottle) after bath and Momma all the next day...Daddy may be your favorite but remember whos name came out of your mouth first!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-2329633878036302752?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-1461243293042926042011-01-24T05:23:00.000-08:002011-01-24T05:23:46.678-08:00REALLY snow again...I am in need of Spring.&nbsp; Warmth and sunshine and all that goodness.&nbsp; I am tiered of colds and staying up worrying about baby girl.&nbsp; She has had an icky icky cold since last Thursday and it makes me sad I have to leave her all week to work. At least Daddy gets to stay with her Monday and Tuesday.&nbsp; <br /><br /><br />ANYWAY enough of my whiner headness, today make it your goal to Scatter sunshine for someone in need. Put a smile on someones face that is in need of it.&nbsp; There are people out there just in need of a smile or a nice word.&nbsp; Remember that we are ALL children of our heavenly father...even the guy who cut you off on the highway last week.&nbsp;<br /><br />My goal for you an for me is to Scatter sunshine all along the way...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-146124329304292604?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-89896200989580519422011-01-17T04:40:00.001-08:002011-01-17T04:40:40.618-08:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">I can't say I was very nervous. I knew/know her stepfather and have known him since I was 18. She was very quite at first so we mainly talked to him the first day(which happened to be my birthday) We went to eat lunch at the Training Table I think is what it is called.<br /><br />The next day however she became more open and we spent the day at the Children s museum in SLC(which is the lamest Childrens museum I have ever been to?) but we laughed and joked and I am SURE people thought we were crazy.<br /><br />Then we walked around the Mall and made fun of stuff like the love sack place and other stuff. We went to the temple and walked around a bit and made fun of some of the &quot;Art&quot; at the Jazz center or whatever the place is called....pretty much we spent the entire weekend laughing.<br /><br />Mostly we wanted her to know it was her choice and that she needed to pray about any choice she made. We told her that we would support her if she chose to raise the baby, or the adoption option.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8989620098958051942?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-33687785937603313752011-01-15T12:20:00.000-08:002011-01-15T12:20:34.630-08:00Life the last few months has been a whirlwind of emotions, not enough time and just plane family fun. Lets see Christmas was great Aviendha was spoiled...of course. The adoption was finalized then we were sealed then she was blessed and now life has seemed to slow down a bit.<br /><br />My aparment is quite today...well as quite as an apartment gets with a 7 month old in the house.&nbsp; It never seems to be clean anymore...and I find toys in places I didn't know toys could fit much less how they got there in the first place when she isn't crawling yet.<br /><br />There isn't a day that goes by that I don't have cookie/cracker or bottle or drool on my clothes.&nbsp; Perfume...forget about it I wear whatever lotion Aviendha is wearing that day.&nbsp; I LOVE being a mom.&nbsp; Even when she is grumpy I love LOVE being a mom.<br /><br />How is Ken doing?&nbsp; Well he is working today but let me tell you that Avery has a favorite parent and it is NOT ME. She squeals with delight when Ken walks in the room, she reaches for him and often cries when he doesn't pick her up fast enough.&nbsp; I think he feeds her chocolate when I am not around :) She is a daddys girl and I love it.&nbsp; It makes me miss my daddy, who will be home from his mission in a few months.<br /><br />Alright I have told you what is up...I will try to do this MORE now that life is taking a slower pace.&nbsp; Although now I need to plan a first birthday can you BELIEVE it is less than 6 months away??&nbsp; And we will be filling out our adoption paperwork again around that same time.&nbsp; So maybe life hasn't started moving at a slower pace.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3368778593760331375?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-22711291235032105582011-01-11T11:20:00.000-08:002011-01-11T11:20:44.490-08:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSysG2SWOoI/AAAAAAAAAYk/c9YLNphthiA/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSysG2SWOoI/AAAAAAAAAYk/c9YLNphthiA/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+011.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole shabang...ok so my parents were not there and most of Ken's family is missing but Birthmom birthdad birth grandparents are there</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr7Bzv4rI/AAAAAAAAAYM/q0GcyQZA-OY/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr7Bzv4rI/AAAAAAAAAYM/q0GcyQZA-OY/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+005.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was COLD in the shade, but look how cute Avery is</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr-yt4QZI/AAAAAAAAAYU/-jrb6DfJeOs/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr-yt4QZI/AAAAAAAAAYU/-jrb6DfJeOs/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSysAtnnf7I/AAAAAAAAAYY/lOeo6IM6-wQ/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSysAtnnf7I/AAAAAAAAAYY/lOeo6IM6-wQ/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+008.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are you lookin at me??</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr5dpILyI/AAAAAAAAAYI/2XVM_maM1Ik/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr5dpILyI/AAAAAAAAAYI/2XVM_maM1Ik/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+004.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two dresses the one on the left made by Ken's mom for the Temple the one on the right by my mom for the blessing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr3k-NlxI/AAAAAAAAAYE/zs4GUoVGd7E/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr3k-NlxI/AAAAAAAAAYE/zs4GUoVGd7E/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+003.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr0ZpHkvI/AAAAAAAAAX8/flm7EBErntc/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+001.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr0ZpHkvI/AAAAAAAAAX8/flm7EBErntc/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+001.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSytAttOByI/AAAAAAAAAYs/u4NXI_OX54Y/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSytAttOByI/AAAAAAAAAYs/u4NXI_OX54Y/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+054.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Momma C at blessing day</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSytF1DVXII/AAAAAAAAAYw/xfk03xSpa1M/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSytF1DVXII/AAAAAAAAAYw/xfk03xSpa1M/s320/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+036.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Momma C and Daddy J putting aside some bad feelings to take pictures with Avery so she has this memory </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TSyr0ZpHkvI/AAAAAAAAAX8/flm7EBErntc/s1600/Avery%2527s+Sealing+and+Blessing+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-2271129123503210558?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-59800403663193433272010-12-24T08:21:00.000-08:002010-12-24T08:27:02.638-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TRTGS1t4Y-I/AAAAAAAAAXo/cI6JPvFBF1c/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TRTGS1t4Y-I/AAAAAAAAAXo/cI6JPvFBF1c/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>&nbsp;What an interesting week.&nbsp; We finalized the adoption on Wednesday and it was good to have that paperwork done but it doesn't change anything for Ken and I.<br /><br />We will not change the way our adoption was set up. We love the openness of our adoption . We love C and we are getting to know J(birth father) a little more as time goes by.<br /><br />It was a fun Christmas gift to have a judge tell you that she is your daughter...something we have felt and known since first meeting C.&nbsp; And what a beautiful time of year for it to happen in.<br /><br />Our Father in Heaven gave his son to us so that we might live and grow and become the people we are meant to be.&nbsp; I think the only other people in this world who know what that sacrifice was like for our Father is birth parents.<br /><br />I hope as you kneel down where ever your life has taken you that you will take the time to remember our Savior our Brother and our King.&nbsp; But also remember those birth parents who loved their children as much as our Father loved his only begotten.<br /><br />Merry Christmas everyone. We three wish you all the happiness in the world as the New Year approaches. May it bring you good surprises, much luck and always always Joy.&nbsp; <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TRTGUcuEDeI/AAAAAAAAAXs/homsx-jr1bI/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TRTGUcuEDeI/AAAAAAAAAXs/homsx-jr1bI/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TRTGWu1ywjI/AAAAAAAAAXw/aY0zSR21Sr0/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TRTGWu1ywjI/AAAAAAAAAXw/aY0zSR21Sr0/s320/010.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5980040366319343327?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-49888622618082428642010-12-23T18:50:00.001-08:002010-12-23T18:50:27.899-08:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">First off things can happen when you go to court they always ask you not to get sealed on the same weekend in case things happen. <br /><br />Second, it's Christmas weekend and the next weekend is New Years. Temple is closed. So we did it the next available weekend that we knew birth family and our families could make it to. <br /><br />So it's not that we are not anxious to get it done but weekends work best and the next few weekends just happen to be holidays.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4988862261808242864?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-72157157164795718662010-12-13T15:08:00.000-08:002010-12-13T15:08:47.060-08:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQalyYx08dI/AAAAAAAAAW0/lUBB5hsGiVk/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQalyYx08dI/AAAAAAAAAW0/lUBB5hsGiVk/s320/013.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why YES Aunt Nanna I DO like Icing</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;Sorry I didn't format some to flip right side up...still trying to get the hang of this new computer<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal59lIRwI/AAAAAAAAAXE/F5altytSR60/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal59lIRwI/AAAAAAAAAXE/F5altytSR60/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying Hello to Birth Momma </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamBQ6DYZI/AAAAAAAAAXU/UwmZN-SwiNI/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamBQ6DYZI/AAAAAAAAAXU/UwmZN-SwiNI/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shwing birth momma I have a foot </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal0bR6giI/AAAAAAAAAW4/jxAUEPTpu20/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal0bR6giI/AAAAAAAAAW4/jxAUEPTpu20/s320/030.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You talkin to ME?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal4CHG3iI/AAAAAAAAAXA/UscgeYekvkE/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal4CHG3iI/AAAAAAAAAXA/UscgeYekvkE/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal_vn3XMI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/Rbu1hYiBVXA/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal_vn3XMI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/Rbu1hYiBVXA/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal2fnZyJI/AAAAAAAAAW8/-7tro-nYGWQ/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal2fnZyJI/AAAAAAAAAW8/-7tro-nYGWQ/s320/032.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Momma not my favorite but she is a close 2nd</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal9zFuq_I/AAAAAAAAAXM/f-LTeUqBsuY/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal9zFuq_I/AAAAAAAAAXM/f-LTeUqBsuY/s320/037.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She doesn't take to strangers but she LOVED momma C</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal7webspI/AAAAAAAAAXI/nazhleeV6a0/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQal7webspI/AAAAAAAAAXI/nazhleeV6a0/s320/036.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamRNF8gAI/AAAAAAAAAXY/y_xuZontsTU/s1600/180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamRNF8gAI/AAAAAAAAAXY/y_xuZontsTU/s320/180.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NO I don't wanna say goodbye either </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamS_sMJgI/AAAAAAAAAXc/clQlnbZ4UT8/s1600/181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamS_sMJgI/AAAAAAAAAXc/clQlnbZ4UT8/s320/181.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamUUUQtSI/AAAAAAAAAXg/z0BiUW6skcg/s1600/182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamUUUQtSI/AAAAAAAAAXg/z0BiUW6skcg/s320/182.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture...even though I left it sideways </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamWXtrnTI/AAAAAAAAAXk/5YGsK9PzjZI/s1600/183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TQamWXtrnTI/AAAAAAAAAXk/5YGsK9PzjZI/s320/183.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7215715716479571866?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-86814254893598561052010-12-08T11:57:00.000-08:002010-12-08T11:57:27.461-08:00NEVER!<br /><br />We had a fun filled weekend with Celeste and was sad to see her go.&nbsp; Avery had a HUGE smile for her at the airport which is WEIRD because she dislikes strangers.&nbsp; A LOT!<br /><br />She now has two teeth in and two more on the way.&nbsp; So needless to say she is not happy but OH well love her anyway.&nbsp; Our 6 month mark is coming up and our adoption finalization so we are excited about that.&nbsp; And maybe just a little excited about Christmas too.<br /><br />Ok she is getting grumpy will try to post pictures of our weekend with Momma C later when Ken gets home. But he might have to feed his pet snakes soooooo you all might have to wait till she is napping again.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8681425489359856105?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-34785339347021027832010-11-29T12:16:00.000-08:002010-11-29T12:16:14.201-08:00Oh boy and oh joy Avery is teething, and MAN she is fussy which is soooooo not like her.&nbsp; She wants to be held and someone at all times must rub her gums or she gives you what for. SO it has meant very little sleep for her and us and my emotions have been going up down in out and sideways.<br /><br />C comes out on Friday we hope a tooth or both teeth that she is cutting will come in while C is here, not for her to be fussy while C is here but so C can experience it. I am finally well...ok still have a slight cough but someone told me it could last up to 3 months after pneumonia is taken care of with antibiotics ...we will see&nbsp; I have now had this cough for 3 months..wooo hoo think of the GREAT abs I will have when this is all done....ok maybe not.<br /><br />I am in need of a girls night that is for sure, but besides my sister, sister in law and a friend I think I bug sometimes( yes I am insecure) there is not anyone I "hang" with. I have two great friends I have had one since I was 5 she lives in northern Colorado and we don't get together enough and the other I have had since 6th grade and she lives in Hawaii, I miss hanging with both of them.<br /><br />Sorry if I have been down in the dumps with posts, not sure WHAT my deal is(<i>honestly dealing with insecurities)</i> OR I just need to move somewhere warm this being cold is for penguins polar bears and Santa Claus &nbsp;<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3478533934702102783?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-77261584961601751052010-11-23T18:47:00.001-08:002010-11-23T18:47:45.025-08:00<div class="formspringmeAnswer">Kind of a funny story. Her step father happened to be good friends with an ex-boyfriend of mine. The ex and I have long since lost contact but I have always stayed in contact with C's step father. <br /><br />He called me up one night because he remembered we were looking to adopt and then we talked to C I then received text messages all the time from C...wish I still did but she doesn't have a cell at the moment....sigh. <br /><br />The rest is history as they say. Or maybe I should say it was good I dated SOOOO many guys so I could become friends with their friends.</div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7726158496160175105?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-74760711428031445072010-11-22T18:18:00.000-08:002010-11-22T18:18:17.226-08:00The best thing next to sushi...i love fried tofu with sesame ginger sauce and that is what I came home to find for dinner.&nbsp; YAY for good Mondays good food and a loving family.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7476071142803144507?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-81602198406833938322010-11-21T12:37:00.000-08:002010-11-21T12:37:21.902-08:00Wow where has this year gone?&nbsp; I know that it has been a busy and eventful year and it seems like I have had a never ending battle with chest colds this year.&nbsp; In June our lives changed for ever and I am more thankful for that than anything in this world. We will be sealed to Avery January 8th that just seems like a hop away.&nbsp;<br /><br />I am thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life even though at times I struggle.&nbsp; Don't we all? I am thankful for my loving husband who puts up with me(trust me it's a lot). I am thankful for Celeste being in our lives and giving us the opportunity to be parents to a wonderful little girl.<br /><br />I am thankful for my parents, well all of my family really.&nbsp; They are ALWAYS there in my good and bad moments and will always be my friends no matter what. I am thankful for the few friends I do have out there that are not my family...some of you I consider my family and have for many years now....I love you and thank you for being there for me even when we can't always get together.<br /><br />I am thankful for the few sisters who have reached out to me in my church ward and who have broken through my introvertness to find I am not really such a bad person. I am thankful for my job even though at times I wish I could be a stay at home mom. I am thankful for my friends in the adoption community. <br /><br />I am thankful for so much more I wish I could express it all but it really would be such a long post if I did that. I am thankful for you...I may not know who you are but it is nice to know there is someone out there listening/reading to the silly little things I have to say. &nbsp;<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8160219840683393832?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-14367926331460446242010-11-14T16:38:00.000-08:002010-11-14T16:38:55.820-08:00So before Avery came Celeste and I would talk like a million times a day via facebook texts emails phone calls.&nbsp; Now it is just via facebook since she doesn't have a cell.&nbsp; I MISS her.&nbsp; Not that my hands aren't busy with Avery and Ken(shhh don't tell him that I said that) but I miss having my "girlfriend" to talk to.&nbsp;<br /><br />Not about anything important, we would talk about our favorite cartoons or YouTube videos or just about life.&nbsp; So not that we get to see her this month I feel like I should go buy a new outfit for the occasion and maybe wash behind my ears. <br /><br />We miss you Celeste and can't wait to see you and even though Avery can't say "big kid words" YET she misses you to and can't wait to give you some slobbery kisses<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1436792633146044624?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-24802863831757072482010-11-14T16:33:00.003-08:002010-11-14T16:33:32.286-08:00<a href="http://averytheprincess.blogspot.com/2010/11/magic-of-being-excited.html">http://averytheprincess.blogspot.com/2010/11/magic-of-being-excited.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-2480286383175707248?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-83643761465385868932010-11-14T16:21:00.000-08:002010-11-14T16:21:42.399-08:00&nbsp;Here is a video of her talking to her toy peacock <br /><br /><br /><object height="144" width="176"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/10150103268862289" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/10150103268862289" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="176" height="144"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8364376146538586893?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-46516375118290262962010-11-10T14:37:00.000-08:002010-11-10T14:37:50.906-08:00I am in need of my mom.&nbsp; She has been on her mission now for over a year and I miss both her and my father. I think I am just being bummed out with how sick I have been lately and just miss the outside world and people.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4651637511829026296?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-79812454389577268612010-11-10T07:28:00.000-08:002010-11-10T07:28:17.418-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-34acf2aee36279b5" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D34acf2aee36279b5%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329897497%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D58DFFCC717D290268DE37A756711DEAFAEF6ADD1.773937B34460560A33BF5C1FC4801B2C2AD181AD%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D34acf2aee36279b5%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DctNLzq4Luj8W4P30eXAZUA6TEXw&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D34acf2aee36279b5%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329897497%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D58DFFCC717D290268DE37A756711DEAFAEF6ADD1.773937B34460560A33BF5C1FC4801B2C2AD181AD%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D34acf2aee36279b5%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DctNLzq4Luj8W4P30eXAZUA6TEXw&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7981245438957726861?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-66002362672188645572010-11-09T07:44:00.000-08:002010-11-09T07:44:57.347-08:00No No not the Zombie show, but let me tell you that after having pneumonia for a while now that I can totally sympathize&nbsp; with&nbsp; the zombies.&nbsp; I feel or have felt like the walking dead for the last month. But today I am feeling maybe 10% better and thought NOW is the day I need to kill my personal zombie and clean/sterilize the house.<br /><br />So bleach and all other cleaners here I come.&nbsp;<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-6600236267218864557?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-50566903482548378182010-11-02T17:22:00.001-07:002010-11-02T17:24:46.938-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TNCrxV6sVII/AAAAAAAAAV4/YT7Kct0HeTU/s1600/tink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TNCrxV6sVII/AAAAAAAAAV4/YT7Kct0HeTU/s320/tink.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TNCryTCstOI/AAAAAAAAAV8/VXGSX3g-6QE/s1600/sweetpea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TNCryTCstOI/AAAAAAAAAV8/VXGSX3g-6QE/s320/sweetpea.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="formspringmeAnswer">Avery was Tinker Bell and a Sweet Pea she had two costumes and would have had more becuase I thought EVERYTHING was cute! <br /><br />As for C helping us...yes a few months before Halloween I asked her oppinion about costumes.</div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5056690348254837818?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-40118913314525950062010-11-02T17:20:00.001-07:002010-11-02T17:20:26.925-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Our court date is December 22 and our temple date is January 8th....so not only did we get Avery for Kens birthday but we have the papers done before Christmas and our sealing/blessing done for a new year.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4011891331452595006?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-8783734960901978212010-11-02T17:18:00.001-07:002010-11-02T17:18:56.679-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Sometimes I wish we would have MORE contact with C and even birth dad. I like having them a part of our lives and like my blood family I don't like going long without talking to them.<br /><br />Other than that, this adoption our Avery...there is not a thing we would change.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-878373496090197821?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-68102130412021658442010-11-02T17:17:00.001-07:002010-11-02T17:25:54.387-07:00<div class="formspringmeAnswer">Not really, I do know that C is coming to Colorado on her way to see family for Turkey Day so we will get to spend time with her. It is really important for us for Avery to have time with C....as much as possible.<br /><br />Colorado is putting on a fireside this Sunday to celebrate but other than that it will be a quite month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TNCsBDAODEI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Rg3nxcI4vt4/s1600/fsa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TNCsBDAODEI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Rg3nxcI4vt4/s320/fsa.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-6810213041202165844?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-39550554253451657052010-11-01T10:38:00.000-07:002010-11-01T10:38:17.724-07:00So last night we got to spend time with our next door neighbors who happen to be our good friends we all LOVE LOVE LOVE halloween and think that it's sad when the spider webs have to come down at the end of the season.<br /><br />So AMC started a new show called the Walking Dead and if you don't like Zombies brains blood guts ...don't watch but it was fun to just "hang" with our friends.&nbsp; They are always so busy going out of town and what not that when we do get to hang with them it is TOTAL quality time. Can't wait till next Sundays show or the next time we get to go do dinner...this time is SUSHI!!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3955055425345165705?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-42887562427588714192010-10-31T12:59:00.000-07:002010-10-31T12:59:56.387-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TM3KSNfO50I/AAAAAAAAAV0/857zXr3DeK8/s1600/fsa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TM3KSNfO50I/AAAAAAAAAV0/857zXr3DeK8/s400/fsa.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4288756242758871419?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-57415863773667196832010-10-27T15:18:00.003-07:002010-10-27T15:18:08.615-07:00Ask me anything <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine" target="_blank">http://formspring.me/moabsunshine</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5741586377366719683?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-35991189849464116942010-10-27T15:18:00.001-07:002010-10-27T15:18:05.088-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Not as open as we have with mommy C. Is he a part of Avery's life? You bet ya, we are friends on facebook so he gets the daily bombardment of pictures and he does have our cell numbers. Will he stay at our house if he comes out for a visit like C would??? Not sure at this point I would say no because we don't have the same relationship with him as C, but things change, people change can't wait to see where life takes us all from here.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3599118984946411694?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-86290677013793901432010-10-21T09:03:00.001-07:002010-10-21T09:03:54.686-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">We both wanted a lot of kids growing up, when I found out I couldn't have children at age 18 I was devastated. But we know through adoption we may not get that &quot;big&quot; family so as many as the Lord is willing to bless us with is how many we want. <br /><br />We are already starting to talk about re filling out our paper work so we are up and ready again by June which will be Avery's first birthday. I LOVE being a mom and I LOVE having a birthmom a part of our lives, I want more of both.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8629067701379390143?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-84481227539107880152010-10-20T17:45:00.000-07:002010-10-20T17:45:35.884-07:00How can I be so happy this week while C is sooo sad? She has had a bad week and has been missing Aviendha. Why can't when you do an open adoption can't the birth mother move in too? I love C like a sister. Send her all your happy thoughts.<br /><br />On a side note, send your happy thoughts to S as well.&nbsp; You don't know who S is but I do a year ago she was on cloud nine and many things happened since.&nbsp; She is a mom hopping to adopt like we were.&nbsp; It is so hard to wait for the "lords time" for kids when you see others around you having them all of the time and even sometimes people who shouldn't be having kids have them.<br /><br />So C and S, smile keep your chins up and know I love you both.&nbsp; S I don't know you well but you are my sister in this great wide world and if you ever need to talk, I am here for you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8448122753910788015?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-64615237560107274232010-10-19T17:10:00.000-07:002010-10-19T17:42:20.032-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They are on a mission in Ohio and BOY do I miss my mom.<br /><br />Avery is in the crib and I am TRYING to play catch up.&nbsp; I know I haven't posted a picture in awhile on the blog but big changes have been happening with FSA Colorado and trying to get my head around it all and then I am still working full time. Honest I do post pictures everyday or every other day in facebook.<br /><br />I make you a promise that I will post them when I get back from Vacation sometime in the near future. Till then hope you are all enjoying fall or spring...in what ever area of the world you are in.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4167187969642192113?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-15470413526946146902010-09-21T05:47:00.001-07:002010-09-21T05:47:55.337-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">We are hopping to get her out to Colorado for the blessing and Temple sealing of Avery after the adoption is finalized in December. I miss talking to her, she hasn't had a cell phone in what seems like forever so we have kept the contact via email but it is not the same.<br /><br />We would like to get out to Utah again, but now that winter is looming we are just going to travel to Ohio to see my parents and then that will be the last trip to go somewhere at least till Spring.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1547041352694614690?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-7101277945616992572010-09-21T05:45:00.001-07:002010-09-21T05:45:05.477-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Thanks, we did contact a lawyer already basically the week we got home. Our adoption will be finalized December 22nd.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-710127794561699257?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-17811447288072116022010-09-16T18:25:00.001-07:002010-09-16T18:25:23.962-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">As far as I know the finalization is going well yes we have to wait 6 months which will put us out in Decemberish. <br /><br />The BF? Boy friend? Best Friend? if you mean the Birth father, no he and his family have been fantastic. <br /><br />We will probably be sealed in the Denver Colorado Temple since it is close and most or the majority of our families are here in Colorado. <br /><br />C, she is doing FANTASTIC she is getting mostly A's in school and has joined many clubs. To be honest I miss talking to her she is soooo busy. She has her good days and bad days but we are always here for her.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1781144728807211602?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-70707615825465518822010-09-14T07:35:00.001-07:002010-09-14T07:35:14.527-07:00We bought our tickets today to go see G-Ma and Papa for the first time with Avery.&nbsp; We cannot WAIT!!!! I have really missed my mom through the first few months of Avery in our lives, but know that they are on their mission helping others find the gospel makes my sadness not so bad.<br /><br />I will TRY to keep my blog updated but working full time and coming home to my baby all I want to do is spend time with her.&nbsp; Speaking of which why am I on here...bye all<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7070761582546551882?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-60168481598168103622010-09-03T16:58:00.000-07:002010-09-03T16:58:42.662-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TIGKbrOVzRI/AAAAAAAAAUI/WkfOAnQtB2Y/s1600/IMGP1817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TIGKomM7EaI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/oDGFlRNQLZ8/s1600/IMGP1819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TIGKomM7EaI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/oDGFlRNQLZ8/s320/IMGP1819.JPG" /></a></div>It is AWESOME when your child discovers something I grabbed a random balloon on the way out the door of chic-fil-a yesterday with my nieces who were kind enough to invite me with them.&nbsp; They also are two kiddos who help my sister watch Avery.<br /><br />Anywho I tied it to her carseat and handed her over to my sister so I could go back to work. when I put her in the carseat after I came to pick her up this was her reaction.....and then this morning when I put her in her carseat to take her BACK to my sisters so I could work today(<i>which I wish I didn't have to</i>) she looked up.&nbsp; My only guess is she was looking for her friend the balloon I felt bad we didnt have it anymore.<br /><br />I love watching her learn I just wish I didn't have to work so I could see everything she sees during the day.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-6016848159816810362?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-13568303434084228612010-08-29T14:51:00.000-07:002010-08-29T14:51:40.129-07:00So we were on our way to church this morning when the unthinkable happened. I found a 3 year old wandering in the parking lot yelling and crying for his mother.&nbsp; And saw a couple drive right by him and not do a darn thing but stare.&nbsp; Wanted to kick them in their heads at that point, but I was already out of my car and headed for the little frightened one.<br /><br />I got on the phone with 911 and within minutes two officers were there and gave him a Teddy bear took his picture took my information and they sent us on our way while they went door to door trying to find mommy. Who by the way I was surprised not out running around looking for her son. Heard of child proofing???&nbsp; Anyway it all ended well the officers called me about 1/2 later and told me they found the mom and thanked me.&nbsp;<br /><br />Of course I don't need thanks but what kind of people see a kid in the street crying still get in their car and drive off.&nbsp; Makes me sick makes me mad...what has the world come to that we don't take the time to help others?&nbsp; Open a door for someone, offer a hug to someone who needs it. It is inconceivable to me that we choose to turn our heads an look the other way.<br /><br /><br />Look around people...those people in the car next to you, on the park bench or in the mall are your family...we all came from our Father in Heaven did we not? NEVER turn your back on your family, I implore you all this week to take a closer look at those around you take time to LOOK see those in need and fill that need.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1356830343408422861?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-84223674178467580722010-08-23T12:15:00.000-07:002010-08-23T12:15:40.293-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/THLIboNlCzI/AAAAAAAAAT4/PPj-I1qa5ic/s1600/IMGP1778.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/THLIboNlCzI/AAAAAAAAAT4/PPj-I1qa5ic/s320/IMGP1778.JPG" /></a></div>I love ADOPTION and I love that we have a support group out there for us to get the word out and to have friends who have gone through are going through or are just starting out in the process.&nbsp; Saturday we got to go to a parade and be in it just Avery and mommy. Daddy had to work :( but what fun we had hanging with all the other babies.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8422367417846758072?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-30759813172648438662010-08-17T17:48:00.000-07:002010-08-17T17:48:56.267-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-9edf812f82a3de44" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D9edf812f82a3de44%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329897497%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D418E168551BBFC80764B805197DF551531BB7581.25102AE6FCBDFF5B524BFFEE1861C00DF57CA870%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D9edf812f82a3de44%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DokKRcE8Vrz0UwWonWwH7l3aD5x0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D9edf812f82a3de44%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329897497%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D418E168551BBFC80764B805197DF551531BB7581.25102AE6FCBDFF5B524BFFEE1861C00DF57CA870%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D9edf812f82a3de44%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DokKRcE8Vrz0UwWonWwH7l3aD5x0&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div>If you look closely at her Ken will stop sticking his tongue out and then she will stick hers out...it is too cute and fun to do.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3075981317264843866?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-53179960818075003802010-08-15T16:27:00.000-07:002010-08-15T16:27:39.521-07:00So I have learned there is nothing more miserable than being sick with a sick baby and husband.&nbsp; Not so much becuase I hate being sick but it's because there is nothing you can do for a sick infant other than Tylenol or a warm shower as she looks at you with red swollen eyes and you talk to her in your husky sick voice that you know she is thinking <i>'you look like mommy but you don't SOUND like her' .&nbsp; </i>She only wants to be held, and I am ok with that...she is sick I know when I am sick (like now) all I want is for someone to hold me and tell me it will all be ok.<br /><br />So as we 3 sickos try to overcome this pain in the butt cold,&nbsp; Just know if you come to my house and find us buried under a pile of laundry that I did TRY to at least keep the house clean this week.&nbsp; I guess it's ok that none of us can smell if our house stinks or not.&nbsp; <br /><br />Alright I have a bed calling my name and a&nbsp; very unhappy daughter and hubby laying on the couch.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5317996081807500380?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-862004134704701052010-08-10T17:20:00.000-07:002010-08-10T17:20:22.894-07:00Yesterday Avery had her two month shots...yes I have photos not downloaded yet due to the head cold Ken and I both have and being sleepy.&nbsp; Poor little miss though has had a tough day when she wasn't sleeping or eating she wanted snuggles or to cry...and not just any cry, full on sobs.&nbsp; Which many of you know she doesn't do.&nbsp;<br /><br />No worries though Tylenol is on board and she is good to go. And last night she spent her first night in her crib.&nbsp; Even with the shots she slept till 3am not her usual 4 or 5am but she did really well.&nbsp; I think mommy was more worried about her than anything, I love LOVE our video baby monitor because I can just flick the video on and see she is still breathing.&nbsp; Yes paranoid I know! But my parents would check on us up into our teen years. <br /><br />I help out in FSA( families supporting adoption) as some of you know and as of late have been feeling like I am not doing much good.&nbsp; How does one juggle everything family, work, volunteer work and still feel in control?&nbsp; I wish I could be a stay at home mom but know at this time in my life it is not in the cards if we want to get into a house. Which we do, apartment living STINKS there is nowhere to go, no place to really call your own.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-86200413470470105?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-18444171122565861002010-08-02T09:00:00.002-07:002010-08-02T09:00:57.044-07:00<div class="formspringmeAnswer">Oh my goodness where do I START?!? I love that she giggles in her sleep. I love when I come to pick her up from my sister after work she smiles at me. I even love it when she is grumpy. <br /><br />I have ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS wanted to be a mommy and she is the light and the joy in both Ken and my life. What an amazing blessing from my Father in Heaven and I cherish and love even the hard times with her.</div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1844417112256586100?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-79690855551807167622010-08-02T09:00:00.000-07:002010-08-02T09:00:07.371-07:00<div class="formspringmeAnswer">Being outdoors, camping hiking swimming...none of which we have done a lot of this summer. I have had to work so much and Avery has been to little to go in the pool and camping is out for the summer since Ken works on Saturdays and we took soooo much time of already this year that we wont have time off again till October....sigh..goodbye summer BUT.....<br /><br />There is NOTHING and I mean nothing better than living in Colorado near the most beautiful mountains in the world. <br /><br />If you have never been to Colorado you need to visit. There is a reason we are the thinnest state...there is just sooo much to do all year long.</div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7969085555180716762?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-75516871682411396162010-08-01T19:28:00.000-07:002010-08-01T19:28:50.684-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TFYs-GHgp3I/AAAAAAAAATA/AEH6Ek0b8nI/s1600/kenkels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TFYs-GHgp3I/AAAAAAAAATA/AEH6Ek0b8nI/s320/kenkels.jpg" /></a></div>Imagine yourself in a home with 15+ kids...most of whom are little girls.&nbsp; One yappy dog and another dog who just lays around 5 sets of married couples and one big itallian dinner and there you have our first Sunday of every month...only the house may change the dogs may be different and the food is always something different.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TFYtC487DdI/AAAAAAAAATI/eudYC3cZdk0/s1600/dogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TFYtC487DdI/AAAAAAAAATI/eudYC3cZdk0/s320/dogs.jpg" /></a></div><br />I love to get together with my family...even though they are loud and crazy and often time crude(yes even me) it is nice to know that no matter what FAMILY is and always be most important to us all. And next week its Ken's family...imagine THREE times the amount of family and a LOT more dogs all shoved into a tiny room in his mom's house...and well let the good times roll.&nbsp; <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7551687168241139616?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-46421603302492940652010-07-30T14:36:00.000-07:002010-07-30T14:36:50.702-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TFNFstuezkI/AAAAAAAAASo/Y-BHuCam8ak/s1600/Avery+TV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TFNFstuezkI/AAAAAAAAASo/Y-BHuCam8ak/s320/Avery+TV.jpg" /></a></div>whoops mommy is feeling guilty...she needs to clip my nails you can see in the photo a scratch below her eye. :(<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4642160330249294065?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-25224954866138806452010-07-27T04:49:00.000-07:002010-07-27T04:49:55.846-07:00So I need to revamp the blog and need some advise.&nbsp; What would you like to see? Leave a comment of what you would like to see and then ...since I am not as computer savy as some....leave instructions on how to do it :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TE7H3rXEJkI/AAAAAAAAASQ/RoFt9kzG7G0/s1600/under-construction.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TE7H3rXEJkI/AAAAAAAAASQ/RoFt9kzG7G0/s320/under-construction.gif" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-2522495486613880645?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-62748806907318006982010-07-25T15:42:00.000-07:002010-07-25T15:42:14.151-07:00So things in my home are going missing and it is driving me CRAZY...my box set of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth (which is the best or the P&amp;Ps) and baby shoes....really who in my home steals baby shoes and my favorite movie.&nbsp; Chaos pure chaos.<br /><br /><br />I have looked EVERYwhere under the washer and dryer the couches and in my sewing desk in the cars in the bathrooms....nowhere can't find any of it.&nbsp; I am starting to believe in mythical creatures like Brownies who are coming in and causing chaos in my home.<br /><br /><br />What are other mythical creatures that wreak havoc? I am sure they live in the babies room.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-6274880690731800698?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-25019477834564410722010-07-23T05:08:00.001-07:002010-07-24T13:41:47.657-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TEtP87QBLqI/AAAAAAAAARw/6G7R8xcLsx8/s1600/avery6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TEtP87QBLqI/AAAAAAAAARw/6G7R8xcLsx8/s320/avery6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="formspringmeAnswer">LOL I post a lot on facebook...are you on facebook? Be my friend if you are :) I am busy working the rest of the month but should be able to update the blogs soon with uber lots of photos.<br /><br />Speaking of work...better head out</div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-2501947783456441072?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-67275033355731844302010-07-21T15:26:00.000-07:002010-07-21T15:26:59.699-07:00I wish I could have a girls night out.&nbsp; I don't have many "close" friends to do this with, I guess I could call all the sister in laws and then my sister and my favorite neighbor to do so but not sure what we would do.&nbsp; Sigh guess I will go read while Avery is asleep<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-6727503335573184430?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-55049057836992172532010-07-15T19:08:00.000-07:002010-07-15T19:08:17.559-07:00I think my daughter waits to pee until I have wiped her tushy and am just about to pull up the clean diaper on purpose.&nbsp; She is a hoot.&nbsp; I love her yell she does when she is mad...it is just one yell....and it is too funny.&nbsp; Am I a bad mother for laughing at this?<br /><br />She is already opinionated and can't even speak yet.&nbsp; If she doesn't like it she will let you know and I can't help but laugh.&nbsp; She has never yelled or cried in the shower or bath, because those are her FAVORITE things but she sure will yell if she is in her swing and doesnt want to be.<br /><br />She is trying really hard to hold her head up for long periods of time...which means she doesn't want to lay back she wants to be held....we don't hold her 24/7 but trust me she gets held a lot.&nbsp; In fat somewhere in our tiny home she is being held by daddy.<br /><br />Daddy and I are doing well.&nbsp; We are adjusting to her patterns rather well.&nbsp; She is a joy to have in our lives even when she is screaming at us and we have NO idea whats wrong.&nbsp; I should go give her kisses and hugs its been a few.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5504905783699217253?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-83340435668740842212010-07-09T05:18:00.000-07:002010-07-09T18:27:36.394-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TDfMg3oN0tI/AAAAAAAAARA/OF1iORXodc4/s1600/avery5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TDfMg3oN0tI/AAAAAAAAARA/OF1iORXodc4/s320/avery5.jpg" /></a></div>I love being a mother, it takes up my every thought.&nbsp; Even though I am back at work all I can think about is my baby.&nbsp; Is she ok? Is she happy?&nbsp; It's not that I am worrying about her, it's more that I want her to be happy.<br /><br />I can't believe she will be a month on this Saturday.&nbsp; We are having an open house/baby shower at my brothers house and if you didn't know about it I am sorry...you are invited.&nbsp; email me for the address or message me on here it is noon - 4pm.<br /><br />Birth mom C is going to be there, we are all excited, I am just hopping it does more good than hurt her more.&nbsp; I don't think C will even recognize Avery...she is getting so big and has lost of thigh rolls and arm rolls and she is just so squeezable.<br /><br />I am trying to keep up on my blogging, give me time as I work out being a mother, a wife, an employee and a blogger figured out.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8334043566874084221?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-57681500128913734902010-07-02T05:19:00.000-07:002010-07-02T05:19:28.908-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TC3X2BvYgSI/AAAAAAAAAQo/-Ggt0O8MQZ8/s1600/flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TC3X2BvYgSI/AAAAAAAAAQo/-Ggt0O8MQZ8/s320/flag.jpg" /></a></div>I love being an American, I remember as a kid saying the pledge of allegiance and KNOWING that this land we live in was blessed by God, getting chills when I sang/sing the national anthem. Then why am I so sad this fourth of July?<br /><br />Because I think we as Americans have moved away from what matters, we have pushed God aside and are relying on the Government for our "instructions".&nbsp; When did God get pushed to the wayside? When did the person who should be the most important person in our life take a back seat to our governmental leaders.<br /><br />I don't think when they put sepperation of church and state in the Constitution this is what they meant. I mean look at the first prayer offered in the Continental Congress.<br /><i><br /></i><br /><i>O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all the Kingdoms, Empires and Governments; look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, on these our American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee. To Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which Thou alone canst give. Take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in Council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their Cause and if they persist in their sanguinary purposes, of own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle! </i><br /><i>Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation. That the scene of blood may be speedily closed; that order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish amongst the people. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior.</i><br /><i>Amen.</i><br /><i>Reverend Jacob Duché<br />Rector of Christ Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br />September 7, 1774, 9 o’clock a.m.</i><br /><br />May you NEVER forget what's important in this life or the next....whether&nbsp; you are in the US or not<i> </i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5768150012891373490?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-48124650554503649802010-06-28T14:23:00.000-07:002010-06-28T14:23:10.785-07:00So today was my first day back to work after bringing Aviendha home.&nbsp; Sucky ....yes and no.&nbsp; It was only a half day so I got to go spend more time with her, and I wish I could be a stay at home mom.&nbsp; Not in the cards right now....in fact the 2 weeks I did have off hurt our pocket book since I don't get paid time off...I wish I did for something like this...it's not like I take a lot of time off....sigh...oh well.<br /><br />But the check up went well she has put on a pound and is now 7.6 and gained an inch so she is at 21 inches.&nbsp; Her thighs are starting to get chunky and her cheeks are starting to fill out...just her face cheeks her bum cheeks still have nothing there....she has frog legs on her bum side...but it is cute.<br /><br />Tomorrow we are going to look at more show homes we are thinking about having a home built...cross your fingers that we find one we like.<br /><br />Till next time, stay&nbsp; cool in this heat...unless you are on the other half of the world and then I say to you stay warm.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4812465055450364980?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-11710459073926184932010-06-23T15:36:00.000-07:002010-06-23T15:36:20.006-07:00So I am bored, both Ken and Avery are asleep and I don't know what to do with myself.&nbsp; I just finished the kitchen, I might go start on laundry since our adoption case worker comes tomorrow.&nbsp; And I cant seem to stop singing the Ramons <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc" style="color: magenta;">song</a> I wanna be sedated....I don't REALLY want that, but the part of the song that says "nothing to do no where to go" Yep that's me right now.&nbsp;<br /><br />I wish we had a bigger home...I then could do laps around the house or go out and garden or hmm I don't know.&nbsp; Anything but sit around the apartment. funny really this time last week all I wanted was to be home.&nbsp; Guess that this means I am never satisfied right?<br /><br />WOOO hOOO someone just called Ken on his phone and woke him up...time to go pester and annoy him.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1171045907392618493?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-72411600384496375702010-06-22T17:50:00.000-07:002010-06-22T17:50:50.879-07:00Have I told you how much I LOVE being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints lately?&nbsp; We brought our little one home and our ward had meals ready for us.&nbsp; YAY I didnt have to cook and that took a lot of stress away.&nbsp;<br /><br />But today we had a family come by and drop a gift off of a baby carrier and a blanket.&nbsp; The carrier ROCKS! we have been wanting one, so getting one as a gift we were pretty jazzed.&nbsp; The blanket just melts my heart...it is a gift from a girl in my Activity days, it's not just any blanket but HER baby blanket.&nbsp; The same one she snuggled in as a baby...it melted my heart.<br /><br />This is the type of girl I want our Aviendha to grow up to be like.&nbsp; I have watched her at church with her siblings and family and with friends and even have the opportunity to watch her babysit once a large group of kids.&nbsp; She is compassionate, caring, honest and loves the gospel.&nbsp; I can't wait for Aviendha to grow older so as we snuggle under the blanket I can show her a picture of this very special young woman and tell her about her.<br /><br />And maybe JUST maybe my little one will grow up like her.&nbsp; Thank you Sydney and your family for such wonderful gifts<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7241160038449637570?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-17723152614603973132010-06-21T20:14:00.000-07:002010-06-21T20:14:27.786-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TCAqdTdYOdI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Nifru-3lCRk/s1600/PICT0848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TCAqdTdYOdI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Nifru-3lCRk/s320/PICT0848.JPG" /></a>Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold<br />Peas porridge in the pot 9 days old<br />Some like it hot, some like it cold<br />Some like it in the pot 9 days old.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ok so here she is taking her first "real" bath at home, and if you notice...she is asleep...guess she likes her bath hot at nine days old<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-1772315261460397313?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-57804908744832409542010-06-20T21:03:00.000-07:002010-06-20T21:03:43.116-07:00might just buy a minivan now<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ql-N3F1FhW4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ql-N3F1FhW4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5780490874483240954?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-25488612141513089052010-06-20T14:20:00.000-07:002010-06-20T14:56:29.079-07:00I never want lil miss thing to have a day of hurt in her life.&nbsp; I never want her to feel sorrow, loss, pain or fear. But I know "life" is inevitable.&nbsp; She is bound to scrape a few knees as she learns to walk, fall of her bike, get scarred of the dark, and perhaps even fear spiders like me.<br /><br />I am glad that I know that even though she will feel these things that there was someone before her before me and for a matter of fact before you who felt all our pain sorrows and so forth.&nbsp; I only hope as our princess grows she will learn to trust in the Lord, her savior and redeemer and brother to know what is right, to know how to deal with these losses or pain. <br /><br />C right now is hurting and I wish so much I could take that pain away.&nbsp; She is a sister to me and I hate to see anyone ESPECIALLY family hurt.&nbsp; She is fearful of the future of many things and I don't at this time have all of the answers (<i>shhhh don't tell my parents&nbsp; I said that</i> <i>...I like them to think I am still in the "I know everything" stage</i>)But I do know who does, and he knows all of our pains and sorrows.<br /><br />I couldn't imagine a life where one does not believe in the Savior.&nbsp; To not have someone there to turn to who knows what you are going through would be no life at all.&nbsp; C we love you, we will ALWAYS love you.&nbsp; If you need us we are here for you.&nbsp; I don't have all of the answers but I am hopping together we can find them.&nbsp; I am excited you get to come to the baby shower and she Avery and the family again.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-2548861214151308905?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-48965729279972751582010-06-19T09:09:00.000-07:002010-06-19T09:09:03.727-07:00We are home!!! Little princess slept pretty much the whole way from Utah....she then slept most of the night....I'm impressed...this little chicka likes her sleep....and her daddy and well pooping and eating....you catch my drift. All I have to say is that Wyoming has some of the DIRTIEST bathrooms I have EVER seen in ANY of my travels, I would have rather pee'd behind a tree...but since Wyoming doesn't have trees I had to use the bathrooms that told me who to call for a good time...shudder. <br /><br />Last night Ken was changing a poopy diaper and she tried to shoot him with more...we were laughing so hard there were tears in our eyes. She also had her bath and loves it...even though it is just a "spit" bath more or less until the umbilical cord falls off.<br /><br />She is a wiggle worm, HATES to be bundled would much rather sleep with her hands above her head and legs out.&nbsp; Don't get me wrong we bundle her for the night but in two hours she has the blankets kicked off looking like she is relaxing on the beach somewhere...silly girl! <br /><br />She got to meet my cousins Bill and Marsha while we were out in Utah, they let us camp out in their basement which beats hotels ANY day.&nbsp; Marsha made her the most amazing hat and scarf for this winter.&nbsp; VERY pretty, I can knit and crochet but NOTHING like this...sigh...I almost can't wait for it to be winter so she can wear it.&nbsp;&nbsp; But then that would make her a few montsh older and I don't want her to grow up...at least not yet.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4896572927997275158?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-20891401839947708612010-06-18T18:19:00.001-07:002010-06-18T18:19:17.202-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">LOL ok one more time for all those out there it is very simple just sound out what you see.... Aviendha = Ah vee end a....and she is a special girl...therefore she needed a special name.....I mean I couldnt name her something normal....she is anything but normal and she needed a name that suited her. And BOTH her mommies love it, her daddy loves it and everyone I told it to when we traveled loved it....I am not worried.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-2089140183994770861?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-32628831341496267902010-06-18T18:14:00.000-07:002010-06-18T18:14:30.529-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TBwZ1yaK_hI/AAAAAAAAAPc/WiwexwyFCpQ/s1600/avery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TBwZ1yaK_hI/AAAAAAAAAPc/WiwexwyFCpQ/s320/avery.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://averytheprincess.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-princess.html">Our Princess</a> </h3><div> </div><div class="post-header" style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> My mother loves me very much<br />She gave me life you see<br />And when the time was right<br />She gave me my family<br /><br />My parents were so happy when I came<br />Into their lives a gift greater than any other<br />My birth mother will always be there<br />And with love I will always be smothered<br /><br /><br />We are now all intertwined<br />our lives forever bound<br />Our hearts forever one<br />Their princess I am crowned </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3262883134149626790?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-53805438929422421242010-06-15T04:00:00.001-07:002010-06-15T04:00:16.543-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Mom is that you??? haha my mom asks me this all of the time. this little angle i am holding right now...thus the poor grammer punctuation etc ...deserves a unique name both her first and middle name are women in a book that have read who had courage to stand for what they thought was right who faced their challenges head on and strong. <br /><br />She is a special little girl I know her name is what we should have named her and I knew before she was born because it felt right.<br /><br />Now we admit her name is a hard one for a little one learning to speak to say. So like someone named Richard goes by Dick little miss Aviendha needed a nickname too.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5380543892942242124?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-856032276142520132010-06-14T04:30:00.000-07:002010-06-14T04:30:10.182-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TBYSuNoybwI/AAAAAAAAAPU/acsa7bKpTfw/s1600/PICT0824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TBYSuNoybwI/AAAAAAAAAPU/acsa7bKpTfw/s320/PICT0824.JPG" /></a></div><br />Today, what can I say about today.&nbsp; I have been awake most of the night in tears and happy.&nbsp; My heart is so full of joy and last night when I got a tearful phone call from C asking me to promise all we had said was true.&nbsp; That we are willing to let her see Avery and be a part of her life was true...my heart broke.<br /><br />How can <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: yellow;">soo</span> much happiness be surrounded by so much sad? I could only tell her over the phone how we felt again...but I know that seeing is believing.&nbsp; I couldn't imagine not having C a part of our lives forever...not just C but all of Avery's family here in Utah. <br /><br />Heavenly father I pray you are with us all on this difficult day.&nbsp; I can hardly type for the tears in my eyes make this so hard to do.&nbsp; She is not giving this baby away, and we are not taking this baby away from her.&nbsp; Avery I wish you were old enough to understand the great love C has for you.<br /><br />The sacrifice C is making for her baby is like nothing I will ever be able to understand.&nbsp; Birthmothers in general have to be the strongest people I know.&nbsp; They have the biggest hearts and they love their babies dearly.&nbsp; <br /><br />I love you C...WE love you C.&nbsp; We love your daughter more than words will EVER express.&nbsp; My heart is breaking and healing all at once. It's hard for me to tell you this outloud.&nbsp; I miss you and we haven't even gone home to Colorado yet.&nbsp; You are my sister...my friend and will always be a part of our lives.&nbsp; <br /><br />Friends come and go, but family is forever! Never forget that you are our family now and forever.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-85603227614252013?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-88101996473508740802010-06-12T20:07:00.000-07:002010-06-12T20:07:19.869-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TBRLWuhl3SI/AAAAAAAAAOs/CWEwdKe81_o/s1600/averybath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TBRLWuhl3SI/AAAAAAAAAOs/CWEwdKe81_o/s640/averybath.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8810199647350874080?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-85843274499699581482010-06-12T04:54:00.001-07:002010-06-12T04:54:06.681-07:00Utah or bust!!! We will post pictures soon!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8584327449969958148?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-3737887872985478412010-06-11T11:54:00.001-07:002010-06-11T11:54:29.640-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Thanks my NZ friend....good luck with your adoption too!!! I would love to know how it goes for you.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-373788787298547841?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-74910819071259130662010-06-11T05:15:00.000-07:002010-06-11T05:15:19.981-07:00We are all sitting on pins and needles waiting for Avery.&nbsp; We have had a few false alarms...yesterday being one of those and once we even got to Wyoming before we had to turn around and come home.&nbsp; Our bags are packed and we're ready to go(<i> I fully understand the urge you have to sing a song right now )</i> Only we are not leaving on a jet plane we are driving our Kia....much more comfortable plenty of room to sit and leg room and no fat guy sitting next to you that you can't put your arms on the arm rests.<br /><br />Our Birthmom C calls Avery stubborn...I am starting to see it.&nbsp; She is not going to come into this world until she is darn well good and ready.&nbsp; In fact I can picture her now laughing it up each time we start to get ready to leave again. She is the light of all our lives right now and she is not here yet.<br /><br />I know C is having a hard time with everything right now.&nbsp; She is worried about not being able to see her baby after we go back home.&nbsp; I know I can tell her over and over again how open we are but she will not believe it till she sees it. Oh how I wish I could take the pain and sorrow out of this for her, I am thankful she is open with me enough to tell me how she is feeling.&nbsp; <br /><br />I have missed her the last few weeks, she has been without phone...so no texts and without internet access.&nbsp; Last night we had a text fest with her mom's phone...YAY thanks M ...it was nice to talk to my sister my friend last night.<br /><br />On top of all of the emotions she has felt as of late they moved into a new house only to have the basement flood and have it all ripped out only to have it just now repaired FINALLY they can have space to roam which I know C is thankful for but most if not all of her non prego clothes got ruined in the flood of the basement. Someone so young should never have to deal with so much, I wish we were closer so we could "hang" more and be closer when she just needs a break from it all.<br /><br />&nbsp;Ok Looooooong post I could go on for hours, but I must get ready for another day at work.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7491081907125913066?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-89492901918084397572010-06-10T16:34:00.001-07:002010-06-10T16:34:35.853-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Reading....I love reading it takes my mind off the day at work. Or if its a day off I enjoy just spending time with Ken...flying kites, going for walks or shopping together.<br /><br />Honestly, the car is packed the bags are packed we are ready to roll when we get that call/text. Well I should say we are as ready as we will be. I keep trying to stay on top of laundry and my house so we don't have to come home to a wreck when we finally do leave.</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-8949290191808439757?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-30323656831550379032010-06-10T15:25:00.001-07:002010-06-10T15:26:32.763-07:00<div class="formspringmeAnswer">I haven't got to know the birth father. I know of him, from my understanding he is at the time supportive of the adoption. We will meet him I am sure at the hospital. As for paperwork again I don't know. <br /><br />Man I hate answering questions with an I don't know...but ask me something else and I am sure it will be a better answers :)</div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3032365683155037903?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-69715668297540497702010-06-09T17:08:00.000-07:002010-06-09T17:08:59.762-07:00Hello New Zealand<br /><br />So I have a little map at the bottom of the page and noticed today that 28 views/people in New Zealand have been checking out my blog...sweet.&nbsp; I once had a pen pal from there in 6th grade.&nbsp; It is some place I have always wanted to visit.&nbsp; Ken would want to visit it as well but only because Lord of the Rings was filmed there.&nbsp; My reasons are not so nerdy.<br /><br />&nbsp;<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-6971566829754049770?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-31892922330847175132010-06-09T11:19:00.001-07:002010-06-09T11:22:45.197-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TA_bvVi1WlI/AAAAAAAAAOE/7aCE5masHn0/s1600/PICT0754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TA_bvVi1WlI/AAAAAAAAAOE/7aCE5masHn0/s200/PICT0754.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TA_brMa_JQI/AAAAAAAAAN8/TTKdeZd-nMM/s1600/PICT0745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TA_brMa_JQI/AAAAAAAAAN8/TTKdeZd-nMM/s320/PICT0745.JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TA_bk8TR6XI/AAAAAAAAAN0/Q4faM-LSLQs/s1600/Copy+of+Us2+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TA_bk8TR6XI/AAAAAAAAAN0/Q4faM-LSLQs/s200/Copy+of+Us2+007.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="formspringmeAnswer"><br /></div><div class="formspringmeAnswer">&nbsp;Spot---Scaphoid---Zero </div><div class="formspringmeAnswer"><br /></div><div class="formspringmeAnswer">Yep....I would love to get a dog at some point and maybe a goat...only if we end up getting a house with some land.<br /><br />The pets we have at the moment are Spot, Zero and Scaphoid. Three snakes....are they mine...not so much they are Kens and really they are the perfect pet, you don't feed them often, they don't mess your carpet or make your house smell and there is no fur in my kitchen.<br /><br />They all three of them are very tame. Love to be handled and have never struck. I will post this answer to the blog with photos of the little guys if I can find them. <br /><br />Spot is my favorite, he has stripes. Zero is named after our favorite Disney movie and Scaphoid is named after a bone Ken broke in his wrist.</div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-3189292233084717513?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-40198949063331521922010-06-08T11:24:00.000-07:002010-06-08T11:49:19.625-07:00So Ken and I happened to have today off together and we have honestly not done much.&nbsp; It has been one of those lazy days...you know the kind you have BEFORE you have kids.&nbsp; Yep this is probably our last day like this together. Lazy days no more!<br /><br />It's overcast outside and I have a Lentil Soup on the stove and Ken is making <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falafel">Falafel </a>not a super exciting lunch for a not super exciting day.&nbsp; The laundry is going the dishes are done, maybe we will hit up the library later...for me that is....Ken is playing catch up on the Fabelhaven book and I just finished three more books one being <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6698199-a-spy-in-the-house">A Spy in the house</a> it was surprisingly good. I need to go pick up <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Necromancer-Secrets-Immortal-Nicholas-Flamel/dp/0385735316/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1">The Necromancer</a> at Wal-Mart and <a href="http://www.alysonnoel.com/immortals/dark-flame.php">Dark Flame</a>&nbsp; Then I have to WAIT until Aug for anything I am waiting for to come out....Have I mentioned how much I HATE waiting?<br /><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Side note....please feel free to leave me names of books you think I should read...I can never get enough good books to read.&nbsp; </span></i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4019894906333152192?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-77937546280000935282010-06-07T05:12:00.000-07:002010-06-08T11:13:14.653-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TAzhuT5gl4I/AAAAAAAAANs/pmi9BXdriSY/s1600/cpan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TAzhuT5gl4I/AAAAAAAAANs/pmi9BXdriSY/s320/cpan.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br />Growing up in my house Saturdays meant cleaning, playing, reading or doing whatever you didn't have time to do during the week There wasn't a thing called "sleeping in" in our house hold...well there was it was just till like 7am...trust me THAT was fantastic.<br /><br />I remember waking up hearing Dad in the kitchen....this meant PANCAKES....and not just any kind of pancakes.&nbsp; This meant mickey mouse would take his place right along side smiley faces or flying saucers, it also meant that if you had friends over that dad would most likely deal out your pancakes like a deck of cards tossing them across the table at you...ahhh good times.<br /><br />But not only would dad make our breakfasts fun he would often make your salad have a face....your hamburgers would often smile back at you and your birthdays you could be sure that some sort of face would be made on your food. Those are/were some of my best memories. <br /><br />This morning I made myself some pancakes...though there was nobody to toss them to across the table at or to make fun shapes for. Still there is and always will be something magical about pancakes for me.&nbsp; And I know Saturday mornings a few years from now Avery will be enjoying her own Mickey mouse or fun shaped pancakes of her own.<br /><br /><i>(</i><i>side note...above pancake was made for C when she came to stay with us...I am sooo glad my hubby grew up a lot like me and made her our SMILEY specialty )&nbsp;</i> <br /><i><br /></i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-7793754628000093528?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-3878244385919652532010-06-06T17:53:00.001-07:002010-06-06T19:15:38.909-07:00<div class="formspringmeAnswer">I can't answer why C has chosen this step. There are many reasons, and someday if she would like to share them on my blog I will be more than happy to tell you all. I know of some reasons but it is a very personal and private decision she has made. <br /><br />It is open...why would you deny a child knowing about where she came from, who she is, who her grandparents are all four sets and her parents are. <br /><br />When I found out I couldn't have children a piece of me died, it felt like I had lost any child I ever wanted. We never want C to feel as though she has lost a baby, more like she has gained a family. That's not to say there wont be hard days. <br /><br />C is as much a part of our life as Avery will be. She is Avery's birth mother and as such Avery will always be told about C and how much she loved/loves and will always love her.</div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><br /></div><div class="formspringmeFooter">-------------------------Someone Answered this better than I did their response</div><h2><i>In response to your last question. C isn't giving up her child.Adoption isn't about giving up a child, its about putting your child before yourself and putting their needs first. This will break her heart, but she does is out of love. </i></h2><div class="formspringmeFooter">&nbsp; </div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><br /></div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=blogger&amp;utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></div><div class="formspringmeFooter"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-387824438591965253?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-54836560946814679162010-06-06T15:17:00.001-07:002010-06-06T15:17:50.209-07:00<p class="formspringmeAnswer">Sorry this is a hard question. It is one every adoptive couple has in the back of their minds. <br /><br /> I guess I do at times worry but it is and always will be her decision. Nothing I can do or say will ever change that. And we have always let her know from the start.<br /><br />There is no denying it would be hard, because in the end we would be loosing a chance to be parents...not our only chance I am sure...but a chance none the less. We would also I'm sure loose a good friend...because that is what she C has come to be in the last few months. more than that really, more like family.<br /><br />How do I think I would deal with it? Well i have had a lot of heartache and hard times in my life...most of my life really was often spent dealing with my friends...loosing them, gaining them back, and in my 20s loosing people I cared about....so LOTS of heartache. I know the Lord helps us in all things. I don't like to think like this will happen but if it does, in the end we have to learn to deal with our grief and move on....it would be the only way to stay sane. <br /><br />Thanks for this hard question</p><p class="formspringmeFooter"> <a href="http://formspring.me/moabsunshine?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blogger&utm_campaign=shareanswer">Ask me anything</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-5483656094681467916?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-45220131022036982292010-06-05T00:07:00.000-07:002010-06-05T00:07:55.395-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TAn3jZM9aUI/AAAAAAAAANk/sMBqoHpfluY/s1600/cccc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TAn3jZM9aUI/AAAAAAAAANk/sMBqoHpfluY/s320/cccc.jpg" /></a></div><br />I am like the crickets outside my widow right now who are not sleeping but incessantly chirping, Only I am not rubbing my legs together to try and make music. Nor am I a vampire who sleeps by day.&nbsp; Nope I am just wide awake again while Ken snuggles under the covers and snores lightly into the long dark night. So I looked for home remedies for lack of sleep.<br /><br /><b>Home Remedy For Insomnia</b> <br /><ul style="color: #38761d;"><li><i>An effective way to treat insomnia would be to have milk form the poppy seeds. Extract 30 grams of milk from poppy seeds and add some sugar to it. Have this mixture everyday after dinner.&nbsp;</i></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Am I the only one who wonders how to milk a poppy seed? And pass a drug test if I used this remedy?<br /><br /><ul><li><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Grind four nutmegs to make a fine powder out of it. Have this powder every night before going to sleep.&nbsp; </span></i></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ok I know what nutmeg is...but wouldn't it be easier just to go to the spice cabinet? Or is the whole point that by grinding the nutmeg you wore yourself out enough to sleep? <br /><br /><ul><li style="color: #38761d;"><i>Grind the root of pippali (Piper longum) plant to make a fine powder. Every night, have 1 tsp of this powder along with jaggery and a glass of warm milk.</i></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A WHAT? <br /><ul><li> </li><li style="color: #38761d;"><i>Take a ripe banana and mash it. Add roasted cumin seeds to it and mix properly. Consume this mashed mix before going to sleep.&nbsp;</i></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tryin this tomorrow just for fun<br /><ul style="color: #38761d;"><li><i>Extract fresh juice of valerian wallichi. Intake 1 tsp of this every night before going to sleep.&nbsp;</i></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Again a WHAT? <br /><i><br /></i><br /><ul style="color: #6aa84f;"><li><i>Consuming raw onion salad everyday can solve the problem of sleep.&nbsp;</i></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And also that annoying social life I have <br /><ul style="color: #6aa84f;"><li><i>It is advisable to have 3 cups of curd everyday for people suffering from lack of sleep.</i></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But not the weigh, then you might have a spider come down beside you<br /><br /><ul style="color: #6aa84f;"><li><i>Combine bottle gourd juice and sesame oil in equal parts. Massage this combination on the scalp every night.&nbsp;</i></li></ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not ONLY will you sleep like a baby your hair will be silky and smoooth <br /><br /><br />Ok so there were a lot more remedies for sleep, most like the ones I know work like warm milk, tea yadda yadda yadd, but after reading the list and typing this post I finally feel sleepy. YAY<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4522013102203698229?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669796322162217586.post-44530956103983280282010-06-04T05:38:00.000-07:002010-06-04T05:38:49.025-07:00Another week has gone by and nothing new to report.&nbsp; I was sick for the memorial day weekend and tried to help my family with all the landscaping they were doing, ya didn't work out to well.&nbsp; Tuesday we had my niece and nephew spend the night and we showed them how to make different things. And they went swimming, I don't have the pictures on my computer...sigh...I know this poor post it boring.&nbsp; I will liven in up with a tale.<br /><br />OK so here is how my Memorial day REALLY went....wink wink<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TAjzpr4u9NI/AAAAAAAAANc/hVxNrHkpujc/s1600/eff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oLxZ8Kgeu08/TAjzpr4u9NI/AAAAAAAAANc/hVxNrHkpujc/s320/eff.jpg" /></a>We went to Mt Everest where we summited in only an hour....fastest EVER. Later that same day we flew to Paris in our home made rocket ship and had dinner on the Eiffel tower. Then the next day we swam across the Atlantic where we arrived at the statue of liberty before dawn where our Butler Monkey flew in on our learjet and we flew to our Mountain home in Vail.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3669796322162217586-4453095610398328028?l=somoneismissing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken and Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111747876484479963noreply@blogger.com0