The Great Debate

Saturday Nov 22nd is the big game! The Keyes are big time Ute fans, and the DeJong's are BYU fans. Tanner already has a BYU onsie that he likes to sport. It doesn't make Cassidy very happy, but what can he do, he doesn't dress the baby. Cassidy says that if the Utes win, there will be NO talk of BYU in our home ever again. I say "dito". NO talk of the Utes in our home. No more red shirts, no more talk of needing a Red UofU hoodie. It's all blue! Boys look better in blue anyway. When Daddy is not in the room, the girls chant "BYU BYU BYU" But once Daddy comes in its "Go Utes Go Utes" I'm having fun with it, Cass isn't laughing. GO BYU!!!

Happy Halloween and Happy blessing day

Halloween has come and gone for another year. This year was fun with the kids being a bit older. 3 kids is 3X the candy, great! Before we got Anna's costume we asked her what she wanted to be for halloween, she said "Dumbo". She loves elephants and calls them all Dumbo. We thought we'd look for an elephant costume. We went to Savers the week before halloween (we had never been in the store before) Cass was looking through the halloween costumes, and there was a Dumbo one. Perfect! She loved it. All the girls had fun. We had Tigger, Dumbo, a cowgirl, and a skeleton. All very different things, last year we had 3 pretty ballerinas.

Tanner's baby blessing was very nice, Cassidy did a really good job. Tanner looks so handsome in his little tuxedo. I love playing dress up with my little boy.

4 kids, not so bad!

Things at the Keyes house are going pretty good. Still no internet at home, so we can't update our blog as often as I'd like. Baby is doing good and growing. At his 2 week visit, he weighed 8 lbs 7 oz. He is starting to sleep more at night, he usually wakes up every 3-4 hours to eat, and then he's back to sleep. For a few nights he was up every hour, that wasn't fun. Cassidy let me sleep in a lot, while he woke up early to get Alyssa ready for school and to the bus. Alyssa is excited that she taught herself how to blow bubbles with her gum, and also put her hair in a ponytail all by herself. Abbie and Anna love their baby brother and give him lots of kisses. We are happy to say that it snowed last night, that means we won't have any more tomatoes- yes, that's a good thing. We had so many tomatoes this year. My Dad (thanks Dad) bottled tons of tomatoes for us. We had lots of zuccini too. We have loved having the garden. It was nice to run outside and pick a zuccini for bread, or a tomato for our sandwiches.

Welcome Baby Tanner

Tanner came a little early. He suprised us all. I woke up at 3:30am on Monday September
22nd and my water broke. Labor and delivery went very well, baby was born at 2:29pm. He
was 7 lbs 2 oz and 19 inches long. He came out very alert looking around and had his mouth wide open trying to find some food. Sisters love him, a little too much. I'll post more pictures of baby with sisters soon.

New home

Here are some pictures of the outside of our new home. I love all the flowers, plants, trees, and garden. We've had tons of tomatoes and zucinni in the week we've been there. The peach tree is a big hit with the kids. I love gardening, so this is perfect for me. We finished the kids room. New paint, carpet, base molding and chair rail. Cass did an awesome job!! It's a good size room, the girls will fit in there until we get the addition finished (we're going to turn the carport into 2 kids rooms, since there are only 2 rooms upstairs). One project at a time. Thanks for everyone who volunteered to help us move. Cass and my Dad loaded everything in the garage and we brought in one box at a time. We'll invite you all over soon.

Alyssa started school and loves it, she gets to ride the bus, so she feels like such a big kid. She already has lots of friends. Abbie and Anna loved going to church today, they weren't the only kids in nursery. They are loving their new house.

We are scheduled to have the baby on Monday September 29th. The closer it comes, the more nervous I am getting about having 4 kids. It seems like such a handful. We'll let everyone know as soon as baby comes. If you don't here from us this week, the 29th it is! YIKES!!

Moving Day

Tomorrow is moving day (Lucky me I don't have to do much). The old home owners are gone, they lived in the house for 26 years, they were sad to be leaving. It's where they raised their children. When we first went through the house it was nice and clean (small, but nice). Now they are gone and there's so much work that needs to be done. It needs a lot of updating. So we'll be busy. I was rushing baby to come, but now if he waits 2 weeks, it will be okay. At my Dr's appt on Monday, I was dialated to a 2, and 70% thinned. It's a start. No one is letting me do anything, so I won't go into labor because we are moving. I love the backyard, and the garden. It's the best part. The peaches are almost ready, and there are a few pumpkins in the garden. We are HUGE pumpkin fans. We've missed not having a pumpkin patch the last few years. Alyssa starts school on Monday, she gets morning class, and her teachers name is Mrs. Kirshaw. She is very nervous and excited. I can't believe it's all finally here, it came so fast. The picture of the pumpkins are from our old pumpkin patch when we lived in Woods Cross.

Home

We are finally home owners again. We will start moving in on September 13th, and I'm hoping to have Alyssa start school on Monday the 15th. She is excited to start Kindergarten. We've had everything packed for the last year and a half, so all we really have to pack is our clothes. I'm sad to leave home again, this is where I grew up, and I love it here. My parents are great, and my kids love them. We'll miss them tons. We have pumpkins in the garden waiting for us, and peaches and pears on the trees. The backyard is my favorite part of the house. I'll show pictures as soon as I get some. I'm hoping baby comes right after we move in, I'd be okay with him coming now, the last month of being pregnant is always the worst, I'd be fine skipping it. Lots going on for us, new car, new house, new baby, new kindergartener. It's all happening at once, and I hope we're ready.