Bad at Blogging

Ok so we are not good bloggers. I constantly check other people's blogs to see something new and then I never update ours. I guess it is because I never really have anything profound to say. Nothing overly excited really takes place in our world and I'm sure everyone would get bored hearing about our everyday stuff.
Well this is what we have been up to. Matt has decided to start a photography business and a week ago yesterday he had his first client. It was a brother and sister in the early teen years and the day they decided to shoot the weather decided to rain and hail. But despite the yucky weather and the kids not wanting to cooperate he was able to take some really good shots of the kids that they are going to give to their mom for mothers day. Matt was really excited and a little nervous because someone was actually willing to pay for his photos. Everything went well and the guy was happy with his pictures. So we are looking forward to more clients and building the business.
Yesterday Matt spent the whole day trying to clean up our front yard. The people that lived there before us planted a bunch of bushes that were ugly and over grown so Matt pulled them all out and we are going to put grass there. Much easier maintenance. In the process of this Matt actually got to talk to some of the neighbors. We have lived there for 2 years and really haven't talked much to our neighbors. So that was nice and they helped out.

I haven't been up to much. Slowly trying to get back into scrapbooking and card making. I have a craft room but never go in there. We are thinking about moving my craft cabinet downstairs so that I will be more motivated to work on stuff. The cabinet is nice but it doesn't match anything downstairs, but we decided who cares, its our house and it can be downstairs.

We are going to be celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary on the 11th. Time has gone by so fast. We tried to think of something fun and exciting to do but everything is expensive so we pretty much just decided to stay home and work on our yard. What we do doesn't really matter its being able to be together that we are looking forward to. And I must say that I love him more with every year that passes.

Keegan is growing so so fast and 3 days ago he got his first hair cut. All his baby curls are gone now. He looks like a big boy instead of a baby. I was a little sad to see them go but I didn't cry. I did however save just about every strand that was cut off. Keegan is learning so much all the time. He has a sponge for a brain. He is learning all kinds of sign language. He is trying to speak more words. He can say "eeww grosse", and when he wants to he can say "diaper", and of course he is always saying "dada", and when he feels like it "mama", he can also say "What", and "Yeah" and he will even say "two" when we are counting. I am pretty sure that he was trying to say "I love you" the other day. He runs every place he goes and he loves to climb. He absolutely loves to be outside and he is so independent. He tries to go up and down the stairs walking straight up like we do. No sliding down on his belly and he uses one foot for each step. He is such a joy to have in our lives and we are so blessed with him. He really is special and we love him so much.

We found out that my grandma garner has cancer and it doesn't sound good. So we are going to make a trip to Idaho over memorial day weekend to spend some time with her. We are really sad to hear the news. She is such a special person in my life and the thought of saying goodbye just breaks my heart. I am trying to be humble about it knowing that this is God's plan but it is hard. We are looking forward to seeing the family in Idaho and I think we will be driving the new van for all to see.

Well that pretty much does it for us.

Take care everyone, Matt, Heather and Keegan

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Fun Peanutbuttery Rice Krispy Looks like a Donut Treats

These are pretty cute treats and quite yummy too. I happened upon a website one day that had fun bake sale ideas and these peanut rice krisy donuts were on there. Once you taste these you would have no problem paying two dollars for one and they are fun for kids. They are pretty easy to make.

Our New Business Card

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Get Well Mason

Our sweet nephew Mason had to have surgery on his stomach this last Thursday and he is in the hospital recovering. Mason is such a strong little guy for everything that he has had to go through. We just want him to know that we are thinking about him and praying for him and we hope to get to see him soon. We love you Mason. For those of you who don't know Mason he loves everything about sharks and in May Mason gets to take his whole family to Florida with the Make a Wish Foundation (such and amazing charity) and go shark fishing for a whole week. We are so excited for them and can't wait to hear all about it when they get back( Mason you better leave your speedo at home) So today I drew and colored this shark for Mason and Matt cut out the letters so that we could wish him well. Because Mason wasn't feeling good and really tired we weren't able to visit him in the hospital today but just in case he see's this, get well little buddy. We miss you, love you and can't wait to see you. We will bring your shark card by later. Love, Auntie H, Uncle Matt and Keeg

Weekend Project

Here is a "card" that I did for the Stamp Club that I go to on the first Wednesday of every month held at the craft store. At stamp club they hand out scraps of products for us to use with a theme and challenge us to make a card and bring back the next month. The object is to use a little piece of each product that they gave you. It does not have to stay in the form they give it to you but it has to be on the card somewhere and you have to use a rubber stamp on the card. Then they display the cards and the customers have the rest of the month to vote for their favorite and the person with the most votes wins a $10 gift card and second place win a $5 gift card. So this months theme was "mothers" and they gave us the flower paper, a little strip of lace paper, a punch out of a womans face, a copper flower and a piece of fabric. This is the project that I thought of. It's actually a paper purse. Pretty cute I think. I didn't want to use the woman's face because, well she's not my mom and what do you do with that, so I covered her face with the flower and button. I think it turned our pretty good. I am hoping to win but I have to wait til May to turn this in and then wait until June to find out if I won.

I haven't participated in the contest for a long time, over a year. I just recently started going back to class since having Keegan. I decided to do the project this month because I am trying to get back into my creativity and do something productive every weekend. And the other reason is that the store now has this binding tool that I really want. The problem is it costs $60 and well I don't want to pay that kind of money for it. So if I can win gift cards that will pay for it then GREAT!!! I go to a scrapbook club that has the same rules and I will have to start doing that too so I have 2 chances a month to win. More winnings coming my way I hope.

OUCH!!!

Well our week started out sooo great and it is ending on a sadder note. Last night when Matt was on his way home from work someone decided to make a right turn on a red light right in front of him. Matt tried to avoid the accident but couldn't and so this is the end result. He was driving my Jeep Cherokee and as you can see it got munched. Boo... . Matt is stiff and sore all over and his neck and back are hurting. Just such a bummer. The other driver is changing his story & now saying that his light was green when he turned but Matt knows that the other guys light was red because Matt's light was green and he was all the way across the intersection. So who knows what will come of it but I am eager to get my car fixed. The other bad part is the $500 deductible. Ugggh!

AND THE VOTES ARE IN !!!!!!!!

We are happy to announce that Keegan is the Grand Prize winner of Portland's Cutest Baby Contest for 2008. We are so excited and amazed that he actually won. We had a fun time going to the event that was held at the car dealership. They had raffle tickets and if your number was called then you picked a money envelope that could have anything from a $1 bill to a $100. I was lucky and won $5. They gave away some great Hawaiin BBQ food and lots of free Boogie Wipes. We came home with the grand prize which was $1050.00 savings CD for Keegan and we got to drive home a 2007 Chevy Uplander mini van with a no cost to us 1 year lease, how cool is that and a $50 gift certificate to AppleBee's. We want to thank everyone who took the time to vote for Keegan and who supported us in this fun adventure. The money will be a great start for Keegan's college and we are thrilled.

They started to interview us on the radio and I clammed up and sounded like an idiot. I think I only said like 2 words. Luckily they asked Matt the same question just before me and he gave a much better answer. I asked the radio guy not to put my portion on the radio and he laughed and said Yeah Right. So if you live in Portland you can tune in to 97.1 tomorrow and hear us on the radio. Another funny thing is that Matt's mom was there with us to hear the announcement and she said that someone standing next to her BOO'd when they called Keegan's name. For some reason I laugh everytime I tell that, but that is some bad sportsmanship.

We are enjoying the new car and took a long ride today. It has a DVD player in it that Keegan enjoys and watched movies until he fell asleep.

Well that is pretty much it, but again we just want to thank all of you for voting. Thanks for crowning Keegan Portland's Cutest Baby. We knew he was.