Nice Neighbors

We have lived in this house for 2 years now and we are just starting to get to know some of our neighbors. Matt is better at it than I am. I don't think I really ever go outside unless it is to get in the car. But we have neighbors across the street that are an older couple from Taiwan. They don't speak very good English but when they see us out there now they usually jump and wave at Keegan. They are constanty out cleaning up their yard. No weeds over there. The man is usually trimming his edges with a pair of scissors. Now who can keep up with that. So yesterday I came home at lunch time and saw this couple crouching down and digging at our weeds. I didn't know what to say. Matt came out as I was getting out of the car and he was talking to them and brought Keegan out to see them. I asked Matt "Why are the neighbors digging at our yard?" He said that they came over and said that they were bored and wanted to know if they could dig up the dandy lions in our yard. So Matt said sure. And that is what they did. They said all they do is golf everyday and go for walks around the neighborhood and clean their yard. I guess since their yard is weed free they wanted to have at ours. Fine by me. Well heres to nice neighbors that have nothing better to do than pull our weeds. Thank you.

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We are back from Idaho

Well in case you didn't know we took a road trip to Idaho for Memorial Day. After hearing the news that my grandma's cancer is terminal we wanted to make the trip to spend some time with her. Of course there is never enough time when it comes to something like that and I am still wishing for more. But we did have a nice visit. Keegan did really well for the long drive. We did stop halfway at Baker City going both ways and stayed in a really old, renovated hotel called "The Geiser Grand Hotel". Luckily Dr. Ross knows the owners and was able to make a phone call and get our room for us at no cost. Gotta love those connections, especially when the rate was $169.00 per night. Yikes!!!


We left Thursday night after I got off work so we didn't get to the hotel until midnight. Then Friday moring we got up and were getting ready to get on the road and Keegan decided to lock himself in the bathroom and he couldn't open the door back up because it had round door knobs. We called the front desk to ask them to hurry with a key to unlock the door. A good 10 minutes went by and no key. Matt ran down to the front desk to see what was taking so long and they were looking for a key. He came back up and we did our best to keep Keegan close to the door and away from the toilet which we could hear him splashing in every once in a while. Finally the maintenance guy came up and said, "Bad news, we don't have any keys" WHAT!!! He was going to have to crawl through the attic and come down in an opening in the bathroom. Oh boy!!! So after another five to ten minutes, Matt was finally able to pop the door open by shoving one of our keys in the lock. All is well and Keegan was safe. Little Turkey.

We decided to have a picnic at Shoshone Falls with my Mom, Joe and Grandma. That was fun. There was plenty of water going over the falls to make it worth looking at. Then we found a cozy picnic area and we laughed an visited. Matt took some really great pictures of Mom and Joe and then of Grandma. We got a really cute one of Keegan and Grandma Garner holding hands going down the hill together. It was just such a fun day. Sunday we made a trip over to Grandpa Garners grave to decorate it with flowers. Keegan wanted to take his own flower and he put a note on there that said " I love you Grandpa and I miss you too. Oh and can you find me a brother or sister and send them down here, I need someone to play with. Love Keegan Maroy"
Don't know if Grandpa was listening but we will see. Mom and Grandma did pretty well. We sure miss grandpa. During our trip we met Dennis for lunch and had a BBQ with my Dad, Jane and Bryce. So all in all it was a really great weekend. We wish we had more time. We miss our family already.

We had a long drive back and I had to come straight to work. That wasn't any fun. This place is a disaster when I am away. I really just wanted to go home and sleep.

Matt and Keegan got to go home and relax. However, Keegan ended up scratching Matt in the eyeball and it has swollen up and turned red and burns. So he was off to the eye doctor today to make sure it was going to be ok. Never a dull moment.

I will have to post pictures from our trip as soon as we get them downloaded. We have gotten some studio flashes and Matt had a lot of fun during a photo shoot with Mom, Joe, Grandma and of course Keegan.

We hope to make another trip soon. Love you all.

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.