The Weekes Family

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Happy 10 year Anniversary Honey! My how time flies! And look what we have been blessed with!....

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Our family of 6. Wow! I can't believe I have 4 kids!

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Kyle is our sweet big brother. He's a great helper to his mom. I can't believe how he has grown!

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Love that cheesy grin! Kevin is the one who keeps us laughing on a daily basis!

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Kelsey and Kade are my little angels! These precious smiles are what make motherhood worth it!!!

Our Newest Edition

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Here's our sweet baby, Kade Thomas Weekes. He was born on May 16th, and weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. We love him to pieces! If I can figure out how to be a mother of 4 children, without going completely crazy, then we'll be doing really well! Wish me luck!

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Our 3 little munchkins

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My friend came over one day and said, "Can I borrow your kids for 2 minutes? I want to try out my new camera lens." It was an ordinary day with grubby clothes, messy hair, and dirty faces. She literally took 2 minutes and took a quick snap shot of them in front of our house and then went home and did a lot of editing! It turned out pretty dang cute! Kyle-6, Kevin-4, and Kelsey-2.

2009-01-05T15:15:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas with Brandon's family this year. Everyone seemed happy with what Santa brought them. Thank goodness my kids are still young and easy to please with cheap toys! Brandon's favorite gift was finding out that we're going to have a baby BOY in May! I had someone at work look at my baby on the u/s machine, but told them I didn't want to know yet. So they wrote the sex down on a piece of paper and sealed it in an envelope for us to both open on Christmas morning. It was a fun surprise!

"Elfing" on Christmas Eve

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Here's our cute little elves getting ready to spread cheer! We went to an Assisted Living facility and sang carols and handed out stockings filled with goodies to all the residents. You should have seen their faces light up when they saw our big crew! I'm pretty sure our elves were successful at brightening up their Christmas!

Merry Christmas to me a little early!

2008-12-11T19:26:00.000-08:00

Ever since the day we moved into this house, 5 years ago, I've been begging to rip out the nasty, stained, embarresing carpet in our dining area and replace it with wood floors. My husband finally caved and gave me an early Christmas this year! He and his dad did a beautiful job! I absolutely love it!

Random kid pictures that make me smile

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Reason #101 why living out in the country would be a dream!

2008-10-01T14:22:00.000-07:00

This is definately by far the boy's favorite past time! They are constantly asking Dad to take them up to the mountains so they can go RIDING! Since that's not always possible, Brandon has turned our yard into a motorcross track. Here they are racing with their cousin Nate. (Kevin came in 1st place of course!) ;) This is Kyle's 1st year riding without training wheels, and he has done awesome! No broken bones yet. It's Kevin's first year riding alone with training wheels. I'm just crossing my fingers they won't get too extreme too quickly!

The boys learned to water ski this year!

2008-10-01T14:10:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if you can call it water skiing or just getting drug behind the boat while holding on for dear life, but both Kyle and Kevin attempted it this year! They are so brave and willing to try anything! (With a little coaxing and bribing from their parents!)

Kyle's 1st season of soccer

2008-10-01T14:05:00.002-07:00

This was Kyle's first time playing soccer on a team. He absolutely loved it! I think more than anything he loved the audience he got everytime he played!

The newest addition to the Weekes' family

2008-09-29T20:53:00.000-07:00

My neice and her husband (Bonnie and Joel) finally got their baby! They have been trying to have children for 6 years and just 36 hours ago found out they were going to be parents! They adopted a precious little girl from Guatemala. Her name is Katelyn and she is 16 months old. She is so beautiful! Congratulations! We are so thrilled for them, words can't express how excited we all are. And now Kelsey will have a cousin to play with! The next oldest girl on the Weekes' side is 13 years old, until now!

Lake Powell 2008

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I ran the Ragnar Relay last weekend. It's a 200 mile relay race that went from Logan to Park City. There's 12 people on each team and each person runs 3 different legs. We ran non-stop for 36 hours. I ran with a bunch of nurses that I work with in Labor in Delivery. Our team name was "Team Deliverance." We got a little crazy decorating our vans. One was called the uterbus and the other was the vangina. It was so funny to watch people's reactions as they laughed and pointed their fingers. It was exhausting but we all had a blast doing it!

Cynthia's Ragnar Relay

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Fun summer adventures

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We went camping with some friends a few weeks ago. I had no idea we would be crossing rivers to get there. Our friends were driving a little 4 door sedan and tried to follow us. They finally ended up stuffing all their belongings on the back of our trailor and ditching their car. This mormon mobile can go anywhere!
Kyle was tearing it up on his motorcycle! He did a great job of keeping up with the gang!

Kyle showed me up! He got stuck less than I did!
Kelsey was a trooper! She finally fell asleep on Brandon's lap after riding for over an hour!

Kyle's preschool graduation

2008-07-02T14:59:00.000-07:00

Kyle graduated from preschool last month. Here he is with his "teacher". She is one of the high school students that was involved in the childhood development class. Each student is assigned a little "buddy" who they spend one on one time with teaching their pre-k curriculum. Kyle loved it!

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Here's Kelsey doing what she does best. I've started stripping her down before every meal to make my clean up job a lot easier!

2008-03-25T20:33:00.000-07:00

My sister was here a few weeks ago with her nice professional camera. She was nice enough to do a photo shoot with us to get some updated pictures of my kids. She did a fabulous job, we actually got a couple that turned out! Kelsey just turned 1, Kevin is 3 (going on 12), and Kyle is 5 and is so excited to start Kindergarten!

2008-01-13T21:33:00.000-08:00

We've had a ton of new snow the last few days, so Brandon took the kids sledding with some friends. Here's a play by play of our last sledding experience. ;)

It's a dang good thing this kid is so tough. This is only the 590,375th time that Kevin has smashed his mouth and bruised his teeth. He has definately made us think about investing in some Excellent dental insurance.

2008-01-13T21:30:00.000-08:00

This was my favorite Christmas present ever! Brandon has worked so hard at finishing our dreadful kitchen cabinets. What we thought would be a "couple of weeks" project turned into a couple of months! He did such a wonderful job, and they turned out beautiful! (Of course he wouldn't tell you that because he knows where all the tiny mistakes are). He's such a perfectionist and he really did a Perfect job! It's so nice to have my kitchen back!!!!

Christmas morning, 2007

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We spent Christmas in Utah with Brandon's family this year. The kids had a blast sleeping over at Grammy and Pop's house and leaving cookies and juice for Santa. Kevin was a little nervous about going to sleep, knowing that Santa (a stranger) was going to be in the house. We had fun watching them open their gifts in the morning. Even Kelsey acted excited!

"Elfing" on Christmas Eve, 2007

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Here's all the cousins, ready for a night of "elfing"! It has been the Weekes' tradition to dress up as elves and go with Santa to deliver gifts to the needy. Lots of laughs and good memories!

Kyle, eating a good dinner so he'll have lots of energy to sing loud!

Kevin, a little unsure of what to do in this silly costume.

Kelsey, the youngest (and cutest) elf!

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We also love to go caroling at the hospital, where we hope to cheer up the sick who are unable to be home at Christmas.

It's a tight squeeze to try and fit all of Santa's elves in one elevator!

Most of the patients get a kick out of our visits. Our little elves can put out a lot of charm! :)

Kyle's 5th birthday, Dec.18

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Kyle got a new bike for his birthday! He calls it his new "racing, jumping" bike!

Kyle invited some of his little buddies over to have cake and ice cream with the family. We had a fun party!

Thanksgiving in Idaho Falls with Cynthia's family

2007-11-28T12:52:00.000-08:00

The boys went Pheasant hunting Thanksgiving morning. Unfortunately they didn't shoot quite enough birds to feed the whole lot of us, so we had to settle for the traditional turkey dinner! ;)
From left to right: Cody (Beth's husband), Ray(Cyn's bro), and Brandon & the boys.
Here are the kiddies sitting at the "kiddie table" for the big feast!

2007-11-28T12:51:00.000-08:00

On Friday we went up to our cabin in Island Park. The dads took the kids ice fishing while the moms stayed home with the babies. It was only 3 degrees outside so we made sure they were bundled up warm!
Here's Kyle with uncle Cody, learning the tricks of the trade.

Here's uncle Ray with his prize catch! They came home with a total of 7 beautiful trout, all at least this big!

Here's the gang enjoying the yummy fish we had for dinner that night! It sure is fun being with the people you love!

Re-doing our kitchen cabinets

2007-11-20T12:47:00.000-08:00

We have been wanting to re-do our kitchen cabinets since the day we moved in (4 years ago). A few days ago Brandon decided that now is the time! I had no idea what a project it would be! I'm so glad Brandon is such a "handy man!" It would have cost us > $10,000 to have them professionaly done! Brandon promises to have them done by Easter! ;)

Kevin on his "harley" at just 3 yrs old!

2007-11-20T12:31:00.000-08:00

Kevin just learned how to ride a 2 wheeler (without training wheels)! He wants so bad to keep up with his older brother Kyle! He actually does a pretty good job of it! I'm so glad they are such good buddies!

Halloween 2007

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Here are the kiddies! Kevin is on the left dressed as a pirate, Kelsey is in the middle, dressed as a giraffe, and Kyle is of course BATMAN!

Trick-or-Treat

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Trick-or-Treating with the cousins! We had so much FUN! The boys got more candy than they know what to do with! I guess that means they get to share with mom and dad!

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We ran into a friend while trick-or-treating. He had this cool motorcycle machine built and Kyle got quite a kick out of it! It sure fits his costume!

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Eating treats along the way. Wow! No wonder this is kids' favorite holiday!

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Even Kelsey had a good time! She sure made a cute giraffe!

Scarecrow Festival, Oct. 2007

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We were sitting on the front row watching this guy's magic show, when he asked for a volunteer. Kevin jumped out of his seat and walked up to him without even being called on! He's definately not our shy child!

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Yes, even mom can have fun with the kids! (Usually I'm the one taking all the pictures).

The unfortunate pets we have loved!

2007-09-16T21:48:00.000-07:00

This was our bunny named Chester. He was given to us, and the boys absolutely loved him. Unfortunately, he kept jumping over our fence into our neighbor's back yard, where he thoroughly enjoyed himself eating all of her plants. We were too cheap to buy a cage so we had to let him go in Grandma Willie's graveyard, (to save our relationship with our old, widow neighbor.)

2007-09-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

This was our pet lizard, who the boys named potipher (yes, they got the name from the bible). We found him in the mountains and brought him home. He actually stayed alive for several months! The boys loved finding bugs and catching flys for potipher to eat. Unfortunately, Kyle thought it would be cool to put him in a sleeping bag stuff bag and beat him against his bed. Needless to say, the lizard didn't survive. So now we are petless again.

2007-09-16T21:46:00.000-07:00

Where's...Potipher?

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This is the memorial service we had for poor Potipher. As you can tell, the boys are grieving heavily for their loss!

Vacation to Lake Powell in summer of 2007

2007-08-16T22:14:00.000-07:00

This was the first time we took our kids to Lake Powell. I have always been a little paranoid about taking them, because of all the horror stories you hear about kids drowning, etc. Kyle and Kevin had an absolute blast and never once complained about having to keep their life jackets on, ALL THE TIME! This was a lizard Brandon caught for them on the beach. Unfortunately he didn't quite make it home with us. Someone left him in a box, on the back of the boat and he accidentally cooked to death.

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Our favorite kind of bath is the kind at Lake Powell! There's nothing better!

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On the way home from Lake Powell.
The kids zonked out the minute we docked our boat and started for home. They played so hard, it took everything out of them!

Our sweet, happy, precious, baby girl!

2007-07-27T22:27:00.000-07:00

Kelsey absolutely loved her swing at 6 months old. She would sit in there for hours at a time if I would have let her! She has since out grown it, and now she wouldn't be happy being strapped down. She's a fast mover on all fours!

2007-07-27T22:26:00.000-07:00

Here Kelsey is, doing what she does best! I left her baby food with in her reach, and then turned my back to her. I have since learned to never make that same mistake twice!

Kyle's T-Ball as a Warrior

2007-07-26T16:01:00.000-07:00

Kyle played T-Ball for the first time

this summer. He was a superstar!

He can even hit the ball with his eyes closed ;)

DAD & The BOYS

2007-07-26T15:53:00.001-07:00

This is our morning ritual...soaking in the TUB!

These boys absolutely LOVE hanging out with their dad!

MOM & KELSEY

2007-07-26T14:46:00.000-07:00

Grammy Ball made Kelsey's beautiful

blessing dress. I thought I had better cherish

this moment with my precious daughter,

just in case she's the only one I get.

Kelsey smiled big in every picture!

She sure is a happy baby!