who knew time flew

*the fall rocks. things are good over here in d-town. we spent the day at anderson's farm getting pumped for halloween...the girls are obsessed with the movie ANNIE so Savannah is being Annie for Halloween and Lucy Sandy (her little doggy!). should be quite comical.

*we luv our daddy

*i luv ugly looking skeletons

*petting zoo, corn maze, kids maze, train ride, wagon ride, pumpkins!

*we have visitors from blackfoot staying with us for the month! cam's sister katie and her husband scott are in the hizzzouse. scott is in PA school at isu and cam hooked him up with a rotation at st. joe's with him. it is a full house with 2 extra cousins...we are having a fun time showing the kesler krew around denver. one of my favorite spots is redrocks - it is an outdoor amphithreater where alot of big name peeps do concerts...also a great place for working out...i work out with this groups called redrocks fitness, it is awesome, katie luved it and then the next day hated me.

*LUCY turned two at the end of sept. i just luv this kid. she has defiantly given me a run for my money but has come into her own with a comical little personality, independent nature, and the need to keep up with everyone around her...ex. when we bought bunkbeds for the girls, lucy was naturally put on the bottom bunk, which didn't last long because she climbed to the top bunk every night without the ladder...she now officialy owns the top bunk! lucism's as i call them..."mommy you funny" "go vannah go (when watching savannah at swim lessons)" "daddy you workin" "i want my milky" "who you talking to (when i'm on the phone)" "i going too" "where'd annie go (her favorite line from the movie annie)"...she also has a tendency to add "Y" to almost everything (churchy, beddy, milky, shoesy)...lucy is also known to walk around the house with a little pad of paper and a pen, writing with her left hand...like she is taking notes on all of us. we luv you lu.

ps her favorite book is "walter da farting dog"

*too busy to eat her birthday cake "i painting my toenails mommy"

*we also had an awesome visit from cam's parents at the beginning of sept. they came into town for 5 days to watch the kidos while we could make a little get-a-way...it was legit! we went up to frisco...biked around lake dillion, shopped at the outlets, went to the hot springs in Breckenridge, drove through rocky mtn national park, enjoyed dinner in downtown denver, and just talked alot...it was so fun to be together! we thought, hey we should do this more...when we got back marva lu and kelly said they had a great visit and told us, hey we should do this more...we gladly accept, come back soon! they also worked on a few house projects while we were gone, cleaned up some of our front landscaping and kelly whipped out this built-in bookshelf for us...it was so amazing! we got home right as he was finishing the final touches! the girls luved having them! thanks again grandma lu and grandpa!

*ive also made a quick trip to provo this past month. my sweet friend jamie's father passed away unexpectedly and i was fortunante enough to go home for the weekend to be there to support her (thanx katie for watching the girls!). jamie did an amazing job...she put so much effort into the planning and was a true hero as she was so strong for her brothers and sister. her talk at the service was so loving & complete. i know her dad was proud of her. im really grateful for her friendship.

*got to spend a fun afternoon with my friend Pam from AZ, she was in town visiting. pam, as vanny calls her, is "my nurse pam"...she helped deliver vanny and was my mentor out of nursing school when i started in L&D. she is such an amazing nurse, mother extraordinaire, and friend. i reall luv this lady!

*so anyway, that's my story and i'm sticking to it (luv that song, don't you?!?!)

posin...

i'd luv to give a holla out to all my soccer girls from back in the day! hey...i know i could barely kick the ball...spent most of my time stoppin the ball...but like mother like daughter, i have a poser! this is vanny's first year of soccer...i hesitated to start her because it is (yes i'm going to type it) a little boring, her friend from pre-school was doing it, so here we are. she is enjoying it, her comment at practice...she comes running over to me while the team is still practicing....babe what's the problem? "i'm all sweaty mom!"

savannah's second year of pre-school....Miss Linda's class!

blast from the past...my college roommate sandy! cam ran a clinic down in pueblo last weekend and we decided to make it a little trip. i hadn't seen sandy for about 6 years, so it was so fun to catch up with her in her home town! we lived together my sophomore year and played on the hoop team together.


sandy & her sweet little emily...blonde and blue eyed, can you believe it!

we went out to dinner at texas roadhouse and then everyone came over to the hotel for a little late night dip in the pool...lucy is crazy, she makes me laugh!

i spent the day with sandy over at her house on her land (some hundreds of acres!). her husband runs a chile farm...it was pretty cool to see. they built their house right on the Arkansas river. sandy made us homemade green chile, took us on a tour of the property on her ranger, & talked about the good ol' days at mesa! luved seeing you sandy, you are a great mom! (and awesome science teacher & coach...busy momma!)

another one bites the dust...

*later august...it was great.

we went to utah for a week to escape cam's icu rotation hours and on the way home brought a speical treat with us...miss ellie...the bff's couldn't get enough of each other and were often mistaken as "twins"! which i gladly took credit for :) i luv these sweet girls...

come back soon el!

cookies (they lived in those outfits all week, comical), pool time!

upside down tired pretty much says it all...bar-b-que with friends!

while in utah i got to see some great friends! my college bff/hoop teammate, lins came down from tooele with her two little guys! it was great to visit, wish it could have been for longer! she does photography now and is amazing, she took some great photos of the kidos, click here! i also got to go to lunch with kim & jamie (bummed i didn't take my camera)...luved catching up and seeing kim's cute kids and talking about fun times!

summer, phil, and vienn...still can't believe you guys are in provo and no less at byu-law! congrats, congrats (on a few things :)! luved seeing you and catching up...i luv the pic below where the girls are smiling "cheese" at each other!

family time...glad you are home from KY lins...meeting little roxy (lindsey's dog) the girls luved her, celebrating lindsey's b-day, park city...can't get enough of it, swimming at the hotel pool with nanny & poppy, miss you guys already. lol of the bottom right hand pic of ky boy...crazy kids!

i always feel bad because i think i don't have many photos of lucy...i chased her down on the chance encounter and got lucky...i luv you lu.

come see us soon nanny & poppy!


i ran the hobblecreek half marathon in springville with em while i was in town. things were looking good...beautiful day, nice course, looking good on our pace and then the "hobble" of the race hit me like a ton of bricks. i had been having some problems with numbness in my feet and about mile 10 they went completly numb and shot pains up my shins. i literally wanted to find a ride to the finish but ended up hobbling to the finish line (with actually a decent time, ha!). yeah i am all smiles in the pics but i couldn't walk for 2 hours after the race, no jokes peeps. looks like i will be taking a little time off to recoup. em dominated as usual!

...on an end note...don't you luv naptime...

"don't you dare come out of your room miss lucy!"

1% of the time

...when i talk about my job i usually say i can't complain...ya i luv my job 99% of the time is what i tell most people. the labor and delivery floor of the hospital is usually the happiest, funnest place in the hospital...not alot of sickness going around here.
families. joy. excitement. peace. adventure. beginnings. intimacy. unity. innocence. love. trust.
today was a 1% day for me. i dont get them alot but when i do i want to crawl into a hole and kinda disappear. my sweet patient delivered her little boy at 23 weeks. it always happens so fast, with little warning, hardly a push and he is here. he has a heartbeat...he is a fighter. im always scared and on the verge of losing it but i fake it and hold her hand and we cry. ive seen it before but you can hardly believe how little he is...delicate, almost unreal. little legs flailing and arms loose. the adrenaline and instincts kick in and we are suppose to give him his best chance. afterwards i always become dazed and confused...my patient has a window in her room and i see all the cars driving here and there and i wonder if they know what matters in life. isn't this how it is for us alot of times...we take things for granted and we worry about little things that don't matter. how much can we get done, how fast, how fancy, how so not important. because when i have moments like this i realize this is what life is about. i wonder how she will cope with this for the rest of her life...will it make her stronger...i tell her i have never been where she has been...i don't understand her pain but Christ does and she agrees. i wonder this time how long i can keep this feeling of wanting to live every minute in the moment. i will always believe there is a purpose.

some vids...classic

~my college friend Makaila came to visit for a weekend and this is only picture we took! we had a fun weekend taking the girls to the pool, shopping, becoming obsessed with Arbonne facial products, going to a hard core workout class, and taking her out to eat to Chipolte for her first time.

~since last fast and testimony meeting at church, savannah has been obsessed with the whole "testimony" idea. i've caught her talking in the mirror to herself..."okay boys and girls, i'm going to share my testimony now..." i caught her doing it the other day but she freaked out when she saw me videoing so i didn't add that edition but she wanted to do it again, so we did. it's pretty cute and kinda funny too.

~check this out my sister amy won DANCING WITH THE STARS: in Chicago...it was a March of Dimes event to raise money for Premature Babies like her sweet little Miss Kate who was born 5 weeks early but now is a spunky little 3 year old! She "competed" against other local Chicago celebs like Chicago Sun Times Columnist Dr Lauren and Jen Schefft (from the Bachelorette :)!...she rocked! Click here to check it out!

~this last video is just for the heck of it...
i know someone out there will enjoy this...