Kesler Krew

Thursday, September 16, 2010

colorful...elevated

i have said a few times over the past few weeks, it would have been really easy moving if the place you lived was kinda crummy...but we really have luved so much about colorado. it is, of course, the state that brought cam & i together...where we met over on the western slope in grand junction at mesa state college. colorado has been "colorful"...it has given us opportunities and beautiful memories that we will always hold near and dear.

i will miss my sister, jessica, and my sweet mo-jo and beau-beau man!

cousins...forever friends!

here's to a new chapter..."life elevated!"

my dad said it perfectly when we arrived in utah..."who says you can't come home?!" after 12 years, it's an amazing, peaceful feeling to be back closer to more of my family and closer to cam's family. we are renting a little house in highland...it's on a half acre and the girls & dog are luving it! the house needed a little cleaning, plug-in's :), and personal touch and cam & i were in awe as our family out did themselves...cleaning blinds, hanging pictures, moving boxes, lining cabinets, helping me purchase washer & dryers (since cam had to go back to colorado for the rest of the month), my aunt dani came and whipped me up some beautiful drapes, and my uncle johnny went room to room changing out light fixtures that my dad bought for us to brighten things up! not to mention neighbors that brought me dinner, fresh sour dough bread, zucchini bread, open access to their trampolines & cats to play with, and instant neighbor friends for my girls! im missing cam, but im luving that i can walk 5 blocks to my sister emily's and my sister lindsey & mom are less than 10 minutes away...plus i have my handy dad, my second husbands - lol - my fab brother in laws, matty & chris. i luv you guys. thanks a million!

jilly helping aunt dani :)

somebody thinks she is the bomb.com!

riding the bus, is awesome!!!

vanny walking to the bus with her new friends...

thrilled!

additional highlights...jilly is making the transition from her famous and laughable bear walk...to actually walking on her own!

go jilly! go! she is taking about 10-15 steps and cheering for herself as she goes!

the girls are luving being back into their school routines...we made some fun reward charts..the girls are jazzed about the possibilities of earning quarters, ring pops, and trips to the dollar store!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

the brink...

i've been thinking about writing this post for a couple weeks now. a high school friend of mine just turned 30 and we exchanged a couple emails around her birthday. we all have up's and down's in life and i don't think she would mind me telling you, she used the phrase "on the brink"...i couldn't let it go and i emailed her back about a couple things, i was "on the brink" about. its been in the back of my mind, almost daily, "what brink am i on today?" and then after a couple recent interactions with friends and acquaintances, i started wondering "what brink are they on?" ...because sometimes in life we interact with people and we really have no idea what they are going through. it may be your next door neighbor, friend at work, sister, the person who seems to have it "all figured out", the lady who told you off at the grocery store, or the guy who just bought your bedset and while taking it apart, cracked it. but the truth is we all deal with brinks, some more publicly than others. i'm so grateful for family, friends, and even strangers who have loved me and understood me as i have gone through different "brinks". not saying that brinks have to be hard times...they can be an assortment of phases of our lives...but i love hearing, sharing, and understanding these brinks because i believe it gives us a better understanding of each other...better opportunities to support each other through both the high's and low's...better moments for us to realize we are never alone in this life and there are people all around us who can relate to us, laugh with us, and empathize with us.

what brink have you been on lately?

if you only knew the brink of this story...

im on the brink of pure happiness as savannah started first grade! yeah she is growing up, i mean her teeth are falling out like the hair on the heads of boys who thought they were cool in high school, quickly! but i love to see her thriving, growing, intensely learning and becoming her own little person.

im on the brink of luving this little chicka so much, i seriously want her duplicated! does that mean i am baby hungry? yes, maybe, no, of course not, is this even your business...okay maybe a little...good thing jilly still has those chubby baby thighs which has been plenty to suffice my appetite but practically kill my back because she is 15 months and still not walking

(but she bear crawls like a champ and it's comical!).

im on the brink of not knowing what to do with lucy, starting around, um...9:05 a.m. monday - friday after Savannah heads off for school. she can hardly stand to be away from her big sister and lucy asks me about every 15 minutes when she is getting home...ive been trying to put together a few activities for her and the other day, she put it nicely

"this is real boring you know!"...

im on the brink of excitement/anxiety/nervous breakdown/awesomeness as i think about moving and living closer to those beautiful utah mountains and to my family! how cool is my sister emily's new basketball hoop! our house here in denver is "sold", under contract, inspection on tuesday, and so things seem to be moving quickly. we are lucky to be able to have cam's company moving us out there but i have still had to go through all of our things...who wants to pack junk and then unpack junk just to throw it away in a different state? so its been great to go through and really simplfy but i am wearing myself thin and possibly losing my mind a bit...my sweet friend mindy came over the other night to help me "go-through" the kitchen stuff and when she put her foot down on my keeping several (many) plastic target fountain drink cups that i save, i knew i had lost it a little bit, so i turned over the reins to hers truly! thanks so much for your help mindy...

(but seriously mindy, "who doesn't love target?")!

im on the brink of wanting to give myself a break, crazy right? lately i just find myself, like i am sure MANY of you, trying to do a "million" things and be a "million" things to a "million" different people. i had a super fantastic time doing another olympic tri with my little sister lindsey a few weeks ago here in denver, but i am ready to veg out a little. im ready to say, "look body i luv ya...yeah you may not be perfect but you look pretty darn good and so does that couch over there". i vow not to do another race or event until i get my family settled in utah and the holidays pass. maybe a half marathon in January?

Brinks, anyone?

Saturday, July 24, 2010

its official...

it's official...we are moving to utah county!!! cam's starts his job with IHC oct. 1st! we are super excited! we just got back from a three week hiatus for family reunions...we are so excited to live closer to our families!

dad, mom & emily after we told them the BIG news!

LOL em, luv it!

who doesn't luv the 4th of july...rootbeer, watermelon, playing with cousins, sunshine, fireworks, the provo parade, fun at the swimming pool, freedom run 5k race, matching 4th t-shirts for the grandkids, ...i luv it.

luv my sisters, missed you j-bird!

after the freeze reunion we headed up to island park for the kesler reunion...this year we bunked at a bigger cabin but docked by day at the "historic" kesler cabin on the waterfront. it was really fun to stay at the bigger cabin...there was enough room for gatherings for this big family (18 grandkids under 8!). we had some great times..."WIN it in a MINUTE", annual island scavenger hunt, family feud, "crap" on your neighbor - with consequences: why do i lose when it is jumping into the lake at midnight, "HOT SEAT", family birthday party, & if you want to laugh, check out this VIDEO!