Attitude of Gratitude This Thanksgiving

My thoughts right now are turned to loving unconditionally even when we hurt.  It is our job to forgive and forget so as not to carry a burden for the rest of our lives.  It is our job to teach our children that mistakes are okay and they are still loved.  How do we do this??? By example.  Children are sponges and learn through our speech, our actions, and our overall demeanor.  It is okay to be angry and upset, say it and move on.  As Thanksgiving draws near this year, I am grateful that I will be able to teach them my children how to prepare this fancy meal, that I will be able to sit at the table with my children and enjoy the feast, that we have an open door for anyone who may need a place to join.  There are no judgements in this household.  We welcome all and look past the differences and actions that we may not like.  Family is the most important thing and I am so grateful to be able to have my children around.

Slip n' Slide Activity

Our Latest & Greatest Family Activity

Happy Birthday Daniel

Okay so I wasn't running the camera....we love you buddy Happy 5th Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday Aubree

Celebrating July 24th in Utah

We walked main street after the livestock parade and visited one of Daniels favorite places...The Fire Station

Pics at the livestock parade

4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

Playing on the hill before dark

One of the few activities we got to do with Grandpa Pigeon before he moved

This is how our day began :)


This is the yummy cheesecake I made but forgot to take a picture until it was half gone...oh well you get the idea - festive yet so delicious

Daniels Program

The scorpion in the garden goes walk walk walk.....

Daniel did an awesome job and kept the audience on their toes

Great Job Daniel and congratulations for graduating from preschool

Helldorado Days Parade

Contacts, contacts, contacts....My dad, who raises & races homing pigeons with the Silver State Racing Pigeon Club, has a friend who is president of the Las Vegas Rail Road Society...anyways the pigeon club was invited to participate as a float in the Helldorado Days Parade with the Las Vegas Rail Road Society. Long story short Daniel, Aubree, & myself rode in the back of the truck pulling the pigeon trailer...we had a blast. Part of the awesome float done by Bruno Platzer & crew for the Las Vegas Rail Road Society.

Waiting for the parade to start :)

The Pigeon Trailer

Daniel & Aubree were fascinated by the policmen on horses

One of the 108 entries in the parade

Mothers Day Weekend

The pictures are backwards, but you get the point anyways.

The Thursday before mothers day my AC went out so I flew my ever so handsome always on call handy husband home for a hot date :)

Saturday night we went to a Las Vegas 51's game and ended up leaving in the fifth inning because it was moving sooooo slowly! Sunday we spent the day as a family @ Mt. Charelston enjoying the cooler weather and the beautiful creations of the Lord.

Thanks Lillie for the pics...
more to come; on a night I am not soooooooo tired!

We also were at the park in Boulder City on Friday so here are some pics of Aubree's first trip down the slide

Here we sit with sick kiddos who are resting @ the moment so everyone else will benefit as I will post a post while eating some toast :)
On Friday Daniels school class did a field trip to a farm in Boulder City so here are some pics we hope you enjoy!

Sadara, Emma, Daniel, Grandpa Pigeon & Quinlin next to the British army truck that took us to the farm

Ms. Lynn & the kids looking at the eggs they are taking to their class to hatch in an incubator

Turkey anyone?

Samantha, Emma, Daniel, Diamond, & Kaylee in front of the miniture horses

Happy St. Patricks Day

Here we are the middle of March and life just gets more exciting everyday!
First things first....Happy Birthday Dave on the 22nd, since I know it will be a while before I post again.

Recently we went with Daniel to the Gilcrease Bird Sanctuary for a school field trip. There we got to hold, pet, & feed goats in a little petting farm. We saw white & green ostrich eggs as well as a lot of peacocks. It was a fun little field trip as they have been reading the Three Billy Goats Gruff, watching their caterpillars turn into butterflies, and learning about insects.
Aubree is so adorable as she is growing like a weed. She absolutely loves to interact with Daniel and of course has to be the center of attention. She says da-da, babbles, and shrieks blood curdling screams constantly. Who would have thought having a girl in the house could be so much fun :)
Dave recently moved to Spanish Fork which is a whole lot closer to work. He enjoys (if that's the right word) his job, but looks forward to every visit of the family whether in Vegas or Utah.
Judee keeps plugging along, longing for the day we can move the rest of the family to Utah. Life is full of lots of lemons and we are making our lemonade.
lol

Skip christmas, skip new years, maybe if you are lucky I will get a real post in by Valentines. Dilema is that my camera is broken...so it might just be words for a while.
UPDATE:
Cut my hair to a spiky length...not my favorite
Daniel is the best big brother anyone could ever dream of
Aubree cut her front two bottom teeth on the same day :)

lol to all who love and support us on our journey through life!

Update

Our blog site is currently under construction...for those of you who have kids you will understand that it is taking me awhile to get the fonts & sizing right due to making my kids my #1 priority.
I will post more later about our Christmas trip to Utah.

lol

Is this for Real?

In review

(Left to right) Kalani, Lucas, Daniel, Michael

Kalani's birthday party @ Peter Piper...how many kids will fit in the roller coaster chair to ride the ride?
Mini Dave on a sport motorcycle :)

Thanksgiving program...Daniel is thankful for his animals

My sisters and I

Jamee, Jereelyn, Jennifer, Joy, Judee

And little Aubree said rollover Daniel it's time to wake up!

Blogging Break

This is just a short update....
I will not be blogging for awhile, at least until after Thanksgiving. There is some pretty heavy turmoil going on in our lives right now and if I blog I will share to the world what needs to be kept private. However, that does not mean my family is in the black hole of photography....please visit http://www.kleemeyertablefor2.blogspot.com/ to see updated photos.
Thanks for understanding!

First Day of Preschool

Today Daniel started half day preschool @ Gordon McCaw Elementary

He loves it :)

Believe it or not I actually became teary eyed as we dropped him off at the door and gave him kisses. Of course he was into the classroom without even a second thought of where mom and dad were. Although funny side note....He was at the door waiting to be picked up while all the rest of the kiddos were patiently waiting on the rug. When I asked him about it he said he had told Ms. Lynn (teacher) he couldn't take it anymore - meaning he was ready to go home.