Vacation

We started off going to Logandale, NV for my nieces baptism.  Mortensen's are MIA :(

 Filling up h2o balloons

Next we headed to UT to my brother's place.  These are some of the animals you can find there.

 fox

 bob cat

 coyote

 Matt and the coyote

 Kenna with cousin T

 Kenna and Jacob with cousin T

 hedgehog

 sugar glider 

We arrived in CO

 4th of July

 Ski lift in Beaver Creek

 Kenna and piggy on the Jeep tour

more jumping

 playing on the lake

 Rodeo: pretty lame: the horse fell on its head a few times. Fell every time it tried to get up and eventually had to be drug out.

 Matt broke the bungie

Good times!

Father's Day

Seven Year Itch

What is the 7 year itch?
In short it is a relationship term - usually after 7 years people tend to re-evaluate their relationship. There might be evidence that it is now much shorter but the original number 7 came from a time period where the average marriage only lasted 7 years. 


I am happy to say that Keline and I have just completed 7 years of marriage!  We celebrated by kayaking down the Ventura Harbor on Saturday, during the Tall Ship festival.

Our marriage has been a journey from the beginning.  We have stuck through the good times, the bad times, the 2 kids, the happy, the sad, the rich, and the poor times.  Some days it was easy, and other days; well Keline says it best: "It was no walk in the park!"

The honest answer is, my wife is an amazing person, a faithful and stalwart companion, and a terrific mother.  I am so blessed to have been able to spend the last 7 years married to her, and looking forward to the next however many years we live.  

I love you sweetheart,

   Matt

  

Craziness in May

 Kenna's bites.  She got bit 4 times.  The other two are on her hands.  

 Jakes spider bite on the back of his arm.  Mother in law says not to worry unless he starts throwing up.  Well he started throwing up so we went to the dr. and she sent us to ER.  

Jacob in the ER.  They tried to put in an IV for dehydration.  They were unsuccessful on the first attempt.  That's when I call it quits.  We went home and now get to write them a nice check.  

Making up for lost time

Family fun time mini. golfing in AZ.  I believe in April.

Hole in One!

 N. enjoying the family time.  

Mother's day at the park

 Jacob and his good friend

Family night playing softball with 3 other families.

Kennas turn at bat

 Jake running to first.

March of Dimes

 They look like they could be twins but they are 2 years apart. 

Playing in buckets.

 Is there a grandma pillow?
I will explain just in case any one out there looks at this blog.  We have a pillow that states"mirror, mirror on the wall i am my mother after all" I bought this pillow for my sister who then decided to give it to another sister a year later for being like my mother.  who then gave it to another sister and so on.  This is a classic face my mom makes.  So Jacob needs a pillow that says he is like his grandma.

End of the year preschool party.

 On the way home, Jacob wanted to know when summer was over so he could go back to school. 

Jacob getting his kindness award. Not sure what side of the family he gets that trait from