First day of school

Jacobs first year of public school.  He is going to Berylwood for 

Jr. Kindergarten.  It is everyday from 

8-12:45.  I was thinking about him all day and wondering what he was doing and if he was emotionally ok.  His 2 friends (one from church and one from preschool) are in the other class so he doesn't know anyone in his class.  12:45 couldn't come fast enough for me.  I was so excited to pick him up.  Now I get do do it all over again tomorrow.  I hope it gets easier.

This is at the end of the day when I picked him up.  He was all smiles.  I think he had a good day. 

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.