Last Hoorah!

That's right - the PA students are done for a couple of weeks! They finally finished their school year and now it's on to their clinical year of rotations! This was their last hoorah before everyone goes their different ways! It was fun to watch them all talk and interact together and hear about their inside jokes. It was a great night and fun to meet spouses and kids.

This is the whole class (I think they are missing a few though). A very fun group might I add.

These are "the boys". For some reason we missed Ryan in this picture. We have Tyler, Scott, Scott B., Phil, Brandon, Miles, Ryan Smith, and Eric. Scott hung out with all of these guys a lot of the year and hopefully will continue to throughout the clinical year.
These guys are trying to out do eachother by seeing who is tougher. This is the before . . .

This is the after! I call it a TIE! Ryan is reaching higher though!

This is what you get when you let the guys be in charge of the camera! (Tyler, Scott, and Ryan)

Good luck everyone in your different rotations! All I can say is that I know we are all looking forward to graduation next year!

Austin's 3!

It's true! Austin is 3 - crazy isn't it? Well, maybe just for me. His birthday was Monday, the 28th, but we celebrated it with both of our families on Sunday, the 27th. Austin was loving celebrating for 2 days. Who gets that? Sunday started off with Scott and I making cake. These are two cars (if you couldn't tell) and the blue one is a police car chasing the green car. Can you tell which one Scott did and which one I did? Just checkin'. :) I only say that because Scott was so proud of his and wanted to see if people could tell who did which one.

Austin was really excited about his car cakes. He wanted to eat them right away - well he he wanted to eat the licorice, m&ms, oreos, etc. etc.

It was a little tricky for his to blow out all three candles at once seeing as they were the antennas of the car and very far apart, but he managed to blow them all out individually.
This gift seemed to be the hit of the party because Austin has slept with it every night since his party. It was a truck given to him by Uncle Bryce and Aunt Keri! Way to go guys! Well done!
This is from Grandma and Grandpa Ulrich. It was a magnetic cars scene. He loves it and will be very handy in sacrament meeting. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! And you can't go wrong with cars either.

Uncle Brady and Aunt Edee got his some swim shorts, a shirt, and a CARS water bottle. Those are super cute - he will for sure be wearing those when we go swimming in Island Park! Thanks so much you guys!

Last summer one of our young men left his razor scooter as our house for quite some time and Austin loved it. He rode it all the time so we decided to get him one of his own. He loved it and tries to act like a big boy and go "really fast".

Austin loves puzzles and the Tanners must have known that. But not only did they get him 4 puzzles, they got him a batman punching bag. He loves it! He brings it into the living room on a daily basis and pretends like batman is getting him! It's hilarious! I think batman wins most of the time! Thanks Ty and Annie - that was very nice!
Grandma and Grandpa Kesler gave him some color wonder (which is also a hit in sacrament meeting) and some sweet sunglasses that he has to wear everytime we get into the car. Great job, Mom and Dad! Thanks so much!
On Monday morning Austin woke up to some balloons and some skittles and was pumped. He is a little bit obsessed with balloons and loves to punch them around. We went to lunch that afternoon at Wingers and got his dinner free for it being his birthday and that night we went to Scott's soccer game. He enjoys watching his dad play soccer. He wants to play soccer just like his dad when he gets bigger.

Happy Birthday Austin! We love you and are so glad you are part of our family!

Island Park

Well, the boys and I had a great vacation with my family this past week. We were able to go to Island Park and be there for 7 days. It was pretty fun! My family has a cabin there and every year we get to go there for a week. It's always a good time and definitely a highlight for us all to look forward to. Unfortunately, Scott wasn't able to join us for the whole week, but he was able to come for 2 days which was really nice. Just so you know there are going to be lots of pictures, so I hope you can bare with me.

Baby Ripken (nephew), Maycee (niece), Savannah (niece), and Koen. These girls were so good about holding the babies. They were always asking and of course we would let them. They are going to be great babysitters :)

This is my niece Quinnleigh and I. We were a team for the Kesler Family Bingo that my sister-in-law, Sarah-Jane put together. Great game, Sarah! It was definitely a hit.

This is as far as Austin would get into the water. It was a little chilly. I was actually impressed he got in that far.

This is my studdly, brave nephew Kobe. He is a stallion. He tried two-skiing for the first time and did awesome.
This is Kobe's older brother, Cooper, who also tried skiing for the first time and did awesome. He eventually became part of the early morning skiers.

Koen, just hanging out in his usual spot at the cabin. There wasn't much there for him to do. He did really good though and was pretty happy for the most part. He did enjoy being outside and being in his bouncer.

Grandpa had this wood cut out in advance for the kids to make their own boats and Austin was loving that. He played with his a ton and even wore the goggles and help him in the water. He was so insistent on putting them on by himself too - can you tell?

Austin is really into grandma and grandpa's family home evening. I think that's a first! :)

Most of the grandkids lined up to play red light, green light with grandma.

After so many years, my dad still has it in him. Way to go, Dad!

My oldest brother, Cameron, loves to snorkel and was having a great time trying to catch a crawfish. No luck, but it was fun to watch!

Scott and I braved the tubes and had a great ride. I thought Scott was going to kill me when he would come flying over the wake. I was so sore after this. I was having to hang on for dear life.
This picture didn't turn out like I wanted it to, but this is Scott skiing in the sunset. He only got a few runs in the days he was there, but did a great job. We were pushing daylight for this one.
Our little family after church at Big Springs.
My older brother, Landon and his brave son, Kobe surfing. I swear Landon's kids have no fear. I love it!

Austin, me, Kobe (nephew), and Quinnleigh (niece) just playin on the air bed as it deflates.

Some of the boys with their water guns that Uncle Cameron gave them. Caden (nephew), Kobe, and Austin.

Some of the girls with their lip gloss rings that Uncle Cameron gave them. Quinnleigh, Belle (niece), and Savannah (niece)

My younger, goony sister Kelsi. She loves the camera - can you tell?

And Koen in his other usual spot (the high chair). It seemed like he was eating all the time, but so were the rest of us.

It was a great week and we had a great time. Thanks to my family for helping me out with the boys when my husband couldn't be there and for making it a great time! I'm already looking forward for next year!

We're off to see the Wizard . . .

Scott and I were invited a little while ago by his sister to attend The Wizard of Oz at the Mystique theater in Pocatello and we finally were able to go this last weekend. I was really excited about it (I don't know how excited Scott was, but he went with it). As we are walking into the theater, a little older lady walked in behind us & I just thought she was in the play. We sat down to eat & started browsing through the program and saw this on the back. . .

She is a REAL munchkin from the Movie back in 1939. I guess she makes a living traveling around signing autographs. She was the cutest little lady. I did take a picture with her, but it was on my phone so I couldn't transfer it, but it was the coolest thing. And yes I broke down and paid the $5 to get her autograph. I'm kind of a sucker for those kinds of things. She got up at the beginning before the play started and talked a little bit about the movie and answered some questions. She is one of 8 munchkins still living. (There were 125 in the movie.)

Anyways - it was really cool to meet a real munchkin (a famous person if you will). The play was really good and we had a great time. Thanks Kaci for the invite. We had a great time! (Well, I did!)

4th of July Weekend!

WOW! What a great weekend we had! It was very funfilled and entertaining! It all started by waking up on the 4th of July and heading over to the Blackfoot Airport to meet up with one of our really good friends, Josh Miles, who was flying in from Rexburg. He was so kind to take Scott and I for a plane ride. I had never been in a little plane before, in fact, I have only flown twice in my life. It was a thrill! We went up and flew over our house and found a couple other ones and then he did a trick called the "belly jiggler". It was so crazy. The only thing I can compare the feeling to is the "Rocket" at Lagoon. You are up in the air and somehow you get the plane to feel like it just shuts off and then you just start free falling. It was so fun! Thanks so much Josh! I had a blast!

When I landed, Austin wanted to sit in the plane for a moment. We let him know what it feel like to sit in a plane.

Austin thought it was the coolest thing!

Then it was Scott's turn! He flew back to Rexburg with Josh and had a great time. It was nice for them to chat and have some time together before Josh left for dental school. Thank you so much, Josh! That was incredible! Good Luck in school! We will miss you guys!

Later that day we had an extended Kesler family reunion at my Grandpa's house. It was a good time. We played in the backyard and visited with everyone trying to catch up on eachother's lives. Austin and the rest of the kids (and some adults) had a great time on the slip-n-slide.

It took Austin a while to get used to the slide, so he would just run down it for awhile!

Grandpa Kesler finally got him to slide down on his tummy! Great job Dad!

Bostin Kesler (My nephew) and Will Jackson (my cousin's little boy) a.k.a. the underwear boys (they were sliding just in their underwear) were loving the slip-n-slide especially with the ski rope.

Later that night, the fireworks got pulled out and the kids were loving the sparklers.

Right after this sparkler went out, Austin grabbed the part that had been on fire. He was hurting for a little while, but got over it pretty fast and wanted another one.

It was great to be among so much family because Koen was passed around like crazy.

Watching the Blackfoot firework show. Can you tell that Koen and I are so tired?

Saturday we went with my family to Jensen's Grove (the local lake) and had a great time being in the sun, playing in the water, and visiting. Scott had his first ski run of the year and did a great job.

He did awesome and it was really fun to watch him!

Belle (my niece), Kelsi (my sister), Jordan (my brother), and Austin

And this is Addison (my niece). She was so funny! We gave her this apple and she was going to town on it. Great face Jordan! We had a great weekend! Thanks Scott and everyone else for such a great weekend!