After posting some pictures on Facebook of me as a baby I had several people comment on how much they could see Jackson in me. So, just for kicks I put together this picture of all four of us when we were one year old. On top it's me and Jackson, and on bottom it's Sydney and McKay. what do you think?

A new beginning.

So, thanks to tons of help from McKay we have compiled all our past blogging updates into this blog. Thanks to Linda, Angie, Andrea, and everyone else who has wonderful blogs where I got good ideas for mine. I'm hoping this blog will be easier to maintain and keep everyone updated on our lives while we're so far from home.

~Keresa~

Weight loss tips:

This is really helping us to slim up!!

Bull Dozer Cake

On Tuesday McKay and I made a cake for one of our missionary's birthdays. I guess he used to drive a bull dozer for work before his mission and he requested this cake. It was pretty fun to put together.

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A morning at Poplar Gap

This weekend we took the kids up to Poplar Gap. They love running around and playing together. The weather is cooling down and we love being outside. Here are a few pictures.

McKay, my 3rd child.

Here's a video slideshow too!
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Jackson's 2nd Birthday Bash

Jackson turned two on Sunday! He thought it was so cool that it was HIS day. He sang happy birthday to himself and reminded Sydney several times that it was his birthday. Thank you Grandma Gifford the box of gifts. Sydney and Jackson loved opening every single one. And, thanks you Grandma Whitney for the birthday card. Jackson was very excited to see all the different pictures on it. We had a wonderful day.

Here is a slide show of Jackson's birthday pictures and another one of the videos we made. Enjoy!

Jackson's Dino Cake

Here are some pictures of Jackson's birthday cake.

Camping

This past weekend we went camping at Breaks Interstate Park with some other Law School families. It was so nice to have a weekend to relax and let the kids play. We pulled up our 6X12 enclosed trailer to sleep in. Mckay was scared the bears would get us if used a tent. ;-) Here are some pictures of our weekend.

Sydney and Jackson were too excited to sleep.
A look out on one of our hikes.

A few more camping pictures.

Jackson and Emilie. I think they'll become good friends here in VA. Aren't they cute?!?
Sydney posing for a picture on our hike.

Sydney's School

Yes, the school is called Grundy United Methodist Preschool, but they promised me they wouldn't baptize her. Notice the sign, because there are SO many churches in Grundy, they try to out do eachother when it comes to clever phrases. Also not every building in Grundy has air conditioning, so sometimes the ones that do will advertise it. I guess this is also a spoof on that. Good ol' Grundy.

Sydney's first day of school!