Carey's blog

Love this birthday gift! My sweet guys got this for me today! I've been wanting it for like 2 years now but was totally surprised to see this sweet piece of jewelry all wrapped up just for me! My good friend Christy actually sells this jewelry imported from Egypt. Excellent quality and great style. Check her out here.
I also got some cash from my parents and my in-laws and we all know how awesome it is to get money for a gift! Thanks to both sets of parents!:) love you
It's been a great Thanksgiving/Birthday. Enjoyed a relaxing day with family eating lots of yummy food.(especially my homemade pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing.) I'm not bragging or anything it's just the best pumpkin cake in the world!! A great family recipe I got from my mama.:)
So now we're just chilling at home. Colson' watching the "Credibles" aka "The Incredibles." We'll see how long it takes him to get the crap scared out of him! He's a pretty sensitive guy but he's growing out of it with his love for dinosaurs.
Well, I hope everyone is blessed on this Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Here's just a few things (in random order) I'm thankful for at the moment:
new hardwood flooring
lower gas prices
my birthday gifts
my adorable boys
Orca's leg is healed and he's back outside most of the time
mild California winter
my family helping me clothe my kiddos while I'm in KY since I'm limited on luggage with the new fees
black friday sales
my sweet hubby
trader joe's stuffing that tastes somewhat close to my mom's homemade stuffing
seeing Trecia and meeting her man Keith
spending time with family

I'm so ready for the holidays! yummy food, family, friends, shopping, holiday tunes, decorations, watching someones face as they open presents... what's not to love?

so, I've decided this year that we have a good excuse to put the tree up early! The boys and I will be flying to KY for Christmas in early Dec. so if we wait until Thanksgiving night (as is our tradition) we will have barely any time to thoroughly enjoy it! Makes sense right? I always want to put up the tree early but never let myself because I don't want to downplay Thanksgiving or rush the holiday season all-together. Anyway, this year is the exception.

with that said, the house of bob is having a christmas party tonight! music, cookies, hot chocolate... the works!

so, happy holidays everybody! i hope your season is bright with smiles, love, hugs and goodtimes!!

off to make gingerbread cookies!

off with the old. well, it's actually been off for awhile. since my
pregnancy with aven to be exact. swelling, weight gain, etc. and it's
yellow gold, which I've never been a big fan of but our band was given
to us from a sweet missionary lady, Sis. Mitchell. This was touching
and special so we went with a yellow gold engagement ring also. It's a
simple, classic set that I will never part with but I've been wanting
something new for long time now.

I thought with our 10 year anniversary
coming up we could both get new sets but with lack of extra cash and
not really seeing anything "to die for," that's not happening.

so, i've grown tired of looks and assumptions with not wearing any band
on the left hand and have decided to get something a little
unconventional and more to my liking. :) The above pictured ring is the
winner. I can't wait for it to get here!

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have." ...Thomas Jefferson

explorer

Originally uploaded by bobkepford

boys = dirt, bugs, adventure, fun...

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He's such a lovey little dude! Both of my boys are really. I just wonder how long it will last? I'm sure most boys go through there stage of "kisses are gross" or "just a quick hug will do" but hopefully if they do go through this, they will come back around to loving on there Mama! :)

In the mean time... I'm going to enjoy all the hugs and kisses i get!!

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These guys are the sweetest! It is heart melting to watch these guys interact.(sometimes)

Colson had his first "real" experience as "big brother taking up for little brother" the other day at a play area.
Even though the VERY little girl was half Colson's size and couldn't have hurt Aven with her toughest blow, Colson stepped in and set her straight!

I beamed with pride! My boys may try and kill each other at different points in their life but I want them to always have that relationship where they're looking out for each other. Very special.:)

immediately after the National History Museum in L.A.

Originally uploaded by bobkepford

Immediately after the National History Museum in L.A.

These guys had so much fun down in L.A.
Business trips for Bob means fun trips for the boys and I! :)

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Dinosaurs!!! This is quite an obsession right now with Colson. Since Monday, he's watched "Walking with Dinosaurs" and "Chased by Dinosaurs" like 20 TIMES! These are like documentary type BBC movies folks, I'm not talking "Land Before Time" stuff... LOVES them!

I have to say, it's so much fun for me just watching him LOVE something so much. I'm enjoying his excitement in his obsessions.

Oh yeah, we supposedly touched "For Real" Dino Dung! We didn't know that until after we touched it but it was as hard as a rock, since ya know it's pretty old. And it actually looked a little shiny so it was probably sprayed with some type of protectant/preservative or something.
Anyway, pretty cool even if it was doo doo. :)

Gotta Love Phil Dalhausser! (Something about him reminds me of my brother-in-law)

And last but not least Ms. Natalie Coughlin! You go Cali girl!!