Camille's Photo Shoot

Here is a darling photo shoot that Aunt Steph and Aunt Martha did of Camille.

Thanks Aunties!!!

Camille Karen Keller

We are excited to announce the arrival of our new baby GIRL!!! Camille Karen Keller 7lbs 10oz and 21in. Being the first grand-daughter on both sides of the family and grandmas both named Karen, we thought it was fitting to have her middle name Karen. She is so precious!

Taking Camille to the nursery to get evaluated

Watching her get some testing done. Her brothers did not like how the nurse was handling baby Camille. Carsen yelled,"Dad, they are going to kill her!"

Her protective big brothers

Grandpa Simonsen



Carsen wanted a baby sister the whole time I was pregnant.
He was one happy big bro!

Scotty did not want a baby sister.
He wanted a baby brother.
We would tease him and tell him it is a sister. He would cry and say no I want a brother. So we thought it was going to be a drama day for him when we found out that it really was a baby sister. But right before he came in to meet baby Camille he told Casey he wants a baby sister. He has been holding and loving on her ever since.

Grandma and Grandpa Keller

Going Home

Lots Lots Lots more pics to come!!!!

Casey Keller......YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!!!

Casey came to me a year ago and said,

"I want to be an Ironman."

An Ironman is 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and

26.2 mile run!!!

12 months later, 100s of hours of training and 30 lbs lighter

he's headed to the water to begin the 2.4m swim!

Finished the swim in 1hour and 14min, 6 mins ahead of schedule! Way to go Case!

Finished the bike in 6hours and 49mins, 11 mins ahead of schedule! Go babe!

Our cheering gang! Carsen's poster is my favorite, it says, "Dat, you can do it! You are ironman!"

Still looking strong, mile 20 of the run! And he's still smiling and moving fast. When I saw him smiling, the thought popped in my head, "he's enjoying this way too much, I fear he's going to get the Ironman bug!"

Still smiling!

Favorite picture of the day.

Sprinted his last mile, running a 7:40 min mile. Lookin' good down the home stretch! I had the chills and his mom was tearing up. Race started at 7am and we watched him come in at 8pm.

The announcer was the famous Ironman announcer, he sounded so good as he said, "Casey Keller from Bountiful, UT.......YOU---ARE----AN----IRONMAN!" It was awesome! His goal was 14 hours, he finished in 13 hours 00 minutes and 40 seconds. I knew the 40 seconds would tick him off. He likes to say he finished in 12 hours 59 minutes and 100 seconds. ha ha!

Every competitor gets a personal escort to the pizza, water, and massage therapists tent in case they collapse on the way! People were wasted.

Ahhhh, my sweaty, manly ironman.



A happy Ironman Family!

Proud Mom and Dad!

The next day, taken family photos at Hurricane House.

Thank you Gretchen! She was our babysitter, photographer, peacemaker, and Marla's sanity! You are the best Gretchen!

Scott Belnap and Casey, best Ironman buddies! Scott was the one that inspired Casey to do the Ironman. Scott's first was Arizona, St George was his second. It was fun to get to cheer them both on! They rocked!

Our future Ironmen!

Highlights of 2009

Our Highlights of 2009:

We bought a house!!!


Carsen gets reunited with his bestest buddy from California!



We started a new Easter tradition.
Ostrich Egg for breakfast!

Celebrated Easter in St. George

Dane and Whitney get Married!!!!!!

Carsen and Zach get to be on the same baseball team!

Marla survived girls camp and Casey held the fort back home together!

(With the help of Steph... of course!)

The boys got to be on-set of Uncle Reed's movie!

Many lazy days at the pool!!

Marla plants a garden!!!

LAGOON!

Carsen being free at the Ranch!!

Yellowstone

Visiting the home my mother was raised in.

A very humbling experience!

Lazy and Crazy days at Lake Powell

Lizard hunting

Marla gets to be on Good Things Utah

Casey successfully finishes the Utah Half Ironman!

Carsen starts kindergarten

The boys enjoying the fresh air in Star Valley.

I love this picture!

Casey attempting to work a backhoe.

Thank goodness Uncle Kirk and Uncle Ron

came to our rescue.

Scotty's temper!

He is chasing Carsen trying

to hit him with the bat

because Carsen won't quit bugging him!!

Scotty's super cool bed hair that he has every morning!

Carsen's crazy helmet hair he gets after his BMX bike races!

The boys getting ready for a ride to Grandma's.

Carsen learned how to ride his bike this spring

and has gotten really good!

Casey takes him mountain biking,

mild road biking and BMX biking.

The kid can't get enough!

LOTOJA 2009

It's a bike race from Logan,Ut to Jackson,WY.

Casey was on a relay team

and was suppose to do

47 miles of the 208 total miles.

Well his team underestimated him

and Casey did 106 mile instead.

GO BABE!!!

Scotty wanted crazy hair for Halloween

Hunting Season!

Casey got a deer and an elk this season.

This picture is funny because

Carsen our animal-loving-vegetarian

is trying to smile.

While Scotty our meat loving

3-year-old is happy!!

Scotty tells everyone that

daddy shot an ELF and

it is in our freezer.

Scotty is going to be a BIG BRO!!!

Yep! I am pregnant!

Baby due this summer!

Thanksgiving Dinner with The Keller's

The boys decorated the Christmas tree

and then slept underneath

it for days!

They were so excited for Christmas.

With our first big snowfall,

Casey and the boys decided to build an igloo.

Some cousin fun in the igloo.

And yes... Scotty is wearing swim goggles!

Our Annual Simonsen Christmas Eve Breakfast

and Gift exchange at the Grand America.

It was a blast. Martha made ugly dolls

for all of the boys.
SANTA CAME!!!!!!

Happy New Year Everybody!!!