Rhode Island Part 1

We went on a trip to Rhode Island as a graduation vacation. It was so much fun to see Will's parents and for them to meet Whitney. Thank you mom and dad Keeler for the exciting trip; it was great being able to go to all kinds of fun places with you. And the weather was very good while we were there; the humidity remained pretty low, so we were grateful. We are probably going to post all the Rhode Island pictures in two blogs, so here is the first half of our trip.
Here we are at the Breakers mansion where the Vanderbilts use to live. I guess a lot of really wealthy people would get summer homes in Rhode Island. The tour of this mansion was simply lovely.


One day we went to Lexington and Concord to see some of the historical sights because Courtney loves looking at where history happened. We got to stand in the spot where the shot heard around the world was fired. There was a nice museum commemorating Revolutionary figures. If you cannot tell, this is Paul Revere in the background. The pictures are coming...the pictures are coming.



Afterward, we went to the Harvard art museum. It was cool just walking around Harvard with all the smart people. We only got in a little trouble while trying to feed Whitney while we were there. Oops, water and art museums don't mix. Can you guess what this is? Neither can we, but it was in the modern art section. We are also standing by the John Harvard statue. We had to squeeze past a couple other people milling around to get this picture, so I hope you appreciate it. We only look a little tired.





Plymouth has a big imitation of the Mayflower ship called Mayflower II that you are allowed to take a tour on. The second ship also made the trip from England to America and everything inside looks like it might have back in the 1600's. There were even guides on board dressed like long ago to answer questions and whatnot. That was fun to see and fun to tour. I don't think I could have been happy being stuck on a small boat for 66 days, but I am grateful for the immigrants who came over. The second picture has both Whitney and Will looking into the camera at the same time while standing next to Plymouth Rock. The rock is a lot smaller than I had imagined.





Whitney was very good for our trip. She liked to smile at everyone, even complete strangers. She sure knows how to turn on her charm when she wants something. We better watch out when she gets a little older to make sure we don't spoil her senseless.



And Whitney loved grandma and grandpa Keeler. Everyone had a good time together.



We will post some more pictures in a couple of days. I hope everyone is having as fun of a summer as we are. Now it is time to get busy finding a job. Take care.

rolling over

Here is a few quick videos of Whitney rolling over

Graduations

It has been a busy two weeks for the Keeler clan. We have had two graduations in the matter of 6 days, that was crazy fun. The first one was for Courtney's younger brother Zach who graduated from Pasco High School and will be going to BYU in the Fall.




He was really excited about graduating and he gets to be in Provo with two of Courtney's other siblings and their spouses. Say hello to Michael and Allison and Erin and David for us, Zach.



Where is Waldo, I mean Zach, in this picture?

We had a lot of fun while in Pasco. Michael and Allison were able to come, so we all partied all day. Zach had a pre-graduation get together with some of his friends from the area who were also graduating at the same time. Here are a couple of pictures from that party.







Fun times were had by all at the graduation, although we missed having Erin and David there to celebrate with us.

We were a little worried about the weather at Will's graduation since Cheney has been funny, but the day was perfect. We are so proud that Will is now an MSW. What an honor that is. I know that he is going to do a great job at helping people because he is so friendly and patient. Thanks to my family and Ruth and Dana for coming to celebrate with us; everyone has been so supportive. Here are a couple of pictures from Will's graduation.









And finally, just a couple of cute pictures of Whitney. We are very proud of our beautiful daughter. She has been such a special joy in our lives.

It's time for a haircut when...

1. It has officially become summer time and your apartment went from freezing to super hot in roughly 2.5 seconds.
2. Your 2 ½ month old daughter has learned how to pull hair and enjoys doing so while eating and getting a diaper change.
3. Your split ends are starting to get split ends. That’s just embarrassing.








Will just passed his oral exams, which means he is officially allowed to graduate as an MSW. Whitney and I went with him as moral support. And we wanted to go out to lunch afterwards to celebrate his hard work. So it was a win win. Here is Whitney dressed all cute to show off for the judges on Will’s panel.




Whitney has now become fascinated with things she can touch. I tried to get a video of her playing with her swinging toys in her bouncer and this was, unfortunately, the best that I could get. Just imagine that she was playing with her toys more right before the camera came out.





Sometimes I wonder if Whitney would beat us up if she had the chance for always messing with her and making her angry. She is flinging her fists in the air and sticking out her tongue like she is deep in concentration. Everybody better watch out.




Whitney doesn’t much care for tummy time, so we are working our neck muscles by sitting up more. She seems to prefer that because then she can still see us and make sure we are still watching her.








And all that extra exercise is making her extra sleepy.





Finally, with the summer comes hat season. Courtney loves putting hats on Whitney and Whitney doesn’t hate it too much. Now if they would only stay on. In one we are teaching Whitney how to tie on her own hat, or something like that.





We hope everyone is happy and enjoying a little sunshine. We are doing great and cannot wait for Will’s graduation.

8 weeks old

Whitney is now eight whole weeks and she has had her first graduation. She has officially moved from newborn outfits up to 0-3 month outfits. It is a happy moment because she is getting bigger, but also sad because she is getting bigger. She is getting so big and there are now three babies younger than her in our ward at church. Isn't that just crazy? We are so happy she is part of our lives.








Another intern at SCAN where Will works gave us a cute outfit that Whitney can now wear since the weather is starting to warm up. Thanks Joanna.




And we literally spent all day long trying to get Whitney to be smiling in her cute red outfit. She would get all smiley and then stop as soon as the camera came out. Go figure. But I guess you cannot blame a baby. We did finally get a couple of smiles on camera.





Thank you for all the support we have had from family and friends with our new baby. Everyone has been so wonderful to us.