THE LIFE & TIMES OF RYAN KEITH FROM AGE 31 TO 32

2015

~JANUARY~

Family gathering after Joshua's Baptism 

oh my Heavens how adorable!

a teensy bit blurry (or the 2 on the left MOVED)

LOVE

Turning 31 in TEXAN fashion!

LOVE this woman! (go gittum Mom)

                                                          Her unsuspecting targets!

Lunch time

YES!

~FEBRUARY~

Visiting St. G in their gorgeous ride

(yes I was having fun taking pictures!)

This is how BROTHERS roll!

(and husbands and pregnant wives going on their last 2-seater convertible ride before they're a family of THREE)

Kolob Canyon

It was FREEZING cold! (Char and I were crying in between pics)

~MARCH~

The day of the baby shower

What the boys did DURING the shower

This picture makes me want to burst into song! (be glad you're not here)

Let's go to the park and take some pictures!

Hey, let's take some sitting-on-the-end-of-the-dock pics!

O.K!

Hey! that looks like Mom and Dad!

and then there's the PRO pictures!

taken up American Fork Canyon (also FREEZING COLD)

~APRIL~

Blooming Mommy Blooming tree

CONFERENCE!  

Jack and Uncle Bud--Mandy and the kids arrive for a visit(and hoping Baby Boy Madsen will be born before they have to leave)

That Brightyn can be VICIOUS! ;)  [hey-somebody wake up Grandpa!]

GAME ON! (best not to disturb him when he's like this...)

Let's go to a park and take Grandkid pictures! (Mandy brought her SUPER DUPER camera all the way from OKLAHOMA) (helloooo Justin!)

As you can see, Baby Dean is in the picture!  (is Grandpa going to HOGTIE little Jack?!)

Let's look WESTERN!

Let's not!

WHAT is it with these two?!

Out for Mexican before Delivery Day

~MAY~

D-Day has finally come--by appointment!

Yup! He got to wear whites for the occasion!

The hospital wouldn't let GRANDMA (aka ME) in the O.R. (I'm still mad about it--luckily Bud was able to still take pictures even under extreme duress)

 NOW A FAMILY OF THREE! (I'm hearing music again....)

Introducing DEAN WILLIAM MADSEN

Char was such a trooper! So proud of her!

Lots of joy and love in that room (poor Char looks like a Ghost)

Born in the knick of time for Mandy to get to see him before having to leave (we literally left and headed for St. G with them about thirty minutes after this picture!)

Cute little face

Cutie pa-tooties! 

Home from the hospital

Loves from Aunt Tricia

He was a bright-eyed little guy right from the start

(sigh)

...and back on the farm...

Father-Son projects (2 hands are good, 4 hands are better)

A visit to Amber's so the rest of the kidlets could see their brand new cousin

3 Generations

Mother's Day!  

Proud Grandparents 

Perfection! 

~JUNE~

First trip to St. G since Dean's arrival (they had to bring the HUMMER in order to bring all the BABY EQUIPMENT!  lol! )

Happy 60th to me! (how did this HAPPEN? seems like just yesterday I was 30!)

Aren't we having fun!!
#whatagoodsport  #humoringGrandmaandMommy

Baby Dean meeting his Great Grandma Rogers

and then meeting his Great Grandma Madsen

Father's Day in Lehi

Just got royally puked on :)

~JULY~
Way. too. cute.

So beautiful

Off to a movie in 3-D  :)

~AUGUST~

3 months old ALREADY!

BLESSING DAY

WHAT A LITTLE ANGEL

After-the-blessing brunch (look at all those handsome men!)

This baby is VERY loved {we were all missing Mandy and Braden ;( }

So sweet of Kregg to come!

Cute Kenzie

Uncle Russ

oh YAH! looks like a pow-wow!

Sweet Am

Off to Idaho to Grandma Rogers'

Teaching Kenzie to play Shanghai

BEAR WORLD

JEEPERS CREEPERS! WHERE'D YOU GET THOSE PEEPERS?!

LOVE THIS GUY!

Back to Grandma's before heading to Yellowstone!

BIG SPRINGS (we were soooo disappointed because there were hardly any fish!)

But it didn't disappoint in how GORGEOUS it was!

On to Old Faithful!

AND THAR SHE BLOWS! 

First panoramic pic I ever took! (Bud taught me)

Awwwww---the Happy Couple

Getting a close-up look at some geysers and hot pools

Teaching Kenzie to skip rocks 

(so heart warming to watch)

oh man--that's right--I'm hearing music again (this one sounds a lot like What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong)

Where's Bud???  (remember Where's Waldo?)

Yes. We had to eat. 

Hmmmm...looks like a TOURIST

Saying goodbye to Grandma--such a fun trip (wish Mom would have felt good enough to go with us on our Yellowstone trip)

Home again

~SEPTEMBER~

Dean's first "live" Texans game! (good thing he didn't see who was holding him up!)

They've gotten a LOT of use out of those ear protector things (having a Senior Moment-can't think of their proper name right now) And WOOT WOOT to the cutest Texan cowgirl there!  (who also happens to have the cutest Texan baby with her!)

Dean's first visit to a BEACH!  GALVESTON!

annnnd back home (yes, Kenzie's a Saints fan)

~OCTOBER~

Should be a HAT model !

At Firehouse Subs--YUMMY!

Fresh out of a movie! This kid is such a noisy, crying, disturbing child in a movie!  (yah. NOT!! sheeeesh!)

Down to see us and gnaw on a pumpkin

Now if that ain't the LEAST scary Pirate I've ever seen

~NOVEMBER~

So over-the-top CUTE, I could SPIT!!

Oh my HEART!

~DECEMBER~

Holy. SMOKE! That's the biggest, baddest, reddest, meanest Texans helmet I've ever seen! (good thing I know it's my peaceful, soft-hearted boy/man under there!)

and here they are--in TEXAS--for a GAME (Justin is a reformed Raiders fan------------------------------hahahahaha!)

There's the guy with that HELMET!! Sitting practically on the FRONT ROW OF COURSE!!

Home again!  I think he's happy to see his Daddy!!(and his Daddy's happy to see HIM!)

ARMS FULL OF BOYS!  

Mandy and the kids have arrived! (Porter and Dean are only 5 1/2 months apart! yes--2015 was a BLESSED YEAR for us!)

Dean::What's this over here? I think I'll try touching that fuzzy lookin' stuff.....

Porter::Watch it buster! I've got moves you haven't even IMAGINED YET!

Dean::I think I'll just keep my hands to myself and pretend like I'm innocent and friendly.
Porter::I'm ready.I'm ready. I've learned to NEVER let my guard down.

Porter::Oh good!  Brightyn the referee has arrived! That's right, Dean, RUN AWAY while you can! (o.k.--so I'm not a script writer!)

Went to see The Forgotten Carols. What a treat! We laughed. We cried. We loved the music. Many thanks to Ryan!!  (once again we missed having Braden and Mandy with us) December 18, 2015

Porter's Blessing Day
December 20, 2015

The annual company Christmas party.
December 23, 2015

~CHRISTMAS EVE~

It's gonna be a FUN day!!

WE ARE BLESSED 
(all of our grandkids except Jayden-MISSED HIM)

Johnny decided to bust out into full opera during this shot :)

It's a bird, no it's a plane...

Well aren't they just picture PERFECT!

LET'S EAT! 

Many THANKS and much PRAISE to Mom (aka Grandma Rogers) for this gift of FOOD on this special Christmas Eve!
 (Olive Garden delights!)

Porter LOVED Dean's swing so much-he couldn't keep his eyes open!

oooohhhhhhhh

awwwwwwwwww

eeeeeeeeeeeeeee  :)

Have I mentioned lately what CUTE HANDSOME ADORABLE Grandkids we have??

our TWO gorgeous granddaughters

oh my GOODNESS!!!!!!

LOVE, LOVE, AND LOVE

LOVE seeing these two together! (it's a girl thing)

Mandy takes charge!  You go, Girl!! (afterall, she IS the PHOTOGRAPHER)

Here we are in all our glory!

Hold that thought!  :-0

These pictures need to be STUDIED to fully appreciate them ;)

Hard to pick a favorite, isn't it?

The sibling exchange (could Tricia GLOW a little MORE?! xoxo)

The Gurr boys sang for us--When Joseph Went to Bethlehem--So. very. SWEET.

and Tricia and Cannon performed for us as well!  Cannon had made up his own descant on the violin to I Am a Child of God!  It was BEAUTIFUL!

Drove to Draper to see the Tree of Life!  Well worth it! 

(although Char and I were crying in between the pictures because it was FREEZING COLD!)

Soooo pretty and festive!!

~CHRISTMAS DAY~

Could NOT have been more perfect weather for Christmas morning! Made my entire childhood of Christmas mornings flash before my eyes! #bringbackthegoodoledays 

Totally entertained just watching Baby Dean experience his First Christmas!  

Precious!

Ryan's gift from Baby Dean!

I'm not sure.....but I think Santa found him!

Sleepy boy. Been a big day for such a little boy!

These three.......  xoxoxoxo

Christmas is over--now it's GAME DAAAAAY!!! #diedinthewooltexansfans  (look at that BABY! That is one happy little man!)

Let's see what Grandma's face looks like upside down..

YAAAA TEXANS!!

~JANUARY 2016~

EIGHT MONTHS OLD!

AND THAT'S A WRAP! You're 32 now, Bud!!  (in case you forgot) 
Off to another year!!  #loveyourguts #ormaybeyouturned33bythetimeyougottotheendofthisposthahaha