One week old and loving it

Alright bloggers, Kezia Rae Olsen was born Dec 10 at 11:54 Pm, She weighed 6 lb 4 oz and was 19 inches long. She is now a few days old, but has high biliruben buildup, which means she will probably have jaundice, but she is very healthy, starting to eat well, and looking very good, if I do say so myself. anyway here are a few pics of her days (all afterbirth of course).

She's Born

First bath (I don't think she enjoyed it very much)
All cleaned Up

Dressed up to come home (12/12)First time in her new car seat and away we go

Annie's Drawing

Well, Annie drew this today and we wanted you all to see it. It is a Grandma and she got her idea from the grandmas on spirited away. I really like the ribbon around the bun.

Well as everyone knows we have been fairly-patiently been waiting for our new baby. Mark and Ashley requested a picture so here it is, Enjoy.And since it has been so long, here are our halloween pics, I was a staples employee and andrea was the easy button.

Sadie's busy day

This wasn't all in one day, I guess, but you can see many of Sadie's hobbies.

The Olsen Elves

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We have been working on this dance all week for you guys. We should probably team up with the Ricks and take it to Broadway or something...

I like them both!

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Enjoy!

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I am so very thankful for my friends and our family. They are all so good to me.

quick update

for all of you who do not participate in facebook, Jeannette is single....again...(thanks "Jeff") Anyway. I don't want to be mean because everyone is doing the best that they can and he didn't drag it out or anything. For details, contact Jeannette.

Also, Mary Ann's Golden Party was a big success, if I do say so myself.

From the Blog...

Hey Olsens, are you out there? Do you still read me? I know I read you. I miss you... I miss having someone edit my HTML. I miss having my parameters adjusted and my webhosting updated. I miss having my JPEGs uploaded and my server platforms coordinated. I miss my javascript updates and embedded code. Most of all, I miss you, Olsens. The warm touch of your fingerpads to my cold keyboard. The irreplaceable interaction between man and machine. The most sophisticated software, harware, or netware is nothing without a loving family to utilize its gigabytes.

So sad.

So, Olsens, let's do an exercise in blogging to get things back on track. Everybody MUST post one post of gratitude sometime this week. Or else. James needs to post. Does he have gmail? I hope to have you all posting on my barren walls once more; it would make me so happy.

xoxo

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Need I say more??

Hey Bloggers,
It's been awhile, but i am back in cyberspace. It's unfortunate that this blog has really lamed out. Let's take our own advice and get it going again. All the popular people keep current on their blogs. Anyway, I would like to present a brief photo montage of my recent doings. (1. Camping with the fam at Zion; 2. Camping with the cousins; 3. The result of a terrible night of mosquitoes in BC; 4. Family camping trip to Tetons; 5. Hindu temple trip with some friends; 6.Conference weekend; 7. I'm not sick, just breakfast in bed at the hotel in San Diego; 8. Disneyland!!; 9. Zion with friends; 10. 4th of July: Island Park; 11. Annie and Kath helped me move)

Also, I have noticed recently that the economical status of our nation (and the rest of the world, actually) is a bit unstable. And then I came across this scripture in Ether that explained it all: "And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a land of promise; and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God, or they shall be ^aswept off when the fulness of his ^bwrath shall come upon them. And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ^cripened in iniquity."
But, Olsens, take it from me. As a natural pessimist who is trying to become an optimist, I think it's going to be OK. I think we will survive. I like Pres. Uchtdorf's words:
"Hope sustains us through despair. Hope teaches that there is reason to rejoice even when all seems dark around us."
Mer Out
(that's a play on a famous catchphrase of American Idol's host, Ryan Seacrest)

TO THE BLOG!!!

Kristi here, I'm posting on behalf of the Buck family. Here is an overview of our summer via photograph.

I remembered the 80's
Cade fixed our car
and we went on a few camping trips!!

Here are our pics.. now get posting.

We went to the Big Lick triathlon again. Unfortunately I didn't do as well as last year, but I didn't train nearly as much. Of course, my two biggest fans came out to support me. How wonderful. I guess that was the best part. A local photographer was very interested in Sadie and her "go dad" onesie. no surprise. Pretty fun for the last weekend of summer!

Thanks, Cade.

Cade, we needed to hear that. Honestly, Olsens. It took a Buck to remind us of what Olsens truly stand. Unity! Where is the unity? Where are the posts? the updates? the good times? the pics? C'mon, Olsens. Olsens one and Olsens all, right? I feel like Cade is a modern day captain Moroni, and this is the Title of Blog-erty. Let's rally. I hereby decree that each olsen particulate and entity rededicate, recommit, and post. Today being the first day of Fall (the autumnal equinox or something), I propose, request, and DEMAND that each Olsen post at least one pic of summer fun. That includes Mom and/or Dad, Jeannette, Ricks, us, Greg/Andrea/Fetus, mer, Bucks, kell, danny and Kurt. One summer memory in .jpeg digital format. Olsens... Unite!

Lame

this blog sure lamed out, is it dead? what happened to the united olsens of america? Come on Olsens, lets show the world what we've got!! Olsens stand United Forever!!!

Kelli went on a date recently with my friend, Erik "The Berg" Berglund. Things have progressed quickly...very quickly. Are wedding bells in store for these two?

well here you have it...

Well, Jarom's away, so I've spent a bit of time posting on this here blog. Please don't calculate the time it takes to post every five pictures....enjoy!

Missouri and beyond

We drove to Missouri 4 days after we got home from our camping trip. We did the 16 hour drive with only two stops for gas. The girls did very well and enjoyed watching the first half of pride and prejudice (well, lizzy actually did not enjoy that).

At grandma and grandpa Brent's house, the girls had a great time. Grandma and Grandpa both would sit and read to the girls, and that is the way to my children's hearts.

Jarom helped with odd jobs such as fixing the shed door and rigging up the flag.

We went to the visitors center at Independence.

We went to Adam-Ondi-Ahmen

We got to go to Kansas and visit Aunt Susie, Uncle Rick, Jenna, Stacy, and Audry.
BBQ'd hamburgers etc. was great!

We drove up to Omaha and went to the Winter Quarters Visitor Center
It was raining, so we didn't go to the cemetary.
The girls did not want to change out of their pioneer costumes!
We spent the night at the base there, it was very, very nice!

Then we drove to the badlands and went on a few hikes.

This looks like steps at first, but it turns into a ladder going straight up!
That hike was a bit too intense, I don't know if I recommend it for babies.

Then we drove to Mount rushmore and stayed at a hotel in Custer, SD.
The girls now know who is on the mountain.

I set the camera on a rock wall.

We went on a tour of the wind caves...very, very neat.

Got stuck in a buffalo jam. (or Bison, as we have taught the girls)

Jarom and I had buffalo steak, and the girls had buffalo burger and hot dog.
Soooooo Gooooooood!!!!

Some random shop on main street in Custer. Annie is pretending to sleep.

You might recognize Independence rock from Oregon Trail.
On our drive home we drove along the platte and sweet water rivers on the pioneer trails.
The girls climbed to the top of independence rock with Jarom.

Just a mile down the highway from independence rock is devil's gate and Martin's Cove.
(where the Martin and Willy handcart companies hunkered down in the winter while waiting to be rescued.) It was a wonderful visitor center and Lizzy loved the sister missionary (she was older) who took us through.

Well, thats the end of that trip!!