Kenny

KENNETH WARNER EXELBY 1987 - 2008

Ken, our handsome warrior, left us in a hurry. He had an appointment with God to get his wings and he didn't want to be late. He hated to be late.

Ken's memory will continue to live on in those who knew him. He is survived by his loving mother, Jennifer Exelby-Ballas and stepfather Gus: his loving little brother David: his loving father, Rob Exelby and stepmother Karmella; his baby sister, Meagan (who he adored) and his step-sister, Kayla. He also leaves behind his loving grandparents Shirley and Luther Mullins, Warner and Ginny Exelby, Sue Hurtel, David and Regina Lathom and Jane Currie. Ken had numerous aunts on his fathers side, Vicki, Sue and Joan and their families. His Uncle Dan Lathom, Aunt Sarah Hurtel and cousin Morgan Hurtel; cousins Kendra Rhoades and family, Derek and Shawna not to mention many, many friends and acquaintances.

Ken is a graduate of Sedro-Woolley High School, class of 2005. He received high marks for his senior presentation of how to run a Papa Murphy's franchise where he was employed all through high school He was very active in sports while at Sedro: He wrestled, played soccer as well as football.Ken moved to Seattle to be close to his mom. While he was living in Seattle he was pursuing a career in HVAC. He was employed by Evergreen Refrigeration and quickly moved up the ladder. Ken had recently decided to move back to Skagit County to spend time with his brother and dad. He was living with his Uncle Dan and working with him.

For everyone who knew Ken he was a very intelligent young man. He had many talents and was skilled at many different things. He loved to ride four wheelers and baked the best chocolate chip cookies ever.Ken was on his journey to find himself. We all loved him very much and wished him peace.

Kenneth Warner Exelby means "Handsome Warrior over by the Mountain" He is a handsome warrior who won the battle now go and rest in peace over by the mountain.We will miss you forever but your memory will never die.

Service to be held Saturday August 23rd at Citipoint Church, 830 N. 16th, Mount Vernon at 2:00pm. Reception immediately following at the church.

Any memorial funds or donations may be made to your local volunteer fire department.

Bye Kenny

Unfortunately Kenny died last night. He was in a car accident and didnt make it. He went to soon and was way to young and we will miss him so much.

My favorite memory is when Derek and Kenny decided they were going to teach me to ride a bike one day. I had just started and wasnt really good yet. Kenny let me ride his bike. They each took a side and help get em started down the hill. Of course it didnt end well. I ended up crashing at the end of the hill with tons of scrapes and bruises. But it has always been a funny story to look back on.

I'll miss Kenny very much he was so kind and thoughtfull and funny.

Home Sweet Home

We are home finally. It was a great trip filled with Teething (4 new mollars), rain and mommy puking on the side of the freeway from motion sickness. But it was also filled with grandma, grandpa, smores by the fire, wild flowers, and time away from work.

Keiani hated the plane ride there and was just tired and cranky almost the entire time. Once we arrived I was so sick and the 2 hour drive back to New Glassco sucked! But the next two days were nice and sunny we went into town and Keiani got to play at the park and meet new kids. I got sick a few more times. The rest of the trip was spent mostly at Papas house because I think they got tire of me being car sick and it rained quit a bit. We got about 4in in 3 days. Its wasnt really cold though really very muggy. we had lots of fires out side and roasted marshmallows.

Keiani liked flying home about as much as she liked flying there. She did do a little better and I took dramamine. It was a very long day but we made it home and all in all it was an excellent trip. we will see how she likes it next year :)

I posted tons of pic on myspace if you would like to see them all and when Brenda fowards me all the pics she took there will be even more.

A day in the life...

7:30am Snuggle with mom and nurse till my hearts content

8:25am Have breakfast

8:32am make sure I get as much of my food on the floor as possible ( maybe the cat will leave me alone if she is well fed
9:30am time for our walk with Grandma and the gang

11:30am nap time

1:30pm wow that was a good nap I'm hungry

2:30pm watch mom pick up cherios off the floor and talk to daddy on the phone

3:00pm Daddys home!

eat...eat...eat...eat

7:30pm mommy milk time!

Bed time stories, kisses and snuggles

8:30pm bed time

Good night...

So Busy

So We have had a very busy summer so far. We had Keiani's Birthday, Cousins birthdays and Grandma Karens Birthday. Then a Big birthday party at Aunt Allisons for all of them. Plus 4th of July festivities. We headed down to Zuanich Park to watch the fireworks Keiani loved it. Even though she was exhausted. In addition Andrew and I have been really busy with work and trying to find time as a family let alone time with each other. There is always so much to do. I'm actually looking foward to fall. Not for the cold weather but thats when we will get our weekends back and we wont be so booked for stuff to do. Maybe in October we can have another date :)

Birthday Madness

Well Keiani is 1! Can you beleive it?! I can't this last year has flown by so fast. Keiani had a great time at her party and we all loved seeing every one again. For those of you who missed the cake you definately left to early. Keiani tore into it like a pro. She went face first and it didnt stop there. For the next 30 minutes she tore that cake apart frosting from head to toe. It was so funny.

The joys of turning one dont stop there. I think someone forgot to tell her that turning one isnt all fun and games and forward facing car seats you also get shots. She got 4 shots on Friday poor girl. She was a trooper though and hardly cried at all. That was one of the hardest times I've had with them though. She gave me such a look of betrayl. It broke my heart.

We did get new messurements though and Keiani is weighing in at 24lbs and is 31in tall. She in the 85% for weight, 98% for height and 85% for head size. Our beautiful girl is growing up. Makes me so sad that "babyhood" is over but I'm looking forward to all the fun we will have in ToddlerTown.

And so it begins

Our little girl is growing up! She decided that she was to old for naps and is now taking 1 nap in the afternoon instead of 2. But she is going to sleep about an hour earlier and is sleeping from 9pm to 7:30-8:00am YEAH! It's been a real treat to sleep all night.And... Keiani has a potty now as you can see from the picture she has yet to use it properly (she peed next to it yesterday) but eventually we will get there :)