scott james palmer slide show

happy birthday baby scott!!!

this memorial day - monday, may 26, 2008 little scott james palmer was born into our family making our little duo a trio. after a few days of recuperating from delivering a 9 pound 7 oz kid, i am finally ready to share our bundle of joy with the world!


here is a picture of scott and i as soon as we met. it was love at first sight...

this is scott with his cute daddy. james was the most amazing support to the two of us throughout the whole process. and he still is. scott doesn't know how lucky he is to have him as a dad .

here's a close up shot of scott at age 4 1/2 days old. his daddy and i love to just sit and watch his many face expressions. he is so content and fun to love. we couldn't have asked for a better baby.

and of course, we have to honor grandy who was with us through it all. and as we're living with her currently... she is still with us through it all and making life so much easier!!

baby scott's measurements:

weight: 9 pounds 7 ounces

length: 21 1/2 inches

hair: dark blonde and lots of it!

nose: a little smooshed but cute as could be (its been said that he has my flaring nostrils)

eyes: still just the beautiful new born dark. our favorite is when he goes cross eyed.

ears: sort of large. but not disproportionate to the rest of his large and in charge body.

feet: so big they didn't fit in the little footprint box!! (but is anyone really that surprised that james and i would have a child with large feet??)

family & friends who have come to meet baby scott:

-in chronilogical order-

grandy keyser

kim and ellie ferguson

jason and christie palmer

julianna barney, randi ruff, diane weeks

jenn and jeff mauger

georgie lewis

jake, sinikka and mijah lee

grandma palmer

craig, bridger and dallin ferguson

saturday nights and provo lights

this past saturday night james and i got to go on a mini vacation with the palmer clan to provo! you may think i'm joking, but it really did feel like a vacation. we spent the first couple hours watching glen (patricia's "friend") kick everyone's trash at bowling. and then we all ate at a cute little resaurant called Little Italy... and i have to say, i really felt like i was having my first italian experience.



here's the clan in front of Little Italy.

(L-R): me, james (holding amanda & ryan's baby, allie), glen, patricia, amanda, ryan, rachelle and phil

james and i have so few pictures of us together that i had to throw this in... though we both look a little dzed and confused. that's what happens when you get schooled at bowling.

these two pictures are of patricia and glen. they make everything a bit more exciting.
and here is phil with his "non-girlfriend" rachelle...


this picture is just funny because i asked james and his mom to stand in front of the lanes so i could take a picture. cute james is trying so hard to please me and patricia is... a little camera shy... i get a kick out of her.

bubbles and bunnies

easter came a bit earlier this year than my biological clock was ready for.... hence the easter posting now - as opposed to a week and a half ago when it actually happened. its just so seldom that i have actual pictures of james and i and our family! with the disfunctioning-ness of our camera, i've had to settle with illustrations found on google (how did i live before google?). but i was able to get some pictures from my more organized sister so that i can show the world what a "keyser family" easter is really like. (i still need to get pictures from the "palmer family" easter events - stay tuned)

grandy (my mom) started the festivities off with a fun easter game for the grandkids which, of course, included a story time about the true meaning of easter.

then we all went over to the park where the kids went on an easter egg hunt! (james and i got to help hide the eggs)

the adults just mingled...

and blew bubbles (we hid a few extra bubbles for ourselves)

this was a bigger accomplishment than you would think.

thanks to everyone (especially grandy) for such a great easter!

is this heaven?

(click on the title)


my new favorite picture of our future.

dr. palmer

on march 13, 2008 james' life long dedication and hard work finally paid off when he was officially accepted to medical school at Des Moines University in Iowa! yes, its true... if all goes as planned the palmers will become iowan's this august. aside from my threatening phobia of tornados, we couldn't be more excited. james has spent approximately 22 hours in iowa and i have yet to grace the great state of corn fields, but we are sure that it will be a grand adventure.
here are some pics of our future stomping grounds.

this is james' future med school where he'll learn to be the best doctor in the world.

here's a corn field. james and i are excited for long walks through the corn fields and old fashioned country dinners of beef and corn on the cob.

i can secretly picture james looking like this when he's not in his white lab coat and latex gloves.

i'm excited to finally meet these people in person. the woman is probably our relief society president! and he's just got to be the organist.

and last but not least... the ever-popular "field of dreams" takes place in our beloved iowa. though i read somewhere that it was actually filmed in boston or some cornless city like that.

my first baby shower ever...

this past saturday i was given a baby shower by my old locker partners, marta and allie. it was such a hit and i'm just positive that more people came because of marta's cute invitations than because of me.
i actually stole these pictures from marta's blog that describes the shower with so much more eloquence... its almost poetic. but i thought i'd copy some of my most favorite pictures that she took and post them here too. (i hope that's ok mart)
(first photo above: allie, marta, me)

marta and allie served delicious quich and warm cinnamon rolls along with fruit and cookies. it was all so delicious.

my favorite part was marta's subtle little touches. i didn't discover the cute jelly beans and baby fact cards until the end, but once i did i filled my mouth full of the yummy tasting treats.

anyway, big thanks to allie and marta. it was truly a baby bash! there were girls in attendance that have influenced every stage of my life (including my mom... who has influenced all of my stages of life)

list of attendees:

marta [halverson] dansie

allie holtkamp

mom [christine keyser]

mary irene [homer] allen

kira [steadman] bingham

katie [macfarlane] wolfert

jenny [osborne] bullock

chelsie [choles] brady

maresa madsen

tanya tapp

ashleigh [mee]

jenn henry

alysia rathbun

michelle paskett

vivian smith

and in answer to those who are surprised that i'm still so close to my high school locker partners.... all i can say is, some friendships are just meant to last.