The Turner Family

My Job has a new marketing campaign beginning called “hit print”. You may have seen some of the wireless commercials with the pictures flying through the air.

They also produced another video which was shown internally a while ago, but now has been released. I thought it was really well done.

So there. We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog.

I see it, do you?

Soon, we will be able to take a picture of Braden just like the one of Kevin. Braden started walking yesterday, on his 9 month birthday. Its just a few steps at a time but he’s mastering his balance and getting places! Yikes!

Today the Goulds invited the us and Butlers to go with them to a rope swing they found off the greenbelt behind Veterans Memorial Park. It was a big pond and pretty nice, much warmer than the Boise River was! It was great fun until we decided to go on the rope swing. Ride #1 Kevin caught the toe of his sandal on the rocks on the bank of the water and just tumbled into the water. Ride #2 he leaped off the hill, threw his whole body weight into the air and SMACK, right into the tree holding the rope swing. Fortunately he held onto the swing and fell into the water and not on the rocks at the base of the tree. Youch!! Needless to say, that was all for the Turners. I didn’t dare try it, and Kevn’s pride and body couldn’t handle another ride!

	(What you can’t see is that Braden is naked and LOVING it!)
(Tonight, the stratches just sting a bit, but his muscles are sore, like he’d been in a car crash, or maybe a tree crash? Hehe! Sorry Love!)

Ok, I know it was last week, but here it is.

On Fathers Day Kevin got breakfast (fresh blueberry pancakes, bacon, hashbrowns, strawberries, oj and milk) in bed with the Sunday paper. The day before we decided that we were going to go on a picnic with the other Turners, Dick and Joyce and Brian, Eryn and Liam. So after breakfast, we packed up the car, stopped for some fried chicken and potato wedges, and headed for Veterans Park. It was a beautiful day and it was fun watching the boys enjoy themselves. It was so nice we went from there to the community pool in Tuscany near Dick and Joyce’s house. It was so fun taking the little boys into the water! We have little inflatable chairs that will also keep them shaded, so they are completely pampered! What a life! All in all I think a good day was had by all and many fun memories were made and traditions started!

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers in my life! (and Happy Birthday Joyce!) We love you all.

We have taken Braden swimming a few times now in an actual swimming pool and he LOVES it! We knew he likes his bath, but he loves water in general. He splashes and kicks at times but then also just floats calmly. When I put him under the water he just comes back up blinking his eyes and looking a little startled. No coughing or crying! What a good boy and already a little fish.

On Saturday Braden met his Great Grandma Longenecker for the first time. We love you Great Grandma!

Well, here I am on my last day here in Bangalore, India after a week and a half.  It has been quite a trip.  I had a great time and met some great people but it was EXTREMELY hard being away from my family and I can’t wait to be home with them again.

I’ll write again soon about my actual trip and about the crazy traffic and driving, but for now I’ll link to some photos I took and a video …

The photoset is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmturner/sets/72157604143468920/

You can get a small feel for the traffic in this video.

Isn’t he the cutest and smartest little boy you have ever seen! (I’m just slightly biased, can you tell!)

Meet some of Braden’s new friends! All of them were born within a month of each other. What a fun time for babies and parents!

Braden with Christian Scott Blasick. Born February 5, 2008

Tony Blasick with his son Christian Scott and Kevin Turner with his son Braden Keith. Such proud daddies!

Braden with his future wife (!?) Hadley Opal Miller. Born January 23, 2008 to parents Luke and Katie.

Morgan holding Gracie Paige Greer. Born January 15, 2008 to Shaun and Jillian.

Braden meeting his cousin Liam Richard Turner for the first time. Liam was born January 8, 2008 to Brian and Eryn.

We look forward to meeting you Ben Gould! We’ll see you in March!