And his name is......

Well we couldn't keep up with the name of Leonidas for much longer. It has been a lot of fun seeing the different expressions on peoples faces when you tell that his name is Leonidas. I still think we will have to keep it for a nickname.

Keags and Colie















Keags and Nich

Our son Keagan Padrick.

Good thing it is so short! (at least he will still have to spell it out for everyone still)

bABY Leo's room!

nICH did an awesome job painting Leo's room!!

nICH's Aunt and cousins gave us this super cute bedding...we love it!!

freshly painted changing table!

bABY Leo...your crib is ready, daddy went to get a changing pad for the changing table, your pack is packed ready to go...we're just waiting for you kid!!

sTEPHENSON family Reunion '08

We had our annual sTEPHENSON family reunion on June 14th. It was a lot of fun seeing cousins I haven't seen in a while and getting to know them better. We have a huge family there are 194 decedents of my gRANDPARENTS...they always wanted to say they had 200 decedents from their family! Well they are close...baby Leo makes 195!

our family is so big we almost fill the cultural hall

my beautiful twin

tATE and "grandma" or grandpa,...depends on who you ask!!

we missed you nATE!!

bOATING oN mONA

We love summer time...especially the boating!!

nICH went first to make sure the water wasn't too cold!!

it was a good run...nICH's pooped!!but don't worry he will go again before the night is over!

mELISSA's turn
IT'S COLD!!

woo...where'd she go!!

attempting a 360 on the knee board...so close!!

bRAD's turn

nICH decided to try out the knee board

going for the 360...

almost...

almost there...

dang it!!

Baby Shower!!

Lots of food...

Lots of presents...

and Lots of fun games

Game #1...guess how big nICOLE's belly is

mELISSA measured...

I think she might have added a couple of inches..he he!

Game #2: baby word unscramble

mELISSA won!!

Game #3: Guess that poop!!

mELISSA microwaved candy bars into diapers, and then you had to guess which candy bar wast in the diaper!!

probably the only diaper kRISTI has had that close to her face!!

cATHY made a cute diaper cake and my mOM made a bouquet of roses out of baby socks!

Super cute!!

mOM, mELISSA and cATHY...Thank you so much for throwing me such a wonderful Baby shower it was a fun day! Baby Leo says thanks for all the gifts everyone brought...he is a spoiled little boy already!! I love you all!!

GRADUATION !!

Friday nICH graduated from the training academy! It was a perfect day, my Mom came down and watched graduation with me and then took nICH and I out for lunch to celebrate...we got excellent service at lunch!! It must have been nICH's sharp looking uniform or the gun strapped to his hip...either one the Waiter was extra nice to our table!

Deputy Nicholas L. Friedrichsen

(sorry about the blurry video!)

nICH's fellow officers

pOWELL, sCHAFFER, fRIEDRICHSEN, mOORE, cHRISTENSEN

Utah County boys!

proud mAMA of her Deputy dADDY!

painting leo's room!!

IT'S A

BOY

goodbye ugly lavender purple with lime green sponge painting!!

the door, the door jam and the floorboards used to be lime green as well..but my lovely in laws painted them white! Thank you!

Thanks nICHY for painting leo's ...it's perfect!(I will post pictures of the room when it's all put together!)

THoSE ARE NoT MY FEET!

I think I may have a bad case of elephantitis!!

Happy Mother "to be" Day!!

I know...Mother's Day was a week ago...but I wanted to tell you how sweet nICH is!!

After working all night he made me breakfast in bed.

French toast and extra crispy bacon...just the way I like it! nICH got me the bag of M&M's and Leonidas got me animal crackers!! It was a perfect Mother "to be" day!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!!