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The Kerr Family

The Kerr Family

We are the Kerr's

Hi, we are the Kerr Family. Our story began when I met Sam in College. By no means was it love at first sight, but through the years we realized we could not live without each other. So, May 15, 2004, we tied the knot. In our first years of marriage, we were both in graduate school, which meant we were short on money and free time. Somehow, we still managed to have the time of our lives! About the time we were getting ready to graduate and planning how we would spend our newfound time and money, we got a little surprise. While we thought that being pregnant at that time was less than ideal, it turned out to be the most amazing thing that could ever happen to us! Ayden Kennedy Kerr was born August 18, 2006. This time, it certainly was love at first sight! He changed our lives in a way I never knew possible. Sam and I really didn't have a clue as to what we were doing but somehow we all survived! A year later, Sam made a forced career change (more on that another day) that put our marriage to the test. It was probably the tallest hurdle we have jumped to date. The important thing is, we did make it over and kept on running! In 2008, we moved from our tiny little house into our dream house (at least it was at the time). Another year flew by and then there were four. Beckham Samuel Kerr was born August 26, 2009. Once again, it was love at first sight. Almost Two years have passed since then and I am so excited to fill you in on all the details as they come to me! Stay tuned.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Boys of Summer

The summer of 2011 might just have been the busiest couple of months of my life.  We were defenantly out of town more than we were in.  It was also by far the hottest couple of months I can remember.  That is why when we were in town we stayed very close to a pool.  We made our annual trip to Minnesota again this year.  The Sullivants joined us for the second year in a row, and this year our dear friends the Raff's joined us as well.  This gave us a grand total of six adults and six little boys between the ages of 1 and 5!  What and adventure!  There is not a better place on earth for six fun loving little boys to run and explore.  I am amazed at how smoothly the trip went.

                                                        five of our six boys 
Probably the funniest thing to happen (which we didn't really find that funny at the time) was a run in with a couple of goats.  We decided it would be fun to rent a pontoon boat so everyone, including the kids could hang out on the lake together.  Our first disappointment occurred when the boat arrived... It was a total DUMP!!!  Anyways, we just laughed and climbed aboard.  
We take of put putting across the lake (literally, putting).  We get to what must be the dead center of the lake and, OMG, our boat just dies!  Wow, the six of us and our six small children are stranded in the middle of the lake.  Lucky for us, Bob was near by and rescued us!  We continued on to our destination, Gooseberry Island.  The moment we arrived, we realize we had forgotten to load the ice chest and the kids were starving. Sooo, we all decide to stay on the island while Sam and Michael (along with baby Finn) return to the house to retrieve the ice chest.  Big Mistake!  Two hours went by as we sat on this sorry excuse for an island freezing with no food except a bag on stale cheese balls and no cell phone.  Perhaps the most disturbing part of the whole experience occurred when we were invaded by a couple of goats.  Beckham was sitting in the sand happily eating the whole bag of cheese balls when suddenly a large white goat stole them away.  If not for Wes snatching Beckham up by his life jacket, I feel pretty confident they might have eaten my youngest son as well!  Needless to say, the moment Sam and Michael arrive with lunch we all climb aboard the boat with out speaking a word and requested a ride back to the house.

Seriously though, aside from the above describe incident (which we are all able to laugh at now) the trip was amazing!  Good times were had by all.  I hope our friends enjoyed it as much as we did.  Ayden did lots of fishing.  By "lots" I mean as soon as he dropped his hook in the water, he came up with a fish.  I am proud to say I took a major step as a mother of boys.  I swallowed my disgust and actually took a couple of fish off the hook!!  The boys also had the chance to spend some quality time with their PawPaw!



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