Happy Birthday Isaac!

Isaac turned 5 on December 29th, yes our December is clear full of Celebrations, Christmas just gets us started, my nephew squeezed his birthday in on the 28th right between Ryan and Isaac. We had a small celebration with cake and ice cream, but Isaac is really looking forward to the party with his school friends next week. I cannot believe how the time has flown by... It seems like yesterday I was stirring the gravy for our big Christmas dinner (on the 28th since that was when our family from out of state could come) and the contractions just wouldn't quit. I wasn't due for a week and a half so I really didn't think much of it and neither did Ryan, he took his lunch with him to the hospital still counting on going in on graveyard shift. Audy helped me pack my suitcase while the others tried to enjoy dinner and off Me and Ryan went to have a baby abandoning our home full of guests. Isaac has been such a joy in our lives, I cannot imagine life without his smiles, even all the trips to the ER and the broken legs. We love you son!

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Ryan celebrated his __ birthday, Sunday December 27th, Audy made him a cake before we left to come home and the kids helped him blow out the candles when we got home, you don't think they really like their Dad do you? We're growing old together and having a blast doing it. Thank you Babe for that past year just being together, I cannot believe all that we have been through and we are still young, that is a scary thought. I am so glad to have had you by my side, you are more than I could have ever wanted in a best friend, husband and father to our children. I love you, because you are you!

What a wonderful Christmas!

At Grandma and Grandpa Kellys



We spent Christmas surrounded with family and friends, it couldn't have been better. The kids are at an age where Christmas is really exciting, and that makes it fun for everyone. We had a delicious turkey dinner at the Wests' with a house full of company on Christmas Eve and spent most of Christmas Day with The Kelly's snacking on yummy treats. Everyone was spoiled with more gifts than necessary. My favorite was a cold pack canner, now I don't have to borrow one during the busy harvest season this year, thanks Paulette:) I also got a nice wool dress coat it's my new favorite thing about winter, thanks Mom:) Everyone got new PJ's something we could all use and we look so cute now, you may see us strutting around town in them J/K Thanks, Dad & Audy. And to save the best for last, it only took 9 years of marriage for Ryan to get what I really wanted, don't get me wrong he has always given me something wonderful but this year he got me, not only a gift certificate, but he made me an appointment for his day off so he could watch the kids for me to go have a pedicure and get some of the nasty dry skin off my feet. Love it! We also took the opportunity to run up to see my Dad, Audy and Bridget. It was a quick visit but so worthwhile. It was hard to not stay home since the durango broke down Christmas Eve and we needed to get it fixed but there was not a parts store open in either county so we decided what the heck, and are so glad we did. Thanks for the great time!

Family Night

Ryan has been taking an EMT course at the college for the past few months, he is there two nights a week and we really miss having Dad around those nights so we decided to meet Ryan after work before class to spend some time together, then the kids got to go to class with Ryan for patient assessment night, and I got to go finish up my Christmas shopping.

Happy Halloween

We had a fun Halloween, we spent Halloween Eve at a friends Halloween party carving our jack-o-lanterns. Isaac enjoyed going trick or treating with his preschool friends. Devin had an awesome Halloween party, I know because I'm his homeroom mom ;) We ended up with so much candy after the Trunk or treat in Elmo. Grace had the opportunity to dress up different at each party she was an elephant, then the clown then a lady bug and a little flower.

Isaac is our Soccer Star

Isaac is playing soccer this season and is doing so good, he's a little timid but when he gets a chance he takes that ball and moves. Here's some pictures of him at his most recent game and some of his spectators. I love the picture of Grandpa spoiling Grace and Isaac's team huddled in the background.

Fun with Grandma & Grandpa

Grandma & Grandpa West took the kids not only our 3 but Devin's friend too since it was his birthday to thier company party. They all had a blast. Thanks for the fun time!

Football Season

Flag football that is... I have never seen anything more entertaining than 1st 2nd & 3rd graders playing football. Devin had his first game last thursday, it was great! Mouthpieces going in and out constantly the Jerseys are cool His team is the Jaguars. I'm facinated with the flags and I feel like I have a lot to learn but it sure is fun watching. Here are a few pictures from the game.

Happy Birthday Devin

Saturday September 19th We celebrated Devin's 7th Birthday

Wow where has the time gone? It seems like he was barely born and today we met with his first grade teacher at parent teacher conference. It seems he just learned to walk and now he is practicing plays for his football game on thursday. He has achieved so many accomplishments in his short seven years and we are so proud of him and love him more than he will ever know.

Thank you to all of you who joined us for Devin's Birthday Luau and we missed those of you who couldn't make it.

It's growing!

We just had an incredible rain storm and afterward the boys told me "Look Mom, the rain made the grass grow!" There is a green hue across the entire backyard. We are all thrilled and cannot wait to enjoy it with more than just our eyes.

Labor Day

Grace was just being cute, like always so I couldn't help snap a shot of that grubby mug.

Below is the some of the rewards from all those little seeds I planted in my basement early this spring, it is just amazing how teeny little seeds can grow in to a large fruitful garden. I am extra proud of this salsa because it was my first time making it, Thanks for the recipe Paulette, it's delicious!

We had a great labor day weekend, first off we got our grass planted, Hooray! Now lets just hope it grows :) Then we got a bunch of things we have been needing to do for a while done.

Devin and I went to the New Castle Dale Pool (way fun) for a school party on friday for finishing his summer packet(good job son we are very proud of you) we decided the whole family should come, so we did and had a blast. Sorry there are no pictures, my bad.

Here are the kids enjoying some watermelon on the back deck.

Fun outside!

Here's the boys playing in the sprinklers. Yes we finally have our backyard almost ready to plant. We were testing to make sure they covered good and the boys and the dog just couldn't resist.

This morning as Devin was leaving for school the sun was a deep maroon color, I am sure it has something to do with Gentry mountain being on fire. The picture didn't take as good as I would have liked. The boys really liked looking at it though.

Grace is such a BIG GIRL!

GRACE HAS BEEN GOING POTTY IN THE TOILET FOR A WHILE NOW. I haven't pushed the issue but maybe I should before the opportunity passes. I hope everyone understands why there are no pictures included.

Las Vegas Summer 2009

This is where we found the wallet
This Aquarium had a scubadiver inside feeding the sharks and other stingrays
This was the view from the roof top pool
Spending time bonding...
This summer we took our vacation to Las Vegas Nevada hoping to spend some time with My brother and his family. We had the most wonderful time just hanging out and getting to know each other better and letting the little cousins play together. We thought our kids were going to turn into little fish all they wanted to do was swim in the roof top pool.
We also visited many of the sites and I regret not taking more pictures but I hope the memories will last. We had fun at M&M world we brought an orange M&M guy home on our car antenna. The aquarium in Cesar's palace was worth the trip alone.
We found a mans wallet laying on the ground where we watched the water show, we contacted his credit card company and they called him and gave him our information so he could get it back, he was so grateful that we were honest, he got it back just in time so him and his wife didn't have to miss their flight back to NYC. We beleive what comes around goes around. I still hope I never lose all my personal information to a stranger.
We also spent a day at the LasVegas Temple having a picnic on the grounds and admiring the beauty. It was neat to be able to show the boys in person the temple where I took out my endowment.
We also stopped at a yard sale at Delores Fuller's (an actress that starred with Elvis) We bought her old golf clubs for cheap and some movies for the kids. It was worth stopping even just to look at the antiques. Anyway we had a good time and were glad we could share some of it with family.

Summer Fun

Spending Time with Papa Grandma & Bridget

One last Summer Adventure for the Kelly Family!

We decided that we should get out and have one more fun camping trip before school starts, so we headed up to the mountain to find that there were bow hunters everywhere, we found a pretty good camping spot on top. Saturday Grandma and Grandpa Kelly came up to hang out, the boys went fishing and the girls visited. Later we went fishing again, I think we totaled 8 fish, not bad, we were so busy casting and reeling them in that we didn't even get any pictures. That was the first time we had seen albino trout, they were neat to see, they looked golden with pink eyes. We roasted hot dogs on the fire and had smores for dessert. The kids missed out on the most exciting part of the whole trip when a thunderstorm rolled in at about 2 AM and the rain poured down and the lightning struck so close it shook the trailer, I was glad the kids slept through it. Summer just flew by this year but we had our share of fun, I'll try to get our vacation posted now that we are getting back into the routine.