Kelli Dance Recital 2010

Kelli looks forward to dancing on the big stage all year... So when the day finally came she was soooo excited! The make up, the costume, the attention, the flowers--she loves it all! She did so good.. she had 3 dances in all and was amazing!

"Thank you" to everyone who came and watched her.. even though it was so crazy with Emily being born the night before and we had extra kids there it was so fun.. Thanks Shell and family for always being there and supporting.. Kelli appreciates it and talks about it, and for two little boys named Thomas and Nate, they are better behaved than Kelli is and its her recital! Thanks family... love you!

Our Newest Addition

Emily Kate
7 lbs 10 oz
19 inches

Thomas and Nate couldn't be happier, and will be the best, most protective older brothers ever... Good luck Emily! I know how you feel sista!!!

Here are just a few pictures from the hospital.... it was 11:30 at night.. and obviously Amber was exhausted.. and my photography isn't that great...

Kelli is 4!!!!

Well, I can't believe it... Kelli is 4! I can't believe that 4 years ago this little girl decided to surprise me and come 3 weeks early.. she is always unpredictable and full of energy. She is super smart and has the most amazing memory ever! She loves her family and her friends more than anything in the world! She has always been a litte bit of a daredevil and will climb up, jump off, go around, and try ANYTHING. She loves to learn.. she loves to learn Sign Language and has been writing her name for about a year now.. Once she learned how to sign the ABC's its something she has to practice daily. I taught her how to count in sign language and now if you do "3" wrong.... its almost like she can't comprehend any other form of showing 3 fingers.. if you dont do it right.. there's something wrong with you and she will insist you fix it before she'll listen anymore. Which brings me to my next point.... she's hard headed. She wants what she wants and she will talk your face off til she gets it.. she'll try to brib you with candy and treats she can't buy.. but hey! Atleast she tries right? She is just like me in the sense that ice cream is her favorite thing in the world.. every night she wants it before bedtime and everytime we get in the car she tries to brib me to get her a ice cream cone. I love that if I tell her "the Doctor said"--She'll do it, no questions asked. Her 4 year well check has been a blessing... she wants to be this amazing healthy eater cause "the Doctor said" to eat veggies, fruit, and no soda and little choco milk... and that is what she does! I love that when I tell her to stop talking.. its pretty much IMPOSSIBLE. I'm not kidding either.... I say, "stop talking for one second please" and she says.."Ok mom....(pause)... Did you see that mom? I listened, I said..OK MOM. Where are we going? Who are you talking to?" blah blah blah.. even when I'm not in a conversation with her, she'll tell me what she wants me to say.. (it drives me nuts) She is hilarious, a smart al-lic, brilliant, loving, caring, daring, open minded, eager to learn, and remembers too much for her own good, she loves music and she loves to dance and "shake her booty".. she loves to be center of attention, playing outside, riding her bike, and talking to Uncle Greg on the phone, and put puzzles together and do crafts. but most of all she loves her family, the church, and ice cream!

Here are a few pictures from her Birthday. What a better way to spend your birthday than on Pancake Tuesday with all your cousins?? We even gave everyone hulahoops for party favors..




The best gift we gave was obviously the bike, and it has been the greatest thing to get her energy out and pass the time away. But if you ask her, "what was your favorite part of your bday??" She'll answer, "talking to Greggy on the phone."

May Birthday Party

Well, one again its May birthday time! Lyza (who is technically in April), Seth, Kelli, Brooklyn, Thomas, Amanda, and Nate (technically June 1).. we do it quick and all at once, like ripping off a band-aid! It is total craziness but its so much fun at the same time.. The kids think its the greatest thing ever... and the very few who aren't involved with the birthday fest... sit in envy! The kids only get gifts from Grandma and Grandpa cause the time of year puts us all at border line bankrupt! :) Here are just a few pictures of the day, I forgot to take more pictures during the day cause, well, it was crazy!






We also celebrated Mothers Day since it was on Mothers Day... Good times. My mom is an awesome mom and my sisters are all so amazing... Love you xoxo

Tipee Toe Kelli

Eric, Dannys brother, came up one weekend and Kelli was so excited that she just "couldn't sleep." We had put her to bed, and I told her not to get out of her bed anymore.... So she thought that she'd be so sneaky, and get out of bed, and lay at the top of the stairs so she could hear us playing games and talking.... Doesn't it stink when your sneaky plan backfires, and you fall asleep??? I was just glad she didn't fall down the stairs cause she isn't the calmest sleeper out there!

Kelli is Hilarious!

Tonight, Danny was upstairs brushing the kids teeth, and I was downstairs cleaning the kitchen, and I hear Kelli getting in trouble and being told to go in her room. By the time I get upstairs she is an emotional wreck, and Josie is asleep. I can hear Kelli opening her door, and Danny telling her to close it and re-starting her "time out time."

By this time I have no idea whats happening but I'm already laughing cause the whole thing sounds funny from afar....

I go inside our room and ask Danny what the problem is and he bluntly says,

"Kelli peed in the sink"

I of coarse start laughing my head off.... I find this hilarious. He does not.

Mr. No sense of Humor over here doesn't find anything about this funny....

So I went into Kelli's room and talked to her cause I wanted to find out what the thought process was... and her answer was almost as funny as the action.

"I wanted to do something funny when Dad walked into the bathroom."

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Talk about the all time back fires.

Like I said, Hilarious! Although, I made Kelli agree to never do it again.

Bring It On Reason #2

So, as Danny and I were making dinner, I look at and see a bring yellow blob out of the corner of my eye in the back yard, looking rather tall for her age, and so I jerk my head around and see that my little 20 month old, has climbed to the top of the fense and is watching the neighbor kids play behind the house in the street. I grab the camera and of coarse, now joining her is her big sister. Kelli who had done this earlier and therefore giving Josie the idea. There they stand, not a care in the world, and both thinking that they are hot stuff. Especially Josie that during all the climbing her skirt has now rolled up and showing her shorts underneath... how embarassing! Well, its quite amazing to watch Josie climb up the fense, since she uses mainly arm strength... obviously she got that from her mom............ but she makes it to the top. Amazingly enough, she can climb back down without a prob til she has about 2 feet left, and then she just jumps.





Some people say that their kids are "Busy" and that they "climb"... but I challenge you. You should see some of the places and things this little 20 month old gets in to.. Which makes me scared for the future.... if she's doing this at 20 months, what will she be doing at 4 years!???? If I had a smaller camera I'd be able to capture some of these places but I never have my camera with me. She likes to do things to make people mad which I find hilarious.... for example: She will go in Mamma Bull's "NO WALK ROOM".... SIT ON THE COUCH, and wait for my mom to come in and see her. Once she has been caught, she runs around laughing til we can catch her. I find it hilarious til I have to re-vacuum, and my mom just gets mad every time. TOO FUNNY!