Tidbits

When Evelyn realized that she was taller than the broom

When Ada and I went painting, these guys all visited the Curiosity Museum.

Sam got his drivers permit! I can't believe that I have two drivers.  He does great with just me in the car, but I think having the rest of the family in the car stresses him out a bit.

Handsome boy

Ada trying to teach Alexx our traditional Bear Lake game of Arkham Horror.

Jer and his family hiked Timp.  Jer still has horrible warts all over the base of his feet, so he only went to the lake, but he took my Uncle Wayne with him. 

My Uncle Wayne and Jim.

 

Day off

Cat wig

Jeremy had June 19th off. Ada and I had planned to paint the roses at Thanksgiving Point Gardens... so I took Ada and Jer took the others to the Discovery Museum. It was such a nice morning.  I had to leave at lunch time to see my endocrinologist about my empty sella syndrome..... Then we got the kids ready for Trek the next day.

 

My kids are cuddlers

My kids are very cute cuddlers.  I love it. 

Sam and Evelyn at Logan's birthday party.

Seth listening to Audible and playing with the babies.

Sam is very good with the cats that don't like to be picked up.

"Seth where did you go?"

Sam doing homework.  I think he was reading and she climbed up on him.

Seth's favorite cat is Syl.  She likes cuddling with him but doesn't like being caught first.  Once he picks her up, she settles right in with him.

Evelyn was talking to me and this baby wanted some cuddles. 

Seth was keeping one of the babies safe.  Two of them have been climbing alot and the third one wanted to be up on the couch too.  Seth put her up and then read them books to make sure the third one wasn't going to fall.

 

Christmas morning

For the first time ever, I didn't help set up Christmas presents. We got done with our party the night before and I was physically in pain and very tired.  The oldest three kids put together stockings and Jer did the rest.  I hadn't gotten more candy for stockings, so we ended up a little shy in that area but other than that it worked out beautifully.   3 of the 4 kids couldn't sleep and kept coming into our room to "go to the bathroom". I think Jer and I finally got to sleep about 2:30 am.  

Ada got mostly art supplies.  Her whole wish list was art supplies and clothes. 

Seth wanted lots of stuff that he already had, so we tried to be creative.  I think he was pretty happy.  His favorite is a dinosaur watch.  He wears it around and tells us what time it is all the time.

Dad got all the kids hiking backpacks with water bladders in them.

We got Dad a pickleball set.

Since it was Sunday, my wonderful family headed off to church while I went and laid down again.  I was sad to miss the Christmas program.  

Evelyn and Seth both got mp3 players.  They sat listening to music and building legos all morning.

Sam's Young Men's leader held a series of activities at Hur Jewelers shop learning about making molds, pouring and polishing jewelry. This is what Sammy made me for Christmas.  It was the most personal thing I received.  It's funny.... I got a magnificent new lens for my camera that I'm very excited about and going to use often.  My favorite thing though is this sweet little flower on a chain that's too short to go around my neck and too long to go on my wrist. Maybe I'll quietly buy myself a longer chain so I can wear it.

We honestly didn't spend that much on all the kids stuff.  Probably about what we usually spend on each of them, but we spent extra on Jer and I this year.  Ada noticed I think.  She asked why we have such an expensive Christmas this year.

 

Kelly family