FUN IN THE SUN!!!!

It is very fitting that I publish this post today. The sun is broken up here in Utah! We had snow on the ground on Tuesday and it was MAY 17!!!!!!! Seriously! I have never had a winter and now spring so gray and rainy! In fact, Utah is worried about flooding. So.....looking back to sunnier, warmer, and happier days.......THE CRUISE!!!!

We had so much fun on this Kelly family reunion! It was wonderful! Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo again! Beach, dolphins, and shopping! In that order! Food-food and more food! And you can not forget the Hot Molten Lava Chocolate Cake EVERY NIGHT!!!!! Can we go back? There really was not a down point on the cruise. I even got to have a scalp treatment, back massage and facial. (Ladies wait to do this the last day at sea, the prices are totally discounted! all 3 services for $79)

THANK YOU PAT AND CHLOE ANN!!!!! It was A BLAST!!! (And thank you Mom for watching Parker in AZ)

Swimming with Dolphins

A dream come true, AGAIN!!!We had so much fun!!!!!!! While on the cruise, Matt and his family and our family decided to go to a waterpark in Puerto Vallarta. It was awesome! When we got there a worker told us they are having this deal where adults can go swimming with dolphins for only $79 and then kids get to swim with dolphins FREE!!!! if you don't know any Kelly's.....their favorite word is FREE!!!! So we were able to have this fabulous waterpark basically to ourselves and then we were able to go swimming with dolphins! It was the highlight of the cruise! I wonder if the kids realize how lucky they really are! I love this picture with London and the kids. Can you see their excitement?!?!?!?

A piece of advice: If you ever go on a cruise- do not go through the excursions on the cruise. They were charging kids $99 and adults $129 for the exact same thing. We loved doing it on our own because we rented a jeep, (Yes one jeep for 4 adults and 4 kids but that is a story in and of itself) and then we were able to arrive/leave whenever we wanted to. Definitely the way to go! MAN! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

OK! So I am only a month over due but oh well. Happy Birthday Buddy!!!! You are such a great kid and we are so lucky to have you in our family.

Here are somethings that we love about you:

*phone calls to dad when he is at work reminding him to bring home treats!

*Cosmo phone calls

*Desire to follow rules

*Quickly say "I'm Sorry" and feel so bad that you start crying when you think you have hurt someone

*Playing bad guys/good guys with Daddy

*Your energy at preschool

*and the daily reports of what is happening with everyone

*You love of football and BYU for that matter

*The fact that you think Uncle Matt makes a billion dollars

*The fact that you think Uncle Chris is the strongest man in the whole entire university! Even stronger than Superman!

*Your random questions like, "Mom, who is strongest? Superman, Santa or Jesus?"

*When you say 'in the whole entire university' but mean 'universe'

*How you walk Anna to Primary, holding hands, every week.

*How you love the Bishop!

*How you will clean your room because you know I will throw away your toys if you don't!

*How you are so obedient and well behaved!

*Your interest in who is older, who is bigger, and who is taller.....you vs ________!

*YOUR SMILE!!!!

We love you!!!! Happy Birthday Buddy!

Is it really 2011?!

I love, love, love these pictures!!!! I thought it was time to take another set of family pictures and I am so happy we did!!!! Our friend, Lindsay Goeckeritz has a studio and she did a FANTASTIC JOB!!! We gave our grandparents a little magnetic booklet of pix and MY DAD called and thanked me for the booklet! That really meant alot to me for my dad to call and tell me he loved the booklet!

So what has happened the last couple of months, well, I am sure everybody was just as busy during the holidays as we were. We had our annual Neighborhood Christmas party at our house and had 92 people there! No kids, of course, so it was a ton of fun! My favorite was when Spencer asked Santa for $1 billion and a REAL jet pack!!! Santa is smart and gave him play money! Christmas was wonderful and stressful and enjoyable and crazy! I realized I was done with crowds, Costco, malls, people, shopping, and spending money when I flipped someone off in Provo! Stupid college people that think they own the streets of Provo! I do have to admit that it is pretty sad when the cashier at Bath and Body Works tells me that I should go home! He could even tell I had had it!

As far as resolutions go, the only one I ever kept was in 1997 when I made a resolution to not get engaged! That is a story in a story but I just broke off an engagement and I was done with dating! So I never put any thought in resolutions but here are some things that I am looking forward to in 2011:

Birthdays: not mine of course, but I love birthdays! Spencer turns 5 tomorrow!

Traveling: Cruise in April, Aspen Grove in June, Hawaii in June and who knows what else!

Triathlon: My sis in law talked me into doing the Women of Steel Tri in May! I am excited!!!

IPod: I got an Ipod touch from Mike for Christmas and I love it! I am now cool! I know how to download songs from itunes!

I just love the excitement of a new year!