Celebrating Mommy's 32nd Birthday!!!

Mommy at 6 weeks old
Mommy at 4 months old
Mommy at 6 yrs old with her Dad

Twins enjoying their cake

Mmmmm...
Tastes good!

Putting icing on the "surprise" cake
Marcus icing face
Daddy and his "helpers"
Everyone got in on the action when it came time to ice the cake
Happy Birthday Mom!!!

The Chef is kind of messy
Cole
Marcus
Carson
Hanging out with Mommy!

This is fun!
Marcus and Daddy
Making sure it won't stick to the pan

Taste testing the batter to make sure it's fit to eat...

The Chef in his kitchen
Workin' hard!
Careful...
Carefully reading the directions...
Egg crackin' time!

Well, today is mommy's birthday and she was able to get a morning to sleep-in and be without the challenges of the men in the family as daddy and the little ones managed to keep relatively quiet and out of her hair for once! Marcus, Carson, and Cole all got their cards and presents ready for mommy when she came down for breakfast. Marcus could hardly contain himself and repeatedly wanted to "go wake her up" so that she could open her presents! Cole and Carson for their part tried as best they could to open mommy's presents early for her, but did manage to get the presents into the proper hands (after much prodding and a few tears along the way!) After that, all the guys took mommy to her favorite mexican restaurant for a quadruple date. All behaved well, and fun was had by all. Mommy then had the afternoon to herself for some shopping and time out of the house (cabin fever starting to hit alittle). Friday night, Marcus and daddy attacked mom's "surprise cake" as Marcus called it. House still standing and no fire damage, so all in all a success!!! (Marcus and daddy had the same amount of cake making experience so we managed to trudge through the cake-making process together.) On a personal note, I just wanted to wish my wonderful wife a happy birthday (24 in case you are wondering:-). I love you and am so thankful that I have been able to share these past few years with you! Happy birthday, and how about spending one of these birthdays somewhere warm?! Happy Birthday mommy, from your guys!! Levi, Marcus, Carson, and Cole

Winter Fun!

Sliding

Smiley
Attacking the snow
Carson Michael Kelly
Marcus James Kelly
Cole Levi Kelly

The Kelly Men

Marcus

Marcus making a snow angel
Still making snow angel

Carson getting a closer look at the snow
Marcus
Mommy and the guys
Mommy and Carson
Mommy rescuing Cole as he fell down the hill in the back yard

Marcus and Cole
Getting mittens back on
Kelly boys
Sliding...
Carson

Carson getting used to the snow
Watching Daddy shovel snow
Carson
Carson and Cole
Carson and Cole sliding down into the driveway

View from outside our back door
The guys
Daddy and Marcus
Cole enjoying being outside
Marcus on his tricycle

Since the temperature finally got a little warmer we were able to take the boys outside this afternoon. It had really warmed up here a couple of days last week so probably half of our existing snow melted. Early this morning it started snowing and we got about 6 additional inches on top of what was still there. It was so much fun for the boys...Marcus made a snow angel for me, and all three boys enjoyed sliding down the snow bank from the yard to the driveway. (the yard has about 1.5 feet of snow but it's so packed down you don't sink in it) There were some tears in the midst of our fun, but only because a couple of little guys (I won't mention names) are pretty stubborn and don't want to stay with the group...they were always heading off on their own, usually toward the street or the big hill in the back yard. Cole had quite a fit when it was time to come inside, but everyone else was a big boy about it. I'm glad they all enjoyed getting out of the house as much as Levi and I did!

Friday night Family night

On Friday nights around our house we have family night. Usually that entails a movie and popcorn/candy...though when it warms up we'll go back to the park on Friday nights to vary it up a bit! The boys seemed to really enjoy the evening...especially the popcorn. Last night we watched Curious George.