New House

Well, as some of you may have heard, Bradley and I are in the process of buying our first home! Here are some pictures of the house... Hopefully we'll have lots of out-of-town visitors coming to stay with us.

Oh, and I'm not much of an interior decorator, and the thought of decorating a house freaks me out! So if anyone has any great ideas, please share!

Better After

My new hobby is refinishing old furniture - take something old, broken down, ugly, destroyed... what others would see as junk and make it beautiful! My sister-in-law showed me this blog - betterafter.blogspot.com - and I am just in love with it! There are so many things that I want to do!

For my first project, I needed a new crib for Carter. Well, a new, sturdy crib usually starts at about $200 and it's up from there. So I found this old, chewed up crib on ksl.com and refinished it to make a matching set with the dresser that Bradley was working on...

So, BEFORE:

And AFTER:

For my next project - make a headboard and footboard out of closet doors...

Another Attempt

Alright, here's another attempt at blogging. I keep meaning to get in the habit and then I get distracted. So here goes...

The oldest pictures that I need to post are from Carter's surgery. When he was 7 weeks old (about two months ago) Carter had to have a surgery for a double hernia! It was heart-breaking to think of the doctors operating on his little, 7 pound body. But he was a trooper. I think he only fussed for about 15 minutes and other than that he acted like nothing was wrong. So it was a good experience overall. And now we don't have to worry about him because he's all fixed up :) It was so cute to see him in the hospital gowns. The nurse gave us their smallest size, and we still had to roll everything up and it STILL didn't even come close to fitting him. We took a picture of him in his GIANT hospital bed. I even got to climb in with him while we waited.

Things are great at the Kelley house! Brad and I picked up the boys and moved in with Bradley's parents for the summer. So we're currently in Preston Idaho. I love it here! There's so much to do. Molly (Brad's lab) had puppies, so it has been fun seeing them grow.

Lance and Carter love it here, too. I can't believe how fast they've grown! Carter is working really hard to catch up with Lance. He eats almost twice as much as his brother! And the older they get, the more they look alike. But they're still not identical because of their different eye color! Here are a few pictures of them...

Little Carter.

Snuggling up with Dad.

Carter hanging out with Papa John.

Awww, twinners. Can you tell who is who?

Lance loves to smile and laugh all the time.

My two sweet boys! Lance is on the left, and Carter on the right. Go team!