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!

Babies due two weeks apart...

Well, yesterday presented a bit of a scare. I had my big ultrasound, and it showed that one baby is measuring perfectly normal, and the other is near the bottom 10th percentile. My OB said that it ususally wouldn't be a big deal, except for the fact that he's measuring so much smaller (two weeks smaller) than his brother. Both babies have good, strong heart beats and are growing really well. One is just so much smaller! The doctor is a little bit concerned that the smaller baby isn't getting enough nutrients, and suggested that I may need to deliver at 34 weeks, instead of waiting until 40. So I have to see a specialist on Tuesday who will check everything a little more closely and make the delivery decision. Hopefully everything will be fine and we can wait for a later deliver. Otherwise, my new due date will be Feb 3! Scary!!

Family Campout

Bradley and I had so much fun this past weekend. We took Thursday and Friday off at work, and went camping with the cousins in Jackson Hole! Thursday was spent packing, driving, and setting up camp. Then on Friday we tried to go fishing and four-wheeling. We didn't have a lot of success because all of the paths were blocked off. But we had fun hiking around looking for a good spot to fish. Unfortunately, I wasn't very careful with the sunblock, and I have the strangest looking sunburn!

Saturday we went canoeing. Brad helped his niece and nephews build a raft out of drift wood. It was actually pretty good! The younger boys took turns paddling around the shore on it.

Saturday night we went to a dinner/concert at Bar J. I'd never heard of it before, but it's a big cowboy attraction in Jackson Hole, and the music was great.




Everyone's a twin. Katie's shirt was a big hit. It says "if you think I'm crazy, you should meet my mother." I think I should get one for my mom!











Our Nephew, Canon, got a rug burn on his forehead. We never did get a full explanation of how that happened. But he said it's because he was cold...

Boy or Girl?

We want to know what you think! We aren't due until the end of Jan, but I needed something to post while I learn how to use the blog :) So please vote!

Free Provo/Salt Lake Events Summer 2009

If you're a college student like us, then you might be interested in seeing what free events Utah has to offer. Here are the few that I found today!

Museum of Church History and Art
45 North West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
801-240-4615

Twilight Concert Series (no relation to the book!)
Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City
Every Thursday night from July 9 - Aug 28

Sundance Film Previews
Broadway Centre Cinemas
111 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, UT
801-321-0310
http://www.saltlakefilmsociety.org/
Now Showing:
Is Anybody There? Rated PG-13, 1:15, 4:20, 7:30, 9:30
Paris 36 Rated PG-13, 4:05, 9:20
Phoebe in Wonderland Rated PG-13, 1:20, 7:15
(Warning: I haven't seen any of these movies yet, so I'm not endorsing them!)

Salt Lake Art Center
20 South West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT

Utah Swing Orchestra
Concert in the Park
June 8, 2009 from 6-9pm
at the Draper Historic Park
12625 South 900 East
Draper, UT 84020

Family-friendly Provo Concert
Tahitian Noni Auditorium
333 River Park Dr, Provo
July 6^th 5:30pm

Manti Temple Pagaent
Thurs June 18
Fri June 19
Sat June 20
June 23-June 27
9:00pm-11:00pm
1-866-961-9040