What's not to love about summer?!

MN Friends Visit!

Some great friends of ours visited from MN and we went to the water park together! It was such a blast..our kids had more fun than I think they have ever had! Thanks D'umonceaux's!!!

Weekend Getaway!

At Breakfast!

Kaedyn in his swim gear...LOVING all the swim time!

Outside of Moose Jaw...the kids couldn't believe this moose on top of the delivery car!

We decided to take a family trip this past weekend, partly to celebrate Lance being done with school, and also to celebrate kaedyn's 6th birthday! We stayed at a hotel, went swimming, ate out, all the things kids find fascinating! We had a great time!!

Easter Weekend!

Yes the water was FREEZING!!! but the kids couldn't resist dipping their toes in!!!

Waiting for the eggs to change colors! ...this is quite the process, dying eggs, with three anxious kids!

Kids had their first experience on a jumbo trampoline and absolutely LOVED it!!! here they are with crazy hair!!!

Kaedyn's First Music Concert!

Kaedyn had his first music program this week! He was so excited and we couldn't have been more proud! He even had a speaking part and did awesome! Here he is searching the audience for us!

Here we are before the big show!

Birthday Girl!!

Violet in her new AWESOME hate from her Auntie Gretchen! She loves it and has been wearing it around the house and everywhere we go!

Here are the girls in their "rapunzel" hair...we had a tangled birthday party for violet this year!

Happy 4th Birthday Violet!!!

Fun in the Snow

On the sledding hill right by our house...this is a favorite place for the kids!

Winter Wonderland

Ok so I only got one good picture of them playing in the snow, but it's a cute one! sure, it takes 20 minutes to bundle them up, and only 5 minutes in the snow...but it's worth it to see these faces!

Skiing

Kaedyn is now officially a skiier! Lance has been taking him on the weekends and teaching him how to ski. Kaedyn LOVES it so much that he counts down all week how many days until the weekend! lance says he caught on really quick and is pretty good for a 5 year old!

On the ski lift....good thing mommy didn't see him way up their or she would have pulled the plug on the whole skiing thing!

Jamaican Christmas

Not your usual Midwestern Christmas environment, but the Tree was there. Might have to make this beach vaca a pre-Christmas tradition.

Jamaican Kid-less Vacation

Jen and I were blessed to be able to take a vacation for ourselves to Montego Bay, Jamaica. It was incredible and exactly what the DR ordered as these past 3 years have been a bit stressful.

There was one cloudy day, but that didn't stop us from "beaching-it." Jen even fit in a nap while I went off to grab some lunch for us.

Nothing fancy about this trip. No adventure tours or boat rides, just Relaxation. I actually got to read something other than an Anesthesia text book and Jen read an entire book. Some reading, sleeping, a lot of eating, and a whole lot of sunshine.

Christmas Pics Continued

Couldn't tell you how many princess/barbie toys the girls got, but it was a bit sickening.

Kaed got these sweet "Carpet Skates." Only thing is that they fit up to a size 15, so they're a bit big, but don't tell him that.

Another Christmas present for the ages. My brother Zach and I got amazing seats on the 50 yard line for the Christmas Day Packers vs Bears game. It was epic, and of course the Pack dominated. Also felt good to fit in with the crowd by wearing my Packers down parka, Jen's embarrassed any time I wear it around her.

Jen in her Christmas spirit. Also, reading a Level 1 Kids book just for kicks.

Christmas Pics

Nothing like a kid stoked to open another present!

This pic is one for the ages. I, Lance Kelly am officially an OWNER of the Green Bay Packers. I've already put a call into Ted and Mike regarding the starters playing time against the meaningless Lions game. The organization needs my input!

It's almost here...

Lance did it!! OK....he almost did it! Last weekend we had his graduation ceremony! It was a really great time for us to celebrate all that he has accomplished! However, he is still studying for his major exam so we are not fully rejoicing yet! Soon though, very soon!

Of course, no one wanted to take their picture, so this is the best we got!

Merce and I watching the ceremony...from the back, of course!

All the kiddos and cousins, and a friend at the Holidazzle parade! It was freezing cold, but the kids were troopers and absolutely loved it!

Sorry for the delay...

Life has been pretty crazy for us over the last month, so I apologize for the delay of pictures! Here are a few I hope to be adding more soon! Here is Lance and Merce at a going away party!

I had the kids color on boxes to distract them from the fact that I was actually packing away all our things in the other boxes!

Kaedyn and Violet with our beloved fish, Romario Jr. I cannot believe he survived our move! I certainly didn't make it easy for him! But...he is relentless!

Hannah reading books to the girls! They were so delighted to have her here!