Happy New Year And Lots of Updates!

We had a fun new year's eve! I made the girl some party hats and they had fun with the poppers and pull string fire works! They went to bed at their usual time but we had a fun time playing around with them! Then Bryson and Heather Lind came over to play games! We had fun, I took a picture of the snacks I made because I set it all up nice on the table and then we decided to play a game that needed the table, so I was sad that I had to put it all back in the kitchen. :) The picture of Bryson, Heather, and Brian is the lull in the fun, we trying to decide what to do! Good times, be sure to check out my other posts, we have had a fun couple of weeks!

"Snow" Much Fun!!

Just a tree in our back yard, I had fun with the picture, can you believe how much snow there on the branches?!

Meet Frosty, that is what they named him. It was so sweet, after we went inside they kept running to the window asking if Frosty was still there or if he had melted like in the song!

Autumn was not a fan of sledding!

Christmas 2009!

We had a great Christmas! It was really fun this year with Lily and Cloey being older and even more excited for Santa to bring them some goodies! We also had fun teaching them the true meaning of Christmas and doing some service too! I am so grateful for the season and for my wonderful family. I love my children and I am so glad to have them in my life! Here are some of the fun memories from our Christmas!

Yay for Christmas Jammies! Growing up I always opened one present on Christmas Eve and it was always pjs! So we are keeping with the tradition!

We got to talk to Elder Justin Keeley on Skype it was fun to talk to him and see him at the same time! My brother Matt didn't call until quite a bit later than we thought he was going to, so we ended up missing his call, the girls were ready for bed! It was a long and fun Christmas Day!

Don't We Look Fabulous!

Jason and Jonny went to Utah last month and they brought back some hats from Great Grandma Keeley for the girls. Lily and Cloey were so excited! They were having fun trying them on and modeling them in their bathroom mirror! They are so cute!

Fun Christmas Conversations With My Girls!

I love my kids, even more fun are the things they come up with. Here are some fun conversations we have had lately.

It was foggy outside this morning and Lily had some thoughts about that.

Lily-Mom what is that outside?

Me-That is fog.

Lily- Yay! Santa is coming mom!

Me-Why do you say that?

Lily-Because, Then one foggy Christmas Eve, santa is coming mom! (thinking of the lyrics in the Rudolf song)

Me- I think you have a few more days until Santa comes.

Lily- Then why is it foggy?

*I think that was one of my favorite ones!

Tonight Brian was at school to take his Calculus final, so it was an all girl dinner!

Me- What should we get daddy for Christmas?

Lily- I want to get him a really scary dinosaur! (you also have to imagine her hands rubbing together fast, something she inherited from her daddy when they get excited, that always makes me smile)

Cloey- I want to get him a love heart! (she was tilting her head down and looking very sweet!)

Me- Those sound like some good presents!

Lily- Hmmm, I want to get you jewelry, daddy can take us to get you some jewelry.

*I was laughing by this point, I don't talk about or wear jewelry very often.

Cloey- Do you want a wrist like Daddy?

Me- What?

Cloey- A wrist like daddy!!! (talking a bit more matter of factly.)

Me- Oh a watch?

Cloey- Yes! Do you want a watch?

Me- That would me fun.

Cloey- But I want to get you a butterfly and a flower.

Me- Oh that would be very nice too!

It went on for a while, I love my girls! They are the best!!! I am looking forward to my flower and butterfly from Cloey, and maybe some jewelry from Lily! They are so funny!

Happy Birthday to Autumn!

Well, it happened. My baby turned 1. It doesn't seem like it has been a year already. She is our little sweetie. She was our first baby to not have to be in the NICU! It was so great to not have to deal with that. She is testing her confidence in walking, she is not so sure about it yet. She will stand by herself but taking steps makes her nervous. She is very ticklish and has the cutest laugh. She loves her sisters! She loves it when they play with her and has so much fun watching them run around and play. We had 2 parties for her since a lot of our family lives in town. Her are some pictures from her birthday week. We love you Autumn!

We gave Autumn her presents from us on her birthday and quickly had cupcakes before Brian had to get to his night class.

She has the cutest looks!

She had fun trying to figure out how to unwrap the presents! She tried to bite one of the presents to unwrap it.

I don't think she got any cake! She stuck to the icing, well I guess I should say it stuck to her!

This was the little party we had with Brian's family. I think the older girls had more fun opening the presents than Autumn did! ;)

Bulk Posts!

So lately when I post it seems to be in bulk! I am going to work harder to keep up on this!! These posts took a long time to get up because I couldn't figure out the video feature for Brian's birthday post at the bottom! Anyway, enjoy!

Halloween 2009

Trying to get 5 kids 4 and under is difficult! They all had fun! Kaylynn was Princess Belle, and Madison was a cute little Flower!

Our little Autumn Owl!

Fly Away!!!

Cousins! We were at Grandma and Grandpa Keeley's for some yummy treats. Lily is the Little Mermaid, Cloey is Cinderella, and Nuava is a Ballerina/Fairy.

This is my favorite family picture! I have to say, I think I have a pretty fantastic family!

Trip to Utah

The Keeley boys and dad built a ramp for Becky so she can get in and out of the house much easier with her new wheelchair. The picture below is of the crazy strong Jonny lifting the ramp all by his lonesome! Go Jonny!!

Cloey loves Aunt Becky! This is Cloey trying to be like her and wheeled herself over to Becky. she thought she was super cool!

Lily, Cloey, Nauva and Danielle getting some energy out and enjoying playing with each other!

So this year has been pretty rough for especially Brian's side of the family. There has been a lot of loss. The latest was Brian's Grandpa Ballard. We took a trip to Utah to celebrate his life. We know that he is so happy now to be reunited with Grandma Ballard who passed away 6 months previous. We stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Keeley and enjoyed seeing family. We just wish it was under different circumstances.

Happy Birthday To My Sweetheart!

Brian turned 27 on October 5th! I am so blessed to have him as my eternal sweetheart! He works so hard for our family. He is going to school full time, working, works with the Young Men in our ward, not to mention spending time with his kids and his wife! He is a busy guy, but he is our guy and we love him and appreciate his sacrifices and love in behalf of our family! We went on a date to celebrate his birthday and then on his birthday my mom made him a custom dinner (ribs...mmmmmmm) and this is his birthday celebration song, and I just love Cloey's response when asked whose birthday it is!

My 1 hour Conference Project!

So I decided to make a scarf the last hour of General Conference on Sunday. I love to crochet and make new thing for my family! I am hoping to learn how to knit, I like the finished look that knitting has. However I don't think that this scarf turned out too shabby! I made it for my 11 month old, it crosses over and has a button under the flower to secure it around the neck and hopefully keep her warm with all this cold weather! It was fun and it will be useful!! For more of our family's conference experience see the post below!

Conference Fun!

General Conference was wonderful! The messages were beautiful and uplifting, but most of all inspiring! I don't think anyone could have watched and not have been changed for the better. The messages and admonitions make me want to be a better person. I am so grateful for the gospel in my life, and in the life of my family. Our extended family on both sides have experience and are still facing hard trials. As I watched conference and heard the messages from those whom have been appointed to be the mouthpiece of the Lord to those who give heed, I can't help but feel gratitude for the eternal knowledge we have. The troubles and trials in life will be but a moment, the Savior has overcome all so we would have a mediator, a place to put our burdens. For He has gone through what we have and much more, and His love and understanding is more than we can know. I cannot express enough my love and again my gratitude for the plan of salvation and the joy we can have

if we but endure. Here are some fun pictures from our conference experience!

All "4" of my children in Autumn's play pen watching conference! She was lonely so daddy joined her, and her sisters followed! Autumn thought it was really funny!

BSU Hair Dos!

So for the BSU-OSU game I did the girls' hair all festive in blue and orange ribbons and tried some hair dos from a website that has a lot of instructional hair ideas for girls! It was a lot of fun, the pictures don't do the dos justice the girls kept moving around. But they looked pretty cute! Lily's hair is a lot easier to do, she has so much to work with. It is hard to do a lot of fun things with Cloey's because it is so thin and so short, but it is starting to get thicker and longer now! We had a lot of fun at my moms with our family cheering on our Broncos! BSU totally one! Wahoo!