Kelly Family

Friday, February 6, 2015

Macey Style

For as long as I can remember, Macey has had an opinion about what she wants to wear. It used to make me cringe as I would see the outfits she would put on. Often times I would tell her to change, but that would create so much drama. Crying, fighting....it totally wasn't worth it.

So, I stopped trying to dictate what Macey wore and let her go at it. I wish I took a picture of her everyday to show some of the outfits she comes up with.

I still have to bite my tongue at times.

What do you think?

Skirt ...check
leggings...check
rainboots...you bet
Rainbow Dash Hoody...always

She even liked to impart her stylish ways on her BFF Harry.

Going out on an adventure? Great, let me grab my tutu dress.

Classic Macey.

I love my girly Macey Mace.

Friday, January 23, 2015

CTR

It's Friday! I always feel like it's such an accomplishment to reach the end of the week. Ha!

We have soccer and basketball games tomorrow. I'll go for a run. Jacob will play a round or two of disc golf. But besides that, it will be a pretty low key weekend.

I read this today and I loved it so much I thought I would share.

"The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage."
~Henry B. Eyring

I love this!

Choose the Right!
Endure!
And Have a happy weekend! :)

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Mac and Cheese

It was the usual routine this morning.

Up at 6. Feed baby. Change baby's diaper. Go for a run. Wake up Lo and Isaac for school. Make breakfast. Make lunches. Pack backpacks. Scoot the kids out the door so we aren't late for school by 7:45. Drive kids to school. Try my best to fill their little buckets full before sending them out of the car door and into the school. Kisses. Hugs. Goodbye until 3:10 when school gets out and the excitement starts once again.

While I was making lunches for Lo and Isaac I had an interesting thought.

Lo was helping me make mac and cheese for their lunch. Lo was doing most of the making and I was more supervising. I told her after she added the water, the directions tell to stir the noodles and water together before putting them in the microwave.

She responded saying, "Why do they have you stir it before you microwave it? That's dumb. I bet it doesn't matter if you stir it before."

I told her if they wrote it in the directions, its probably important that we stick to the directions.

But, that got me thinking.

How often do we 'skip directions' because we think we know best? How much better could our relationship be with our Heavenly Father or Savior be?

If we skip the steps in making Mac and Cheese, who knows how much better that Mac and cheese would/could taste? We are cheating ourselves out of some much more delicious tasting cheesy goodness.

Doing all we are asked (daily prayer, scripture study,...) might seem like a step we can skip and not feel a difference in our own lives. But it matters. I guess that's what I'm getting at.

IT MATTERS.

Don't skip out on those small things that can help bring you peace, comfort, love.

Now go make yourself some Easy Mac and Cheese.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Moments

I had a moment today while driving in the car with Isaac and Loraya. A moment that doesn't happen often as a mom. I felt prompted to tell them that I loved them and express how lucky I was to be their mom. Such a simple thing. To tell someone you love them.

I was over come with emotion, and looking at them thru the rear view mirror I could see their sweet eyes filling with tears as well.

The moment came and went.

But, I'm so grateful I didn't let the moment pass and say nothing.

I tell my kids often how much I love them, several times a day. So, I'm not sure why I was, at that time, prompted to share my love to my beautiful children.

But do you ever tire of being told you are loved?

Saturday, January 17, 2015

2014 recap

Hello! I'm blogging! I have to say my sisters Shareen and Shannon inspired me to blow off the dust that has settled and rev up the ol' bloggy blog.

I loved my sister's 2014 recap so much I decided to do my own.

January.
Snow.
FREEZING.
That about sums it up.

February.

I was large and in charge. A few weeks from my due date in this picture. Also, a lot of snow and no school due to the large amounts of snow.

March.
Sawyer Leigh Kelly joined our family. 9 lbs 9 oz of perfectness. Oh we love him. We also put our townhouse on the market a week after Sawyer was born. Also, it was still freezing/ And snowing.

April.
Spring! I will miss the cherry blossom trees on the rail trail along the Monongahela River. We sold our house after only two weeks. What a huge blessing.

May.
Dental school graduation. Jacob did it! We did it! And can I just say I HATE my hair in this pic. Ha! I was also diagnosed with a malignant melanoma. Go have your moles checked people! Do it!

June.
Moving across the country. Jacob and this uhaul become great friends. The kids and I spent most of June with my parents in Utah. It was a special time to be able to spend mornings walking with my mom and be there when we got the crappy news that her cancer had once again returned. I will always see it as a tender mercy that we were able to hug and cry and be there for each other. Cancer is dumb.

July.
All the Kelly's together. 19 grand kids. 14 adults. It was so great to see everyone. We moved into Jacob's parent's house with his sister's family. It was cozy. We are so grateful for Linda and Sid's willingness to take us all in.

August.
Lots of swimming and Grandma's and Grandpa's. We also moved into our own place. Jacob started working and Loraya got braces.

September.
New school year. New school. New friends. New church callings. New. New. New.

October.
I decided to make a change with how I was taking care of my body. I got my melanoma removed. I now have a scar on my left arm that will serve as a reminder to take better care of myself. I also started running regularly. AND the best news was hearing my mom's cancer was adios.

November.
I loved spending Thanksgiving with all my family. I ran in a 10k. I also couldn't feel my toes for the first half of the 10k.

December.
This is probably my most favorite picture ever. We adore Sawyer. Well, I adore all my kids. It was also a pretty awesome Christmas, being able to spend it with so much family around. But, we sure miss our East coast friends, family and friends who are like family.