Quick Update...

Things have been crazy here lately. Derrick's mom was here for a month, which was fun. Thaya had a blast having her grandma here. Eleanor made it possible for me to attend classes at BYU with Derrick. That was so much fun! Thaya got to cover Eleanor's face with make up and I dyed her hair. All in all a fun month!!! Two days after she left, Derrick was laid off from his job. They gave him no notice, he walked in for work and they handed him a final check and said you are laid off as of now due to cut backs!!! We have been struggling. Derrick is going to go to school year round so we can get financial aid and he is going to work part time at BYU in their machine shop, it is $9 an hour less but at least its something. I am still babysitting everyday so that helps. We are sad that we will be stuck here all summer and not going to visit anyone. We won't be able to make it for the Jack family reunion:( We were supposed to be in charge this year but we handed it over to the Ted Jack family. If anyone else is willing to help, Please call LeAnn!!! Other than all that, things are going well. Derrick is getting ready for finals, Thaya is a joy everyday and we are looking forward to getting school done and moving on with the rest of our lives!!! Hope all of you are doing well! Love to you!

Eleanor before...

during...

after...


Big Mama on Campus!!!!


Eleanor after Thaya got a hold of her!!! And Thaya after Eleanor got her revenge!


Ruby after Thaya got a hold of her...


And as promised, Derrick with his glasses!!!

I am now old!!!!

I am now officially old. At the Age of 27 I have had to get glasses! I didn't even know I needed them, I thought all things were naturally fuzzy:) I am now living in a HD world, I see detail I didn't know was there!!! Derrick had to get reading glasses, {Pics will be added later:)} What do you'll think? No one says anything, they all just stare, I think maybe nobody knows its me:)

Trip to Warmth!!!

My Aunt Donna, Cousin Amy, Thaya and I made a girls trip down to visit our Grandma Hicks in Arizona. While we were there the weather was a wonderful 75 to 85 degrees. It was absolutley wonderful to open the car door and be blasted with heat, I know I will not be saying this in the summer, but when you go from 12 degrees to 80 degrees, you enjoy every bit. We went swimming, took Thaya to the Tucson Desert Museum and ate a ton of food, ( yes literally a ton!!!). We had so much fun and soaked up the sun. Thaya keeps saying she wants to go back! Thaya and I also visited my parents, they have a beautiful home and seem to be doing well in the warmth. Yes, It was a good trip! It always makes me happy to see Thaya spending time with her Great Grandma and Grandpa Hicks, I hope she will have wonderful memories to last a life time! Thanks to Everyone who made the trip enjoyable, and to all the animals that we comsumed, thank you for your sacrifice to make delicious meals!!!

Our new addition!!!

This is our new baby!! She is 8 weeks old and pure bred Jack Russell Terrier! We love her! We named her Ruby!!! We are so happy to have her, she fills a great need that we have had!

Christmas and New Year's!!!

Ok, I have been lectured enough, I will finally put up a new post! We went to Colorado for Christmas and had a blast, until I came down with strep throat. I was sick over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The day after Christmas I finally went to the ER because I felt like I couldn't breathe. They gave me a steroid shot in the hip to reduce the swelling in my throat. They also put me on drugs and antibiotics! While Derrick took me to the hospital, Grandma and Grandpa Broun took Thaya sledding, she loved it!!! By the time I was feeling better, it was time to go home!!!
We rang in the New Year with my aunt, uncle, cousins and Stacey too!! It was fun with games, food and fireworks!!! Always fun at the Kelly household!!!
Hope all of you are doing well!!!

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!!

David Archuletta was there!!!

Isn't Jordan so Cute!!!??!!!





Ruth, Amy, Me and Kathy!!

I finally have the pictures from the New kids concert i went to in November!!! It was the best concert ever, although I had ringing in my ears for 3 days after the concert due to all the SCREAMING women!!! (including myself) I have been wanting to go since I was 9 years old so it was a dream come true. At one point the New Kids were in the center of the arena and we were just a few feet away, I joke that we could smell their sweat, it was more like all the SCREAMING women!!!