Hunting with the Unks

December 8, 2011

Today was Max's day!  I think it was one of his most exciting days in his little 5 years.  Josh called him on Tuesday and asked him to come spend some time with him and Jon.  We met Josh on Wednesday night and Max headed to the 'Boro to spend the night.  Then early early Thursday morning they headed to the Farm to hunt.  They were looking for deer, but Max says "We saw three, but Unk P and Unk Jon scared them away."  While I spent they morning at work hanging on each test message that came, they huddled together in the woods and watched quietly.  They didn't have any luck, but Max made some long lasting memories.  They sat in the stand, ate snacks, and then did some target practice later in the morning.  Max was pumped that he hit the cup with the 22.  He is really getting into the hunting past time.  I am so glad he can share this with my brothers.  I am anxious to see what happens when they finally kill an animal.

Corky Kelley

December 2, 2011

Tonight we welcomed a new member to our Kelley family.  Pawpaw gave Grandma a new best friend.  Corky the Welsh Corgi was and early Christmas present.  He is an adorable little puppy with big ears and tiny legs.  Molly loves him, but he is not so sure of her.  They will be fun to watch around the pool this summer.  Corky - word of advice - don't dig up anything in the yard.  You might have to go live on the farm if you do, just saying, Booger the pig didn't get to stay around too long after that!!

Jacob's Program

Tuesday night we got the opportunity to see Cheri's son, Jacob perform with his Choir.  They sang an arrangement of Christmas melodies.  Jacob is the blonde by the microphone.  He is so loving and I feel like he has been a part of our family forever.  I was proud of the middle schoolers for being brave enough to get out there in front of us all.  It is so much fun have a family of 8 cousins.  We have a Christmas program every Tuesday in December and they are each at a different school.  Big families are CRAZY!!

Parsons Thanksgiving

November 26, 2011

Saturday we celebrated with the Parsons family .  We usually do this at our house, but this year we changed it up.  In the past year Aunt Linda and Uncle Tony have purchased some land in Murfreesboro.  The land has a building on it and lots of room to play.  We had a fabulous dinner in the building and then played around the farm.  The kids (and adults) enjoyed riding the go cart and driving the tractor around the area.  Then the men pulled out their guns and bows for some target practice.  Max went nuts and go right in on all the fun.  He loved shooting!!  It was sad to not have Bull with us on our new endeavor as a family, but he is just too weak to get out.  We are so blessed to have been given so many years with Bull.  Now we need to plan his big 90th party for February!!

Thanksgiving Day

November 24, 2011

Again this year we were lucky enough to be able to attend Thanksgiving at Josh and Holly's house.  Max and Mary Kate love to go there and play with all the dogs and cats.  It puts Jay's allergies on overload, but he is a trooper and drugs himself to be able to withstand it.  Holly had a great turn out again this year.  Mom and Dad brought along Nanny and Pa to enjoy the dinner.  We had all the tradition Thanksgiving foods and sides.  Yummy!  I could eat dressing all weekend . . . oh I forgot I do each year in November!

NAPs Thanksgiving

Jay and Grandma got to attend Max's Thanksgiving lunch at PreSchool.  He was so excited about having them there.  He loves everyone being a part of his school.

Max also loves his teachers.  He always wants a picture with Ms Teresa and Ms Angela.  We are very blessed to have wonderful women playing such and important role in his life.

Kelley Thanksgiving

November 19-21, 2011

We changed up our traditional Kelley Thursday Thanksgiving this year.  Since Shannon and Ty are living in Ashville, NC they were unable to come home.  Thus a roadtrip was born!  Jay and I headed up on Thursday night and the rest of the clan came up on Friday.  We had such a great weekend!  It was so nice to have no where to go, no other families to share time with, and no plans what so ever.  We were all 16 (more when neighbors were involved) in their house all weekend.  The kids all played to their hearts delight and the adults got to chat and hang out.  On Saturday we prepared our traditional dinner and ate and ate and ate.  All the food was fabulous.  I usually have a hard time giving up traditions and making changes, but this upset was well worth it.  I hope we do Thanksgiving like this until we get the Wilsons back in town!