The Kelly Family

We went camping this last week with Nick's family. We had a lot of fun, which I will tell you about in my next blog. This blog is actually dedicated to Nick's BUM shirt. He got this shirt when he was in the 9th grade, and a few years after that he began using it as a camping shirt. He continued to wear this shirt every time he went camping, year after year. Well, he wore the BUM for the last time. This year after wearing it he burned it. Everyone had to watch as his famous shirt was burned. I have to say though, for being at least 16 years old, it was still in pretty good condition before it burned! Nick holding it for the last time. Into the fire it goes. We thought it was funny that you could still see the letters and stripes so well as it burned. Goodbye ol' friend.

A couple of weekends ago we had my family's reunion. It was so much fun. We had fun with all my sisters and parents on Friday and then on Saturday we joined my Mom's side of the family for their reunion. I have a couple of uncles with boats so we did boating and eating, and just hanging out and having fun. My favorite was being pulled on the raft with Nick, and my sisters Wendi and Tiffani. My uncle Kirk pulled us, and he is a crazy driver, trying to knock us all of the raft, which he had great success in doing. I was laughing so hard, I could hardly breathe. Here are some pictures from Saturday. Emma and her 2nd cousin Cambry Madalyn and Naomi (cousin) Savanna with a bunch of her cousins. They had so much fun together! More cousins on the raft. All of my sisters and my Mom. (My sister in law Sara wasn't there, so she is missing.) Sisters and Mom My Mom is such a good sport. Ha Ha Tiffani, Candice, Rochelle, Wendi, Me Nick and I Tiffani, Me Madalyn and Sava

Okay, so I have finally gotten around to posting pictures of my house. I have been really busy with getting the yard work done, and I am still not caught up like I would like to be. It is coming along though, and I love my house. This is the front view This is the front facing the side. Nick is closing the gate to the backyard. Notice the rainbow in the sky. This is the flower patch in the front yard. It still needs a little weeding, but it's not too bad. This is the other side of the front yard. I love the rock. This is my garden in the backyard. I should have taken a "before" picture. It was covered in weeds. Getting it weeded has taken a lot of time! This is a rainbow that was outside our home on the fourth of July. This is the living room. I didn't pick it up before I took pictures, so you get to see books, shoes and other kid stuff. This is the kitchen/dining area. Madalyn and Savanna were working on puzzles. This is Emma in our family room, and her