Mason Scott Rose has arrived Grandbaby #12

Mason Scott Rose has arrived as of 12:21am March 11, 2010. Kristin's water broke on Wednesday morning and she was in labor all day but got stuck at 9 cm. after over 20 hours of labor they decided to do a c-section and get him out. He weighed in at 7 pounds 13 ounces and is 19 3/4 inches long. Perfect in every way! They say he has dark curly hair but we have not seen any pictures yet. I have to start packing because I fly out Thursday at 2:00 to help them with the new little guy. I will be gone until the 29th of March so wish me luck. I don't know much about c-section recoveries!! I will try and post pictures when I get in Minn.

Cute JACK

These are a few pictures of Jack that we took the other day. He is awake more now and so cute! I think he looks a lot like Mike and still looks like Ava too. They definitely look like brother and sister. You will have to excuse the red eye since I did not edit these pics!

Fed and happy and just relaxed! That's the way we like them! It will be so sad when they move and we don't get to see them every day.

Cute new things

These cute slippers were hand made by Christy! Aren't they so cute???? She is so talented. First the "Blingky's" and now the cute little slippers. These will be for Krisitin's new little guy.

These are the ones she made for Ava. You can tell she likes to wear them. Well worn.

These letters are hand carved by a guy that I know and so I had him make some for Jack and Ava. They are so cute. They measure 5 1/4" high by 1 3/4" wide. He paints them and waxes them and makes them look a little rustic.

Hand carved letters for Jack. I just love them! He had to place the letters a little higher on the block because of the letter J and the letter K. I still LOVE them.

Quick trip to Utah

We took a quick trip to Utah to witness the sealing of Megan Hoyt to Chris Alme in the Salt Lake Temple and then drove to St. George to bless Jacob's little girl Macey. This picture is taken out the balcony at Julia's parents house in St. George. What an amazing view they have. Their home is so beautiful and just the right size to house all the visitors that were there.

Look how big Nixon is getting. He is wanting to stand up on his own and crawl around everything. He is such a happy and funny little tike!

This is an amazing picture. Seated on the far left is Nixons GREAT Grandma (she is holding Nixon) in the middle in the chair is 92 years old GREAT GREAT Grandma. Great Grandpa is leaning in by Nic with the mustache. We were so glad to let great-great grandma meet Nixon for the first time. They all live in St. George so we took the time to visit with them while we were there. Such wonderful people. Only one missing was Nic's mom Grandma Bennion!!

We went out for ALL YOU CAN EAT sushi while in Provo and proceeded to pork out until we felt like blowing up!! All the food was great but it was really crowded that night and so the service was not the best. Thanks Kandis and Nic for introducing sushi to your father! We will have to do it again and hope it won't be so crowded.

It was a fast trip but it was great to see Chris and Tim Hoyt and all of their children at the Salt Lake Temple. It was a surprise to Chris that Sid was coming so she was really surprised when she saw us. I had never been to St. George before and didn't know why so many "old " people want to retire there. Now I know why! There is shopping and restaurants everywhere. The scenery is not what I particularly like but I could get used to it. The wards are huge and filled with wonderful members and lots of young families are moving to the area now because of jobs.

We also had a chance to see Wayne and Laurie and their HUGE addition project that is happening in their home. The place is amazing and truly is the Scott Hotel for sure. Jessie looked great and is still making progress. His new apartment will be so nice for him to be able to become more independent. Laurie is doing a fantastic job of keeping on top of all the subs and making sure his needs are met in every way. Pool party at their house when the whole thing is finished!! (Cannonball!) The rest of our down time was spent in Provo with Nic and Kandis and it was great to be around little Nixon. He is growing way to fast! I hope it won't be long before we get to see everyone again!

WONDERFUL NEWS!

I don't know why this is sideways but you will just have to turn your head to see these cute pictures! This is Kandis and Macey when we visited them in Utah.

Can't you tell Macey is excited to get blessed!! What a doll.

The family all together for a group shot. To bad they were not looking at my camera!

Our sweet baby Macey on her blessing day. She is a wonderful baby and such a joy to have in our family!

Jacob was accepted into Dental School!! We are so thrilled with Jacob and Julia's effort to make this happen. They have been working so hard these last few years and Julia has been more than patient to let Jacob follow his dream of becoming a dentist. Sid is thrilled that he will have another Kelly son to add to the sign of Sidney D. Kelly DMD!! Keep good thoughts for Josh as he prepares to take the DAT in March and hopefully this will be his year to get in too!

Random News of the Week

Well, we must start with congratulations to Mike for getting accepted into the Medical Diagnostic Sonography program which will start in April. They will be looking for a place to move by the middle of March and hopefully they will have Jack by the middle of February so he can make the move too!!

Second, we all had an interesting weekend. Sid went Duck hunting with Zip for the first time and he did well considering the elements and the fact that Sid did not shoot a duck for him to retrieve. I got to lead the Christmas cantata for the ward Christmas party and it turned out well. We then performed in Sacrament meeting and that went well too!! Mike and Christy went out to dinner with Trevor for his birthday and had a good time. Christy celebrated her birthday this week too and we went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner with both of our families. When Mike and Christy got up for church on Sunday they went to get into their car and noticed something was not quite right. Someone broke into their car and stole his ipod, garmin, radio face plate etc. They then took things from the black honda and Sid said his back window on his truck was open in the morning and luckily they did not take any of his hunting stuff that was in the back. What a way to start a Sunday morning. My car was safe because it is the only one that gets to be in the garage!!! We called the police to make a report and Mike will call the insurance company today and see if anything is covered under his policy. Zip did not bark because we have a bark collar on him. Last night we took the collar off and he didn't bark so we will try him without the collar and if someone tries this again he will surely bark at them and wake us up. I guess someone needed some Christmas presents and didn't want to pay for them. It really makes me mad! I am just glad they didn't try to come inside the house or the garage.

I hope everyone is safe in your neck of the woods and that you don't have to deal with any kind of theft! Lock your doors and cars! Stay safe.

Part 2

The $9.98 tree this year with the blue and white theme. It is about 10 feet tall. The Santa collection on the hutch. Don't forget to find the elves on the antlers of the deer!

These are the towels in the guest bathroom. I could not resist them since we have a dentist a hygienist and 2 want to be dentists in the family!!

Ava was eating her breakfast so that is why they are ducking in this picture! The stairs look festive with garland and red poinsettias on them.

The entry way has my Santa and other pretty things I could not put back in a box!