Livin' & Lovin': 77 reasons to update your blog...

"Hi, I'm Keely, and I am NOT a blog-a-holic.
In fact, I stink at it.
Again, it's been half a year since I've updated
you with pictures of our vida loca.
(Where does the time go?)
So, sit back and enjoy.
You're about to partake in 77 kodak moments."

SOCCER 2010
Team Lady France
almost undefeated

P.S. Julie played a season of basketball as well,
but guess who forgot to bring the camera to a single game?!

-SISTERS- PHOTO SHOOT
"Look, we can be nice to each other"

"Hello? Can you hear me?"

"We LOVE fall leaves!"

"Rain, rain, come our way..."

LET'S GO FLY A KITE
(until the neighbor boy gets it stuck in a tree)

JULIE'S SCHOOL CELEBRATION #2
Every 9 weeks, Julie gets the chance to shine in front of family with all the knowledge she's picked up throughout the unit. She presents all her projects, and gives us a synopsis of material learned. It can take up to an hour! Good thing she's not shy. LOL

Pot holder Julie wove

Oxen cart made out of clay

FAMILY PHOTO OP

WESLEY AND ELLY SOUND ASLEEP

SLURPING SPILLED PROTEIN SHAKE

HOW DO WE GO DOWN THE SLIDE? FACE FIRST!!

DEAD DEER TIME
Our dear friend James shot a deer for us this year. Yea! Deer here tastes good...not like sage brush in Colorado. Oh no, here they're all grain fed. Yum! Plus, Lee got the chance to butcher meat for the first time in his life. And yes, this was exciting!

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
One go 'round with our friend Grace in GJ...

one go 'round with our friends in Hermann.

ELLY'S 4th BIRTHDAY
She woke up to a decorated house,

enjoyed a cake made and decorated by her sister,

received her forever-wanted Butterscotch horse,

and hosted one heck of a party!
There were presents (for Elly and every attendee),

and tunnel systems to play in. This is Elly's BF Trigg. Perfect match aren't they?!

There was giraffe-a-laugh limbo,

a play dough station,

and a bounce station. Plus, so much more! Whew!

LANTERN WALK 2010
We love the annual lantern walk around downtown. It's just fun. However, this year had pluses and minuses. Pluses: Lee's sisters and families joined us for hot cocoa, smores, and kettle korn. Minuses: we arrived late and missed all the caroling. Boo hoo! And our family photo for Christmas cards...has a tree growing out of Lee's head. C'est la vie.

ST.LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER
St.Louis has a lot of really great FREE attractions, one of which is the science center. Here we are learning how to build a stable archway,

playing a harp with no strings,

jumping to musical hopscotch,

learning about dinosaurs,

and people-powering a ball exhibit. Now if we could just hook one of these up to the meter box outside, we could lower our utilities a little bit. Run kids run!

WESLEY THE WONDER BABY
Wesley is a very very happy baby. I can count the number of times he's cried (since birth) on one hand...and three of those were injuries from flying toys. What a joy he is to our lives. Check out some of his finer moments...

CHRISTMAS 2010
Julie got a guitar (ignore Elly's indecency)

Wesley (also naked from the temp of our house that morn) got a shape sorter kangaroo

Elly got a pillow pet

Our family received Mo Willams books...yea

Mimi and Vicki were here,

as well as Kay and Charles.

Wesley slept through most of the excitement.

But we partied on anyway...with Nana Mary on skype on the laptop.

Ta-da

THE DIFFERENCE IN SISTERS
Julie is a dress-up kinda girl.

Elly? Not so much.

She's more about being goofy!! Wonder where she gets that from?

MORE CUTE WESLEY PICS
Snoozing

Smiling

Everyone's new pjs

Favorite yoga pose

Trying to get the camera

SNOW DAYS!!! LOTS AND LOTS OF THEM!
What a great year for snow lovers! We had such a good time in the white playgrounds of winter.

Who needs a beach? We'll bury people in the snow.