December 21 & 22

Yesterday’s kindness advent was our Redbox rental goody bag.  A little note, some popcorn, a few $1 boxes of movie candy and a couple of dollars for the next renter.

Today we left sticky notes on the mirrors in a public restroom.  I helped the boys spell all of theres, so I kind of love Harper’s “You are prity.”  Made me smile.

Tomorrow we are painting rocks to leave on the playground!

And I’ll leave with you a few brotherly loving pictures.  They can fight with the best of them, but they love hard as well.

Laura Kelley Fun Fact #37:  When I found out I was pregnant with Harper I begged God to let it be twin boys and even totally convinced myself it was.  Then we had the big ultrasound and found out we were having one girl 🙂  I cried.  Of course I wouldn’t have it any other way now.  No way…Harper is my sanity!  But, I also love that God gave me my twin boys…just later and a bit different.

Amon asked Hudson to sit by him while they ate their breakfast.  Hudson obliged.

Solomon and Hudson watched 1/2 a movie this way.  Made me laugh so hard because they were totally in their movie zone.

Amon and Solomon were having a sweet little moment together the other day as well.  Solomon’s high raised Ethiopian eye brows are my favorite of all time…makes me melt.

And then Amon went back to his crazy self.  Sol is super patient and tolerable of Amon’s toddler antics too.

Now I’m off to do some last minute Christmas baking and enjoy these wild Kelley children.  It’s Christmas week people…enjoy it!

Happy Monday.

Love & Patience & Rolling With It

Amon is cray!  He is by far our wildest and craziest and most energetic and busiest toddler we’ve ever had.  And probably the happiest.  He is so much fun and yet, so frustrating at times too.  Then throw in the whole “lack of communicating” thing and sometimes things get a bit wonky around here.

My kids fight.  They can throw down with the best of them, but I will give them this…they are all so very loving and patient with Amon.  They humor this kid.  And they love him fiercely.  And I’m pretty thankful I get to see their love and siblingship (totally made that word up) first had.

Amon is a giant ball of joy, but sometimes that joy and energy are hard to reign in…like while watching a show.  But my big guys…my dudes who display patience like Abraham…they love their littlest brother and just roll right along with it.

Doesn’t everyone want their eyelashes plucked?

Oh, hey Hudson.  Totally forgot you were over here.

If only he hadn’t flopped off the side of the couch and I could have continued this long photo saga 🙂

Happy Thursday!

Nothing Worth Sharing…

“Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name.”

-Avett Brother Murder In The City

Maybe my all time favorite Avett Brothers song.  Makes me tear up every time I hear it.  So many truths in that little sentence…so much to love.  But family can be so much more than a name or blood or same lineage.  Family is formed through relationships…doing life together…walking through the good and the bad and everything in between hand-in-hand.  Encouraging one another.  Loving one another.  Keeping it real with one another.  Loving Jesus together.  Family isn’t easy…at least in my opinion…it takes work and a lot of selflessness and God’s love working through it’s members, but it is so very much worth it.  Just feeling pretty dang grateful for my family today…my little tribe of 6…plus all the other people who care for us even though we don’t carry the same name or blood.

Yesterday was a much better day.  Today is going to be good too…I just know it.  I’m busy working all day and all my wee Kelley boys are busy playing.  Thank you for the kind and encouraging words.  Isn’t it nice to know we are just not alone in this messy, beautiful life.  I love it.  Thank you for stopping by and reading.  Crazy blessed you take time out of your day to read my tiny little piece of the inter webs.  I cannot say enough how much I appreciate you!!!

Happy Wednesday!