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Brandon's basketball layup

Brandon played four games in today's tournament. Here's one of his lay-ups! I got a great ball player!

Mommy and Donovan Ayn Kelly

Me and my precious boy!

Tysen Gets Down

My Sister-In-Law, Tracie, took this video of Ty tonight and it is the cutest video ever! Let me tell ya, this boy can boogie! Oh yeah!

Mason Zayne Kelly in his Jumparoo, 9/12/09

Fall Mat-Su Family Fun Run 09/09

Rounding the finish line... My! Isn't he handsome?!

Brandon at the start line of the 1mi. Race

J.C. at the finish line.

Ty with his medal


I think Ty was the most thrilled off them all!


Donovan stands proud with his medal after his race.




So we went to the Mat-Su Family Fun Run today and let the boys run their hearts out.
Donovan and Tysen did the Kinder-Dash which was almost 1/4 mile.
J.C. did the 1/2 mile run (somehow we forgot to get his time but he got third I think.) Brandon did the 1 mile in 9min. 13 sec., though he was disappointed with his time.

They all got a cool medal for the day and we hope to do the Birchwood runs in Eagle River next week too.

Fall is in the Air

This the view from our master suite balcony. The entire third floor of our house is the master suite and we have our own private balcony. Usually, my knees are too weak to get out on it but today the beautiful fall colors drew me out. I love the smell of the ripe cranberries and the many many colors you can see at one glance.

New Savage.22 rifle

So Ap'A and Nana got Brandon a new Savage .22 rifle for his payment for fishing on Dad's boat this summer. He couldn't be more proud. We took him out to Cook Inlet last night to go site it in and target practice. You can see Anchorage in the background. This is a pretty popular shooting spot so there is a lot of trash around. Still though, you can see signs of Fall in pretty Alaska.

Fifth Grade... woe.

Last week, Brandon started the fifth grade. My baby is now in his last year of Elementary School. How is that possible? I look at him and he makes me so proud. He is such a blessing. This morning though, was a hard morning for me. It was the first time he walked down the street and took a bus to school. I have always driven him and this year with 6 kids every morning, it is just too much for me to handle. When Phillip is off, we will drive him, but when Phillip is on his shift, Brandon will now have to take the bus in the mornings only. (sigh.... ) My eyes about teared up watching him take this walk you see in the picture. My big boy is growing up! He starts Cross Country running today after school so I am sure we will have more pics of his upcoming adventures soon.

The new John Deere Gator

We got a new toy from Craigslist! And what fun it is. I bought it off a woman in Palmer for only $15 (It costs $405 at our Walmart here in town) but it didn't work. Luckily, A'Pa, a few new parts, and his great "MacGyver" skills got it working. The kids think they are so cool in it!