Jason Kelly & Graycen Lee

New Blog

2011-08-01T23:52:00.002-06:00

Hey Everyone!

So oh my gosh its been an eternity since I have blogged but I wanted to let all of you know that I have a new photography blog KELLYLEEPHOTOGRAPHY.BLOGSPOT.COM so you can see Graycen and how he has grown there! He is almost 15 months it is so crazy! We are doing good. We are moving to Moab at the end of August. Jason will be starting school and working. He is going back to school for nursing....finally getting into a steady field....thank goodness. I'm still home with our little hooski! He keeps me busy runnin around begging for cookies! He is so fun and completely amazing!

3 Months.....

2010-08-24T12:05:00.003-06:00

I am a bad blogger! it has been yet another month and I don't know where the time goes! Graycen is growing like crazy and is such a lovey baby! He loves to snuggle when he isn't looking around at everything and wanting to be a part of it all. He loves when his daddy comes home and holds him forward facing. You can just see his little eyes wandering everywhere soaking it all in. He continues to be such a good baby (minus the car seat) only gets fussy when he is tired and hungry. We are so excited to be going to Utah for his baby blessing. We really wanted to have as much family in the circle as possible and seeing that my family is lacking in that department we thought Utah would be perfect. The drive however will not be so fun! We love our son and the joy he brings us. He has the funniest little faces and his smile melts my heart. I'm so excited that he is mine forever!

2 Months already!?

2010-07-08T13:05:00.000-06:00

Oh where or where does the time go? 2 Months already! He is getting sooooo big! Graycen is now over 10 lbs and has chuncky cheeks, a double chin, and fat rolls on his yummy little legs! He is only getting up once at night and sometime not at all! He has been so fun and is actually smiling so much now! It melts my heart every time he looks at me and gives me a big gummy smile! OOOO he is so delicious!

As for me I am a pumping machine! I'm producing a lot of milk and when I say a lot I mean it! Right now I have over 1100 oz frozen in my freezer! I love it! I love that I will be able to stop at 6 months and he will still have breast milk for atleast a year! Oh it just makes me so happy! I only have 1 lb to lose to get back to pre baby weight and that makes me really happy!

Jason is doing so good with work. We have truely been blessed and are so grateful. He has really good clients that are really taking care of him and he is enjoying the work. Jason has been such an amazing dad and no surprise there. He loves Graycen and its so fun to see them together.

Our little family is doing awesome and we have all pretty much adjusted to the new life, however, it still takes me FOREVER to get out of the house with all of the poo explosions, spit ups, feeding and pumping times....and the list goes on. But, we are getting better. I will say that I love being home with Graycen I can't even imagine someone else getting to enjoy and experience all of these little moments with him. I am the luckiest mommy ever!

Introducing our babe!

2010-06-06T20:12:00.001-06:00

Well I don't have too much time but I figured it it is 3 weeks past due to update our blog on our babesicle Graycen James! I had a fairly decent delivery. The pain was unbearable for awhile and then the magical drug was given! I pushed for 30 minutes and our gorgeous son was born at 1:19 pm on May 14th. He was 6 lbs 5.5 oz and 19 inches long. These past 3 weeks have gone by so so fast and I see the changes happening in him every day! He already has so much personality and is constantly making us smile with all of his funny facial expressions. He has been such a joyful, perfect baby. He is for sure the light of our lives and we wonder how we ever lived with out him. I love being a mom! What an amazing gift to be able to care for this little person. Jason has been absolutely amazing with him. I always knew he would be an awesome dad!

Induction Set

2010-05-07T15:43:00.000-06:00

Well...........I have planned my induction date for the 14th. My doctor has scheduled me to go in on the 13th at 8pm to get cytotec placed on my cervix to help soften it. If it fails to do its job I will be sent home...boo! But, if it works the way it is supposed to this time next week I will have a baby in my arms. HOLY COW! The reason for the induction is strictly because of choice. Nothing is wrong, our due date is the 17th but we wanted to have the weekend so it was easier for family to be off work. I'm praying that all will go smoothly because if it doesn't poor Heather, Rob, and Amelia will have to wait over a month to meet their nephew/cousin. And we will have to wait to see our sweet niece. It's strange to say "Thursday" I'm going in it's no longer "two Thursdays" or "Next Thursday" it's just Thursday. Time has really gone by fast fast fast and I'm grateful for that. My body is finally starting to slow down and feel the pain but all in all I still feel great, thanks to my love child!

Yesterday a friend and I went to this biannual consignment sale here in Woodland Park called the Munchkin Market. Ok loved it! I was able to get a changing pad, a baby bijorn, a bundle me, and 27 articles of clothing. I had purchased a few of the bigger items a while ago but that means that I get to take them back and when all was said and done for everything that I got I only spent $17.00. It of coarse was a mad house but they had everything you could ever hope and dream of there. So thank you to Tiffany for being my second opinion on good deals! I had a blast. It was good to move around too!

ONE MORE MONTH......

2010-04-19T15:49:00.000-06:00

ONE MORE MONTH!!!! Time has really flown by with this pregnancy and I'm exhausted due to the lack of sleep. Jason keeps telling me no rest for the weary and I'm feeling it now! My doctor said I could be induced on my due date if I make it that far so that is always a plus. Final preparations are being made.....washing his stuff, decorating his room, etc.. but I mostly feel like I dont have the energy to expend to do any of it. Jason is going out of town this Thursday for his best friends wedding in Vegas I'm praying that I won't go into labor while he is gone what a sad thing that would be. My wonderful mom is staying with me while he is away so that will be nice. She will probablly help me get the rest of the things ready to go to. Thank goodness for moms! Here is the latest belly picture 9 months holy cow!

While we were in Utah my very good friend Emily Jacobsen took some wonderful pictures of us that I will cherish forever.

2010-04-10T15:53:00.000-06:00

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8 Months Already.....

2010-03-22T18:02:00.000-06:00

Time is really flying by and I think it's because I've been feeling so great. Besides being tired and some small back aches I have ZERO complaints. I love my little man! I really have loved being pregnant. I know by the very end I'll be like everyone else saying "get him out of me" but sometimes I just lay in bed and watch him dance around and it makes it all worth it. I'm so excited to meet him and to squeeze him and kiss his little toes. I just made this quilt for him Jason and I were snuggling under it after it was finished and now it lays in his crib waiting for him. We are just so excited.

Oh the BUMP!

2010-02-24T11:21:00.000-07:00

The little bump has turned into quite a big bump now...... I still have 3 months to go and I can't imagine how it can get bigger. But I have no doubt that it will happen. Here are months 6 and 7.

But the good news is that I still feel great and my only real complaint is being so tired...I guess I'm just getting prepared for the exhaustion that awaits!

Boy or Girl?

2010-01-03T21:08:00.000-07:00

Boy or Girl Boy or Girl? That has been our constant question. Last Tuesday the 29th we had our ultrasound to find out. The ultrasound tech knew what we were after so she didnt waste any time finding it. She then uttered those sweet words "it's a boy" Jason was beside himself and couldn't manage to sit still. He was started tearing up and it was the sweetest thing. The tech said there was no doubt that he was a boy she also said that the baby appears to be very healthy, the heart is working properly, he has all 10 digits, and his brain looks normal, needless to say we have a healthy baby coming our way......hopefully it stays that way. Jason said he has never been so happy to see a penis in his life! We are very very happy. Jason now has a a little hunting buddy and couldn't be happier.

First Ultrasound

2009-12-09T17:23:00.000-07:00

So my doctor was thinking I was a little further along then we thought so I had an ultrasound to see how big this baby really was. They ended up moving my due date up to May 17th, which is fine with me I want that baby here safe and sound as soon as possible. The joys of pregnancy have already started to show. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and mega colon. I'm on a medication for the thyroid problem but the colon issue is never ending. I will most likely have to have surgery after the baby is born to have part of it removed. I figure that's why I didnt get morning sickness basically because the Lord knew I would be faced with all these other problems. Needless to say I love being pregnant and we find out what we are having on the 29th of December.

BIG NEWS

2009-10-29T15:15:00.000-06:00

iWell for those of you who don't know and PS I have decided to skip what I've missed in my updates and just move forward! So here we are with our big news

Jason and I are going to have a little addition to our family!

As of today I am 10 weeks along. Holy cow seems like it takes so long I actually found out when I was 3 weeks so I know, I know its going to be a long pregnancy. However, we are so very excited! I just want to express my gratitude to my wonderful husband who even when I go a little crazy he is so patient with me. I know he will be such a wonderful dad. He is the sweetest, whenever one of us leaves he kisses me and then he kisses my belly tells us both that he loves us and then he is on his way. I just can't even wait. We will find out what we are having begining of January so stay tuned for that. Hopefully I will be better about blogging so we will see.

We are off to Hawaii on Sunday to get away from the cold and embark on the gorgeous sunshine. Wish us luck!!!

Life Goes On...........

2009-05-06T19:08:00.000-06:00

Well we got back to Colorado and the next day Jas was put to work. And when I say work I mean work. The first 2 weeks, don't ask how, but he managed to work 212.5 hours. Needless to sayi rarely see my love muffin! This was the plan though to work work work. In the mean time I manged to get in 2 car accidents. One of which was not my fault and the 2nd was. However, the one that wasn't my fault the other guy involved is lying and saying that it was my fault. It has made my trust in people run a little thin. Still fighting it still going crazy and losing sleep over it.

Not all is bad! Beautiful scenery and wildlife. Lots of snow, unfortunately(this is what caused accident 1) Too bad its pretty! Here are some pictures

these are from the first snow

These next pictures were taken out of our bedroom window. It scared the crap out of me but luckily I was able to grab the camera and sneak up on them. The last one was pretty funny I was right up against the window trying not to move a muscle, my contacts were going dry due to the lack of blinking but this one got curious and stuck his head down to take a peak at me.

Second snow storm.....

This is a car...yeah you can't even see it at all! Ridiculous!
It snowed a foot and a half over 2 days. I couldn't even believe it.

I have been applying for a job for a little while and I started my new job today. I'm working at an Oyster Bar called Oscar's Tejon as a waitress. I'm excited to get out of the house and to contribute to the good of our house hold.

With all bad there is always good. I've learned a lot. Trials and tribulations are always a test to see how we will react. I'm really trying to be more positive and not fret about things that aren't going to ruin your life or kill you. I owe a lot of this change to Jason's mom Laurie. She is such an inspiration to be nice, kind, uplifting, and positive regardless of what happens. Because its true. Life does go on...

The Start of Our Adventure

2009-04-17T11:22:00.000-06:00

We left Salt lake on the 29th and stopped to see Jason's mom and sister(and family) It was a nice visit just like it always is! On Monday we headed out for Colorado. Bye Bye Utah!We were able to spend time with my mom and Pete as well as meet his new girlfriend Hillary who appears to be nice enough. I wish we would have been able to spend a little more time with her to get to know her better. While we were in Colorado we talked to my dad about coming back after the wedding and working(as opposed to going to Georgia) Jason would be able to do some remodeling on the 6 Denny's my dad just bought. So it was settled and agreed that we would come back and Jason would be put to work. So Thursday we left Colorado.

It was a long 14 hour drive with nothing to see!

So we decided to entertain ourselves with some shadow puppets (I was trying to be a goose and Jas was a turkey)!
We finally made it to Missouri and it was too dark to get the welcome to Missouri sign, sad day, but we made it none the less. We go there at 1 am and then managed to stay up talking with our good friends Sam and Matt.

The days went by fast. There was wedding this and wedding that. Luckily Jason was saved by Ben Broadbent who was so nice and took him fishing and skeet shooting. I would have really felt bad if Jason were stuck with the girls twiddling his thumbs. It was so good to see Ben and Cammie and I swear sometimes I'm so good about pictures but other times I really suck! So next time we will have to get more photos! It was good to see all of my friend and for them to meet Jason at the wedding. This was the first time he has been back since before we got married. Here are some pics from the wedding. (And a special thanks to Jason's sister Danielle for making my dress for me!)

I was so glad we stayed an extra day to spend time with Valerie and go to dinner with her and Ashley. I am so blessed to have great friends.

And at the end of our trip I took this picture of the Missouri River. I miss the scenery in Missouri!

Change of Direction...

2009-03-25T11:48:00.001-06:00

So Jas and I are off on another adventure. We have really been trying to get jobs and save money and ultimatly go back to school but in our current situation it has been near impossible. We decided to weigh our options and look for other possibilities that may help us get to this goal of ours. Our dear friends Jessica and Kaston moved to Texas last year, where Kaston worked for Apx installing security systems. They absolutly loved it and came back with a pretty big chunck of change. So we decided to talk to them about it. Seeing that we have nothing holding us back or down here in Salt Lake we decided to investigate this whole security thing. We talked with the company Pinnacle and decided to jump on board. Georgia came up and it also has an opening for the office manager position of which I have applied and hope to get. So we are supposed to be in Savannah on the 28th of April. But here is where it gets tricky. My best friend Valerie is getting married on the 4th and because we are driving and because it is 24 hour drive we really do not want to have to drive back to Utah to have to drive back through Missouri again so......we will be most likely staying in Missouri until we have to be in Georgia. I am so excited to be around my dear friends for that short time. We are trying to get some short well very short time work for ourselves while we are there so we can have some sort of income for the month. My dear friend Sam is going to let us stay with her and her husband for the few weeks so we are very excited for that. We are a little crazy and choose to move a lot but we are really just trying to find our calling in life. We are really hoping to come back and go to school and better our lives. Thanks to all of you who support us in our crazy lives!

New Years

2009-01-21T20:30:00.000-07:00

I know I know I am a serious slacker but I'm really going to try and be better at all of this. Holidays are our big life happenings and so I'm grateful to them for giving me something to post on here. This New Years we were lucky enough to go down to Moab and spend some time with Jason's good friends from high school. We got to go to Brad and Kira's cabin. What an experience it was. It had snowed a massive amount at the cabin and we tried four-wheeling and we all failed. We tried in the truck and failed. We were forced to shovel our last 75 yards to the cabin in the cold and in the dark.

It was pretty when we got there but turned ugly pretty quickly

We were trying to have some fun with it

We were all shoveling fools and I think we shoveled for 2 hours well at least it felt like it.
The next day was a brand new day and we really wanted to make up for our night by having some fun.

Jason was bound and determined to build us a nice igloo.

Kira and I were going to go for a four wheeler ride
Then we decided to get more ambitious and make our own sled....

I managed to get the four wheeler really really stuck and the boys were no where to be found so Kira, Nicole and I had to dig ourselves out. Pretty funny.

It was a masterpiece I won't lie

Kira on our homemade sled

Trevor and Nicole brought some real sleds so we decided to give it a go. Here is Brad

The four wheeler didn't work to well in the deep snow so we decided to just to go down the road

Jas going down
Me and Jas racing piggy back

Jas and Brad racing

Kira and Brad against Jas......Jason won big time!

Trying to board down

After a long long day

And a beautiful sunset to end the day

Thanksgiving

2008-12-29T11:20:00.000-07:00

Thanksgiving was sure somethin! My friend Allie from Missouri came up from St. George to spend the weekend with us. We went to Jason's dad's house for the occasion and it was CRAZY! If Im not mistaken I believe there were 42, maybe more, people there. We had Jason's step sister and husband, 2 step brothers and their wives with their kids, aunt and unlce, cousins and sppouses, sisters and brother, friends of the family, ect..... It was ridiculous. A lot of fun however and I love and am so greatful that Jas has such a large family. On my dad's side of the family we only have 1 cousin so it makes times a little bland. I guess thats a fitting word. Not that I don't love my family but we really don't see them that often so it makes it sad. Ok so back to Thanksgiving, It really was a fantastic day with lots of happy memories! Always a down side it seems like though Allie ended up getting the flu the next day and was almost on her death bed. Poor Allie I'm glad I can always help her out in her times of need! (love you Al) I decided to venture out with Heather on black Friday. This was my first year and I wasnt too much of a fan. All I really wanted was fabric from Joanns and oh my gosh! it was ubsurd. I have never seen such a line or such a cart so full of bolts of fabric. I got as much as I could but when I realized that I was 89 D and next calling 23 B I said forget it I abandonded my cart and went back back into the maze of people praying to get out of the store alive. Next year however I have a plan. The day before I am going to get all the fabric pre cut and hide it somewhere in the store so I can walk in pick it up and walk out it will be that easy......well we will see how it goes

I couldnt even believe how many plates we used. there were even a few straglers!

Sleepy time after dinner is always the best time

Jason's step brothers and step sister along with their spouses and kids as well as his siblings. It was nuts

Allies first time shooting a gun. I think she liked it!

It ended beautiful sunset

Halloween

2008-12-29T11:15:00.001-07:00

We were honestly pretty boring for Halloween this year. We did carve our first pumpkin together though and boy was it a doozy! We had to be a little crazy with it so it was fun! We mangaged to do nothing out of the ordinary that night. We went to Jason's cousins and watched movies and ate pizza. Yum! We managed to give candy out to a few trick or treaters. We were able to see our sweet niece Mill go out for her first time as a little white lamb she was so stinkin cute! We did manage to do something exciting that Saturday we went to Lagoon with some of Jason's friends from high school. It was a lot of fun and always good to spend time with great friends.

Christmas

2008-12-29T11:05:00.001-07:00

Once again I have become quite the slacker with this thing so Im going to have to skip a bit and jump to Christmas. This holiday season has been crazy for us and it has brought a lot of fun times with our family. It has also brought some sickness. The week before Christmas I got the stomach flu and its the first time that I can remember getting it. I was not a happy camper and then I unfortunaltly gave it to Jas, he was really not a happy camper. Luckily it was only the 24 hour thing however I think it stayed with me for a week. I didnt start feeling 100% until the day after Christmas. Blah I know! However we did get to go to Jason's sisters house for Christmas and spend time with her cute family as well as Jason's mom. We love our sweet niece and nephew and love spending time with them. It was full of yummy food and fun times. I will admit however that we were all pretty lazy but thats what vacation is for right?! Im going to apologize in advance for my next posts. They will be completely out of order!

Collette got a new kitchen for chirstmas and was so thrilled about it

Clancy got new farm stuff

We all look very tired. It was a fun morning!

He is like a little davie crockett

And at the end of the day....acutally the middle of the day Collette was wiped out

Taking Care of Allie

2008-10-07T14:38:00.000-06:00

So my friend Allie from Missouri is now living in St. George. She called me one day and asked if I would come down and take care of her when she had another knee surgery. Allie plays basketball and tore her ACL she had this gnarly scar from it and it was hindering her movement so anyway I agreed to go down and be her nurse for a few days. The day after I got there I took her to the "Crack" its this huge boulder that I guess cracked and you can walk through it but it is very thin and at times you can get a little claustrophobic so here are some pictures of our adventures.This is the infamous crack. When Allie saw it She thought I was joking. She didn't think there was anyway we were going through that.

Oh she was so EXCITED

Who knows whats going on here!!

Ok so she got really scared a few times and really claustrophobic but I refused to let her turn around!

This was my scared face!!

She was happy for a little break, there was a little cave that opened the crack up half way through

She was so happy to be out and after it was over she said she loved it and was excited to bring someone else with her

After the crack nothing but smile!!

So now the fun stuff was over and the surgery day was here. We got to the hospital and I made sure I took some pictures of her scar.

Allie with her nurse getting ready to go.

Now the nurse was taking a look see at the scar and noticed that Allie had failed to shave any hair around her scar so she decided to take it upon herself and do it for her.So after surgery I went in to her room to see her and she was happy as can be.

On the way home Allie did get a little sick and I had to pull over and let her take care of business but it just so happened that we were taking up the turning lane and just our luck a police officer came up and asked if everything was ok. We had a good laugh after it was all said and done.

The next day I got to take her to physical therapy and we are all very glad to say that her scar looks so much better.

The day I had to leave came quickly and this how I had to leaver her. On her bed with her leg propped doing her homework.

Pop's retirement

2008-09-12T14:37:00.000-06:00

We were able to go out for my dad's retirement party at the beginning of September. He had been in the USAF Reserves for 34 years. He unwillingly retired. He loved the Air Force and loved serving his country. He had been deployed a few times, recently he had gone to Iraq and Afghanistan. He was kind enough to give each of his kids a framed flag that he had flown over there. Its amazing how much he loves his country. I'm not sure what he will do with out it. He has many building projects that have been put on hold due to his career so maybe he will get them done now. It was great to be apart of his ceremony. It was held on the C-130 which he was a load master on for all 34 years.

The C-130
He received some really nice gifts the one below was showing all of his achievements since he has been in th Air Force
Pete
Sweet Mill
Me with Gram and Uncle Frank

Jas and Ameila

Pete and I acting silly

Here I am with Pop and PetePop, Jas and PeteJas and I by the plane
They really are so weird
Family pic

The night before we left to go home we were able to have a fox come up on the deck and Jason fed it some lunch meat out of his hand.

Taking Kyle to the MTC

2008-09-12T14:11:00.000-06:00

Cute Kyle at his last family lunch before the MTC

Walking to the MTC...what a missionary
A quick family photo before we went inHis suit was still stiched so I helped him out with that one.Mom and Kyle, his new tag and his new attatchment for the next two years.
Jas and I with Kyle Heather, Kyle and I

me, Heather, Kyle and Mom,

Me and Kyle

We were able to go with Kyle to the MTC. He was very excited and it turned out to be a great day. We are very excited for him and we know he will learn a lot and do great. He has a great spirit about him and Hawaii will be wonderful for him.

Summer

2008-09-01T22:05:00.001-06:00

This is Kelly and her 3 best friends Ashley, Sarah and ValSarah and Kelly and Sarah's Bachelorette Party
Kelly, Sam, Ashley, Lesa, Val, and Ashley at Sarah's Wedding
Amelia at her 1st birthday Party
Unlce Jas with Mill

this was on the 4th of July with some sparklers

In Moab at Jasons favorite spot- Left Hand doing some different jumps Moab
Kelly, Jas and Jason's mom Laurie in Moab

This is us with our good friends Tim and Jamie on top of the world in Moab Kelly on top of the world in Moab, this is also where Jason popped the quesetion
Kyles graduation
His mission call arrived in the mail
Yay going to Hawaii
Family PictureKelly with baby Lily Kelly and her siblings
Just one of us

OK so not only has it been awhile but it has really been forever since I have last posted something on here and Heather is my real motivation I'm tired of hearing her say "oh lets see whats new on your blog...blah blah blah." I suppose its time for an update. However, I don't feel I have to much exciting things to mention. This summer we have been very busy. We have made numerous trips and lots of time away from home. We have been to Colorado more times then I can count. Kelly went out for Kyle's graduation and for him to open his mission letter, he will be going to Hawaii reporting the 3rd of September to the MTC, we both went out for the 4th of July and our niece Lily's blessing, and we are about to go out one more time for Kelly's dad's retirement ceremony/party, Kelly has been asked to sing the national anthem at it so she is nervous and getting ready for that. Kelly also went to Missouri for her best friend Sarah's wedding where she spent a week visiting old friends, Jason has had the opportunity to go bow hunting in the Beaver mountains with his dad, his dad got a small buck but Jas has yet to get anything. We both have much faith that he will get a huge massive buck this year though. We have also been able to go down to Moab to see Jason's mom a few times. Amelia Badelia also had her first birthday so we were able to come and join in the celebration. So here are some pictures of our adventures. oh ps I did go blonde for a short while b/c I thought its only hair and you only live once so what the hey but now Im glad to be back to the natural color

Milly

2008-02-16T12:03:00.000-07:00

Milly on her first valentines day! She is getting so big and we just love being around her..... she is such a blessing......I think we are wanting to have our own the more we are around her.

2008-02-03T13:22:00.000-07:00

so im such a dork i started this blog months ago and have completely forgotten about it so here we are. we have just moved back to salt lake from colorado springs. it seems that we have moved way too much in the year and a half that we've been married. we started out in cedar city utah, moved to st. george, then colorado springs and now back to salt lake. it has been a crazy experience but luckily we have been able to take something from each city. while in colorado we met some good friends, jamie and tim. jamie suggested i become a personal trainer. it sounded fun so i persued it and now i work for 24 hour fitness and loving every minute of it. jason has decided to give construction a break for a while and try doing sales. he will start his new job monday february 4 working for global marketing alliance. we are very excited to be back in utah and to be around our friends and family. we love our new niece amelia "milly" and we are excited to see her grow. she came into this world aug 28, 2007 and was 1 lb 10 oz and is now over 9 lbs. she is so fun!