The Kell Klan pictures...

The Kell brothers...Jud, John, Jud's twin brother Dud and Ernie at the Kell Family Reunion on Christmas Eve 2006.
Our family...minus one. Justin couldn't make it to the family reunion. (I was 2 weeks away from having Austin)

Auntie Elaine (Darin's sister) with Collin. He loves his auntie! He has fun memories of her playing in the snow with him.

This is a picture I took at my sister-in-laws 40th birthday party in February 2007, of the four cousins. It was the first time my nephews Caleb (on the left) and Justin (holding Austin) got to see their new little cousin Austin. He was about 5 weeks old here in this picture. What a great looking bunch of boys!

This is my brother -in-law Tony and my father-in-law Jud!

Austin loves his Grandpa Jud!

This is our oldest nephew Justin. He just turned 23 in May!!!

This is our crazy nephew Caleb at Christmastime 2007. He just turned 16 in February and he has his license now! Yikes!!! Watch out and stay off the sidewalks! :)

And the Family Pictures Continue...

I took this picture in 2004. Wow! Time flies by so fast. It is a picture of my uncle Larry(on the left), grandpa Wendell and uncle Wendy(on the right). What an awesome picture this is! Definitely one to cherish...cause they are so few, since Larry was always on the move, being in the military!
I took this picture at our Blum gathering last May 2007. It is a picture of my mother and her siblings and parents.
My grandparents celebrated their 61st anniversary with all of us last year.

It was a great time and we look forward to many more anniversaries!

side note: for those of you that don't know, my uncle Larry is dying of a cancerous brain tumor. He doesn't have much longer to live. My heart is aching as I write this. I just wanted to post a few pictures that included him in it as a tribute to one of my awesome uncles! So, please keep my family in your prayers! Thank you very much.

Random Family Photos...

My new precious niece Annika Rose Motsinger (3 weeks old here) born on May 28th to my brother Ryan and his wife Morgan. This was my first time meeting her. She loved me to hold her and I couldn't help but fall in love with her.

My mother with Austin. Austin just loves his grandma!

My aunt Tricia (my mom's sister) with Austin. He loves his aunts.

The two "tooth"less wonders! It's such a cute picture, because both Collin and his cousin Madison had to have their two front teeth pulled in the last few months. Plus, Madison loves to be lovey with her cousin, cause she loves him so much. Collin on the other hand, gets embarrased. It's pretty cute!

I got the pleasure of taking pregnancy photos for my brother Jason and his wife Krista!
The pictures turned out awesome, plus it helps that they both are so cute together!

My crazy sister-in-law Sarah! She loves to pose. Hmm...now we know where Madison gets it from! Hehe... :)

This was a cute picture of Austin and his cousin Logan. Austin put on these gloves, held out his hands and started going rrrrrhhhh!!! Like he was a monster...too funny!

All of you who know me, know that I come from a large family. These pictures just barely scratch the surface. I will be posting new pictures as time goes on...i know that some of you look at my blog as a way to catch up on my family, especially if you live out of town and rarely get to see them. I hope you all are enjoying the pictures and posts I write.

Collin is a Trooper!!!

Well, today Collin had to do something he had never done before, and that way get his teeth pulled out! Ouch! He hadn't lost his two front baby teeth (upper) and weirdly enough, he had an extra set that grew in before his permanent teeth, so needless to say, after several x-rays later, and two doctors opinions, we had to get his teeth removed today, so that would allow room for his permanent teeth to drop down into place.

Unfortunately, the extra set of teeth were too far up for the dentist to remove them today, so Collin has to come back in 3 weeks to try it again!

He did pretty well, amazingly! I was proud of him. I did find it a little funny how puffy his upper gums/lip got after he got the numbing medicine...:)

Fathers Day 2008

Well, since today was Darin's "special" day, we all dressed up for church. Usually I don't make the boys dress up unless it's Christmas, Easter or a wedding...but it was my excuse to put Austin in his suit that has been hanging in his closet since Christmas! He so reminded me of Collin at this age. He was so darn cute...

Darin is such a great father. He loves his sons so very much. I am proud to have him as the father of my children. (I know, sappy, huh?) But, I can't help it. So, since all of my boys were dressed up, I got a super cute picture of them before we headed to church!

After church, Collin ran outside to grab his skateboard. He was so cute! All of a sudden he really wants to learn how to skateboard...luckily I had my camera with me and got a cute picture of him in the church parking lot trying to figure it all out. It's much harder than he thought...

HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL THE MEN IN MY LIFE THAT ARE FATHER'S!!! YOU ALL HAVE A VERY SPECIAL ROLE IN YOUR CHILD'S LIFE! AND, I THANK YOUR FATHER'S FOR INSTILLING IN YOU THE INGREDIENTS YOU NEED TO SHAPE YOUR CHILD'S LIFE! You all rock!

Tillamook Weekend in May 2008

Darin and I took the kids and went to Tillamook for Memorial Day Weekend. We had a blast! Darin got to take Collin clam digging with his dad, brother-in-law Tony and nephews Justin and Caleb. They all really enjoyed it quite a bit. Great family bonding time. We also got to hang out with my brother Jason and his beautiful wife Krista! As usual, my boys love playing with Logan. They all get a long pretty well. Austin is just old enough now that he can play with them too! Collin wanted to play with his other cousins as well, but they were out of town visiting their other grandparents....so, maybe next time he'll get to play with all of his Tillamook cousins!

We also got to hang out with my cousins Amber and Tabitha and their families in celebration of Amber turning 33! Yes! I can't believe she is 33! I am only 4 months behind her in age, so mine is coming soon...:( Here's a few pictures of my visit with them)

If you would like to see more pictures from this trip, I will be posting some to my myspace page. Thanks for being faithful viewers of my page! it means a lot...love to you all.

Baseball Season Recap 2008

Collin played baseball again this year with the Cal Ripken team. He was the strongest hitter on the team, the tallest and the all around best out on the field (when he wasn't busy eating sunflower seeds out on the field)! The coach loved him! He was most improved over last year, that's for sure! I am posting a half dozen or so pictures to recap his season! The one of him running with his sunglasses on is his home run hit! He was the only one to get a home run! Go Collin!!!!!