Christmas 2012 --Midway, Utah--

This year the Kelley family decided to rendezvous in Utah for Christmas. We came from Hawaii to Florida and everywhere in between! We had a great week at the Worldmark resort in Midway. Some of us were not used to the freezing weather, but it sure was beautiful regardless.

And we're off!

Sleigh ride at the Homestead.

Skiing at Sundance

Ollie's first time snowboarding. He's a natural!

Christmas Eve

Trying to get 9 grandkids under the age of 6 to act out the nativity...

Carson was pumped to be the donkey!

Santa made a grand apperance

Power Ranger stuff, how did he know?!

Riding the Heber Creeper

The two singles, living the exciting life!

Browers, minus Gage

The girlys have to stick together! Katherine and Amelie

Swimming at Worldmark

Steve always seems to end up the jungle gym for all the boys

Fun with family!

Grandma and Grandpa with all their grandkiddos. (Luke was not appreciating the tender moment.)

Grandpa Kelley came for a visit. It was wonderful to see this great man. 

Grandma having a snowball fight

Inside the crater at the Homestead

The grown-up boys jumping the fence to enjoy the hotpots. (Back when we were in college this hot pot was in a field and not fenced off. Resorts, yuck sometimes.)

Luke, Gage and Adam

Patrick proposing to Chelsea at the Homestead:


Patrick was a doll to propose to Chelsea while we were all there. He left a dress in the hotel for her and got Annie and Laura to take her to the bathroom and find it. So great.



Bonner=Midway

Steve's Dad's side of the family is from Midway. This is his Grandma's home from the 1800's.

I love my family and I love Christmas. Mix the two together and it made one amazing week!

My parents HUGE RENOVATION

I've been meaning to do a post of my parents amazing beach house reno for a while now and have finally sat down to do it! They did such an incredible job that I wanted to share it. =) Almost two years ago my parents said good bye to LA County after 20+ years and hello to a more laid back Orange County lifestyle. They found a little house in Dana Point that was in such poor shape, it should have been condemned  Thanks to my Dad's amazing vision of what it could be and my Mom's interior design talents they took this house to the studs and it ended up like this...

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Fireplace/stairs (or lack of) before:

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(I love how they maximized every nook and cranny of their cozy cottage.)

Dining room before:

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Kitchen before:

(This wall was removed)

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Guest bath before:

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Master:

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 one of the two guest bedrooms before:

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I got my Mom a throw pillow for Christmas that says "You never know how many friends you have until you have a beach house." Needless to say they are loving their new life in Dana Point with the constant flow of house guests. Visits to Grandma and Grandpas has never been so fun. =)

Luke turns two!

BIRTHDAY BOY!!!

Luke has a rough birthday (Christmas Eve.) But hey, at least he'll always have family around! This year we were in Midway Utah with the Kelley side for Christmas. I will eventually be posting all of Christmas, but for now enjoy Luke's birthday pictures.

I love this boy more than life itself!!

**There will be a Luke-two-year-update to come when I find more time, as well as a Carson-four-year-update. (I'm all sorts of behind!)