A Few More from Dean Christmas

Dean Christmas

We always know that going to my grand's house is going to be a good time! With 14 kids under the age of 12, it gets wild! We love it! Here is the matriarch! She knows how to raise a wonderful family!  I have learned a lot from her!

 Good ole' Granddad!  I love that he stays in that chair and ALWAYS has a smile and a game on!  How many grands do you know who both have iphones and ipads!  They are super cool!
 With two sets of twin boys in our family, it is hard to get them all straight!  They don't mind if we call them by the other's name!  Sweet stuff here!

 There is a good group of girls who LOVE Emily! It cracks me up how much they want to take pictures and dance with her!  So cute! I am sure Georgia Kelley will want to do everything like them when she is older! Good thing she has a cousin close to the same age to play with! Why didn 't I get more pics with Ellery?

 Dezi's new dog was a BIG hit!

 This picture below is so funny because, Emily is mimicking something someone we know very well does! I won't call her out, but she seems to do this in pictures and it is soooo funny!

 Of course Tutu, makes all the pictures with Georgia Kelley!  The dress was courtesy of Grandmother, you will be seeing it a lot more! I think it is my favorite!

 Ashley and Ellery joined in!  Ashley is going to do some mission work in Africa this summer, and I have the itch to go with her!

 Baby Bo was without his sisters this time! Sad sad sad...for us, not them! They are at Disney...can't wait to spend Christmas Eve with them!  It isn't the same with out O and C!

It was a great time, I kind of wish Grandmother and Granddad lived farther so we would have to stay the night! Then everyone would get to spend more time together! Otherwise we have to get back for naps.  I have great Christmas memories at her house! I don't know who loves going to their house more in our family! I have to pull Chad away from the conversations, Harry away from all the playing, and GK pulled me away from the great girl talks!  Georgia Kelley was done!  Too much fun for her! I know my grandmother is reading this so, I will take the opportunity to tell her how much I love seeing her! I appreciate how much attention she shows my kids and makes me feel so loved!  I love how she keeps up with my Facebook posts and blog posts!  She is the best!  Oh and Harry had to have his new blanket, new pjs, and new pillow to sleep with him last night and tonight! You did good!
Rambling post...I know! I don't want to fall behind this year on the Christmas posts!

Baby Bo and a Dean Easter

We finally got to meet our special and only nephew, Paul Bo Dean! He was named after my dad! Paul is a family name and Bo is what my dad is called by his friends and family.  Baby Bo is probably the cutest baby of all time! I mean that hair!Georgia Kelley was very intersted in him.Harry liked talking to him too!Bo Toes! We did the usual Dean tradition of dying eggs! We didn't do it at my grandmother and granddad's house this year because of plans changing for other family members.  We still have a good time with the immediate cousins!The girls and kids dyed eggs and the guys watched games..shocker!Why do we not learn about the dyed fingers on Easter??Uncle Paul is always good for wrestling!Easter Sunday!Chad matched the kids, but not on purpose!An attempt for a family picture...I don't know what I am doing!

It was a fun weekend but, Georgia Kelley came down with a slight fever:(
I think we will be going back very soon!
I will say we had a very hectic busy spring break and I didn't take pictures....so much regret!  I also didn't take pictures of the other three egg hunts Harry was involved in!  It is harder with a baby in my arms!  I do think Easter is my favorite holiday!  Next Sunday is our church's baby dedication. I have been helping with the Power Point and can't wait to be back at our home church!

Happy Harry with Family

This was 4th year for us to spend a day in May at Mark and Krista's house! This year was more fun than ever, because Harry was in full "go" mode! As soon as the okay came for the kids to get on the water slides Harry was smiling! I don't know if I have ever seen Harry this happy for this long! Chad was happy too! He got to spend an entire morning golfing with Dad and his brothers!

Harry kept saying, "Come on Bobo" to my uncle Matt! Bobo kept himself out of the sun in the garage! Harry was disappointed he wouldn't go down the slide with him!

He and Caroline were two peas in a pod! They were feeding off of each other!

Olivia chose to not get her hair wet!

We were very lucky that Paul and Tessa were such troopers and were willing to take Harry down the slide over and over! He hasn't quit talking about them since we got home! They turned into rock stars after today!

We obviously did not do a good job at taking pictures. There were a ton of kids there and it was wild...but FUN FUN FUN!