♫ We are (dun dun) #1 ♫

An ode to my family: immediate and extended.

REASON #1: My grandpa. Check him out.

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/show.cgi?tpc=17997&post=96818#POST96818

He already made me stuff like this:

Now he's even cooler. Like that's even possible.
Oh, wait. It is.

REASON #2: My cousin's most recent letter from his mission in AZ. Also, since when did you ever get a box of Nerds from Nephi? Yeah, you can't even compete.

Well everyone, i DID write a big huge email with lots of fun stories and stuff but for some reason the session went dead, not timed out but dead, no hope of salvage so now i am writing you this smaller letter.

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2 And now, as I have spoken concerning this letter, behold this is not the letter upon which I make a full account of the history of my week; for the letter upon which I made a full account of my week I have given the name of “My Big Letter That Got Deleted”; wherefore, it is called the letter of the past and also the Letter of Elder Kelly, after mine own name; and this letter also is called the letter of Elder Kelly.

3 Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Mom that I should make this letter, for the special purpose that there should be an account written of the ministry of my people and this past week.

4 Upon the other letter was written an account of the full week, and the wars and contentions of my people in my area; wherefore this letter is for the more part of the ministry in very few details; and the other letter is for the more part of the full week and its happenings and the wars and contentions of my people.

5 Wherefore, the Mom hath commanded me to write this letter for a wise purpose in her, which purpose I know not.

6 But the Mom knoweth all things from the beginning; wherefore, she prepareth a way to accomplish all her works among the children of herself(me); for behold, she hath all power unto the fulfilling of all her words. And thus it is. Amen.

(-2nd Elder Kelly 9:2-6)

Love,
Elder Kelly

I would claim to have taught him all he knows, but you'd know that's a lie if you've ever met his immediately family. I claim a marginal percentage, however. 1. Because I can, 2. Because we're related, and 3. Because this is my blog. And I do what I want. (that could be a fourth reason, by the way...)

REASON #3 - I like these two kids:

Happy wedding to them in March. :) Are your brothers that handsome? Nope.

Next,

REASON #4 - I already hate talking about this, but it has to be mentioned.

We have a cat that I hate more than anything else I can even think of. (Sorry, cat-lovers. I can't even begin to understand. Kittens? Sure. Cats? No. No way.) But my little brother Adam named him Branch-Head. Seriously.
I wondered if our next cat's name was going to be "Stick-butt" but...nah.
They named the next one Simon.
Then my mom put him, Branch-Head, on facebook. This is because she is out of control.

No, you read that right.
My family's cat is on facebook.
And you got all squeamish when your mom got on facebook. PLEASE.
(And don't ask me why the other cat doesn't get a facebook, but honestly, let's not get into that. I can already see the wheels turning in my mom's head.
And nothing needs to help that out any more than I have already done.
...the potential havoc I just wreaked...)


REASON #5 - We just have everything we could possibly want. Except birthday candles.
And that creation on the cake? It's a Ginfortwoozlefin. I had to call and ask Adam what it was called because I couldn't remember to save my life.
I just know he and Julia drew them incessantly for...ever. :)
They're funny.
They make me laugh.
They read everything on the planet.
Such as:
Clover is a sycophant from Foo assigned to look after Leven. He is about twelve inches tall and furry all over except for his face, knees, and elbows. He wears a shimmering robe that renders him completely invisible if the hood is up. He is incredibly curious and mischievous to a fault. His previous burn was Antsel.
And that's what Adam was for Halloween. There's some disgusting detail about how these creatures wear for a robe the sac they were born in. For life.
Yep. They wear their placenta.
And they have one giant secret pocket where they can hide things.
Or something like that.
(That book above is hilarious, by the way.)
In case you need to know what that looked like in human form:

I could go on for ages, but then you'd start to get really jealous.
Then I'd tell you that's only skimming the surface.
Then you'd feel bad and cry...
and that's just no way to start your weekend.

Until next time.
Happy Friday the 13th.
mehehe :)