Fabulous and Fifteen

We celebrated Kelly's birthday....in October. I know, this is only 2 MONTHS late, but it's important to share them nonetheless.

Kelly is now 15....FIFTEEN! I can hardly believe it. I feel like I've watched my own child grow up all too quickly before my eyes. Kelly has always been my little (and now taller) buddy, and I remember pushing her around town in her little stroller and looking at the Christmas decorations on the houses when she was 2. She is now a beautiful young lady with a very kind heart.

Great Grandma Sipe

Just chillaxin.

Aidan likes to hide in this little end table.

Present time.

And now for the cake...

which had trick candles on it, unbeknownst to Kelly.

Even Great Grandma was laughing at poor little Kelly,

and everyone was in high spirits, and I even caught a photo of Mom in Jacob's football helmet.

Let's Play Ball!

So my sister Kelly is ridiculously athletic, which means she must obviously be secretly from another family as the rest of us have no physical aptitude whatsoever. She begins the day by running 4 miles for Track training, then plays a game of Wildcat baseball, and in the evening plays a double-header softball game. It has been a joy to watch her improve in her beloved sports over the years. Ballgames are a requirement of summer, the dirt blowing wildly, the rump-bruising bleachers to sit on, the blistering sun mellowing into sweet summer twilight, hot dogs, chanting at the other team, cheering, booing, and the swift crack of the bat as the ball goes soaring above the field.

I have to give props to Aaron for taking the photo above, as it's the best one of Kelly playing ball (a fact which irritates me since he takes about one photo every 4 months).