the littlest valentine

Cian Valen is here! He made is grand entrance at 6:33pm on Valentine's Day weighing in at a whopping 6lbs.50z. Cian has beautiful blue eyes & a head full of dark brown hair. (Although, I have a feeling it will be turning red before too long.) He is such a little cutie & the sweetest little addition to our big family. Congratulations Amy & Jamie! You done good! Or, as Grandpa Wells would say, "Atta boy...girl!"

our little Sweet Pea

3 Musketeers

Tina (5 months), Amy (9 months) & Cassie (3 months)

Here is probably the last picture we'll see of my 3 pregnant sisters. Amy's litlle Sweet Pea is due to arrive on Wednesday (Valentine's!) She will be going into the hospital at 6am Wednesday morning if Sweet Pea doesn't decide to make his appearance before then. We are all so excited to have a new little nephew in just a few short days. YAY!!! Then, we won't have to wait much longer before 2 more little bundles arrive. If anyone needs a baby fix, you know where to come!

Some more pictures...

for your viewing pleasure!:)

Isabella with her stash of Christmas presents

all the Kemper girls at Sweet Pea's Shower

Bella girl with mommy

Amar "helping" Luke with his shoes

Bye Mary Beth :(

Uncle Todd & Lukers making some music...so cute!

Enjoying the snow!

& having a ball!

Isabella's First Christmas

So, exactly a month later, we are finally getting around to posting the Christmas pictures. As usual, we had a very busy Christmas. Christmas Eve at Anthony's Aunt Susie's, then his Mom & Dad's before heading to midnight mass. Christmas morning at our house & then off to Nana & Papa's for the finale. Whew...that's tiring just typint it. It was a wonderful Christmas. Definitely the best ever....although, I think we say that every year!

Opening gifts at Aunt Susie's

Grandma & Grandpa's with Tori

Grandma & Isaiah

Daddy & Isabella being lazy Christmas morning

Mommy & Isabella enjoying all our Christmas presents

Adam & Lyndsey

Papa (a.k.a. Santa)

Mrs. Clause (what a cutie!)

Amy, Pene & Todd

Tina, Amar & Jaouad

Lukers & Amar...what goofballs!

Cassie & Mark with the best present of the day. Look at her shirt...Mommy 2 Bee! Yay. That makes sister #3 that's pregnant right now. Awesome! By next Christmas there will be atleast 3 more nieces or nephews! (They started the morning off with this big anouncement before we opened any presents. After all the crying, laughing & hugging Dad follows up with, "Well, I guess Christmas is over! I don't think we can top that!") Congratulations Mark & Cassie!!!:)

The BIG 1!!!

Yep, that's right! Our little nephew, Jamal is now a whole year old. He had a great party complete with the whole family from Hawaii!:) Filled with games, presents, and of course...CAKE!

Amar, Rosie, & Luke

The cakes, made by Tina, what a pro!

Time to dig in!

Only 5 days later, our nephew, Isaiah, also turned a year old...

That is one BIG balloon!

Already digging into the cake before blowing out the candle.

San Antonio

For Anthony's birthday weekend we took a trip down to San Antonio. His family used to do this every year for his birthday, but the last time we all went was when we were still in high school. So, we decided to start the tradition back up again this year. It is such a great time to go with all the Christmas lights & decorations. It looks so beautiful & definitely gets everyone in the Christmas spirit.

Isabella & Daddy at our favorite restaurant in San Antonio...Mi Tierra...mmmm,mmmm, good!

Daddy, Isabella & Mommy

Isaiah & Vanessa

Chris & Tori

Isabella fell in love with the mariachis...this girl LOVES music!

MARACAS!

Playing with Tori

Mommy & Isabella at dinner at the Hard Rock

the "after party" with Grandma

Proud of our Papa

A couple of weekends ago Anthony & I attended the Knights of Columbus Christmas Party along with Amy, Mark & Cassie, and Mom & Dad. It was a great night with yummy dinner, dancing & just spending time with the other Knights & their wives. The coolest part of the evening....our awesome daddy received the award for Knight of the Year. Way to go Papa!!! We are so proud of you!:)

my adorable parents....so in love

Anthony must have said something goofy

Anthony & Allie

Cassie & Mark

the "Knight of the Year"

all the girls

& the goofy boys!

December rundown

This month has been pretty busy with all the family coming home from Hawaii (YAY!!!), birthdays, & just getting ready for Christmas. So, we thought we'd cram a whole lot of that into one little post to show you all some pictures! Love to all! Enjoy!

watching for Santa

helping Mommy with work

& the groceries

someone found the stash of Christmas presents a little early

cuddling with Daddy

like father, like son....I think this was when the Saints were beating up the Cowboys...sorry boys!:)

Batman & Superman...our family is full of Super Heroes

wrestling with Dad