For our interview in Tullahoma, I had to write a short introduction to Kelly. This is, of course, a hilarious task. Some of the feedback I got from facebook was pretty useful:
“She’s awesome! However: Does not like to snuggle.” -Julie
“She’s a good mama.” -Barbara
“She finds her husband’s quirks endearing” -Joyce (Really? What quirks?)
“She doesn’t really like animals. i mean she wouldn’t run over one in the street but she’d rather not cuddle them. No, really – she is laid back, loves life, loves her babies, laughs out loud a lot and is articulate. -Brooke
(By the way, this post summarizes Kelly’s position on the matter.)
Thanks for the input, friends. Here’s what I ended up going with:
Kelly grew up in Fresno, CA. She worked as a youth intern for churches in Chattanooga and Memphis before coming to Little Rock after her graduation from Harding. She loves to laugh, but tries not to laugh too much at Steven, lest he think himself too funny. She worked with Easter Seals of Arkansas for six years, as a social worker serving some of the most wonderful people in the special needs community. She loves to be part of the action, but hates the spotlight. Kelly’s a fantastic mentor to many of the young women in our youth ministry, and bakes a pretty mean batch of cookies when the kids come over to watch Lost or play games. She’s a fierce competitor, unless she gets tired. If a game goes past 11:00 in the evening, she’ll probably let you win. For the pat year and half, her great joy has been learning to be a Momma. Staying home with the girls has been a great experience, full of all kinds of laughter and the occasional tear. The girls think her kisses are magical.
It was all the restraint I could muster to not add: “Her husband thinks they’re magical, too.” I do love my sweet punkin’. She’s awesome!
Of course, the best way to introduce my awesome Kelly is to let her speak for herself. We’ve moved her blog over to this site, but are going to wait a little bit to change all the site navigation. For the future, it’s probably where we’re going to place all our family videos and pictures, so this blog can be a little more focused.
All that to say, if you haven’t checked out Kelly’s blog yet, here it is!
Great job! I don’t really care that you spelled my name with an “i” instead of a “y”. Afterall, I pronounce your last name wrong more often than I pronounce it correctly. But it IS important that the meaning of my description is not lost on your spelling “endearing” as “enduring”.
I refrained from telling the people from Tullahoma, who commented on your FB wall, that you really aren’t that a great. That’s the best I can do.
You deserve the best and I will hate to see you go!
Corrected and corrected, JoYce. And thanks for not spilling the beans.
You and Kelly did a great job. I sure hope we get you but if not you will have no problem finding a job. You are very gifted and whoever gets you will be very lucky. I hope to see you in Tullahoma.
Thanks, Shane! We really did have a great time in Tullahoma this weekend, and think Cedar Lane is a pretty cool place. We’ll see what happens!
i heart you Kelly
Kelly says she hearts you too, Leslie.