Avery Elizabeth Kelley [Click to enlarge]

Randy Kelley and Deanna Carpenter, both of Lincoln, announce the birth of a daughter, Avery Elizabeth Kelley. She was born Sept. 21, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, weighing 7 pounds, 12 ounces. She measured 20 inches in length. She has a brother, Ashton J. Michael Carpenter. Grandparents are Angela and Jeff Ruppert of McCook; Alan and Tori Carpenter of Thornton, Colo.; and Kathi Yerg and Martin Kelley of Lexington. Great-grandparents, the late Geraldine Victor Gonzales; Doris Ruppert of McCook; Larry and Barb Carpenter of Boise, Idaho; and Zach and Roberta Tobias and Emily Kelley of Sargent.