Pictures say a 1,000 words....

so then this picture says it all about our Kelsey June.

Nine is just Fine!!!

Our Cameron boy turned nine yesterday! He's such a great kid. We don't know what we'd do without his easy-going, agreeable personality in our family. He is in third grade now and is just full of smarts. He has the highest reading level in the class (over 1,000!) and LOVES science stuff. Cameron is loves scouts, playing the piano,swimming,reading and playing the Wii. He has such a good big brother to everyone in our family. We love you Cameron.!!

He had a great day. It started with bacon for breakfast, presents opened before school, had McDonalds for lunch with Mom, Ellie, and Isaac at school, no jobs after school, and pizza for dinner, Scouts (where he was welcome into the Bear den), and last but not least...cake and Snickers Ice Cream. Wow! Great day.


Cameron got this cool Scorpion Lego set from Grandma D. that he put together all by himself (although its more fun with Grandma).

He got a great new bike! Thanks to Grandmas and Grandpas!!

Opening presents!

Cameron with the dragon birthday cake we made for him.

Fun cake to make!

Random pictures...

Just some random pictures too good not to post...

Isaac and his buddy Bryson enjoying popsicles.

Blaine's been out of town this weekend to Utah and he took Isaac with him....made these cute skirts and outfits for the girls since I didn't have to chase a 18 month old around!

The walkway to our front door...the flowers are so pretty! The impatients have grown so well and make it look so nice. Just makes me happy as I walk up to the door.

Isaac with his "Hat"

This kid LOVES the trampoline.

Big 4th Bday for Ellie

The last four years of our life has included this sweet girl..... we are so lucky!




Our little girl Ellie turned four on August 18th. She was super excited to be the birthday girl. She's not listening to us at all when we tell her not to grow up....she certainly is!! Her birthday was fun... it included a trip to Wendy's for lunch, cake, ice cream, presents and a party a few days later with some of her cute friends. What a special girl she is in our family. She is so thoughtful to her family, and always shares with her brother and sisters. She's so sweet with Isaac and always is quick to get him whatever he needs and watches out for him. She's my extra set of eyes to give me "Isaac alerts" which lately has been "Isaac's standing on the table again MOM!!". We love her so much.


Ellie Jane on her 4th birthday!

Opening presents with the family.

Ellie's bday party...which included a "dance party" portion thanks to her cute friend Eva Larsen.:)

She loved being the "birthday girl"!!

Back to School....

Our school starts EARLY here in Kentucky...we headed back to school August 11th this year! I think its too early to start...but I guess we don't have to much say about that. It's been so HOT here this summer....they might at well be sitting in class because its been too hot to be outside anyway!
Cam and Kelsey were excited to start back up I think. 1st grader Kelsey has Mrs. Beaty and 3rd grader Cameron has Mrs. Allen. Both seem like great teachers. Cameron is excited to have almost all of the LDS kids from last year in his class again...especially his good friends Liam and Boston. So its back to getting up early for that 7:10 am bus pick up, homework, lunches, backpacks....it's good to get back on schedule!! What a fun summer we had though. I really loved having the kids home (most days :)) and we had a great time at the pool this summer.

Summer Visitors....

We had just a few more visitors over the summer. We love seeing good friends and family!

Uncle Matt and Grandpa Blood and family came for a nice afternoon visit.

Our fun Uncle Matt

Dear friend Holly Morgan drove up from Tennessee to spend a day with us! SO FUN. Thank you Holly so much! Poor thing got stuck on the freeway for like 2 hours because of a big accident that happened. Uggh.


We were all so happy to see Makai, Beck, and Baby Sadie and get to have a sleepover with them! Woo! Hope to see you soon guys.