Time to decorate the Gingerbread House...

The Blood Family, awesome Mac Millar loving the candy cane, the Millar family, Brian and Liz Davis, and our gingerbread house for 2007

We had our 5th annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party this last weekend! This is such a fun tradition for us to have! We had 8 families over this year to decorate houses that Jaimee made during the week. Cameron whispered to Kelsey (not knowing that Mom was listening) "The best part about the gingerbread house party is that you can sneak around and eat as much candy as you want!" He's right--it is like a candy store that night and Cameron did help himself to lots of candy! It was a great night with some of our great friends here in Kentucky.

Thanksgiving in DC

Family by the Lincoln Memorial


Blaine and Jaimee with Justice Alito



We had a wonderful trip to DC to spend Thanksgiving with our dear friends The Moore's. We did some fun things; visited the monuments at night, went to the Native American Smithsonian Museum (on Thanksgiving morning), had a delicious Thanksgiving Feast, went to a session at the DC Temple, went to the Air and Space Museum, and the highlight of the trip (especially for Blaine) was going to the Supreme Court for an official tour (our friend Dave Moore is a law clerk for Justice Alito) and was able to attend an Oral Argument at the Supreme Court with all 9 Justices there and to see the real action. We met Justice Alito, who was very nice, and it was a chance of a lifetime to be there! We love DC and really are feeling excited about moving there next August. We really mean it when we say we hope you all come visit us because it is such a fabulous city to be in. Blaine was able to see the Law School at GW where he will be attending school next year and its right in downtown DC which is very exciting. It was a great Thanksgiving Holiday. It was our 4th Thanksgiving with the Moore's so we were happy to keep up the tradition. We really miss them! Hope you all had a nice Holiday too.

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

One thing I really look forward to is going to the Pumpkin Patch! The kids love the Spooky Farm House, the Petting Zoo, seeing the Baby Farm Animals, and most of all...going on a Hayride to find just the right pumpkin!

Halloween Fun

We had a great time with our Gma Bell and Uncle Phil, Aunt Lisa and Emma and Jacob this last weekend. We went to Keeneland Race Track, had a fun Halloween Party that Grandma brought with her in her suitcase, and of course went Trick or Treating! The kids had a ball!
Here are some pictures of some of the cutest Trick or Treaters ever!

Cameron the Jedi, Grandma Bell the Computer Nerd, Kelsey the Mermaid,Ellie the Pumpkin

Congratulations to Blaine!

Blaine recently applied to George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC to get an LLM degree. Don't ask me what LLM stands for--but its a specialized law degree that will focus on one specific area of the law. Blaine applied for a LLM in Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. We found out that Blaine was accepted to this program last week! So...we are working out the details, but we will most likely move to DC for two semesters next August so Blaine can pursue this degree. It will be an adventure-that's for sure! As Blaine's wife--I am so proud of him. This is his dream, and being accepted to GW is really something! Its a great school and we know many of you think this is a crazy thing for us to do--but we feel really excited about it. We are praying everything can fall into place for us to go and hope it will. So, everyone make your plans to come and visit us--you'll have a free place to stay (the floor of our tiny $2000/month D.C. apartment)!

Ellie--our 14 month old!

We just thought we would show off our sweet Ellie Jane who is now 14 months old. She is walking all over, climbing, and holds her own against her two older siblings. She is so fun--we just can't get enough of her. It's amazing to see them pick up on on things--Ellie folds her arms for prayers, knows how to "rock" and "love" her baby dolls, she loves to climb up on the step stool and brush her teeth like a big girl, and she gives the greatest kisses ever! Is it wrong to have a favorite child?? We may be guilty of that--at least for today. (Just kidding of course).

Everyday life...

Life is good here in Kentucky--these pictures show a little of what its like around here on most days!


Ellie loves eating apples--the whole apple!










Kelsey and her best friend Makai Morgan (Holly Lundberg Morgan's little girl) playing dress ups! These two are about as girly as it gets when they're together which is good for Kelsey so she learns how to play something other than Star Wars. She knows every character's name just because she hears Cameron talk about it non-stop!


Cute matching dresses for our sweet girls!


Cameron--our smart Jedi kid who is just soaking up all the stuff he's learning in kindergarten like crazy!