Happiest 10 Years ever...

We celebrated our 10 year Anniversary on December 28th! What a great decade its been. Looking back on all we've done...it's been such a fun journey with Blaine. He's kept me laughing and happy through living in 3 states, moving 9 times, 4 college degrees (Jaimee 1, Blaine, 3), having 4 babies, being poor students for almost 10 years, and the ups and downs of it all. We've been so blessed all along the way and can't wait to see what's ahead in the next 10 years!

Christmas morning in Kentucky...Christmas night in Utah!

The fun of Christmas morning!! Cameron was up at 4:00 am ready to go....but we told him we couldn't open up presents till 7. The kids were thrilled to see Santa came to our house and they loved everything! Then we grabbed our bags....and flew to UTAH on Christmas Day so it was kind of an interesting Christmas for us but it ended well being with our family that night after long day on the plane!

Kelsey with her kitties that Santa brought her.

Cameron with his new Star Wars Lego set.

Ellie with her Princess Jewelery set from Santa.

Isaac's first Christmas!

Christmas cuties....even with a cast!

Sure love dressing up these girls in their Christmas "gowns" as they call them....thank you Grandma!



A few days later....Kelsesy broke her finger at school and ends up in a cast. She was very upset at the idea of a cast, until the Dr. told her she could have a pink cast with sparkles and then she was all for it. She was afraid the kids would laugh at her with the cast, but she ended up loving all the attention she got from it of course. So Kelsey gets a cast for Christmas this year!

7th Annual Gingerbread House Party

As always...we had a fabulous time at our 7th Annual Gingerbread House party. It was fun to get to know some new families even better. The kids love this night because they get to eat a ton of candy, but I think Cameron learned a lesson this year. As soon as everyone was gone...he got sick because he had eaten TOO MUCH candy. Anyway...it was a great night. Wish we could invite EVERYONE we know and love to this fun night.


Thiess kids, Bird, and Smith Families


Grubbs, Hinckley, and Larsen Families

Isaac's first Gingerbread Party....he was thrilled as you can see.

Ellie decorating our house...she did most of the decorating this year. She loved it!

Our attempt at a family picture....we forgot to have someone take our picture at the party.

Tis the Season....

Here is the kids pictures with Santa at our Ward Christmas Party. Everyone was very excited to sit on Santa's lap. Kelsey's figured out that this Santa is "just one of Santa's helpers".

For those of you who know Bro. Russell Southworth...the real Santa....it's hard for me to have my kids pictures taken with other Santa's because it just doesn't even come close to him in many ways. We miss him.

Thanksgiving

Here are some pics from Kelsey's Thanksgiving Play that her Kindergarten class put on. There's nothing cuter that a bunch of kindergartners all dressed up like Pilgrims and Indians saying their parts so proudly! Kelsey's eyes just lit up when she realized that after every kid said their part....the audience clapped for that person. When it was her turn...she said her part so well....and then stayed up there just a little longer to enjoy her time in the spotlight and hear the applause for her. She is so funny.


Here she is singing "Over the River and Thru the Woods"

Kelsey's part was "Q is for Quit....something we'll never do! We're determined to carve out a life that is new." We can all recite it because she said it non stop for a few weeks.


After the play we got to make Thanksgiving Trees with Kels.
She is so cute and they only get to be Kindergartners once...it is a special year!

Halloween fun for all!

We had a fabulous Halloween this year! Blaine's Dad and his family drove from Illinois to spend the day with us so that was fun to have some family here to share it with us. I LOVE our new neighborhood for Trick or Treating. It is perfect. All the houses are really decorated up fun (and some scary) and all the nice people just fuss over the kids and are so nice. I love how excited our kids get for this! We had our traditional Halloween Party with Pin the Tie on the Ghost, Neptune of the Sea, and the Ghost Cake with flaming eyes (always a hit!) In memory of Steve Lundberg--we had some good chili to "scare the ghosts away". Ellie's already asking me if we can do Halloween again!


Trick or Treat!!

Grandpa Blood and Ellie playing Pin the Tie on the Ghost

Isaac the Pumpkin---no extra padding required!

Kelsey and Ellie the Cheerleaders!


Cameron the Ninja!


Sorting of the candy--always my favorite part.