Travis & Ginnie Kimball Family

Two weeks ago was a big weekend for us. We had Ciera's baptism on Saturday and then Ellie's blessing on Sunday. It was wonderful. I love this picture of Ciera & Ellie in their white dresses. I love that white represents purity & goodness. To me, that perfectly describes my two daughters.


This is my amazing mom! She made Ellie's blessing dress. It turned out beautiful. I loved it! Thanks Mom!

I know this is old news, but I thought I would post a few pictures of our latest, Ellie. It has been so fun having a baby again, especially a girl. I just love holding her, listening to her & being the recipient of so many wonderful smiles. I don't even mind waking up in the middle of the night. She definitely has made our home more busy & a lot more fun!
January 15th, 8 lbs. 4 oz., 19 1/2 inches
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I am just about ready to rejoin the blogging world. Well, maybe. I am tired of always being the last blog on everyone's lists. What? No one else goes a year without posting? :) Well, for those of you that still even check this blog, stay tuned for future posts. I'll try and get some pictures up of our latest edition, Ellie.

Christmas! It came and went so fast. I promised myself that I was going to get everything done early so that I could sit back and enjoy the last week of Christmas. I didn't really get everything done, but I did head off to Las Vegas to visit with some family a few days before Christmas and it allowed for a forced break in the Christmas rush. I spent time with my parents, three of my sisters, my older brother & a foreign exchange student from Norway that lived with us when I was in jr. high. Ciera came along with me and we had a marvelous time. It was so fun to relax for a few days before coming home to the last few days of the Christmas crunch.

Christmas was wonderful. We spent Christmas Eve with some of our favorite people!! After dinner and reenacting Christ's birth we came home and got the cookies and milk ready, tracked Santa, got our Christmas pjs and then headed off to bed. Christmas morning was fun. Everyone got the thing they wanted most. Good job Santa! I can hardly wait until next year!!

Cael turned 4 on Dec. 21. We celebrated his birthday on the 17th because I was going to be in Vegas on the 21st. While at a store on the 17th I mentioned to the checkout lady that it was his birthday. She asked him how old he was. Cael answered that he will be turning 4. She said, "No, you are four today because it is your birthday." I then had to explain the whole situation to the checkout lady who looked at me with eyes that said, "Who goes out of town over their son's birthday?" I smiled at her with a smile that says ME and then off we went as she wished Cael a happy early birthday. Aside from all the confusion, I think Cael actually enjoyed having two birthdays.
For his birthday he got the new Geo Trax Airport. He played with it all morning. Chase came home from school and played with it all afternoon. It is a really fun toy.

Cael's preschool had a Christmas party where Santa was invited. Cael loved telling Santa his Christmas list which included Better Batter Baseball and a Leapster.
Parker, on the other hand, was a different story. Luckily he got a candy cane out of it!