Hmm, do I dare do this?!

So, do I dare do this? I am so far behind on my blog and have missed so many important things like; Cam getting a new job, Maren turning one and accomplishing SO MUCH with her physical therapy, Emma turning four and starting preschool, etc, etc, etc. I suppose I will just move forward from here on out. I really don't really like computers, they are naughty for me, I would much rather scrapbook, and I do, and am mostly caught up. However, Mel let me borrow this adorable pumpkin costume for Maren and I promised her I would do a post so she could see it.

So here are my little mermaid and my little pumpkin at a little fall festival we went to!

Another shot of the mermaid before her preschool Halloween performance!

Carving pumpkins?! Whose idea was this, it is not fun, it is messy, dangerous, difficult!

And he thinks I am the "too relaxed" parent? Using knifes with our 4 year old?

Last weekend I went to Milwaukee to visit Katie, Court, Bentley and new tiny but beautiful Lily! I felt like a such a slacker parent to miss Halloween I told Cam he better take lots of pictures for me. Thus I was not able to take pictures on the trip of the baby, their cute town or all the fun things we did; and Cameron took this ONE picture in Idaho the whole 4 days!




By the way I had an excellent trip! It was so much fun to see Katie, you forget how much you miss someone until you are with them and remember how much fun you have together and how much they mean to you. Love you Katie! (and your cute fam) Thanks for everything!

Crazy Cameron, etc.

Cam snow-shoed to a yurt in Pocatello with his family. He also took Nate along for the ride. This is a picture of Nate and Corbin sledding.



Here is Lee Jay, Cameron and Tyler.



Here is everybody. They had fun, eating, playing games and sledding.



Here is Emma Jane Jane all dressed up!


We are really trying to get Maren to eat more baby food and learn to drink from a sippy. I am excited to wean her at a year! Isn't she getting so BIG!

Okay so here is the funniest picture of the whole post. Cameron is a crazy nut. I will be the first to admit he is good helper around the house, when I ask of course. However, not that my way is the only way, I do feel it is the best way; but Cam has other ideas. Some times I have a lot of housework to do like dishes, vacuuming, laundry and bathrooms, so I might not go all out on each task in order to get them all done, but not Cam. So the other day we went grocery shopping. When we got home Maren needed to nurse and go to sleep. So I asked him to put the groceries away. However, when I got out of Maren's room the grocery bags were of the floor full of groceries but Cam was cleaning out the fridge, not just wiping it down but taking out each shelf and scrubbing it in the sink. Cute I know! But I still had to put away all the groceries! Later I was folding laundry in my room and I asked him to vacuum the living room and I come out to see this!

He had hauled in the ladder, was balancing the vacuum on the ladder and steadying it IN his shirt was dusting the ceiling fan. Now I will admit it was in need of dusting but he is just crazy! So it is good to know that if Cameron was in charge of keeping up the house, one room would be intensely cleaned from top to bottom one day and the rest of the house would be a tornado! Are all guys this weird or just mine?

Our Life!

So not only am I behind on blogging I am behind on everything! Laundry, cleaning and scrapbooking. I haven't even printed a picture since July. Needless to say Wal-mart's photo dept is gonna get a chunk of cash from me tomorrow. So here is a tid bit here and there of what we have been up to since October!

Maren is now 8 months old and about 18 lbs and 7 oz. She is at that beautiful stage of sitting and playing but not the slightest bit interested in going anywhere. She is very vocal and likes to scream and she also is pretty fair weathered when it comes to baby food.

We had a nice Christmas. It was fun because Emma really got it this year and was all about Santa, his reindeer and NOT being on the "naughty list"

Emma had her first dance recital! Although she didn't do much dancing she sure looked cute.

Here is Santa! (I can never get these darn pics to download in the order I want them too!)

Gingerbread house!

Family pictures at Thanksgiving time.

Emma is such a good big sis!

Cam and Emma had a good time in the snow, that is now all melted, Hooray!

Emma and I got to go to Disney Princess on Ice, she has been way into princesses lately, however she also liked the cotton candy just as much.

I just cannot believe how big my girls are getting. They keep me busy and crazy but I sure do love them!