Princess Camp

Abby invited Emma to attend Princess Camp. It was a glorified dance class with lots of Princess themed activities. They went for 2 hours a day for 5 days. Emma loved it!The gals getting ready for their final day! They did a fabulous performance!

Princesses love snow cones! On this day they had their UP DO's done. I guess Emma's hair was too short, they just gave her one braid.

Emma's first day. Look at the excitement. Maren would have nothing to do with Emma getting in a pretty dress and not her. Maren and I spent some time with Georgia, Drew and Isaac during the camp. Always Fun! Oh a almost forgot to mention the best part. The real Snow White came all the way from Disneyland to have a tea party with the class! I should find a way to scan that pic in! It is PRICELESS!

Camping trip to Yuba Lake

We took a trip down to Yuba Lake just to get away. Spend some time with our little family. And just chill. We had a nice time. The last night the wind howled and almost blew our tent away (with a sleeping Maren in it!) The next morning was Father's Day. Happy Father's Day Cam, it was pouring rain. I made bacon in the rain and we packed up a wet tent. Other than that though it was a great trip. I love it how the girls can't even fake asleep, look at those grins.


Sweet sisters!

Emma posing next to the lake. The water was so high there wasn't much of a beach to play on but we made due.

Maren turns 2!

I can not believe my baby is 2! She is such a sweet and funny girl. When I think back over her life I am so impressed with the progress she has made and the smart little one she is now. Maren we love you and are grateful to have your sweet spirit in our home.

Maren got a new camp chair!


Maren is obessed with brushing and playing with hair so we got her a baby Rapunzel to go crazy with! Since then I have braided it because it is out of control so she still just brushes mine all the time!



Emma got to stay up late the night before Maren's birthday to help us decorate! She did a nice job on the basketball hoop. Maren loved all the balloons and streamers so we left them up for about 5 days.

We got Maren an ice cream cake from Coldstone. It was a hit!


My precious girl!


In the afternoon we went swimming at the Pratt. That evening we went bowling as a family.

What a fun day! Happy Birthday Mar Mar!

The Mystery Hair Fiasco!

So, one morning after a night shift I was resting/drifting in bed. There was a lot of yelling/fighting so, out I came to diffuse the situation. I see little locks of golden hair lying on the TV stand. Hmmm, I thought, that's weird. Later I am looking at Emma's hair. Why is it so short by her ear? Well despite all my tricks she will not admit to cutting her hair. Maren did it she insists. Okay, whatever. My fault leaving children unattended with scissors and all. Make an appointment to even it up so it is not so noticeable. The after picture.

She absolutely LOVES going to see Maryann at the salon! Maren's do it herself hair cut is a bit more random. Some places are right to the scalp!

The after picture! It is hard to stay mad at these cuties when they are so darn cute!

Meet the UNICORN!

So, this past weekend we went to Carey to celebrate Cam's birthday and see the fam. Cam and his brothers have been talking a long time about the unicorn that lives in Aaron's field. Now, Emma loves unicorns but she also insists that they are not real. Well, her dad and uncles have been telling her otherwise for awhile and this weekend they proved it to her. They painted and decorated Patches and left him out front and when Emma came out she saw a real live unicorn! She believed for about 1/10th of a second. That little stinker was less than enthused. She proceeded to tell them that the horn was made out of paper, and that she could see the tape on it. Then when Aaron asked her about the pink stars and hair she proceeded to point to Aaron fingers that were stained a bit hot pink. She is too smart for her own good.

Maren on the other hand LOVED it! She stood on the couch looking out Grandma's window all day staring at it and pointing and then she would say enthusiastically "CORN!"

It was quite the excitement in Carey. Numerous people halted to stop to stare, some took pictures, others brought their kids out to see it. Several people talked about it at church. It was hilarious! What I realized all weekend long was what a fabulous family we have! They are truly the BEST people ever! My kids love all their aunts and uncles because they are sooooo good at playing with them. Grandma and Grandpa spoil them rotten. Grandma gives marathon 4 wheeler rides, Grandpa is the best story reader. The guys tease and hassle them constantly but they LOVE it, the gals are super sweet to them and play constantly. So, thanks for the great weekend, we love you!

While we were there Cameron turned 34! WOW! Sandy spoiled him with endless bacon, lemon meringue pie, ribs, ham, and orange cake! We ate A LOT! (as always) . We love you sweetie! You are the BEST DAD in the world! Those girls adore you and so do I. Thanks for all your hard work! I LOVE YOU!

Oh, and lastly because I am a nerd. I have recently tried to coupon a bit to save some money. My trip to Walgreens this morning. Stocking up! However, it wasn't nearly as a good deal as what Erica hooked me up with while in Idaho, so I think I will stick to just paying someone else to do it because it is a lot of work!

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?