Rita?

Sometimes I ask myself "Where on earth did I get her?" Camryn has a way of coming up with the strangest ideas. So lately she has really gotten into pretend play. She plays dress-up, doctor, house, and dolls. She started this about a month ago when she started to name her toys. Most of them are name of friends, family, or TV shows...that is all except for Rita. Rita is her baby doll. That's right I said Rita. Now at first I thought maybe I heard her wrong..."Leah, honey?" "No, Mom she's Rita." It's just not a typical baby name like sally, or molly...It's more like the name of a lovely meter maid...or maybe even a lunch lady in elementary school...but a baby? (My apologies to any of you out there who love the name Rita.) So this morning Camryn said "Mom, Rita is poopy." Looking very concerned. So I said "well, Cam you are Rita's mommy, maybe you should change her. Camryn got very excited and ran to get the diapers and wipes. I'm thinking maybe if she starts changing Rita she will want to finally be a big girl and stop wearing diapers herself! Here's hoping!!:o)

Wake Boarding!

Scott went with Lance and their friend Dustin on Dustin's boat to do some wake boarding. They took the boys and called it a "Man Trip"...too funny. Anyway Scott had never been wake boarding before but he was impressively able to get up after only one try! Looks like they had a blast. Next time I say the girls go too:o)

Yard Sale!

Shelby and I went yard saling this morning while the guys were out at the lake and I made a haul. There were so many yard sales we literally just circled the neighborhood and saw over 30 yard sales. I found some outdoor toys for Cami...and thanks to Shelby's bartering skills I got the water table and sandbox for $7.50 each and the playhouse was FREE!! Camryn has been outside all day.

Gray's is back!

"Don't you judge me!" Okay it is no secret that Gray's Anatomy is one of my guilty pleasures and I was so excited to have it come back. When I first moved to AZ I was telling Shelby about it and shockingly enough she had never seen it so I sat her down and started her with "Season 1 Disc 1" well it didn't take long before she was recruiting new Gray's fans too. Last night we all got together to see the first episode since the writers strike. We had sparkling cyder, cheesecake, lots of snacks, and just the girls. Afterword we sat in the hot tub...now that's my idea of a girls night. Thanks for hosting Shannon it was a blast!

Cami sings I Love to See the Temple

Cami's first braids

YEAH!!! Okay this is along time in the making (2years, 7mos. and 18days to be exact) but Camryn's hair is long enough for teen tiny braids! But just barely:)

Happy Birthday Amy!

Today Shelby and I went to the East Valley to see our friend Amy. It was her birthday while I was on one of my many trips so we planned to go spend a day with her when I returned. The plan was to leave around 8 am and go to her house in Gilbert. Shelby was going to do her hair and then we were going to go shopping and eat at Cafe Rio...yummmmo! I think while planning this day-o-fun we all somehow forgot that between the three of us we have six and a half darling sweet children (Amy is pregnant not Shelby or me). Needless to say the drive was horrendous, hair was done with kids crying and crackers flying, Cafe Rio turned into the toddler Kentucky Derby(I think Ryder won) and shopping turned into watching the kids play at the mall playground. :) Well that is the life of a mom! I think over all the chaos we still had fun. Happy Birthday Amy. We love You!



Well when we got home Camryn wanted popcorn so I told her if she ate all her dinner she could have some. Then I got busy on the computer and I noticed that it was awfully quiet so I went to check on Cami. This is what I found. It has been a long day. Guess she didn't want popcorn after all!:)

Traveling!

I Know it has been so long since my last post. I feel like I have done nothing but packed, unpacked, and struggle to get all of the laundry done in between trips. It was so fun...but I have to say I am glad to be back home and getting Camryn back on a regular schedule. We first went to Washington to see my parents. Scott couldn't come because of work :( But Shelby, Lance and the boys came up for a week! I have to admit while we were traveling there we looked like we came straight out of Colorado City. Lance, Shelby and me with 4 kids under the age of 5....it was too funny.
The kids had so much fun at Grandma and Grandpa Burnham's! The Kis frosted cookies made cupcakes and colored Easter eggs with Grandma.
It snowed just about every day that we were there. I was freezing...but Camryn loved it. This is one of the first times she's seen snow, and the only time she remembers seeing it.

After leaving Washington I had six days to unpack, do laundry, and pack again for Utah. Scott had to go to take a test to get a Utah state paramedic licence which went very well. We decided to take a couple extra days to see friends and family. However unlike traveling to Washington this time we drove...big mistake.

Sorry I don't have pictures of everyone but we had so much fun visiting everyone. Camryn is missing all her cousins.