Breckan's Birthday

One Word

I saw this on both Shannon and Brooke's blogs and thought it was cute! It's not as easy as you might think. Now copy or forward, change the answers to suit you and pass it on.

1. Where is your cell phone? ..........charging
2. Your significant other?................working
3. Your hair............................ untamed
4. Your mother? ........patient
5. Your father?...........................funny
6. Your favorite thing?...................family
7. Your dream last night?...................none
8. Your favorite drink? ................... juice
9. Your dream/goal?........................... happy
10. The room you're in?......................office
11. Your ex?.............................dumb
12. Your fear?...........................loss
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?................ house:)
14. Where were you last night?............. home
15. What you're not?.......................sad
16. Muffins?..............................blueberry
17. One of your wish list items?..............health
18. Where you grew up?........................Washington
19. The last thing you did?.......................trash
20. What are you wearing?......................sweats
21. Your TV?............................Dora
22. Your pets?............................none
23. Your computer? ...................on
24. Your life?.............................great!
25. Your mood?............................lazy
26. Missing someone?...................mom
27. Your car/truck?..................... garage
28. Something you're not wearing?...............shoes
29. Favorite Store?..........................Target!!
30. Your summer?................................long
31. Like someone?....................lots
32. Your favorite color?......................pink
33. Last time you laughed?....................... yesterday
34. Last time you cried?...................... duno
35. Who will re-post this?............???????

Golf Carts

Now, if you are not from Arizona then you, like me when I first moved here, will find this a bit absurd but people drive golf carts around here. I don't mean just on the golf courses, of which there an abundance, or even to and from golf games...no, no, no, they drive them around on regular streets like to the grocery store, pharmacy, or doctor's appointment (there are a lot of old people here also).They drive them like a regular car. I thought this was the strangest concept when I first moved here. I even remember taking a picture of one parked next to me at McDonald's. Now I guess I've just gotten used to it so I didn't even realize that one was next to us today until Camryn started laughing in the back seat. I looked at her and she pointed out the window at a golf cart similar to the one above and said, "what is that?" I answered it's a golf cart. She then laughed again and said, "That is a RIDICULOUS car!" There is just something about hearing the word "ridiculous" from a two year old's mouth that I found funnier then even a golf cart. :o)

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful moms who are reading this. I am one of those weird people who like AnneGeddes, so I thought I'd share this with you. You can also go down to the bottm of this page and pause my music if you want to hear the slide music. Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Birthday Scott!

Today is Scott's 26th birthday! I really wanted to find a baby picture to put on but this is the youngest picture of him that we have...and I thought it was just the cutest thing ever...him in his little league uniform. And then there's him now...that's my goofy guy, never serious. Look how he has grown...physically that is...deep down he will always be a kid. We love you Scotty! Happy Birthday!!!!!

PS My apologies about the nude picture. :o)

Mistaken Identity

Okay so I occasionally watch Dr. Phil while Cami takes her nap, but I'm not sure if she has ever really seen me watch it. So today she woke up during the last few minutes of Dr. Phil... you know the end part where the camera comes in close and he does his end "monologue" thing.... Cam was looking t the TV and then urned around with a big smile and said, "Look mom, it's Thomas Monson!" I laughed til I thought I'd wet myself! By the way not sure why she refuses to say the middle initial too but to her it is just Thomas Monson. So what do you think...slight resemblance maybe? I will never look at Dr. Phil again with out laughing.

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.

I know it's gross...but funny

The other day Camryn was sitting in the living room and when I walked by I noticed she was once again picking her nose. This always makes me sick to see. She has really been doing this a lot lately, which is a normal "discovery" phase I am told. I have tried explaining how yucky it is, bought her her own tissues, but she is very stubborn and I am now just telling her to flat out stop picking her nose. So as soon as I saw she was picking her nose I said, "Camryn, stop picking your nose!" to which she replied, "oh yeah, I pick my nose in my room", and she ran off to her room. I hope you will all forgive me that there is no picture to go with this entry. Nose picking is not exactly a Kodak moment:)

Camryn gets dressed

Carmryn came in to the room and said, "Taadaa, Cami got dressed!" I didn't have the heart to tell her that her jean skirt overalls were not only backwards...but upside down too. And to top it all off she was wearing her shiny black dress shoes. I love it!

Cami's new favorite food

Tonight for dinner I told Camryn that if she ate all her dinner, which consisted of roasted chicken, asparagus, and oranges that she could have dessert. She really liked the dinner and promptly ate everything on her plate. When she was finished I said, "Do you want your dessert now?" She looked at me and said, "asparagus dessert mom?" Thinking maybe she was confused I gave her one of the left over spears from the pot on the stove. I really thought she would give it back but she just said, "Oh thanks" and took a big bite off the top. She now likes to carry them around the house like a carrot stick. Too funny. I told her she is definitely her Grandpa Burnham's girl. (Dad liked them so much that growing up I used to have asparagus almost every night when it was in season.)

Papa and Grandma Jackie came to visit

This weekend Papa and Grandma Jackie came to visit us and as usual Camryn was completely spoiled all weekend long. I guess thats what grandparents are for though right? While Scott and his dad went golfing Jackie, Cami and I decided to have a girls day out so we went to the Scottsdale Mall. Camryn got to go to Build-A-Bear for the first time and she loved it. When the lady there asked her what her bear's name was Camryn answered without hesitation, "her name is Sis" Sis has not left her side since.

We also went to a little park not to far away and Scott's dad took some family pictures for us.

The Lloyd Family

We wanted to start a family blog to keep all of our friends and family a little more updated on what we are all doing... since I'm not very good at phone calls, Christmas cards, or e-mails we thought this might be just the thing! :) We are now living in Arizona and we are loving it! The weather is so great as long as you don't count June-September...the rest of the year is fabulous! We recently moved into our new house...still renting, but looking forward to owning soon. I am just happy to be unpacked...again.