Any Suggestions???

I need some good ideas for Relief Society Meetings. Mid-week activities, quarterly meetings, Super-Saturdays, service, etc.

What have you done that you really liked?

This is some serious business...

Thumb sucking that is.

How can this be? My baby is 3!

Kamden loves snakes, monkeys, lizards, caterpillars...wait, I can make a caterpillar, let's go with that.

Kamden's birthday was a few weeks ago but I've been a little slow on the blogging.

We celebrated in Idaho with my family and then again when we got back home with Jeff.

This kid...he's one of a kind. He brings so much happiness to our family and I'm so glad he's mine. He is so happy and brings out joy in others. He loves unconditionally and doesn't hold back anything. Whether good, bad, loud, sweet, or naughty. When he wanders into my room every morning between 6:30 or 7:00, I pretend that I am still asleep but it doesn't last long. How can I not smile when I hear his sweet little voice say, "Morning Mommy, where daddy went?" Jeff is usually in the shower and Kam then ventures over to him and shares the same morning greeting.

Throughout the day, I ask Kam questions and he asks me questions. Here are some of the conversations.

(All of his responses are !!! shouted.)

Me: What's your favorite color?

Kam: Yellow! No, green! No, purple! Colors!

Me: What's your favorite animal?

Kam: Snake, monkey, tiger! All aminals!

Me: How old are you?

Kam: Me three!

Kam: Hey, where Mac went?

Me: He's napping.

Kam: Oh, k Mom.

He is always some kind of animal and assigns everyone else around some sort of animal. "Me monkey, you tiger, daddy lion, Mac lizard!"

Whenever I ask him to do something and he's willing, his response is always, "Alright, k mom."

His favorite foods are:

Cheeseburgers-BURGER!

Chocolate ANYTHING

Chocolate Milk

BBQ Chicken

San-jich a.k.a. meat and cheese sandwich

anything else is a gamble

A big ole elephant is a fun thing unless you have to take it home on a plane in your carry on diaper bag. I'll rethink that move next time but Kam loves it.

He LOVES his scooter. Helmet too I might add. I thought that part was going to be a challenge but he likes to wear it too.

He's getting so fast on this thing.

He would NOT hold still for the picture and this was the best one I could get.

Know fact: It's pretty much impossible to get a good picture of a 3 year old.

How sweet is this?

Now that his birthday has come and gone, everything is a cake with a candle. He shouts, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Blow candle."

I love you Kamo.

Part Two...Idaho

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sure some of you gave up on the idea that part 2 was coming.

BUT...here it is.

Leaving was:

Happy-we got to see Jeff

Sad-we had to leave family

Stressful-flying/traveling with kids isn't pretty

So, we've been home for a week and it's been nice to get back into the swing of things.

Barthlome Cousins

This is at the Grace park.

Can I just say BURRRRRRRRRR!

We lasted for about 5 minutes...maybe.Well, in the previous post, you can see that McKay mastered the 'all-fours' crawling stance.

He literally dived into mastering the stairs.

He went down the stairs about 3 times this way and each time was equally hilarious.

Mac & Papa

My mom got cute little matchy-matchy outfits for the 'little boys'.
McKay-9 1/2 months

Raife-8 months

Cole-4 months

They are all pretty much the same size too!

Poor Raife
For his sake, I hope this isn't a preview into the future.

Mac was pleased as punch to have a crawling buddy.

I love love love this picture.

When my dad walked in the door, Kamden and Paisley ran over to him yelling, "Papa! Papa!"

It warms my heart now just thinking about it.

They miss each other already.

K, this picture was taken when we had been at Robyn and Andy's for about 15 minutes.

I don't want to say that Paisley is a bad influence but...

her fetish with dress-ups is borderline addiction.

Kamden was just happy to be in on the action.

We all had such a good time. We are so blessed to have 2 such amazing families to go and visit. Thank you for taking care of us and for all the fun.

We love you all, miss you already, and can't wait to see you again!