Will It End?

Will this obsession with wearing the old Army Halloween costume ever end? It doesn't matter if it is 90 degrees or 20 degrees outside, Camden will be wearing this outfit. He wants to be like his Daddy and to be able to dress like him is just icing on the cake. He still thinks his Daddy hung the moon. So for now, I will cherish his obsession over his Army costume, because when it ends it will mean that he is growing up. And you can't dress like you are in the Army and not have some target practice...

Also, a big "Thank You" to Sue for the sweet care package that she sent Tim after his hospital vacation. 

Camping Out

I am not a camper type person, never have been, never will be. Tim and Camden absolutely love camping and thank goodness they found some willing participants! Mark had everyone over at Easter to spend the night outside. The women and some of the children left after dark. The men were going to tough it out since it got down to 38 degrees that night. This would definitely separate the men from the boys (Barry). 

 Do these marshmallows look done to you?

 We had some really fun toys to play with!

 I really don't know what would possess people to sit around outside in a circle and watch wood burn?

 Wait, did you hear something??

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Mom! You have always been such a special part of Camden's life and our lives too! Camden now affectionately refers to you as "Grandma A".  We hope that you enjoy your very special day and get everything that you wished for! We didn't get to celebrate this past weekend with you because of Tim's Mini Vacation, but we will make it up to you! This is a BIG birthday for you (I won't mention the number!) so we will see you as soon as we can to party it up! Not sure when that might be though. Ha!  We love you very much as always!

Happy Birthday!!

The Update

Oh Happy Day!! Tim got to eat some soft foods today and clear liquids. He asked me if the bed had a scale on it because he thought he was just wilting away! He was just over joyed with his jello. I told Camden that we could not talk about food around Daddy when we visited. As we were leaving to get some lunch, Camden told Tim that we were going to "get some grub". As we were going down in the elevator Camden said, "It's OK, Daddy doesn't know what grub means!" 


Tim is feeling a little better and the pain is not as bad today. We know that surgery is in the near future but at least we have time to prepare for that. He is just so ready to get out of there. Meanwhile Camden took over his hospital bed. His eyes got real big when the nurse came in and thought he was the patient! She was just kidding, I hope!

Camden was having a staring contest with Bentley today. He said, "I won, Bentley "blunked" first!" Ha Ha!  We have cheap entertainment around here!

Mini Vacation

Tim decided that we needed some excitement in our lives! He is in the hospital with a ruptured abscess in his intestine. He will be staying there for 3 - 5 days and can't eat any food or even drink anything. He is standing in the picture above waiting for his bed sheets to be changed and he really didn't want his picture made. He is starving to death, cranky, his back hurts and he wants to break out of there now. I told him to think of this as a mini vacation, no work, no kids, just great pain meds and unlimited access to a remote control! We are trying to keep his spirits up in light of the seriousness of his condition.

We are planning to go to Disney World in a few weeks and his Doctor said that he will make sure that happens. Apparently the whole hospital knows about our situation because his nurse came in this morning and told me to "Please take this man to Space Mountain." I just laughed and said that I would try.  She said that he reminded her of Clark Griswold trying to get to Wally World! We all laughed and I told her to please not say that. That would be awful!

 Hurry up and feel better Daddy!! This little man needs you to play with him!

Just Camden

He is working on an erector set that he got for Christmas. Now where are those directions?

Camden asked me, "Mommy should we go to the Dead Sea on vacation?" I am not sure that I would really want to go there!

A few weeks ago Camden had a dental appointment. The assistant let me know that they needed to do x-rays. She just needed to put one of those little foam cards in Camden's mouth for him to bite down on. He ended up throwing up all over her and himself since he has a hair trigger gag reflex. That sure was a lot of fun!

Camden also let me know, "When you go to sleep, boogers get in your nose and they all pile together. Then you wake up and you can't breathe good!" Well, now!

This Weekend

This weekend we did a whole lot of nothingness and it was good. We hit up another Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Camden found 101 eggs! He was excited about that! The rest of the time we sat out in the sunshine, cleaned house, read books, went for long walks, ate corn on the cob, shot BB guns (including me!),went to the store to stock up on some things we needed and some things that we didn't know we needed, and watched a show about the Titanic since it is the 100th anniversary. Camden was very interested in the Titanic since he studied about it in school. We also found Bear like this....

Camden decided today that he needed to get a tan. He asked Daddy what happened to his tan that he had last summer. Daddy had to explain that tans fade away during the winter and he would need to live somewhere warm year round to keep a tan. This prompted Camden to say, "That means Santa doesn't ever get a tan!"

Easter Sunday

Here is my men striking their GQ pose!

 Have to get the mandatory family pic!

 Everyone at church asked Camden if he was going to preach! Ha Ha! I am sure that he would have a LOT to talk about!

Easter Bunny

We dyed up some eggs with Madeline and Emily. Then we got ready for the Easter Bunny to hop on over. I know it is silly but I have to hold onto his childhood as long as I can! He will be grown up before I can blink!

I asked Camden what "My Giver" means and he said, "You know, someone that gives you something!" I would have thought "Dear Easter Bunny" would have been more appropriate, but what do I know? So anyway, we left the big furry guy some carrots and then we were off to bed! He left Camden some nice surprises and a note!

We had such a fun Easter with our family and enjoying some quiet time too. We had several egg hunts (Camden liked to hide his eggs in clumps...he should stick to the hunting!), camped out, did 15 minutes of shopping, ate lots of food, visited relatives and went to church. It really was a Happy Easter!

Happy Birthday Grandma

Happy Birthday to Grandma! Camden has had many special moments with you in his life! Not to mention that you spoil him a little, well maybe a lot! Ha!

We hope you enjoy your special day!

Happy Easter

Bentley wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter! He has been chasing bunnies all over the yard but they are just too fast for him! Camden's school had an egg drop. He had to build a safe house for an egg and then each student's egg got dropped to see which one didn't break. We put some bubble wrap around his egg and then put it in a little Styrofoam case and he won!

 We had to do a few practice runs the night before. We threw this little egg as high as we could and it didn't break so we knew we had a good chance!

 We still believe in the Easter Bunny and we love to dye eggs and we get to eat some awesome chocolate at Easter.  These are just some of the special things about this Holiday, but the most important one of all is Jesus.  As we were driving home we saw a sign in front of a church that read, "The key to Heaven was hung on a nail."  We are rejoicing today in the fact that He is risen.

Happy Easter to everyone!

Spring is Springing

Camden and I decided to hide some of these. This was always the best part of Easter for me growing up. I hope he enjoys this activity as much! Then, of course, we had to throw in some sweetness for snack time! Ha!

Camden asked me, "Mommy, the money you are saving for me to go to college, do I spend it on college or can I spend it on anything?" Um, let me think about that and I will get back to you!

Also, he asked, "Are squirrels really necessary?" Well, I am not sure, but they do hide acorns and Bentley gets some serious exercise chasing them! 

Nerf Wars

This is how I spent the majority of my weekend...dodging bullets! The Nerf Wars are on and they go until the last man is standing. I still have nightmares of the time I got hit in the temple with one of those bullets. It kind of hurt a little! When do the Hunger Games start again? I might do well in them! Ha!

 Since Grandma is on a cruise this week with Sue's family, Daddy decided to show Camden some pictures on the Internet of what her cruise ship looks like. Camden wanted to know if that was the Titanic. Lord, let's hope not!! We sure do hope Grandma is having the time of her life!