Thankful

Turkeys

 Camden disguised his turkey for school this year as a Police officer. He had to write a little story to go with it. He did it all by himself this time! Hopefully this is the last year of turkey disguising! Ha! We are running out of ideas! I found this turkey leg from last year while going thru some papers. It's an "Army Man" and I just love the camouflage. You can't see what he wrote but it says "These planes are not going to fix themselves!" So funny!!! 

Cuteness

I wish I had one of these! So cute! Remember, it's the little things that make your heart smile....except in this case, it's a BIG thing!

Camden was upset tonight because he didn't like what we were having for dinner. He wanted a BLT and he thought that was what we were eating. When he found out different he said, "I didn't get any information on that!" Guess I will start posting a menu for him! Ha!

Some Camden

Camden: "I sniffed too hard today and there's a booger stuck in my throat!" He is aspiring to be something great! Ha!

Tim had to take him some jeans to school one day because his zipper broke. He told Tim, "Thanks for not embarrassing me Daddy!"

Out of the blue one day: "It's a good thing I'm not a seahorse because I would be pregnant right now!" I just stared at him blankly because well, he is so random. Then he added: "You know only male seahorses get pregnant. It was in the facts book I read. Ding Ding ring a bell?" Sometimes he makes my day! Other times he makes my whole day!

Happy Place

 We spent Sunday afternoon at our Happy Place! It was the most beautiful day and so very relaxing before the mad rush of the holidays. Camden stayed busy building sand castle creations. We all stayed out of the water because it was just a teeny chilly for even our toes!

 Bentley went crazy for his Frisbee. Lucky for us it was during the off season and he didn't need a leash! He was pretty serious showing off his skills! Tim said that he looked like a land shark!

The best part was getting to see dolphins finally! We watched for them all summer and didn't see any. A very nice man pointed them out to us and we got to see four of them! We ate an early dinner at our favorite pizza place. The only bummer was when Camden knocked over a drink. It came rushing across the table straight for me. I caught as much as I could in my hands and threw it away from me. I ended up getting splashed with Coke and had a dripping purse and watch! Our waitress loved us! All in all it was a perfect day in our little Happy Place!

Let The Games Begin

Yes, friends, I am getting a jump start on the wrapping of gifts! Shopping for them is so fun and exciting....wrapping tons of gifts, not so much! I usually do them all in one day and I start sweating, run out of tape, can't find a box to fit, search everywhere for a name tag, you get the drift. That just makes it seem like a chore and it takes the fun out of the whole gift giving concept. I don't want it to be like that!  So this will be a first to spread them out and do some each weekend or when time permits. Merry, Merry everyone!!!

Oh, and these definitely help!

Our Furry Friend

Bentley doesn't like the chill in the air as much as we do. One afternoon he had to get up on the bench to get some sun. He even knocked some of the pillows off so he could get it just right! You can see just where the shade comes to on the deck and he was looking for some sun! He is such a silly boy! The next afternoon there wasn't any sun but he still needed an outside nap to go with all of his inside naps!

Fall Is Here

The weather has finally cooled off for us and it is feeling more like Fall. We are just now getting in the spirit of Thanksgiving and looking forward to spending the holiday with family! We have some cool things planned to celebrate the Fall season! One of which might include a little road trip to the beach!! That may prove difficult to keep a dog and a boy out of the water!

Shopping Fun

 Camden really loves to shop! We ran into Santa while looking at Christmas trees and the next day Camden found a cool chair to try out in a Halloween clearance display.

He really is a great sport and pretty good at keeping up. You do not, however, want to be with him in a store display of Christmas cheer. He takes that "Try Me" button literally. He had every Santa dancing and singing, all the music playing, everything jingling. I decided it was time to go when all of the lights on the Christmas trees displayed blinked off. Ha!

Some Camden

Camden likes to build forts with his blocks every once in a great while, complete "with a Super Hero for protection!"

At breakfast one morning...."Daddy, I think I just swallowed some orange juice and it went down and touched my heart!" Ha! I don't think he will ever understand that food and drink goes to his stomach!

In the past few weeks, I can't tell you how many times Tim and I have had to sit on a Whoopie cushion! It usually starts with...."Mommy, sit down I need to tell you something!" I don't remember whose idea it was to buy him that thing, but I think it's way past time for it to get lost!

Camden got into trouble at school for skipping down the hallway and then across his classroom coming back from the bathroom. I asked him why in the world he would do something crazy like that. His response: "I was happy that it was Wednesday!" Got to love him!

He likes to come find me and blow his breath in my face to prove that he brushed his teeth. So nice!

He also told his teacher, "My daddy doesn't do anything but stay home all day and play Candy Crush!"  Kids can scare you to death! Beware!

Certificates

For Tim's retirement he received these very special certificates. I was very surprised that I received certificates too! Mine were Certificates of Appreciation from the Armed Forces of the United States of America and one from the Chief Master Sergeant of the Armed Forces. I knew Tim would get certificates, but I wasn't expecting to receive them as well, so it was a very pleasant surprise! I am so glad that I was appreciated and feel very honored to be recognized in this way. They loved me, they really did. I did do a lot of sacrificing, that is for sure, but nothing like Tim! 

                      

Zombie Land

This is what Camden came up with for Halloween! A little Zombie monster! He decided at the last minute to trick or treat so we had to think fast. He could not figure out what he wanted to be and went back and forth several times. Apparently he has not learned any of the planning strategies that I have pressed upon him! Or the Boy Scout motto for that matter! He wanted to know if he could have one of my empty boxes and that was a no because I was using it for something else. Then he wanted to know if I had a white sheet (for a ghost) and the only people I know that have whites sheets are hotels! He did not want to wear any of the costumes that we had handy and could be assembled easily. He was adamant about a Zombie and we finished this at the very last second!

He was a super star as a Zombie! He stayed in character the entire time and even went so far as to drag his feet all the way down the street! (Until Daddy told him to stop!) A drama teacher in the future is going to hit pay dirt with him! That is a wrap for Halloween and now we are full speed ahead for some Christmas!

Officially Retired

In honor of Tim's retirement I wanted to do a post about the best day ever of his career. It was about three years ago when he finally got his incentive flight. Hands down, the best day of his life, besides the time I sent him to Richard Petty's driving school and he got to drive a real race car! So back to his flight, he was very nervous that day, but oh so excited. He got to be Top Gun for a moment and that was worth every second of all his hard work! He was on an  adrenalin rush for a few days after this and drove our car very fast. Hmmm. 

Still smiling!

Yes, please make sure this stuff is on correctly Mr. Pilot!

And this is how to eject! Ha Ha!

Ready to Rock and Roll!

Today, November 1st, is the first day of Tim's official civilian life!