Nature

We came home from church this morning and found this on our front door. Camden tells us, "Come on, let's go inside and let them do their business. You don't know, they might be a mother and father!" Oh my word! I very quickly told him they were just hugging! What is going on around here?!?!

A Snake & A Bird

We had a tremendous amount of excitement for a Saturday morning and all before 10 a.m. Camden and Tim were heading out the door first thing to run an errand. I heard Tim say, "Oh NO, get out, go!" I asked what was the matter and he said nothing and slammed the door shut. Naturally I got up and ran to open the door to see what it was. It was a baby snake and Tim told me to get a shovel. He said that Camden went out the door first and then the snake fell down. He was hanging out over our front door. Now, can you just imagine if that snake would have fallen on one of our heads? I would need to be medicated for the rest of my life!!

When they got back home, Camden was playing in the backyard with Tim. Next thing I see is Tim on the deck trying to pry Bentley's mouth open. I run to see what he has and there is a bird foot sticking out of his mouth. I asked if that was what I thought it was?!? Tim is trying with all his might to keep Bentley's mouth open and yelling at me to get the thing out of his mouth. So, I naturally did what all outdoorsy type hunting women do...I grabbed Tim's bathing suit off the rail and grabbed the bird foot and pulled without looking. I almost lost it when I pulled the bird leg clean off. Meanwhile, Bentley has still got an alligator death grip on this poor bird. I didn't have time to freak out because Tim was yelling at me to hurry up and get it. So, without looking again, using the bathing suit I reached all the way down Bentley's throat and I wasn't sure if I had Bentley's tongue or the bird, but I just pulled and out the little bird came. Bless his little heart, but he didn't make it. So gross. 

Then I asked Tim if we needed to load up some guns for the next freak of nature that might occur. All I could say was "WOW" and not really sure if maybe a grizzly bear was going to charge us next. Not a good day for nature at our house, that is for sure!!!

Every Man's Dream

Back in 2008, we decided to take Camden fishing for the first time ever. I am sure that it is every man's dream to share their passion for fishing with their son. This particular rite of passage didn't go as planned that day. It turned out to be a disaster. We went to a secluded creek bank for Camden to try his hand at fishing, but their was another man there when we arrived. At the end of our 20 minute excursion I actually went over to the man to apologize for our theatrics!  Oh, the sun was too bright...

Oh, the reel makes a really loud noise...

Hey, I might get the hang of this, maybe?

It doesn't matter if I can fish, because I'm really cute!

Hey Daddy, let's have some bonding time...

Since that one time I am happy to say that we have moved on and Camden has become a Champion Fisherman. Daddy is so proud!

Welcome Back

Welcome back my little cupcake! Camden is finally home after a month with family. I missed him so much and we have a lot of catching up to do! We didn't have such a great night when he got home because he was missing everyone. He called me Emily about 20 times and finally apologized for not calling me Mommy. I told him that I understood completely! He had surprises for us. Daddy got an Air Force sign and I got a blue frog. I told him that I would sleep with it every night!

Camden got to go to several Bible Schools while he was back home. He had made a Prayer Journal and I wanted to share one of his prayers that he wrote: "Loud (Lord) I love you. I hope to see you when I duiy (die), I hope you had a great day. I had a great day to. I love you, Camden."  He always writes in it at bedtime so most of his prayers were regarding, "Can you help me sleep?" Too precious!
And don't worry...he didn't get spoiled by anyone!!! Ha!

Something Cool

Recently I had to fill out some paperwork on base and I took Camden along with me. In this particular building there is a huge plane hanging from the ceiling. It is something really cool and Camden liked it! I, on the other hand, was a smidge scared to walk under it! Yikes! I sure hope those cables never break because there is nothing like a plane dropping on your head! Or so you would think!

 

Photo Shoot

It was a perfect morning and the lighting was just right. All I needed was one happy child to get a couple of quick shots. Instead I ended up with one not so happy child that absolutely wanted to sit in this chair and look as miserable as possible. Hey, you win some, you lose some.... How about a pretend smile?

I don't know where it went wrong, but a mysterious itch came over the not so happy child. I was standing in the same tall grass as him. It took him over and would not let go!

This was the end of a great photo op. Yes, my Sunshine does come with a little "Rain", but oh how I love him!

Fish Fry 2012

Yes, friends, that is what you think it is...some deep fried southern Catfish. Yummy! We all got together to celebrate someone that turned the Big 5-0. That would be Craig and he sure does love him a fish fry! We didn't mind gaining 50 pounds for his birthday! That's what family is for. We ate too much but it was so worth all the belly aching afterwards! This is Grandma's world famous homemade hush puppies! They are to die for and don't have any calories. Imagine that!

Before we stuffed ourselves silly there was some playing going on in the over 100 degree afternoon. I am not sure that the heat didn't get to these two! Ha!

And I have to do a Big Shout Out to Uncle Jeff who is the Number One Fan of The Shoe Box!!!