Let's Talk About Food

Yes, this is Chicken Nuggets! If it were not for these processed disgusting little bites, my child would have blown away by now. He has lived off of Nuggets for the last eight years. He will cry if he doesn't get them on a regular basis (like every day). Hmmm, maybe we should have bought stock in these! Anyway, Daddy got fancy when he made these for Camden's lunch one day. He is trying to out shine Mommy!

I made Tim my homemade Lasagna a few weeks ago. This is his favorite meal of all time and I only make it once a year! Ha! He loves this and nothing else, just Lasagna and bread. We ate until we were in pain, but it was so worth it!


Also, I have to do a special shout out to our new best friend, Blair! Since we have been banned from the internet at work, Blair has been hooking us girls up with our daily blog read! You just never know how devastating it is when you can't get on the internet until it happens to you. I was just getting ready to throw myself into oncoming traffic! (Just kidding!) Next thing we know Blair comes along and saves the day! Blair, you are awesome!

My View

This was my view this weekend. I had a lovely time celebrating my birthday weekend at the beach with my two favorites, minus Bentley. He didn't get to go with us because he exceeds the weight limit at our pet friendly hotel. We thought about putting him on a diet to get him under 70 pounds but decided not to!! Ha!! Here are the crab hunters! They love hunting crabs at night with a net and flashlights! It is not my favorite pastime, so I chilled in the room so I could read without any interference.

"Look Mom, I caught a minnow!" Please tell me we don't have to eat that for dinner!!

It was so nice to just relax and celebrate! Listening to the waves is therapeutic and it just makes me feel close to God. I love the beach!

My "Keep Calm" Party

I had the most fabulous birthday ever! My super work friends made it very special with a "Keep Calm" theme party. Seriously, they should start a party planning business! It was incredible and so much fun. I laughed the whole day and by the end my face was hurting! These are just a few of the signs that were on my desk.

Me and the girls! For some reason Susie celebrated my birthday at the beach (without me!).

 I got some great gifts! These will come in handy at the beach this weekend. I LOVE my camera bag too!! Just what I wanted!

I also had a very special visitor!!!

Thank you Stephanie, Amanda and Susie! You guys are the best and you make me want to celebrate a birthday every day! Ha Ha!

It's My Birthday

Yes, friends, today is the BIG day. Wow! Time is flying by and I am definitely starting to feel my age! Thanks family for the gifts! And a special thanks to my husband for the awesome camera and to little Camden for the special bear. Now I am off to a day of work and I am going to party like a rock star because, Lord knows, I am not getting any younger! Ha!

 On a side note: We are no longer allowed to use the Internet at work except for business. Will I be able to survive without the Internet? I am going thru some withdrawals and feeling kind of lost....stay tuned!

Almost.....

It is almost time for a little of this! For some reason Tim likes to build sand castles this way. It is so very strange and sort of a close encounter of the third kind. I am sure that he will never win any sand castle building contests! However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder! Ha! And we can't forget about Bentley Bear. He loves the beach as much as we do!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Tim! 

 I hope that our son will always look up to you. And I hope that you will always be a spiritual leader to him, someone he can confide in when needed, a source of comfort, a protector, a patient teacher, a best friend. My prayer for you is that, in turn, he will forever look at you with this same feeling of awesome love:

 

Just Camden

Camden and I were watching a cute little Blue Jay sitting on our fence one afternoon. He says to me, "We should kill all the birds that haunt us and the ones that make us mad, even the ones that wake us up in the morning!" What!?!? What happened to my little Nature Boy who was chasing birds all over Disney World and trying to feed them. Note to self: Don't let kid play Angry Birds anymore!!

Camden asked me one morning, "Mommy did you know that when you jump your whole body lifts in the air?" I sure hope he doesn't stay awake at night pondering these things!! Bless his little heart!

Camden wrote in Daddy's Father's Day card this morning: "Hope you have a good one. I am sorry that we work you so hard!" Really, is that so? What, does Mommy NOT do any work? All he wrote on my Mother's Day card was "Thank you for the food that you cook!" I found this just a little sarcastic since he never eats the food that I cook! Ha Ha!