Happy Place

In a very short time we will be going to mommy's Happy Place! Can you guess where that is?

Camden asked Tim the other night, "Do you think Mommy should win 10,000 Gold Medals for being the best Mommy in the world?" How sweet he can be!

He also asked me, "Is a Sea Horse a water breather or an air breather?" I just love how he makes me think about things that I never would imagine in a million years!

19 Years

It was 19 years ago today that the wedded bliss started. It seems like only yesterday, yet so much has happened in 19 years. Together we have shared so much joy and pain, many deployments, tons of laughter and some really unforgettable moments. All of this to make us stronger and who we are today. My dear one, I have loved you with all of my heart from the moment I first saw you at Bev's house and all because Sandy made it happen! So in true Anniversary fashion we exchanged gifts...Tim gave me the cutest little IPod Nano and I got this cute little fire pit for 19 years of service. Ha!

 Tim got his dream come true (besides me)....a boat!

Happy 19th Anniversary!!!

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!