Babysitting Bennett

My sister asked me months ago to babysit her little guy for 5 days while she headed to girls camp.  I was both excited and a bit nervous since babies need constant supervision and Lincoln is out of the baby stage officially.  But it's just like riding a bike, you get back on and it comes back naturally.

Sadly he was a bit grumpy and I finally figured out why, his back molars were coming in. Poor thing was in pain.  Once we got him some Infant Tylenol he was much better. We all had the best time snuggling with him and playing with him.  I'm so glad we had the opportunity to spend so much time with this cute little man.  Love you Bennett baby!

We were sure sad to see him go but thankfully we get to cuddle him every time we see my sisters family!

Summer cut

Benton shaved off all of Lincolns hair for the Summer!  He looks adorable with his new hair do!

Trip to Beaver Dam

I decided to take the kids down to Beaver Dam, Az to visit their Nanny Linda and Papa Tony while Benton was away on a fishing trip.  I planned the trip last minute and thankfully they didn't have plans so we packed up and jumped in the car the day after Cambree's birthday.

The kids got to ride around in their new golf cart that we had heard so much about. Cambree even got to drive it!

We also went swimming two times while we were there.  It's so hot that the only way to cool down is to go swim.

We all had a blast and I'm so glad we impulsively went!  Thanks Nanny and Papa for the fun weekend!

Cambree's 8!!!

Our first born turned 8 years old, I can hardly believe it's been that long since she's been born!  Since she's not much of a cake eater and I had already made a cake for her party we got cookies instead!

I asked her if I could take her on a photo shoot just her and I and I'm so glad I was able to capture her fun personality.  I wish you all could know her like we do because you'd see just how easy it is to love this girl of ours!

Cambrees Favorite things at 8 years old:
Dinner- Steak, Mashed Potatoes and Asparagus
Treat- Skittles & Twix
Animal- Lamas
Subject at School- Math
Best Friend- West & Kiley
Sport- Rollerskating
Book- Dog Man Series
Thing to do- Watch TV & Rollerskating
Movie- Harry Potter
Color- Black & White

Our new pool!

When we saw this pool at Sam's Club, we couldn't resist!  It's huge and the kids LOVE it!  Let Summer begin!

Cambree's Party!

After 2 months of talking and talking and talking about Cambree's birthday party the day finally arrived!  Honestly I couldn't be happier because it was quite exhausting talking about the same thing every day.  But all that planning turned into a great party!

She wanted a llama themed swimming party.  So that's what she got.  She showed me cakes she wanted me to make but instead I made my own kind of llama cake and cupcakes and thankfully she thought they turned out "adorable".

She invited both friends and family and unfortunately we didn't get pics of everyone but she had a great turn out.  Thanks to everyone that came! I'm sure she'll talk about this party for years to come!

Now we're counting down the days till her actual birthday on June 7th!

Mail Day

One of our neighbors from Illinois, Barb and Chuck are the absolute sweetest.  We only lived in Illinois for 9 months and 7 years later we still talk to them.  It's one of those relationships that is more like family than friends.

Barb knew Cambree was having a llama birthday party so she sent her a book she made herself. Cambree said "this is the best book ever!"  She loves it so much that she moved everything off her nightstand so the book could be on it by itself.

Here they are celebrating with us when Cambree turned 1! We sure love you both and miss you guys like crazy!  Thanks for all the love you've shown us through the years, you'll never know how much it means to us!