GIVEAWAY

Check out this SPOT for a great giveaway. Or pop over just to see what she's got. My neighbor is starting up her business. Give it a look!

A New Bike

Cam (his dad) has been wanting a dirt bike. We have looked around, couldn't find anything quite right. Uncle Matt and Aunt Nanny suggested this one - one their kids used to ride. It came with complete riding gear.

What an awesome gift!

I think he likes it . . .

In full riding gear.

Thank you, Aunt Nanny and Uncle Matt!

Ute Birthday

Cameron wanted a Utah cake for his birthday party. My dear sister is awesome with cakes. This is what she came up with . . .Beautiful, I know.
Aunt Laura and birthday boy with the cake.

What happens when you ask a BYU fan to make a Utah cake? That's right - it turns blue! The blue cake was the HIT of the party. As Cam says, "she is such a prankster".

Berline Update

Just in case you were about to pee your pants in anticipation over which one is the statue...

I didn't get it until this last picture, either. I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did!

Berlin

Have you ever been to Berlin? I haven't, either. But my sister went there today. She spends a couple weeks in Germany every few months or so for her job. Since it will probably be a very long time before I make it there, I asked her to send me photos. I will live vicariously through her -

See the green guys? One is a statue, one is a mime. Can you tell? I couldn't.
Snowfall on the river

Remnants of the Berlin Wall

Checkpoint Charlie

Fascinating - thanks for sharing, Kathy!

Crazy

Nothing says elementary school like Crazy hair Day!

I Must Be Getting Old

I went to lunch with a dear friend of mine today. As we talked, we were discussing our trials, our children (like I said, our trials) and the way our perspectives have changed. I realized there are quite a few things I am okay with now that I was not okay with a few years back.

Here are just a few:

Not keeping my house perfect (I'm good to clean once a week!)

Letting my child/children go to school without looking model perfect (somedays we are lucky to get out the door on time)

Leaving the house without makeup (I don't have the energy anymore)

Saying what I think, even if it makes me unpopular with someone (Okay, maybe I have always done this. But now it doesn't bother me so much)

Things that used to seem so important don't seem so important any more.

I must be getting old. Or, even worse, I must be getting mature! (Yeah, right)

Thank you, my dear friend, for helping me remember I am not alone in this crazy fight called MOTHERHOOD!

Smiling

I am smiling because I can.

If I don't laugh, I cry.

I choose to laugh.

I am thinking about running.

I spent a lot of time running last year.

I went through 6 pairs of running shoes.

That is a lot of running.

I am smiling because I remember my last race.

I am smiling because I remember how proud I felt when my husband finished the St. George Marathon.

I am smiling because I am still so, so proud of him.

I am smiling because some day, somewhere, somehow, I, too, will finish the St. George Marathon.

I am smiling because I don't have to do it today.

I am smiling because my uncle ran my favorite half marathon on Saturday and thought of me.

If I had been able to run, it would have been my fourth year in a row.

I sitll miss running.

I miss exercise. Period.

I am still smiling because I can.

I'm Dreaming

Of a warmer place!!!

Seven

This little man is 7 today. Hard to believe.

Cameron was born at 2:09 in the morning. He was almost born in the car. Mom had to be wheeled into labor and delivery by the night security guard. Dad was PARKING THE CAR!!

Cameron loves all things boy. He loves dirt, bugs, trucks, cars, fishing, boating, everything outdoors.

Cameron loves orange chicken.

Cameron has a birthmark just like his mom's - a special joke between Cameron and mom, the only two people in the family that have birthmarks. We claim it is because we share the same birthday.

Happy birthday little man!