Thankful Slacker

I have been the biggest slacker at blogging lately. I don't have much going on really. I haven't even taken any good pictures...

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I am so thankful this year that my mom is able to come and spend the week with us. This will be our first Thanksgiving together since I moved here, 6 years ago. Yay for mom's!

I am also thankful for my wonderful family. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband that works so hard to provide for our family. I cannot say in words how lucky I feel to have my precious Cameron. He is my everything. He brings so much happiness to my life every single day.

I am thankful for my ward family. I love my calling and everyone I serve with. Yay Primary!

I am thankful for my friends. I am blessed to have found true friends that have stayed constant in my life.

I am thankful for so many other things. My heart is overflowing. I am grateful for all the lessons I have learned this year, even the hard ones!
Hope everyone has a fabulous holiday. Enjoy your family. Eat lots. And rest.
We love you!

"Dada at work"

Cam loves when Dada is home. All day while Scott is away Cam thinks every noise he hears is Dada. He hears someone outside. Dada? The phone rings. Dada? The phone rings at a store. Dada?
I always say, No Cam. Dada is at work. Now he walks around the house saying, Dada at work. (SO CUTE)
Needless to say, Cam has turned into quite the Daddy's boy. And why not? Whenever Dad is around Cam has so much fun!
I am so grateful for Scott and the wonderful Dada that he is. I love to watch them play. I love that he uses the little time that he has with Cam each day to have fun and laugh. Cam is the happy little boy that he is because of the relationship he has with his dad.
Thanks Dad. We love you.

A Dino goes RRRaaarrrr....

Cam had so much fun being a Dinosaur this year for Halloween. His cute Grammie in MI sent him this great costume. (thanks again mom!)

We went to Scott's parent's house, had chili, then went out trick-or-treating. This year was so much more fun because Cam was actually walking and realized what was going on. After he experienced his first couple houses, he knew exactly what to do. As soon as someone would drop a treat in his bag, he would turn around and bolt back down the stairs and on to the next house. It was hilarious to watch.
We taught Cam to roar like a dinosaur. I did have it on tape, but Scott did something embarrassing during the tape so I will not post it.
We would say, "Cam, what does a dino say?" Cam: "RRRRAAArrrrrr." (he actually does the same thing when we ask what a lion says, but we switched it to dino. We are now back on to lion.)
LOVE IT.

Here are some pictures from that night. Sorry about the red eye.
Tinkerbell and Dino
Cam almost fell over face first in the dirt trying to get this cat. Scott, of course, was video taping the whole time so when I rushed over to catch Cameron, I bent over and my rather large caboose was dead smack in the middle of the shot. Terrible!
Cam getting his first treat with his cousin, Thomas the Train.
Tink, Dino, and Thomas
Dad, off to the side video taping. He did this for the majority of the night.

Robby went to the Harvest dance and was dressed like Freddy Krueger. Scary huh??
Aww, I just love this picture. Dad and Dino.
The whole fam

Stale Bread

We wanted to enjoy our last nice day before the cold hit so we went to Sugarhouse Park on Sunday afternoon. We brought along some stale bread to feed the birds too.
I thought for sure Cam would be a little scared with those crazy, man eating birds surrounding his little hand holding their food. Nope. He LOVED them. He also loved picking up the pieces he would "throw" (the way he says it is sooo cute) and try to eat them. GROSS!! Bird poop everywhere. We had to keep a good eye on him.
After the bread was gone we had to leave. No walking around with him. Unless of course we swam. He loved the water and would not walk anywhere other than on the ledge.

Winco

I had the joys of experiencing Winco yesterday! I wanted to see what the fuss was all about. I hate the commercials...the stupid faces the people make drives me crazy. I am going to start changing the channel as soon as I hear the song..."Winco...do do do..."

Big Jar Jif peanut butter - 2.48
Apple Jacks - 2.95
General Mill cereal (select) - 1.78
Huge Ragu Spaghetti sauce - 2.95
Milk - 1.48
Grandma Sycamore bread - 1.28

Those were just some of my finds. The baby food was cheap. Ice cream cheap. The meat area was so busy, I didn't attempt it. You also have to bag all your own stuff.
It was a drive and somewhere obviously not convenient to go often, but was fun. I hope they open one close by!

Here is Cam helping me put the groceries away. He pulled the can out, and put them back in the bag about...3 times. It was nice while I actually put stuff away. Nice little helper!

Quiet Time

I was doing my hair the other day and asked Cam to play somewhere else so I wouldn't have to constantly ask him to close the drawer, don't pull on the toilet paper, don't touch the toilet, don't fall in the tub...Get my drift?
After I was finished, all of 6 minutes, I hear NOTHING!
I go in the living room and this is what I find...
Cam got in his diaper bag, pulled out his dried fruit snacks, dumped the bag and was chowing down!
So cute! He did exactly what mom asked him plus a mess!

Pumpkin Patch, Waterfalls and Oprah

A little late with these pictures but...
On Saturday we took Cam on his first hayride to a Pumpkin Patch! We had a blast. Everyone in the area needs to go to this one. You go on a hayride, pick your pumpkin (out of a zillion) and ride back. Sounds like a normal pumpkin patch right? Well this one is FREE! Even the pumpkin! (1 per person) It is at J and J Nursery in Layton. Check it out. They only do it the next 3 Saturday's from 10 -4. http://www.jjnursery.com/

Here are some pics from that trip. You can see there was something on my lens, in every picture there is a blur at the top. Maybe it was a ghost!!! (nope, just a fuzz ball that was discovered after)

His cute hair and forehead were cut out of this one, but I couldn't resist posting that smile. This is how he looks when he says "CHEEESE" for a picture.

Cute little Aaron picking his pumpkin

Lauren showing how strong she is

On Sunday we went for a drive up Ogden Canyon. I have been wanting to go since Studio 5 said it was # 1 to visit for the fall colors. I am so glad we went. It was gorgeous! I didn't get any pictures of the foliage because it was pouring rain : (

On our way out of the canyon we saw this! I am so glad we decided to go back the way we came rather then going through the other cities. We completely missed this on the way up.

Yesterday on Oprah there was a great story of a women in Provo that survived a plane crash a year ago. She was amazing! I am so glad I was able to see her story. I really needed it yesterday. I was so frustrated with my responsibilities at home and feeling sorry for myself. Seeing this women tell her story and experiences made me so grateful for my life. For my Heavenly Father. For the gospel. For my "chores". For my wonderful husband and precious baby.

Check out her blog! http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/
There is a link on her latest post to direct you to the story on Oprah's website.