Flying a Kite

On Sunday Trevor took the boys out to fly kites while I was at work. Here's how the afternoon went....

First a kite flying lesson from daddy.

Declan doesn't like to be told what to do or how to do it so he wasn't a fan of the lesson, hence "the look."

Look daddy its in the air!

I'm a kite flying pro!

I don't even have to watch what I am doing.

Oh no, maybe I do.
Yay, its back up again!

Now its up for good. Good thing there cheap and we have more!


The kite flying pro in action.

Meet Charlie, well that's what we've decided to call him. His our neighbors cat and he's pretty friendly. He usually makes a daily visit when the boys are outside and they love him. He doesn't run and hide from them like our kitties. So the boys get lots of chances to give him pets.

And boy does he love their pets.

They pretty much follow him around until he decides to go back home. Someday we'll figure out his real name but for now Charlie is pretty fun.

Everyone needs to take a rest after a heavy day of activity. And why not do that with the snowblower when its 70 degrees out!

A Sanbox, a wheelbarrow ride, the zoo and some awesome weather

Check out this! And it only took a week to get it built. By our standards that's pretty much moving at the speed of light.

Its gorgeous out today! Although from these pictures of Carson you would think its freezing. He insisted on wearing his hat and coat most of the morning. Trevor and I bought some food to grill tonight and I made strawberry shortcake. Can't wait for dinner!

Yesterday we went to the zoo and got our membership. It was a bit chilly but the boys had a blast. Surprisingly they BOTH wanted to feed the goats.

Carson refuses to look at the camera.

Declan refuses to smile at the camera.

Feeding the goats.

Declan just left his on the fence the first few times. He was too scared to hold out his hand.

Checking out the chickens.

Carson's been in a, I-don't-want-to-do-it-unless-Declan-does mood lately. So yesterday when we went to feed the goats I figured neither of them would do it. The goats jump up on the fence so it can be pretty scary for little guys. I about fell over when Carson jumped at the chance FIRST and Declan wasn't far behind him. Here is a video.

Spring Is Here!

Yesterday it hit 75 here. Now, the wind was going at a pretty good clip of 40 to 50 mph, but it was still awesome out. We went for a bike ride, stopped and played at a park and came home to blow some bubbles. Here are just a few of the pictures I took.

Grandma and Grandpa Cameraon bought Carson a sandbox for his birthday. Actually they bought the supplies and now Trevor needs to build it. So this means I have 2,200 lbs of sand sitting on my driveway. The boys have discovered that they really don't need a box. They would be content with a sandbox on the driveway.

The wind did a number on Declan's hair. I think it may be time for a trim. I almost need some detangler spray after baths on it, it's that long.

Declan's version of blowing bubbles. And no he didn't get a look of disgust on his face after he clearly ate more then he blew.

And you'll notice in these next few shots that blowing bubbles takes a great amount of concentration. Especially when your just pushing a button to get the bubbles. Such a thinker.

Then Declan made a mess of the bubbles but that didn't stop him from just sitting in them. It's funny, Declan could care less if he gets dirty but if Carson gets a speck of anything on him he loses his mind.

No need to waste these perfectly good bubbles on the ground. He's JUST like his dad.

Happy 3rd Birthday Carson

It's hard to believe that 3 years ago today we became parents. Trevor and I have been reminiscing the last couple of days of what it was like 3 years ago our eagerness to meet our first born, the excitement of finding out the sex, trying to change diapers for the first time (that was Trevor, not me), watching 4 VERY excited people become grandparents for the first time and loving him like nothing else from the moment he was born. What a blessing he has been and oh how he has changed our lives.

The funniest memory I have from those first few days in the hospital was watching Trevor change a diaper for the first time. It was just hours after he was born and it was just the 3 of us in the room. Trevor opened the diaper and Carson immediately peed on him. Then as he cleaned that up and got a new diaper and out came the black tar poop. Baptism by fire I guess.


Carson has decided that he is actually five today. His preschool teacher asked him how old he was and he promptly raised all five fingers and said, "This many." We stopped at the video store today so I could rent Juno, great movie if you haven't seen it. While we were there I decided to try and find a kids video game for Carson. He quickly picked out Cars. We came home and played it and I think its safe to say he may be addicted. I should have taken a picture and I'll try to later but he prefers to hold the controller upside down.

Here are some pictures from our birthday extravaganza this weekend.

The Firefighter Man

Today we got to tour the Fire Station and meet some fire fighter men. Here are some pictures from our morning.

They were both cranky when we got there so that resulted in no cooperation when taking pictures.

A New Look

Do you like my new look? I'm still trying to add some pictures in my header but HTML and I don't get a long real well so its been a bit of a challenge. Hopefully I will get it figured out soon. In the meantime I'd like to thank Cutest Blog on the Block for this FREE and awesome background.

Please Pray

A good friend of ours, Andy, fell last week and suffered a brain injury. Please keep him in your prayers for a full recovery.

Here is a link to his Caring Bridge site.