BOY oh BOY

Well I have been so busy trying to play catch up that I have neglected to post a pretty important one. This one is an addition to the family.  We are having a baby BOY!!!!  He will join us in January and can't wait!  We are very excited and Brody can't wait to have a brother.  Camilla just likes the the thought of there being a baby in mommy's tummy.  

Both of the kids want to name the baby... Some of the names that they came up with were Brody, Camilla, lake, park and we could go on with the wonderful names they want.  We are not sure if they are going to have the final say of the name.  But they thought their names were great.  

I have been doing really great this pregnancy, I really think it helped that I was working all the first trimester and it kept me busy and staying on my toes.  Everything went by so fast I cannot believe I'm already 6 and 1/2 months.  We are very happy for this fun time in our lives.  

School started...

Brody started his second year of preschool and still loves school.  He has the same teacher and a different.  He loves them both. He has some of the same kids in his class as last year so that made it nice for him to have some of his same friends.  He also talks about all of his new friends that he has so much fun playing with. 
I love that he is able to tell me what he is learning in school and that he just loves school.  He even loves homework, which is great.  I know that he is only in preschool and he only has homework on Mondays but I hope that he continues to love it... I know one can only hope.  He is getting so good at writing and can almost write his name perfectly legable.  He is coloring much better in the lines and he does not fight me to color anymore.  He loves to write letters to people that are just long squibbles across the paper, but he can tell you what he wrote.  He always wants to count things and make sure he and Camilla have the same amount to make sure it is fare.

 First day of school

 Ready to go

Looking for the bus

Sitting and waiting with Camilla to get on the bus.

Back Yard Camping

We had so much fun camping out in the back yard with our cousins.  Back yard camping is the best, we have everything that we need with out the planning and packing.  We should have done this more often this summer.  But we did not, we only did it as the last hoorah before school. We still had fun!!!  We told stories and read, played in the dark and just were crazy for way past bedtime. 

Just a fun night!

Summer...

Well summer has come and gone...  It has seemed to be a pretty uneventful summer.  Just a few things here and there.  Which has been nice.  We have seen some more family and have been able to get out and do a few things.  Which has been fun!

I have been working full time running a summer day camp for children with disabilities. What a great experience this was for me.  I have always enjoyed working with the kids as a director and working one on one with them.  It has always brought so much joy to me.  So to be in a different role as the coordinator over all of the camps was totally different.  I was able to learn so much and see the camps at a different perspective.  I loved it.  I loved being able to see all the camps run and how all the staff worked together.  It was a fun summer job.  And now I have the opportunity to work a little with the aqua rehab classes that is totally different then summer camps, but so much fun...

Mike is working down in Pueblo as a financial counselor.  The commute is a little crazy due to the road construction.  So him coming home can take a while.  Not so fun.  He is learning to keep himself busy by being apart of different committees.  He is enjoying meeting new people and learning new things.  He is busy with his ward calling also, but loves being involved and getting to organize lots of different projects. 

Brody
Brody is getting so big and is talking so much better.  We love being able to talk with him and understand him. This summer he was able to be in T-ball, this was not the most enjoyable thing Brody every participated in.  He absolutely loved the practice, but the games he really disliked. During the practices the coaches were able to play games and have so much fun, games he had to do a lot of waiting and he did not do very well with that.  Although now that it is all over and he is not playing anymore he swears it was the best thing ever.

 Camilla

Camilla is such a big girl and just loved to be able to go and do what ever she could.  She was Brodys favorite cheerleader at all of his t-ball games and practices.  She loves to be busy and keeps everyone around her busy also. She is so talkative if she is comfortable and knows you, if she doesn't know you she will be shy and you wouldn't know that she could even talk.  She loves to sing at the top of her lungs and I mean top of her lungs, you can hear her all through the house.  It is so cute hearing her sing "Tinkle Tinkle Wittle Star" or "Swimming, Swimming in the swimming pool, oh wouldn't be nice if we had nothing else to do".  She loves her chocolate and will do anything to get it. 

Miles, Tam and family came to visit

We had so much fun when we got to see Aunt Tam and Uncle Miles along with cousins Maddie, Emma, Ellie, and Lizzie.  We had fun swimming with them and hiking with them and even being able to go up to the top of Pikes Peak.  We also were able to just have a nice "calm" or should I say uneventful days to just play with all of our cousins.  It was very nice to have 4 of the 6 siblings together all at once.  We as in all the families that were here hiked Helen Hunt Falls. Camilla and I were even able to make it with the both of us being sick.  Camilla did not want to be out done by her cousins.  It took us a little longer than it should have but we made it.  Brody and daddy practically raced up the hill.  But Mike loved taking all the pictures also...

We all made it to the top and had fun...  I am sure everyone that saw our crowd thought we were crazy.

It was also a very beautiful ride to the top of Pikes Peak.  We thought going on a holiday we would be good to not have a busy day up there but oh my goodness the summit was soooo busy.  So after the long drive up and it being so busy we did not end up staying up there for very long.  

Thanks for coming Uncle Miles and Aunt Tam and family we had so much fun being together. Can't wait to see you guys again.

To Short a visit with Aunt Heidi and Uncle Jon

We were pretty lucky to that Aunt Heidi and Uncle Jon won tickets to a concert out here in Denver.  We were able to go up to Denver and visit with them and have some fun, to bad it was not longer.  We got to play in their hotel room and also visit the temple with them.  We went to a park to play and run and then ate out with them. It was way to short of time with them! Hope they come back soon!

Dinosaur Museum

We took a weekend and had a little staycation with just our little family.  We ended up just staying close to home and having fun as a family. We went to Canyon City to the dinosaur museum over there.  It was a tiny museum but had a great activity room for the kids to play in and that was worth the drive.  The kids absolutely loved being able to play and dig for bones.

 Well I think I am all caught up!!!!  We really had a fun summer even with Mike and I working.  We just love getting out as a family and staying busy.  We also love having family around and getting to visit with those that are not near by.