Another sleepover!

My friend Rebecca's husband was out of town again last week for 2 nights. I told Rebecca I would bring my kids over and spend those two nights with her and her 2 kids, so they didn't have to be alone. It's nice because our kids are about the same age. Her little girl is 3 and her little boy is 18 months. They all play great with each other. (for the most part) The kids had so much fun that night eating pizza, playing, and decorating a pumpkin cake. Rebecca and I had fun as well. Our plan was to finish making our families Halloween costumes, but instead we stayed up until 2 a.m just talking. Boy did we feel it in the morning when all the kids were awake by 7ish. We had a lot of fun, and we did make a lot of progress on our costumes the next day.

They loved making this cake and even more eating it!

Every pictures I took of Cameron was with his eyes closed. But as you can see, he had a lot of fun too!

*Best Friends*

Girls Night-Sleepover!

Friday night some of my friends and me decided to have a girls night since Rebecca's husband was out of town for the night. After I put the kids to bed I headed over to Rebecca's house. Our other friend Megan was able to come after she put her sweet baby to bed. We stayed up late talking, giggling and watching chick flicks with ice-cream and popcorn, as most sleepovers typically go.

Above: Me, Rebecca, and Megan

Dominican food!

Our friends Mathias and Megan took us to this truck to eat chimi's. (yes, I said truck) A chimi is similar to a hamburger, but the meat is seasoned. It is also topped with boiled cabbage that is cooked on the grill with tomato. It also has some sort of sauce on it. The buns were toasted. It was yummy. We also had a drink called Mori sonando. Very similar to an orange julius, but kindof creamy. (I thought anyway) We had a lot of fun. But since the truck didn't open up untill 7 P.M (and it was 1/2 hr away) we weren't able to hang out long because Rich had work the next day. The kids were also tired as you can see in the picture. What a fun and great experience! We'll probably do this again soon for a date night!

GRASS DRAGS!!!

Grass drags are a huge event for snow mobile fans! It has the same kind of feel that a fair would have. If that makes any sense? They have all the same food vendors and tents and such, set up to browse and buy things if you wish. So the grass drags are where the snow mobiles "sleds" race on the grass. (I actually never got any photos of that) They also have a little kids race. We thought it might be fun to have Aidan race in a couple of years. (they don't go very fast)

There is also a race they do in the water. The thing is...if you start to slow down...you sink. And then the tow boat has to tow the sled out. Below is a video, to give you an Idea...you may want to turn you volume down! And you don't have to watch the whole thing...it won't hurt my feelings. I just didn't know exactly how to edit it. But if you want to watch a guy sink you may want to watch the whole thing..it's only a minute or so long.

This guy was lucky. Some parts of this pond are deep, so you could only see the head of the rider that sunk. His snow mobile was completely under water. The scary thing is he has to wait for the race to be finished before he is rescued. Last year one man was run over during the race because he wasn't seen by the other riders.

This is the "tow boat" that pulls the snow mobile out of the water!

The stunt show! This was awesome to watch. Basically the same thing you would see on motorcycle stunts, but these men were using snow mobiles. It was amazing to watch some of the tricks they were doing.

What a cutie. He was a little tired, I don't think it even phased him that I took this picture.

Just chillaxin watching the races....he loved every minute of it.

It was crazy windy and cold that day, but we had so much fun.

Aidan wanted to take this snow mobile home since it was his size. Maybe in a couple years

Rich really wanted this 4-wheeler. It was really nice.

Auntie Amanda, Aidan, and Mona. Amanda really wanted this sled.

Just a video of the sleds doing jumps!

oh so tired!

So the other night I was massaging the "daily dose" of lotion onto Cameron. I kept watching him as his eyes would slowly shut and re-open and shut again. He hasn't fallen asleep during a massage since he was a little baby. He was so adorable! You might ask "isn't that a lot of lotion on him." My answer would be "yes, if they didn't have eczema" I have to slather lotion on him everyday...sometimes multiple times because his skin is so dry and irritating to him. As you can see in the 1st photo, the lotion comes from a jar and I have to scoop it out. This stuff is so thick that I have to use a towel to get it off me. By morning the lotion is usually soaked up and I have to re-apply for the day. I am so grateful for his great health, and I feel so blessed that this is his only "medical" issue we face. I heard a story of a little boy who died of eczema. I was so worried and did some research about how that would happen. Basically, the parents or caregivers of that poor little boy left his skin condition untreated. His skin got infected so badly (probably from scratching a lot) that it took his life. So for us all we need to do is keep up with his lotion applications and when we bathe him we put oatmeal in the bath which calms the skin. At night we usually give him oral medication if he is still irritated by it.

What we've been up to!

Aidan went to the dentist for the first time yesterday. He did awesome. He sat on my lap, while they cleaned his teeth. he did everything they asked without whining. The hygienist was impressed at how well he cooperated.

We made cookies the other day. Cameron had fun running around and pushing brooms.

Aidan stirring the batter. He is the best helper!

Aidan got this really cute baking kit, that came with an apron, rolling pin, cookie cutters, measuring spoons, whisks, cookie sheets, and a pan. He had so much fun using his own stuff.

Last week Aidan had his first day of joy school. I of coarse had to take a picture. I take turns with 2 other mothers in my ward teaching the lessons. So far it is working out great. Aidan loves to go and play with his friends.

Play Time

Fall is here!

Yes it is already that time of year! I can't believe how cold it has become. Well it's not cold cold, but there is sure a chill in the air. This past week we spent some time with my in laws. I helped my mother-in-law with canning. We did salsa, taco sauce, bbq sauce, bread & butter cucumbers, end of garden cucumbers, strawberry/rhubarb jelly, and more. Aidan helped us bake this yummy apple pie. We were supposed to go apple picking, but it started raining. Instead we went apple picking at the grocery store. (For Aidan's sake) We had a great time this past week with them.

There are two other posts below this, so make sure you scroll down and don't miss them!

Girls night out!

We had a girls night out a week or so ago. We went out to dinner and then ice cream. This was a much needed night for all of us. I can't wait to do it again next month.

Camping!

We went camping at the end of August, just the four of us. We were supposed to stay 2 nights, but had to leave after one because it was supposed to rain the remainder of our trip. Which wouldn't be fun with two little boys. But we had a lot of fun with the time we were there.

Cameron doesn't look to happy here. He was having fun though.

Aidan riding around on his bike. He loved riding around our campsite and on the trails to other campsites. We were like the only Campers in our section. so it was nice.

We had pizza the first night. The crust did get a little burnt on the bottom, but it was still really good

Cameron enjoying a poptart the next morning.

And yes I did manage to get a picture of me.

Here is a picture of our campground. We had a great time. We just wished it didn't rain on our trip. It started to rain the last 15 min while we were finished packing up. We would have stuck through the bad weather if it was going to be a quick shower, but it rained from friday at 5 till and continued through the night and the next day. It wouldn't have been fair to keep the boys in the tent the whole day.

Just out of curiosity

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Portland Maine

Good News!!!! My Dad got a job offer! The bad news.....it's in Georgia. He has to report to work by October 1st. Right now we aren't sure if my mom and brothers are going to go down with him right away or if they are going to wait until the school year is over. Where does Maine fit into all of this you ask? My dad applied for this job in Maine. (which is only about an 1 1/2 drive as apposed to 1 1/2 day drive to Georgia...which would mean they would be closer to us) ...so he applied for this job in Maine but found that this company had their eye on this other candidate for I guess a few years now, so my dad wanted to talk with them to see if they would change their minds. I guess no such luck. So they are moving to Georgia. It will be hard having them so far away. Especially since they are my only "blood' family out here. I am sure there will be many trips to visit them. But even though my Dad didn't have any luck with the company we had a great time this past Friday at the beach in Maine.

While Dad was in the interview I found this really awesome park that had this water play area I guess you could call it. The boys loved it. It must of been on some sort of timer because water would spray out from various holes in the ground at different time. We had so much fun.

My sister and brother in law are in town. They also came to Maine.


You can see the light house...in the middle of the picture.



A closer view of the light house....not the prettiest one I have seen but it's the closet one to where we were. This picture was taken on a trail to the lighthouse....it would have been a great running trail. Rich and I will have to come here for a date, it was so beautiful.

Playing on in the sand on the beach.

Cameron taking a nap on uncle Abe

Grandpa and Aidan at the light house

Family pic by the light house...it was pretty windy, but very nice. Abe was taking the picture and Rich wasn't there...he was at work. I missed him so much and wished he could have been there. The kids just loved it.

This was on the way back from the light house. Jumping all of these rocks was so much fun and brought the kid out of me again....well if I didn't have one of the boys in my arms...I seem to be very cautious with them. So Aidan loved going with uncle Abe...the would jump over the cracks like it was nothing. It was pretty cool how they set up the rocks...it was like this all the way to the lighthouse and all the way around the lighthouse.

Mom and Dad. Dad was pretending he was going to jump. His facial expression was priceless. I definitely want to go back this season with Rich. We had so much fun and the kids really enjoyed it. Did I mention we had a good time???? hehe