HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAMERON

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Love you Love you Love you
Our sweet Cameron, our angel boy
Please help us to be the people that we need to be
Please know how much we love you and always will
And how much we miss you
Your sparkling blue eyes, crinkly nose, and sideways grin
Your quick and easy smile and contagious giggle
Your missile arm and amazing coordination
Your love for balls and your Daddy
Your ability to make friends with anyone and everyone
And the way people were drawn to you and captivated by your wise eyes
Your love and appreciation for life and how you helped us love it too
We know that you are still you
and you are now using all those things that we love and miss
for a greater purpose and a higher service
But please know we still miss you and always will
Please know that we will do our part to be with you again
Love you Love you Love you
Our sweet Cameron, our angel boy

Townhouse pictures

Here are a few pics of our house. Sorry no pictures yet of the main living area, we are still working on the furniture situation. But I'll post some of those later.

Josh's room

Downstairs half bath

Kitchen

Boys Bathroom
I am not a great photographer, but you get the idea. It is fun and I really like living in a new place. It might be kind of hard to pack up and leave, but it's been fun to make a home. And I am starting to like our ward better. It just takes awhile to make friends and feel welcome. My Boston ward and friends are hard to live up to!

Conference Weekend

I must say I was thrilled to be able to stay home and watch conference on my TV. It was a wonderful weekend spent with Ben and Joshua. Josh did wonderful and even took naps through most of the sessions so we were able to listen.

I couldn't resist taking this picture. Josh was very interested...

The conference tent. We used this tent to entertain Cameron in the basement while we watched conference on the computer. So we pulled out the tent and the memories. Josh had fun climbing in and out.

Again...I don't like actual food, but grass is pretty good.

This is behind our townhome in the common area. We also have a tiny fenced in backyard. You can see the other fenced yards in the background.

I'm up to some Mischief!!

Being cute on the couch, all dressed in my Sunday clothes.

My Little Wild Child...

Josh is now 8 months old and pulling himself up on everything. He isn't really stable and so much of the day is spent kissing bonks, but he is determined and is not distracted from his purpose. The purpose I'm not really sure about except maybe to empty every book from every shelf, or to somehow fit himself into the TV stand.

Mess made here and now moving on...

I really hate eating baby food, but I love paper and my favorite is cardboard. I'll take a bite as I pull myself up.

And here I am so very proud!

Look one hand

"You guys must be crazy."

I know you are all thinking it or you will be thinking it after you read this. We do sometimes feel crazy. My new motto is Enjoy the Now.

I have been waiting to update our plans to be sure that we weren't going to change our minds again. I haven't figured out a way to explain our plans without people saying "Wow", "crazy", or "you guys sure are adventurous". I definitely do not feel adventurous and it would be kind of nice to answer "what's up?" with a simple "nothing, just the same old". Anyway here goes...

1. We bought a townhome in Springville. And I still have a few boxes to unpack, but we are feeling settled. I am sure I will make friends, but I really miss my Boston ward, friends, and neighbors. We like being close to family, and Josh is really loving being the center of attention.

2. Ben has postponed Business school for a year to contine working on Personal Pathways. It is a really good experience for him, and he is enjoying the challenge and responsibility. Since we are living in Utah, he is commuting to Washington D.C. every other week. He has leased some office space in Orem.

3. In January Personal Pathways will launch a test site in D.C., and Ben will need to be on site full time. So we will move to D.C. sometime in January for probably six months. I think we will rent some place furnished and just bring some of our stuff.

The rest of the plans are still up in the air...

4. We may just leave our place as it is and empty. Or we may try to rent it to family. Either way hopfully we won't have to pack up much stuff. (I can't actually imagine turning around in January and putting stuff back in boxes).

5. Ben has deferred his acceptance to BYU MBA until next year, so we may stay in our townhome and he will go to BYU. Or we are still toying with the idea of applying to a few other schools. This is a hard one, because Ben really likes the program at BYU. Yet in the past we have both felt that maybe we should be somewhere else. What it really comes down to is that we just need to understand where the Lord would have us go. And then the decision will be easier.

Ok that's that. No guarantees that it won't change, but for my sanity I sure hope it doesn't. Oh yeah... I really like our cute townhome. I will post some pictures as soon as it is put together enough.

SAN DIEGO

Ben had a week off work so we decided to go visit my Grandma in San Diego. She hadn't seen Josh yet, and was so excited to see him.

Josh likes to pull himself up into standing position, but then he thinks he can let go. This is a time of many falls and bonks.

I love these two pictures....


We went to a Padres baseball game. Josh liked sitting in his own seat. He also fell asleep on my shoulder for the last half of the game. It was pretty sweet.
Joshua and Grandma Kathy on top of her amazing house.

Hike to Stuart Falls

What a fun Saturday. We hiked up to Stuart Falls a few weekends ago. The last time we did this hike Ben and I were still just dating. It was fun and Josh really loved it.

Josh's favorite thing to do...chew on his strings.

At the falls.

Josh fell asleep on the way down. I couldn't believe he was comfortable, but he slept the whole way.