Happy Birthday to Me...
Normally I wouldn't be doing a post all about me but, yesterday was my birthday and since Chris isn't with us he asked me to take pictures of the event. So here are a few from last nights big party with the kids!

Zoey made me a card with a game inside that she made up (it's suppose to help teach more adding and subtracting)
Em enjoying all the action! the kids even sang me a song they were learning from church

Breckyn homemade me 7 different presents. These 3 are the thunder cat she made, card (which included a drawn picture of her and I), and a picture of the flowers she would bought me if she had enough money!
These are the roses Chris sent
Cam was on clean-up duty! He thought it was pretty cool to run the vacuum all by himself!

Max also got me a cool bowl for my birthday! Well, he came running over to me with a bag when everyone was giving me my presents all excited that he had gotten this just for me (to bad I already recognized the bowl since I had bought it myself that afternoon...I know minor detail....it's the thought that counts....smart kid!)

It was a great birthday! Thanks!

Cam's BIG day....
Cam LOVES any sort of big equipment like a backhoe, skid steer, dump truck...just to name a few. Where ever we go he points them out to us. So my dad and I thought it would be fun to take him out to my Uncle's shop to see some equipment in person! Let's just say Cam was SO excited to see it all up close (I think it might have been one of the best days of his little life). So here he is in all his glory with the machines!

My dad brought the backhoe home to play with
Grampy's little helper


Up close...
Before he got to ride the backhoe

(sorry my pictures got out of order)
Dump Truck (one of his personal favorites)
Making their way into the shop to see MORE equipment...
On top of the flat bed semi trailer (that hauls the excavator)
Inside the semi!
Forklift...
The skid steer...

The men ready to start work at the job site!
Grampy showing him all the controls
Way to go boys!
Grampy has been giving Cam rides in the laundry basket and he LOVES it!

The rest of the day he's been chanting...."thank you backhoe...thank you grampy"...and on and on

Thanks Grampy!

WISCONSIN!

Cam and I got to come home for a visit for my birthday this week!

Cam checkin out the pond

Grandma and Cam went to the pond today to feed the fishy
Ever since we built our houses by the pond we feed the fish. So now when they see people coming by the pond they swim to the edge. (I know most people feed the ducks but not us!)
Cam and Grammy on the swing

Cam was a big helper to grampy today
Rugs and Em walking Cam around to make sure he was "safe"
the boys!!!

Max is so sweet, he picked me a leaf (since there are definately no flowers alive around here anymore)
Princess Chloe!
Cam found the best possible spot at my parents house to watch TV!

Mail Truck...
Yesterday Cam and I went to get the mail...usually we walk and it takes about a good 20 minutes because its really far away and he walks kinda slow (there's a reason my sister calls him turtle). This time he begged to take his little bike all the way there and back. After a little while he decided he was to tired to go on so he would stop and put his feet up and wait for me (the sucker) to push him up the hill! Lucky for me he was ok to coast when we hit a down hill part! It continued on and off all the way there. He was sadly disapppointed to find out he had missed seeing the mail truck (that's big stuff to him)! Here he is consentrating on going the last few steps to the mail box...
Go little man....go!Victory!
On the way back he stopped at almost every stair well to get off his bike and rest....I'm not sure why since once again I was pushing his little booty there and back! Some how after a 45 minute ordeal and my broken back just to get the mail I think that the bike's gonna have to rest until he can ride one with pedals!

Lil' Stinker.....

As you can tell Cam was our stinky little skunk this year!Chris, Cheri, Rex, Cam, and I all went trick-or-treating together in Cheri's neighborhood. It was a ton of fun!
There's Rex the hotdog in a bun and Cam the stinky Skunk. After trick-or-treating we went to our friends house for a party. It was a lot of fun and she goes ALL out for it! Her brand new baby was even dressed up as a pirate. He had the eye patch, earings, rings, stripped leggings, belt, boots, mustache, anything you could imagine a baby pirate to have (I couldn't get a good picture of him, sorry). I also found a place that does free pictures of your kids in their costumes so we took the hotdog and skunk togther and it turned out pretty good! All in all it was a really good day!

Happy Halloween!!!