Cameron at SIX.

An interview with Cameron on his 6th Year of Life.

#1: What is the best thing about being a kid?

"Well, it's kind of like playing and stuff, you know?  And... um...also it's like the fact that you like stuff.  And that's it.  You know?  So that's question number one."

If you say so.

#2: If you could stay up all night, what would you do?

"Probably watch a Star Wars movie or play my Legos that I have.  Yea."

#3: What do you think makes a person good looking?

"Probably doing their hair.  And maybe having... like... a haircut.  Like I had one."

#4: If you could be any animal what would you be?

"Jagger."

#5: What is the grossest thing you can think of?

"Umm.... I think it would probably be...  hm... like spiders.  ?"

#6: What do you like best about dad?

"He's fun to play with and he does stuff with me."

#7: What do you like best about mom?

"That she never plays with me.  I'm just kidding! (Funny, funny.) That she helps me a lot with stuff."

#8: If you could go on an airplane to anywhere, where would  you go?

To California to see my friends.

(Me too, bud.)

#9: What is the funniest thing that's ever happened to you?

"When Jagger was almost pooping in the foam pit once.  When you guys were gone."

#10: What is the best about being 6 years old?

"That you can like Star Wars.  And ummm.... I think that's it."

#11: What do you want to be when you grow up and why?

"A police.  Cause they have guns.  They have handcuffs.  They have nightsticks. And all kinds of good stuff."

#12: Where do hot dogs come from?

"I think... Costco?"

#13: Where do mom and dad get their money?

"Work.  You (mom) work for people that like need help decorating their house. And dad... he um.... he works for the hospital and helps people that need help."

#14: If you could go to lunch with anyone (real/fake/dead/alive) who would it be?

"It would be.... Dad."

Happy Birthday Kid.

We love you.

This Is What Happens

 This is what happens when you jump off a window ledge onto a deflated air mattress even though you've been told 7,293,581 times not to.

(You break your tibia.)

This is what happens when your mom and dad decide you were just being overly-dramatic because you were tired and put you to bed for a whole night with a. broken. freaking. leg.

(Call child services.  I won't stop you.)

(you forgive them, and still make cute faces while waiting for your cast.)

This is what happens when you bring your child to the doctors in leggings and they do an x-ray and discover they'll have to be casting it right then and you quickly discover there will be no more leggings. 

(You drive home naked.  And you get lots of Cameron's attention.  So, win/win.)

 This is what happens when you have a family that loves you anyways.

Parading Around Town

 Last weekend was the start of the Idaho Falls Parade of Homes and I can easily say that I have NEVER been more

exhausted + proud + tired + happy + grateful

for this experience and everyone who came along for the ride.

My sweet angel mother flew out to help me and when I say that I couldn't have done it without her, what I really mean is: 

I. COULD. NOT. HAVE. DONE. IT. WITHOUT. HER.

We had 5 days to decorate the entire house (and we still had painters + tilers + electricians + plumbers + landscapers + installers + builders all over the place).  I was in straight panic mode until I picked her up from the airport.  I looked over at her and was like, "We're good."  Seriously.  If you don't know her personally, well you should.  But you should also know that she makes Wonder Woman look like the laziest, wimpiest, weakest woman on the planet.  No contest.

And somehow (even with 4 hours of sleep per night over a 5 day period - and that's not an exageration.), we seriously had so much fun.

Like, SOOOOOO much fun.

(Except the time that we decided to paint a piano at 11:30pm and didn't finish till 3:30am.  That was the only not fun part.  Actually, even that was kind of fun.)  

How I never took a single picture from that entire time is so beyond me.

I'm gonna blame the sleep deprivation for that one.

 My favorite thing about the Parade is that we had so many sweet family members and friends come visit.  My mom + dad + sisters + brothers + sister-in-laws + cousins + Aunt's + Luke's extended family members + my amazing girl friends from California + so many others.

The support we received was unreal.

UN. REAL.

For reals.

I hadn't seen two of these girls for more than a year (since they graduated from Residency a year before we did).  I seriously bawled and ran down the street like a crazy person when they showed up.

Gonna blame the sleep deprivation for that one, too.

We had the best time exploring every square inch of the house +

cuddling on the porch swing +

exploring 2 other Parade Houses +

touring the town +

belting Celine Dion out the top of the rental car sunroof + 

+ having the actual GREATEST TIME OF MY LIFE.

Oh, and did I mention...

We won 

President's Award 

+

Decorator's Award

+ 

Builder's Award

+

People's Choice Award

(Basically, all the awards.)

I will never, ever, for as long as I live on this earth forget this weekend.

And I am grateful I got to share it with my favorite people.

A Nice Day for a Blush Wedding

Things I Want to Remember About Brittany's Wedding:

1.) We ALMOST missed it.

Woke up late + Forgot Bailey's birth certificate + Turned around to get it + Realized we wouldn't make our flight + Turned back around + Had to have Luke's mom pick up our house key from our landlord + Turns out it was the wrong key + She broke into our house and safe + Couldn't find the birth certificate.  We ended up using a texted picture of her immunization record.  Bless the flight desk lady who let us on that plane.

2.) We ventured to the LA Flower Mart for {spoiler alert} flowers and found all + more than we were looking for.  Also, we almost hit a Tesla with a run-away flower cart RIGHT in front of a cop.  Not our finest moment.

3.) The set-up was a whole-family affair and included lots of Wendy's food + all the nursery toys + some runway modeling by Bailey + the antique window from Hades + all the display items falling off the stage and almost taking me with them + a few melt-downs + a pretty great time.

4.) The all-ladies pre-wedding Brunch with all the grandmas, sisters, moms, and sister-in-laws.  Good food.  Good people.

5.) Everything turned out beautiful.

6.) The Luncheon before the ceremony was delicious + delightful. 

7.) The photo-shoot before the ceremony was neither delicious nor delightful.

8.) The ceremony was sweet and perfect and we are overjoyed that these two found each other.  (PS their second date was a double date with me and Luke, so I will take full credit for their entire courtship and union.  You're welcome.)

9.) Cutest. Wedding. Food. Ever.

10.) The entire day + couple + story + experience was

PERFECT.

Congrats, Britt and Todd.

We love you.