{Georgia Aquarium}

We were down in Atlanta a few weekends ago and went to the Georgia Aquarium!  This was Camden's 2nd time going, he was there last when he was about 10 months old!  He enjoyed it much better this time!  The Georgia Aquarium is so amazing!  Camden really enjoyed the largest aquarium the most with huge sharks and other sea life!  Bexley loved it all ~ everything is amazing to her!  If we ever make it back down to Atlanta will have to be sure to re-visit there again!

{Easter} 2010

We had a great Easter week this year!  We started it out by visiting the Farm Supply store where every year they have chicks and ducks for sale.  Camden LOVED it and also found some toys he wants (see pic of him on the 4 wheeler)  Then we made our way to the Washington DC/Baltimore area.  In DC we saw the Cherry Blossoms (very pretty) and the National Aquarium.  We had a fun time, but the weather was a little cold for the kids.  We walked around some, but decided to head up to Baltimore to visit Biggs...and Scott had some work to do while we were there!  We were home by Thursday and Scott had his long Catholic weekend.  He's such a trooper - these masses are the longest ones of the year (Thursday, Friday AND Saturday all around 2 hours each!)  By Easter Sunday we were ready for some family time!  We went to church at Center Cross, had lunch at Grandma Ruby's and had a blast finding Easter eggs!  This was one of the best Easter's we've had!

{Our Little} 2nd Wedding!

So if you don't know by now I have the sweetest husband in the world!  He has decided to go through the extremely long process of becoming a Catholic.  He has been so patient through the journey (1 1/2hour classes every week for 9 months).  Becoming Catholic is not easy - they have many steps you have to complete before entering into the church.  Having your marriage blessed is one of them!  We renewed our vows on March 5th (now our 2nd wedding date - so many dates to remember - right, Scott!)  The deacon said we could make it as big or small as we wanted - of course I wanted to make it big (a dress, photographer, videographer, cake, and an additional wedding ring - hahaha!)  Scott said NO!  It was a nice, small ceremony.  The Ravel Family was there to help celebrate and be our witnesses!  Camden wanted to be a part of it too, so he made bulldozer noises throughout the 15 minute ceremony and Bexley, well...she slept!  Scott is still going through his Catholic journey and should be complete at Easter!  We wish you could have all been there like you were at our 1st wedding, but it would've been hard for us to get Save-The-Date cards, invites, hotel reservations, and special maps to you on such short notice!

{Snow Days} in February!

If you haven't heard by now NC got some snow last weekend.  We got about 8" and Camden is LOVING it!  My mom is coming to visit from IA next week (for those of you that don't know...IA gets a lot of snow this time of year) so I am hoping for the snow to be gone and for it to be at least 50 degrees!  We'll see.  I can almost promise the snow will be gone, but I don't know about the 50!  Brenda came to visit a few weekends ago (she lives in Omaha - also very cold and snowy) and all she wanted was to see some sunshine!  Luckily we had some to share!  Anyway, here are some pics from Camden and Bexley playing out in the snow this weekend!

{Camden Turns 3!}

Birthdays are a HUGE deal in our home - it's not unusual for us to celebrate all week long!  I think Camden had a great birthday week - he talks about different events we had every day!  He had a birthday party at home (with family), a party at school and then a party with his very cool parents and sister on Monday!

This year we did a construction theme for his party!  Camden loved it!  I think though he had the most fun with the balloons!  Then on Monday (his actual birthday) we took him to his favorite Mexican restaurant and celebrated there.  Scott and I think he's probably traumatized from the Mexican birthday singing and sombero that we might find it a bit difficult to go back!  (I won't post those pics!

He had a great birthday - thanks to everyone who sent cards and gifts!  It's hard to believe our little boy is getting bigger and is now 3!

{Christmas} Part II

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!

This was probably one of the busiest years we've had!  On Christmas Eve we had The Cole's over for dinner.  The highlight of the night was watching Camden go NUTS over all of the presents - his and other peoples!  Then on Christmas morning we had our own family Christmas!  We made the mistake of letting Camden open Santa's gift (best & biggest) 1st - so he was more interested in playing with it and had zero interest in opening more gifts.  After a big Christmas breakfast we drove to St. Louis to see the Hurst's!  We had an excellent time  - the kids were so good on the drive there and we only went through 1 blizzard.  In St. Louis we had fun visiting, bowling, & going to the zoo.  We love this time of year - it reminds us of how blessed we are to have wonderful friends and family!  We hope the year ahead is as great as 2009 and brings even more health & happiness!

{Christmas} Part I

We had a very busy week with holiday parties, seeing Santa and finished buying all of our gifts.  This year we went to the Graylyn Estate and had breakfast with Santa.  Camden did such a good job telling him what he wanted.  He's still a little afraid to sit on his lap, but had no problem standing in front of him or in the chair besides him.  Bexley was an angel too!   Camden is anxiously awaiting Christmas morning!

{Disney on Ice}

Scott & I thought it would be fun to take Camden & Bexley to see Disney on Ice.  Within the 1st 10 minutes we were there we managed to lose a sock, a pacifier, were told to move – that we were in the wrong seats and had Camden asking when the tractors were coming out.  It’s one of those things as a parent you think would just be a blast for your children, but it ends up being A LOT of work for the parents.  On a good note, the only time Bexley paid attention to the show was when they brought out all the Disney princesses – otherwise she just slept. And Camden really liked Nemo.  It was a lot of work to keep everyone happy, but we did have a fun time and we have many funny stories about it!

{Our Little Thanksgiving} and Birthday!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year.  This was probably one of the busiest years we've had!  On Christmas Eve we had The Cole's over for dinner.  The highlight of the night was watching Camden go NUTS over all of the presents - his and other peoples!  Then on Christmas morning we had our own family Christmas!  We made the mistake of letting Camden open Santa's gift (best & biggest) 1st - so he was more interested in playing with it and had zero interest in opening more gifts.  After a big Christmas breakfast we drove to St. Louis to see the Hurst's!  We had an excellent time  - the kids were so good on the drive there and we only went through 1 blizzard.  In St. Louis we had fun visiting, bowling, & going to the zoo.  We love this time of year - it reminds us of how blessed we are to have wonderful friends and family!  We hope the year ahead is as great as 2009 and brings even more health & happiness!

{Natural Science Center} with The Mickens Family

Last Saturday we met up with The Mickens and went to the Natural Science Museum!  Anyone here locally should defiantly check it out - it was so much fun!  We were there 3 hours and didn't even get to see much of the inside.  We were too busy seeing all of the animals outside!  We are excited to go back and spend some time inside checking out what they have to offer.  So much fun and so much to do!