Bike Park

Emily and I had a fun time yesterday taking the boys to the bike park near where Camden has been playing T-ball.  He has been wanting to go for a long time.  He absolutely loved it!  I can't believe how good he was!  Coulton had fun too!  Don't worry, next time I'll take his helmet too!

Nellis Air Force Base Air Show

We had a lot of fun one Saturday in November attending the air show at the Nellis Air Force Base here in Las Vegas.  We saw so many amazing airplanes and helicopters.  We walked through this huge carrier plane that opened at the front and the back. 

 

 

 

We got to watch all different kinds of jets flying over.  There were some that dropped parachuters, some that dropped flares simulating combat, and others that flew over in amazing ways, demonstrating the abilities of the different planes.  I wish I had more videos to share, but here is a short clip of some planes from different eras/wars flying over in a pattern together-and a goofy Camden at the end.

 

We all had a fun time!  Camden enjoyed wearing his newly acquired pilot's jacket as well!  It was a cold day, but we really enjoyed everything we were able to see, including the Budweiser Clydesdales on our way out! They were huge!

 

 

 

 

Fall in North Carolina

Of the three years we've been in North Carolina, Fall this year has been the most beautiful.  The weather has been nice for such a long time that the fall colors stayed for a very long time.  We may finally be to the end of our 70 degree days-so here's a recap!  I love my boys!  We were able to have a few nice picnics outside while enjoying the beautiful weather and colors. 

Here's a picture from a walk on the trail near our house.

I also thought I'd take a few pictures around our complex so that our family members who haven't been here could see what it's like!  Below, you can see the end of our favorite bench and our hammock down by the pond.

Here's Camden sitting down by the pond, we were outside riding his bike and he asked me to take his picture.

This is the front of the building where we live.  You can see Calvin's black truck and my blue camry.  Our door is right in front of Calvin's truck and the windows on the bottom and top left are our house. 

Here's another view of the pond and the back from the sidewalk.

This is taken across from the pond, if you turn right on that street, that goes to our building.

Here's the playground at our complex.  Camden loves to climb up the ladder and across the monkey bars above the swings.

We went again this year to the North Carolina State Fair.  Camden got to milk a cow and afterward got some chocolate milk from their dairy.   

Coulton had fun at the fair too!  We got to see animals, huge pumpkins and watermelons, and watched some freestyle motocross riders and BMX bikers.

I got to climb the wall and I made it to the top :)   We all had a lot of fun at the fair!

I also got to take the boys on an outing with some other ladies and kids in our ward to see Farmer Mark at his local farm.  Although we could see most of these things at our parent's houses, it was fun to get out and see some animals :)

Camden liked the chickens-I can't wait until I can have some of my own!

A big pig!

Then we got to pick a pumpkin from the "pumpkin patch." 

It has been a beautiful Fall and we have really enjoyed the beautiful weather and leaves!  We will miss these warm days!

Camden the Swimmer

Camden had a lot of fun taking swimming lessons!  He loves the water.  Now that he is 3 years old, he was able to take a class all by himself, without Mom!  He was never afraid to jump right in-even without his life jacket on...his teachers had to catch him a couple times :) 

He was always first to get back in line to jump off the board!  The teachers had to coax some of the other kids into the water-but not Camden.  He even got really good at swimming all the way down to the other end after jumping in.  Calvin got to come and watch Camden's last lesson.  Camden did a great job and we are very proud of him!

Here's a video of Camden jumping in, and being a little goofy.

Storms

We've had some pretty good rain storms here in the last couple months.  One of them brought down this big tree in our complex!

Here's a video of a crazy rain storm, there was so much rain coming down!

Videos of Camden

The day has arrived! I am scheduled to be induced sometime today-so instead of waiting for my water to break or waiting for contractions, we are waiting for a phone call! I am so excited to welcome another little boy into our family. However, with all the excitement over the new baby, I hope this little boy knows how much we love him :) I thought I'd put up these videos so that you can be reminded of how much you love him too. Wish us luck!

Camden is a great singer-he was just singing this song in the car one day when we were waiting for Calvin.

Camden loves to talk to people when we are out; here he is waving to all the cars while eating his ice cream from Baskin Robbins.

These are just a couple of videos from Camden's birthday. I already had this one on the post from his Birthday, but some people said it didn't work when they tried to watch it, so this should work better.

Camden was so cute when he was opening his presents, he kept saying "Wow, thank you guys!" before he even knew what it was :)

We love our Camden and can't wait for him to be a big brother!

Trips to San Francisco

We've been able to take a couple fun trips into San Francisco. Both times we road Caltrain. Camden really enjoyed riding the train! It was also nice that we didn't have to worry about traffic or parking.

The day after Camden's birthday, we took him to a San Francisco Giants game. Camden loves baseball! The ballpark was awesome! It was right on the bay and you could see all of the sailboats and yachts out on the water. They had a "splash counter" that counts all of the home runs hit out into the water.


Here's a video of Camden cheering on the Giants! We had a lot of fun at the game, and the Giants won!

On our Saturday trip into San Francisco, we saw this hotel. I just had to take a picture :)

We ventured into Chinatown and enjoyed some of our favorite treats from Hong Kong in a delicious bakery! Calvin enjoyed hearing all of the Cantonese being spoken and surprising people with his language skills. It was fun to be around all of the Chinese people and walking through the stores, remembering the sites, smells, and sounds of Hong Kong.

Mmmm, my hot dog bun.

Yum!

Here are couple of pictures from the famous, steep streets of San Francisco.

We also went to Fisherman's Wharf to see the Sea Lions. We also took a ride on a trolley, and by that time, Camden was worn out! So we headed back to the station and took Caltrain home! We enjoyed our trips to San Francisco and still have a lot more to see!

Day 4-Fort Lauderdale, Florida

We had so much fun on Monday doing a couple of activities around Fort Lauderdale. Our first activity was a snorkeling trip on a glass-bottom boat. It was a beautiful day! 81 degrees, sunny, and calm-a perfect day out on the ocean! We rode for about 30-40 minutes out through the bay/harbor into the ocean to the spot where we stopped to snorkel. If you look closely, you can see the fish in the water by Calvin and Camden. We all got out into the ocean to swim, snorkel, and see the fish. Camden had his lifejacket and noodle and Calvin just held onto him while we were out in the water. It was so much fun!

The boat had these areas where you could look down into the water and see the fish swimming below the boat.

After about half an hour, Camden was getting a little cold, so we brought him back onto the boat and took turns snorkeling for our last half hour.

I had so much fun snorkeling! I think it was my favorite part of the trip.

We saw so many beautiful boats!

There were some HUGE boats.

And so many amazing houses.

Camden fell asleep on the way back. He was really tired after all the swimming! And when he woke up, he was very hungry! It was so cute. He said, Dad, I'm hungry! When we asked him what he wanted, he said he wanted a hamburger. We were so surprised at how much he ate! Usually he is more interested in fries or an ice cream cone, but he was a hungry little boy.

Our second activity was an airboat tour in the Everglades!

We saw some real, live, wild, alligators. Can you spot the animals in the following pictures?

Alligator....

Bird...

Turtles...

Baby alligators...this is probably the hardest one. Look to the left of the lily pads right near where the water turns to land and you may see some little stripes, that's the baby alligator.

Here's a video of part of the ride.

After the airboat ride, we got to see some of the alligators they had there.

We also got to watch this "wildlife show." This guy was hilarious. Here he is holding a baby alligator.

A little bigger...

And even bigger! He actually stuck his hand inside this alligators mouth! He showed us how he could put his hand inside the open mouth and the alligator wouldn't bite down if he didn't touch anything. But then when he put a pen inside and tapped the alligators mouth, it chomped down so hard and fast! It was crazy!

At the end of the show, we donated $3 and got to hold this live alligator!

It was such a fun day! I loved everything we did and had so much fun just being with Camden and Calvin.