Saturday, May 31, 2008

Crazy Minnesota Weather

In the last week or so we've had some crazy weather out here! Tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, extremely large hail, strong winds, etc. Tonight was another one of those nights and I was able to catch some video of the hail and get a picture too! Hopefully we don't get to much more of this craziness, but I have a feeling its not over quite yet.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Outside Fun!

Lately we have finally been having beautiful weather and so we have been able to get outside and enjoy it! We have a little walker for Camryn, and she LOVES to take off down the drive way... there is a video of that below. It is pretty fun! Also, I got Camryn a new hat. I think it is so cute on her! But she didn't like the brim down very much...
... I think she couldn't see very well.

But once I figured that out, she was good to go! Anyways, we are looking forward to more beautiful summer days!


Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Memorial Day Weekend

So, we had a pretty good long weekend. We got to spend some nice time together as a family. Also, Camryn and I got to do some shopping while Paul worked on the yard, and helped out some friends of ours. The picture below is from the shopping trip. Also, some fun stuff that happened this weekend was from watching Camryn trying to imitate things. First of all, during church she stopped everything she was doing to watch the conductor. After watching for a little bit, Camryn then started to wave her arm about just like she saw the conductor doing! It was so funny! She continued to do the same thing for all of the songs after that! Then also this weekend Camryn try to imitate her first word! I said "wow" after Camryn did something, and then for the next couple of minutes Camryn tried to say "wow" too! She got really close too! I'm going to try to get a video of her doing it. Anyways, I hope that everyone had a great weekend too!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Recent Random Pictures...






WALKING!!!

Camryn started walking last week with two steps here and three steps there. But then last weekend when we were in Ohio (more on that later probably) Camryn really started walking for real! She just wants to do it all the time. She is still quite wobbly but she is getting better and better! So things are pretty exciting around here!

Then this is Camryn doing one of the things she loves best. Making silly noises of course!

Monday, May 12, 2008

And So It Begins...


Thursday, May 8, 2008

10 Months Old!!!

My baby is growing to fast! I need her to slow down just a little! I'm not ready for her to turn a year old in just a few months! But Camryn is a lot of fun at this age! She just wants to walk so bad, and I think that in the next little bit she will be. She also had 4 teeth trying to come in across the top. Anyways, I guess it is going to happen whether I like it or not, Camryn is getting older.
(And cuter too I might add!)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

The Host Book Signing

So this week I got to be an obsessive teenage girl...and it was an awful lot of fun!!! I was lucky enough to go to the book signing for the newly released sci-fi novel, The Host! This book is written by the same author that wrote the Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer. I love her novels and writing style so much that I just had to take this opportunity to meet her. I knew that if I didn't go I would regret it. Plus, how often do opportunities like this come along?! My mom was so sweet to me too. I was telling her last week how much I wanted to go and that I was going to go, but I didn't want to go by myself. So what does my mom do? Fly out just to go with me! I love her to death! Thanks for the great time mom!
The signing and discussion was at The Mall of America. There were SO MANY people there! Most of which were teenage girls, but there were a few teen boys, even more moms, and a mix of everything in between. It was really interesting to see who turned out.

So after waiting in line with my mom for a while, it was finally time for Stephenie to come out and talk to us! She seems so awesome! Very down to earth, quite funny, passionate about her writing and the characters of her books, and all around a very sweet person. It was a lot of fun to listen to her answer some questions about The Host, and even one about the Twilight movie coming out.
The picture above was actually taken after I had been through the line. I don't think I could stress enough just how many people were there. I'm guessing that Stephenie was probably there signing for 3+ hours! And they were moving people along quite quickly too!

So here I am just about to the front of the line! I was very excited!

Stephenie Meyer: Fabulous Author!

So after waiting quite a while and lots of standing, I finally got to meet Stephenie! It was really pretty cool and kinda strange to see this person that you've seen on TV and on the internet right there, in real life, in front of you.
So here is my book that she signed. She even made a comment like everyone else about how my name is so different, but that she liked it. Kinda funny!

All in all, it was a lot of fun to be apart of all the hype and excitement of a crowd of people that all share something in common that they love. Also, it was a lot of fun to be with my mom just one on one. Probably my favorite part of the whole thing was when Stephenie Meyer came out on stage, and everyone was clapping and screaming, and my mom screamed at the top of her lungs!!! It was a scream that would rival even the most hormone driven obsessed 15 year old out there! It was fantastic!!! I love my mom! She really is amazing!
See? You can tell how silly we got!
What a fun and great experience though! It was totally worth it and I would definitely do it again!

Ears Pierced!

We went and got Camryn's ears pierced on Saturday. She was such a trooper! She did cry, but since we were in a jewelry store it was easy to get her mind off of it. Anyways, I think that she is quite adorable with her earrings!

Monday, May 5, 2008

Official Twilight Teaser Trailer

There are no words...

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Doctor Who

So I have discovered a new show thanks to my brother Jeff. It is called Doctor Who, and it has been a part of British TV for quite a while actually. Anyway, it is a sci-fi show and an awful lot of fun! It is about an alien named "The Doctor" (pictured below) and he is a time lord. Pretty much meaning that he is a time traveler. He travels in his ship called the Tardis and goes to the past, the present, and the future. It is not for everyone... Paul thinks it is alright. He said it was to funny for sci-fi or something like that. But I love it! I think it is funny and brilliant! If you get a chance I think you should check it out! It is playing on the sci-fi channel on Fridays!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/
http://www.scifi.com/doctorwho/

I'm a Time Lord

Just a clip I love from the show Doctor Who. Kind of a nice intro to the Doctor.

What Camryn's Been Up To...

... pretty much everything.