Easter

It was a quiet Easter this year... We missed church (my fault) I have been suffering a migraine for about 3 days and I overslept. I thought about going to Easter service on Saturday night, but I didn't and then I ended up missing church. Rick worked at the firestation so me and the kids did our Easter activities without him this year. We had our Easter Egg hunt in the backyard, and decorated Easter Eggs! Even JC decorated eggs, by putting stickers on them. And then we went to my parents house for dinner. It was a nice weekend. We also talked about what Easter REALLY means. That Jesus was crucified on the cross for our sins, and on the third day he rose. His tomb was empty. I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter too!

Texas Bluebonnets

I would love if some of you would follow my blog. (hint...hint...)

So anyway...I have officially started doing photography as a business. I might have told you all that in the last post, but I don't remember. LOL Check out my photoblog at http://www.capturedbycammyphotography.blogspot.com/

I recently "TRIED" to take bluebonnet photos of my kids & their spring/Easter portraits, one of my children wasn't going for it. You can guess which one it was by looking at the photos. I will posting a Easter Blog later.

I'M BAAAAACK....I think :)

Life has taken over once again and I am crazy busy! I started doing some photography stuff a few months ago and it is going so great! I am so busy and I am loving every minute of it. Rick is studying for the Captains test again, unfortunetly not enough promotions came out of the last test. He is taking the Captains test at the end of April and I know that he is going to do a great job It has been such a long time since I blogged that I don't even know where to begin. March was a busy month for us. We went to the beach for Spring Break, the weather was gorgeous and we had a fantastic time! We also went to Austin to see The Hispanic Firefighter's Association by recognized at the Texas State Capitol. We all came down with Strep Throat :( It was the first time that any of my children have had to be on Antibiotics. The kids are doing Wonderful, school is going great! Eevie is still making straight A's and is known as the "benchmark queen" because she continues to score the highest on the benchmark. Ricky is reading better each day and is learning lots of new & cool things in class! His handwriting is also beginning to improve. JC is talking more and more each day, and he is full of energy, he is running, climbing, sliding and much more! He is such a sweetie pie! I am going to leave you with some pictures to look at :) Hopefully I can keep up with my blog in the next few months! Also if you have a Skype account add me! Cammyh0112

The Big Day!

BEFORE

AFTER

CHRISTMAS

Crazy Christmas

Christmas was a little crazy this year. We had Christmas with my family at our house on Christmas Eve night. We had food & dessert plus LOTS of presents! The kids had a great time and got some really great things from my parents & the aunts & Unlces.

Christmas Morning Rick had to work, but was able to go in a little later, so that he could spend time opening gifts with the kids. We weren't surprised that our kids didn't wake up early (They never do) We had to wake up the kids on Christmas!!! I mean who does that?! LOL

I am having trouble loading pictures from Christmas morning, but here is JC's face at 8:00am. He looked at me with this look of "it is way to early to get up"

I will keep trying to load more pictures from Christmas Morning, but all 3 kids took about 20 min to really get into the spirit of opening gifts. They sat around just vegging and looking at the wrapped gifts for about 20 min. before they really got into it. They of course got tons of stuff, Wii Games, Toys, Toys, & More Toys, Eevie got a Video Camera & much more. Overall it was such a wonderful Christmas, espcially b/c our kids know that Jesus Christ was born on that day & that is the number celebration.

Each child got sooooo many gifts from my parents, but I will just leave you with a few of the pictures.

Here are some pictures from when my family was over on Christmas Eve:

December~Christmas~Parties~Six Flags~And Much More!!!

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PLAYGROUP

Every year since Eevie was just a toddler I have hosted a Christmas Playgroup & Book Exchange. This year the kids expressed that they were tired of doing a book exchange every year so for the big kids we did a Art Supply exchange! It was nice to get all the kids together while they were out of school, and be able to just play freely & exchange a small gift with a friend.

Since both of the older 2 are in school full time now we were able to host 2 playgroups. One for the little guys and one for the bigger ones. This year we have spent a lot of time with just babies & toddlers while the older 2 are at school. We did a book exchange and the babies had such a wonderful time playing together.

SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTIES

I am the room mom for Eevie's Class this year, so I was in charge of creating a fun Holiday Party...due to this responsibility I was unable to take a lot of pictures. I still can not believe that she is in 3rd grade! It just flies by so quickly. I enjoy working with Mrs. Murray on a regular basis on different things that are going on in the class! The Holiday Party was super fun, we did Crafts made of food, Played Christmas Bingo, and much more!

I am a regular volunteer for Ricky's Kindergarten class, and although I wasn't in charge of organizing the Winter Party, I sure was busy helping get ready for it. Kindergarten is just sooo fun. They were all hyped up on sugar and having such a great time. Ricky has the same teacher Eevie had when she was in Kindergarten, so I have gotten to know her throughout the years and really enjoy working with her and helping her prepare for lessons. For the Holiday party they colored on the high tech computer board, ate tons of junk food, and played musical chairs! What a great way to end the first 1/2 of the school year...Celebrating with friends :)

SIX FLAGS

We took the kids & our neighbor Skylar to Six Flags Holiday in the Park. The weather turned out to be great! We weren't surprised that Ricky is a rollercoaster crazy! That is all he wanted to do is ride rollercoasters. Unfortunately he wasn't tall enough to ride some of the really tall ones. Maybe next year! I am happy though, because I will finally have someone else to ride rollercoasters with since Rick doesn't like them. :)

Eevie liked the spinning rides and things that went up & down like the airplanes and such. We saw Christmas Lights, ate funnel cakes, rode plenty of rides and warmed up by a real campfire. It was such a fun time!

JC's 1 year old pictures

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November

November seemed to fly by this year. We weren't that busy, T-ball season was over and the kids didn't have a whole lot going on. Ricky did his kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast and I went and ate with Eevie for her Thanksgiving feast. I had a birthday and got an awesome camera that I have been really wanting for a few years so I could pursue my hobby in photography. If you want to take a look at my photoblog click here.:http://www.capturedbycammy.blogspot.com I am LOVING it so far and have had the great opportunity to do a few photo shoots. I also got the most beautiful roses. We went and saw Disney on Ice. My kids got the opportunity of a lifetime to be a part of the show during the Little Mermaid under the sea portion, but they both declined. They said they didn't want everyone to look at them. Rick worked on Thanksgiving this year, me and the kids went to my parents and had dinner and then went to the Firehouse for dessert. Ricky also had a veteran's day performance it was SOOO cute...I have some video that I will upload later from his performance. But for now here are some pictures from November: Ricky's Kindergarten Class

Ricky after his feast

JC hanging out at the park...soooooo serious!

JC at Disney on Ice

Eevie at Disney On Ice

Ricky at Disney on Ice

If you have not got an email from me and would like a Christmas Card from us, please email me your address so we can get one sent to you! :) Pray everyone is safe, healthy, and happy during this holiday season!!!

October

Birthdays! Birthdays! Birthdays!

3 out of the 5 kids have birthdays in October!!! Just about 10 days apart. Eevie's is on Oct. 29, Amber's is the 19th, and JC is on the 5th. Eevie had a huge costume party with games, food, music, and lots of kids. The weather was wonderful and the kids enjoyed a lot of time out in the backyard.

JC celebrated his 1st birthday this year!!! I had misplaced my camera at the time so I wasn't able to get many pictures, but I got a few on my phone. He nearly fell asleep at his party, then he had some cake and perked right up! I just can't believe he is a year old already :( It went by so quickly. I am loving the little boy that he is becoming though!

Ricky played Fall Baseball and loved it...of course ;) He is like Rick's little twin. He finished his season at the end of October and got a trophy.