Monday, June 15, 2009

Catching Up & Camp Deer Run

Well, now that Cason is 11 months old, I thought I'd post his 10 month picture. I am 7 days late taking his 11 month picture. Life is starting to over-take me..... Oh well, here's my cute boy!
This is the face that I missed for a whole week!!!!
And now, onto the CDR pictures from our week at camp. I know that only the Deer Runners will appreciate some of them, but we had tons of fun introducing the greatness of camp to Cassidee!
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Her first breakfast at camp!


She wanted to go and paint something.....so off to crafts we went!

We have since glued tons of beads onto that poor turtle!


True concentration with her tongue out!


Then she went for a drive with daddy. Camp has a golf cart now that we got to use most of the time. Thank goodness.....walking all around wears me out now!




The cooks gave her dessert before lunch one day. They scored some points with her!






Sidewalk chalk with the PeeWees!






And you have to ride a horse out at camp!








She looks so big to me here!








My almost fearless daughter had to check on the snake in Scarecrow's barn multiple times a day. She'd get right by the glass and just talk to it. Then we'd leave the barn and talk about how we don't touch snakes if we find one and that we run away and tell daddy. Hope she remembers the last part---I'm afraid she'd just pick it up!!!!








Coloring her CDR shirt with the PeeWees!










Canteen was always a hit. She enjoyed too many snacks while we were there!











Water balloon fight with the PeeWees on their water day!
(Yes, we did a lot of the PeeWee activities since they are only a year or so older than her)









PeeWee water slide. She really wasn't a fan.....



Getting married in "Holy Macaroni" to daddy!













Killi Creek......the new one, I guess.
I don't like this place as much as the place we used to go for Sadies. It's smaller and more crowded.....













Andy, Hoche group leader, carried Cassidee on his shoulders during a lot of the week. She didn't like all the splashing at first, so he held her.




(and, I'm recalling the nasty creek smell as we speak. I forgot how much your clothes take on that smell.....I'm going to run those clothes thru the wash one more time.....)










Our nurses cabin.
Complete with our own room, bed, bathroom, and A/C!!!!
We spent many afternoons in the cool with Madagascar on the DVD player.

















Sadies cook-out night.
Cassidee found some camo bandaids and told everyone she was a doctor.
Then she proceeded to find any "boo-boo" on anyone and give them a bandaid.
Matt Wickes=first victim

















Aunt Kelsey=victim with the most bandaids!

















We stopped at each cook-out spot before we settled for one.
We snapped a picture with Addison before leaving Cheuk cook-out.




















Daddy cooking her hot dog!




















Looks like she is all set, huh?!





















Swimming with Aunt Kelsey was a daily occurrance.



And, yes, swimming lessons worked because she can swim underwater.
(Although this day we had her alligator float, so you can't really tell.)





PeeWee cook-out.
It was drizzly and cool that day.



Camper/Staff ball game
Cass was infatuated with Batman and wanted to talk to him.



She was a little upset that I didn't pack her a costume, so we headed to the crafts hall for some paper and popsicle sticks. She became a bear in no time!




Watching the belly flops and not having to participate is wonderful!



Here she is with Andy again. He was giving out the Indian Day feather. We told her to walk up to the front and say, "Just give them the feather already!" (I always hated the eternal, never-ending Indian day stories) And she liked being up in front of everyone, waving to the crowd!



I actually took a picture of her by the CDR gate, but it's on my phone and I don't know how to put it on here. Every single time we came back in the gates she would say "Hi Camp Deer Run!" She was sooooo sad to leave. She is already ready to go back. I think Jeremy may volunteer for 2 weeks next summer!
(Oh, Jeremy volunteer as the "nurse" for them, for those of you wondering why we went...)























































Sunday, June 07, 2009

My camera battery is dead.....

Therefore, there are no pictures with this post. ;-(

But, here is just a little Broom Family info to tide you over since we are going to be gone for a week.....

*Cassidee finished her two weeks of swimming lessons. Having to plan to be at a certain place at 5 pm every single day was tough, but we made it all the way through. She loved the first and second days of it. Days three thru six were a little more rough.....she decided she didn't like them making her swim under water, didn't like sliding into the water, didn't like jumping off the side into the water, etc. We missed one day in there for a 102 degree mysery fever. But, the last 3 days something clicked. She was back to LOVING swim lessons. (Jeremy thinks the bad days were due to her being tired and whatever was causing her to have a fever.....smart dad!) She spent the last three days swimming like a fish and I am so glad that these two weeks seem pretty successful. She really can swim underwater pretty well and is so brave that I will have to watch her like a hawk any time we are around water. She even tries to swim in the bath tub and makes sure I fill the bath tub "super full momma!" I'll catch her underwater with her eyes wide open just looking at me. Creepy but cute! We're trying to teach her to use goggles.

*Jeremy is completely gone from the house from morning until night every weekend, plus most days in between now that he is semi-in the bounce house business. That's kind of another story, but if anyone around here is in need of bouncers, combo units, water slides, etc for a party, let us know. We can get you hooked up! Click HERE to go to the Wild Wild Bounce website!

*And lastly, we will be gone this whole week. We are leaving this morning for Camp Deer Run. Jeremy is volunteering as the camp nurse this week. Cason is a little bit too young to go with us this year, so he is going to get some good Me-mommy and Grandaddy time at their house for a week. (Pray for them! :) We are taking Cassidee with us. We've been trying to tell her as much about camp as we can. She knows there is canteen, and I'm still trying to figure out how to keep her out of the cokes and candy 3 times a day! We've told her about doing crafts, swimming, riding horses, hanging out with the Pee Wee's if she wants to, singing songs---she is completely in love with the Cheuk night song right now. She asks to listen to it in the car all the time. I love how her little voice sounds when she is singing: "At night as I "way" on my "piwwow"...... so cute! I'm going to try to video her soon. She can't wait until we go on a cookout, play ball games, and she really can't wait to spend a week with Aunt Kelsey. She keeps telling everyone that she is going to camp to work with Kelsey. I have a feeling that we are going to be really tired at the end of this week!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Swimmy Lesson and Sprinkler Fun!

Cassidee started her "short course" in swimmy lessons yesterday. We are going every day for two weeks and so far she LOVES it. She cried when it was over yesterday (but quickly recovered when we told her she could pick somewhere fun for supper)! She's not scared, which is what I am most thankful for, and she is already jumping in off the side and going underwater.

Blurry, but she's doing one of her favorite things here.....splashing!

And since she was already in her swim suit yesterday, we went out back and enjoyed the sprinkler for a little while.

Then my little monkey climbed the ladder.



All the while, Cason just kicked it up on the rock wall!







Tuesday, May 19, 2009

My new hero.....

She taught me how to make bows tonight. Oh man....I am hooked!
Here is a picture of the ones I made tonight. (Amie made the giraffe and brown with swirls, so don't count those!) But look at the one in the middle. The turquoise paisley is my favorite! And, Amie was right. After every bow I made I would look up at her and say, "Oh my gosh. Look at this one. Isn't it great?!" She'd just laugh at me. With each one you get a little bit better. It is completely addicting and now I'm just trying to figure out which color combinations I want to do next.
Is anyone having a girl anytime soon?

Monday, May 18, 2009

Good thing he is cute....

.....'cause sometimes he is quite a handful!!!



There are not many things that Cason won't eat. As a matter of fact, I tried to give him oatmeal yesterday for breakfast, and that is the only food that he has turned his nose up at. He is a great eater, especially compared to Cassidee, and I usually just give him food on his tray and he is good to go. Tonight he kept fussing for more. I finally figured out why.
Check out my floor.....



I guess it's more fun to swipe your hand all over the tray than to eat the food on it!

Oh well, like I said, good thing he is cute!

After taking this picture of Cason I remembered that I had a semi-similar picture of Cassidee....
Cup in hand, but same dirty face.
Love my blue eyed babies!!!




And, totally off subject, big shout out/thank you to Amie for watching the kiddos this morning. Who knew that when you ask Amie to keep your kids you get a prize as well. Thank you for Cassidee's hair bow. I'm looking forward to the bow-making lessons!






Wednesday, May 13, 2009

*Dancing LIKE the Stars*

**Warning**

The video is a little lengthy, so don't feel like you have to watch the entire thing.

***An FYI***

She does her "dance" to this a minimum of 3 times a day. She'll be happy to do it live for anyone who happens to stop by our house as well.......

Monday, May 04, 2009

I don't know what the deal is.....

I can't get the pictures in the post below to load any bigger. They are still small, even if you click on them. Oh well!

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Did I mention my sister is talented?!

*I have no clue why the pictures are posting so tiny....
My sister Kelsey was home from ACU this weekend. Since my sister Kayla got married and since Cason's been born we haven't taken a family picture. We decided to do them super-casual and Kelsey took them of us this weekend. She does such a good job and has a pretty good eye for photography. I love how they all turned out. I have printed most of them, and did some in black and white. Click on them to see them a little better....if you want to! :)
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The whole family!
Mom and Dad
I love this picture of Kayla and Camron
My sisters and I
Girls, husbands, and kids
Cute Cassidee
Mommy and Cason--don't you love his spike?!
My boys!
Daddy's girl, for sure!!
Me-mommy and Dee

Cassidee again
Grandaddy and Cass feeding the cows
Me-mommy and her babies