Fun photos

We had Mike's family over for Sunday dinner a few weeks ago and had a wonderful visit. Since Mary and the girls were here Elsie was very excited. Mike was happy to see his sister too. Mike made the whole dinner while I helped set things up. He made 3 different lasagnas-3 cheese, taco and sausage. Out of all of those Mike only ate the cheese. He is an amazing cook and everything he makes turns out wonderful. 

 After dinner we got some cards out and played games. Mike tells the kids stories of when he ate Sunday dinners at his grandma's house and played games. He said they played the game of spoons with all their cousins and it turned into a battle of spoons. The kids had lots of fun and there was much laughter. I think Mary won the last round.

 Another fun thing we did was go to Kaden's blue and gold banquet. He made the centerpieces for the tables at scouts one week. The theme was cowboys. He got an award that night too for finishing his bobcat. He also got a certificate for getting 2nd place in the pinewood derby. He was very happy. So when everyone was ready to eat they announced that the boys had to serve their families dinner. Kaden did a great job and all the kids had a great time.

I found a picture of Camden and his speech therapist from last year. Camden loved to have Jaimie come visit us. He was shy for half of the visit and by the time she would leave he was playing with her. After his birthday in November Camden qualified to go to speech class at the beginning of the year. He likes going to school now twice a month but I am a little concerned because his teachers don't remember him. The teacher has asked me almost every visit which one Camden is. Oh well. Camden is progressing and talking a lot. I helped in his sunbeams class a week ago and he wanted to talk all the time. He was getting "shh'd" by the teachers. He has come a long way this past year.

 I also found this picture of my college roommate and friend. Around Christmastime I found out that Brooke had gotten a bad case of stomach flu that gave her an infection and sent her to the hospital for a few weeks. Prior to this I had been thinking about her wondering how she was doing. We haven't been in contact for some years. That next day I saw a post on facebook from Brooke's mom and a picture of her in the hospital. I emailed her and found out she was going home for the holidays. We got together a few days after Christmas. Originally we were planning for the whole family to come visit Brooke but that week all the kids were throwing up. Since Brooke had just gotten out of the hospital I didn't want to be the one to send her back so Mike stayed home with the sick ones and Camden and I went for a drive to Fruit Heights. Camden was the first one to get sick and so he was the most healthy by the time we went. It was a great visit and I am so glad Brooke is all better. We stayed for a few hours and Camden was a good sport.