Paying Respects to a Great Man

Last Week we learned that the kiddos last Great Grandfather, Cameron Sherman, had passed. We traveled late into the night to get to New Jersey to attend his funeral and spend some time with family. Here are a few more than a few pictures of our trip. (Warning: Serious Picture OVERLOAD to follow)


On the way to the funeral - yes, Lexi has another pair of sunglasses... (Hey, they're good for your eyes.)

(The 2 remaining Camerons - Matching.)






While we were there, we stayed at Nana and Pop-pop's house. They have a large jacuzzi tub, which the kiddos LOVED. Nana got them each a new swimsuit and let them swim in their "Pool." Cameron called it the beach. He begged for his bath every night in his "super suit." Here are a couple (more) pictures of the fun:







While we were there we took Cameron skiing for the first time. He had fun until he realized that it wasn't so easy to go uphill. He wanted to see where everyone was coming from and planned to climb to the top of the mountain by himself. He's going to be great next year. Season's pass here we come!







Lexi had fun exploring and acting as the Cheering Squad


Nana located some great indoor, rainy-day fun for the kiddos at a place called The Jump Zone. Cameron LOVED jumping and sliding on "Lightning McQueen" and Lexi had fun on the horses. Here's a few pictures of the fun:







Circumstances being what they were, we had a good time and look forward to visiting again soon. We will miss Butch, but he will always have a place in our hearts.

Lambs!

A nice family at our church has sheep and they are having lambs right now. We thought since the weather was nice... GORGEOUS for this time of year in NH...it would be fun to go see them. Cameron was REALLY into it. He was so excited to feed them and he loved petting the tiny lambs. Lexi on the other hand, was TERRIFIED. She warmed up towards the end, but she was pretty much glued to either Jon or myself the entire time we were there. The lambs were really cute though - it was hard not to take one home with us! Here are a few pics from our day:

Walking to the barn...




(Ed, the Shepard, an AWESOME guy)




(This little guy was only 3 days old and weighed in at only 4 lbs when he was born.)



Despite all the snow in the pictures, it was very warm outside (Jon was going to wear shorts)and we had a great time with the sheep. When we left, Ed was driving his tractor and Cameron waved at him and said "there goes my friend." Cameron is already asking to go back. He had a BLAST!

The Snow has Arrived

Our Snow drought is OVER! (And all 3 of my children have been loving every minute of the recent blizzards.) The traditional snow fort was finally built, we've had endless snow-ball fights, spent some time sledding and took LOTS of pictures. Here are a few of my favorites:

Feeling Better.... FINALLY!

As most of you may have heard, we've been SICK...

(Yes, ALL of us... at the SAME time.)

After everyone started feeling better, we took a short trip to re-stock supplies. We decided to let the kiddos pick out new sunglasses to cheer them up. (Yes, they picked them out themselves.) Cameron liked the red "spiderman" sunglasses and Lexi chose pink with silver polka-dots. It's amazing how long it took a 1-year old to make up her mind. She tried on quite a few pair! Here they are wearing them on the way to church:








We thought the worst was behind us and we scrubbed the house REALLY well... or so we thought. Aunt Amanda and uncle Jeff came up to play (hence the light sabers) and unfortunately, we shared our germs with Aunt Amanda. Here are a couple of shots of the good times:





We've been spending a lot of time inside, you know, trying to keep things "low key." Here's an example...







They celebrated their victory over an obviously defeated Dad by taking a ride together in the glider rocker:




It's nice to have things back to "normal."

Racin'

Those of you who've been to our house know that it has a built-in race-track. The kiddos take full advantage of the set-up and race frequently. I had today off from work and grabbed the camera so everyone could feel like they were part of the action.

First, meet the competitors:

Here's Lexi:


And Cameron (AKA "Lightning")


Lexi pulls ahead initially...
(She likes to jump the gun and starts running when she hears "ready")



Cameron takes back the lead quickly... he's very competitive with his sister!
(This often results in "crashes")



A couple more just for fun...



(They take their racing seriously!)

I still can't believe Lexi is RUNNING! For the longest time, she refused to let go of my hand and when she finally did she's racing her brother within days! What happened to my baby?

Fun in the snow

As you might have guessed by the title, we got a LOT of snow recently and while I slave away at work all day (after commuting WAY too long in the white fluffy stuff) my kids are at home playing in it. (All 3 of them!) Before you enjoy the pictures as I did when I got home, please know that I already reprimanded my oldest child (Jon) for the lack of hats...