Winter fun

This was one of the funnest weekends we've had in a long time. On Friday night was the Christmas party for Sean's command, they had free daycare so it was a nice night out. The theme was 40s so people dressed up and there was a swing band. Sean and I did some dancing! Then Saturday the command put on a kids christmas party. They had tables set up with different arts and crafts, Kamela made a necklace made out of yarn and fruitloops and also a christmas picture frame. Later that night Sean and I made a gingerbread house and had an eggnog toast. Then Sunday we woke up to a snow white yard so of course we had to play in it. Kamela and I made snowballs and a mini snowman. Then we came in and had hot cocco. It was a wonderful 3 days filled with lots of family Christmas fun!

Halloween

I know i'm about a month late but I have halloween pictures now. Kamela wouldn't have anything to do with her costume so we didn't go trick or treating around town but we did go to the trunk or treat for our ward. We carved pumkins and made delicious pumkin seeds


Chelsi and the jack-o-lantern
pumpkin guts

Sean and the finished product

Kamela and daddy drawing the face on the pumkin



Kamela and mom made little jack-o-lantern sandwiches!

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Sean's mom was here and our friends accross the street came over. We had a beautiful meal with ham, Turkey, potatoes, fruit salad, stuffing, and much much more! there were tons of left overs! I finally found my usb chord so I can post some pictures

Shari, Kamela, and I

yummy little smokies before the meal

Sean cutting the turkey

locked out

Kamela and I both woke up at 6:45 this morning. I was grateful for being up so early and was looking forward to getting a head start on cleaning and housework. I made Kamela breakfast and put her in her high chair when I remebered it was garbage day. I went out to the garage letting the door close behind me and I put the cans outside our house then I went to the door to let myself back in and it was locked! I went around the back door and the front door and of course they were both locked. I didn't have my cell phone, or keys, or anything at all! At first I panicked. Kamela was alone by herself in the house but she was strapped in her high chair so she couldn't get into too much trouble. I didn't know what to do! I didn't want to break anything so I just sat down by the back door so I could see Kamela and she could see me. She was just eating her cereal and seemed to be just fine. I had nothing to do but wait. So I did until about 9:15. Sean luckily came home and rescued me!! He took the screen out of the kitchen window and crawled in and unlocked the door for me. I was so grateful but so embarrassed! How do you lock yourself out of your own house!? Next time I'll be sure to unlock every door and take keys just in case when I go out of the house for any reason!!

family slide show

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So I haven't written for a while. Things have been really great lately. I got a job at Mcdonalds, I hate the fact that it's fast food and I applied at about 6 other places but only one called back so I take what I can get. Sean got another blue jacket of the month award and nominated for blue jacket of the quarter. He's doing so well and I'm so proud of him! He went to a Seahwaks game last week with one of this friends and had an absolute blast. I'm glad he got to experience that.
Kamela is doing wonderfully. She was sick a couple weeks ago and was diagnoised with croup and pnemonia. She was taken to the emergency room twice in one week and wasn't getting any better and her antibiotics weren't working so she was given a blessing from my visting teacher's husbands. It was wonderful to be there and experience that amazing power. She was fully recovered about 3 days later.
Halloween was lots of fun. Kamela had a chicken costume that she got from Sean's grandma but she refused to wear it so we took her to the trunk or treat that our ward put on. It was at my visiting teacher's house. They had a barn decorated like a haunted house and all the cars were parked along their yard. Then we came home a handed out candy and watched the movie frequency. I love halloween because that means that it's only about 1 month till Christmas! Sean and I are really excited this year and we're trying to do everything beforehand so we're not overwhelmed when December comes. We went to the dollar store 2 days ago and got everything we needed for Christmas, Decorations, Chritmas cards, and stocking stuffers. Our Christmas tree is up and our whole house is decorated. It's very comforting and homey. I love it! I took pictures that I would love to post but I lost the usb cord to my camera so I can't download pictures till I find that. Well that's about everything new. We love and miss you all.

Potty training

So for the last 3 days we've been trying to potty train Kamela and she's doing so good! It makes me excited! The first day she would sit on her potty and then when she felt like she had to go she'd stand up and pee on the bathroom floor. we'd clean it up together and then I explained to her that we had to go potty in the toilet not on the floor. Well now she seems to be getting the hang of it, I don't have pull ups or underware yet so she just goes without a diaper throughout the day and I ask her about every 10 minutes if she has to go potty if she does she'll run to the bathroom and sit on her toilet and go. It's Saturday, she's been without a diaper for about 4 hours and only one accident so far. I'm so excited! I know she'll probablly have lots of accidents and it will get frustrating but right now I'm just excited and proud!

Kamela's 2nd Birthday

Our wonderful bundle of joy turned 2 years old on August 9th. It's crazy how fast she's growing up. She's learning new things everyday that just amaze me. Her favorite new thing to say is "I'm hungry" and it's the cutest thing I've ever heard! Well we had a little birthday party for her. She had a Dora the Explorer cake with cookie dough ice cream which she very much enjoyed. She got some fun bath toys, a pink "my little pony",a stroller with a stuffed puppy dog that she loves to push around and a singing dog which is just adorable. here's a few pictures

Kamela's birthday party

Kamela turns 2 on August 9th. While we were in Idaho my parents decided to have a little party for her since they won't be here for her birthday. We had cake and ice cream and she opened a present. It was fun and she's excited that she gets to have 2 cakes this year!

The Dark Knight

So the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight came out on Friday the 18th. We went to midnight premire the day before. Sean had been dying to see this movie for 2 years. He was so excited that him and his friend Zach decided to dress up as the joker. They looked so good and had lots of fun. It's an awesome movie bytheway if you get a chance it's definently worth your time.

camping with the family

We went camping at Rigby lake with Jason and his family and Travis and Jenny. Sean and I just went up for the day but we had a blast swimming and roasting marshmallows. Kamela and Caylin had so much fun playing together, Dad made some delicious bbq chicken, Mom and I made smores, and I got a picture of Jason with his shirt off. He said I was lucky because most people don't get to see that for free.

Lagoon

So i'm the biggest slacker ever when it comes to blogging but we just back from our Idaho vacation yesterday and I have tons of cute pictures that I need to share. We were there for about 3 weeks. We had a lot of fun and did a lot of activities with friends and family.
The first weekend we were there Sean and I with our friends Zach and Amber went to Lagoon. Sean and I were feeling daring so we went on the skycoaster which is a ride where you're strapped into a harness and you're brought up about 250 feet in the air then someone has to pull the rip cord and you free fall for about 100 feet and then the rope catches you and you just fly accross the park. here's a few pictures

so for the last 3 weeks I've been telling myself that I need to post a blog and give an update to everyone but I never got around to it so now I'm forcing myself to sit at the computer and give an update, finally.
So things are going pretty well for us. On April 15th Sean was nominated for an award called blue jacket of the month. He had to go in front of a 9 chiefs and officers. He was given a uniform inspection, had to recite the sailors creed and had to answer a question from each member of the board. He was up against 8 other sailors and he won! he can put this achievement on his evals and may be qualified for early promotion. We were pretty excited! In other news, I quit my job. I was working 8 pm to 3 am so I was pretty excited to be able to let it go. Now I am able to do more activities with Kamela and get more stuff done around the house. I'm loving it!
So about a month ago Kamela was standing up on her rocking chair and she lost her balance and hit her eye on our computer chair. It started swelling right away and turned into a nasty black eye that lasted about 2 weeks. It was so sad! Well the week after she hit her eye, Sean's uncle came to visit. We went to the mall and ate at this really cool place called rainforest cafe. We got some adorable pictures but kamela has a black eye in all of them so just try to look past that!