HOT! HOT! HOT!

For those of you that may not know this about me I am not a outdoors, get dirty, lets go build a campfire kinda girl. Which means of course I would be invited to girls camp, and of course I would me asked to be the 1st level camp crafter. Which put me in charge of 11 girls who I now had to teach, first aide, building and campfire safety, knots, and all the things I get married to be able to avoid having to learn. I was dreading it! However I feel in love! I had so much fun! I missed Aaron and my little cuties.... I missed them like crazy. That being said I think every woman should have the chance to go. I was a leader and I was with 5 women in a leader cabin and I think we stayed up later and had more fun than the girls did. I have never laughed and shared embarrassing phobias in one week than I did last week. At night we would sneak out and go to our nightly "meeting" which was the clean and clear pool. That is where the laughing and craziness began.I had a blast

The deer and ticks were crazy. I mean crazy one of the ladies had 9 ticks on the very first day.

Here are my sweet, sweet girls. Talk about amazing... I was floored at how thoughtful and caring these girls were. At one point there was a little girl how was over whelmed and missing home and when the other girls realized she was upset they all swept in and made certain that she felt loved and included.
I certified everything that I had to and we would do fun things to try to make it a little more fun. My favorite of the requirements was that they observe and discuss nature so we went on a short walk and then we came back and "planted a garden" (that they made out of construction paper and sticks) outside of their new big sisters cabins. They were just darling!

One of my buddies is Sheila Wheeler who came as the camp nurse. We have all decided that we need to get together each month just so we can laugh.

The best part was on Thursday my dad and mom were invited to come for Bishops night. I was so excited to see my adorable niece and beautiful daughter with them. Abi is already dying to go to girls came. I was in heaven with my sweet daughter by my side. I was totally thrilled to think about joining my sweet daughter in just a few years as she makes these same amazing bonds in sister hood.

They called Abigail and Lauren up to the front and asked them to join in "singing in the rain".She was adorable. It was a great week!
I just want to say a quick thank you to all my friends, family, and to Aaron for all that was sacrificed so that I could go. I truly needed a simple reminder of what a blessing being a woman and daughter of god really means. Thanks to everywhere that knew of my anxieties and offered to teach me and help me with anything. Thanks to all my new buddies I can not wait to see you all again. I love you all!

Conversations with a funny girl

Today Abi and I were cuddled up on the couch chatting and this is the conversation that we had I thought it was way to funny not to share

Abi- " mommy do you remember when I was in your tummy?"
Me-" Yes, do you?"
Abi- " No I do remember when I came out of your tummy and all the doctors told me that I was cute"
Me- You remember that?"
Abi-" Yes mom like it was yesterday. DO you think that I will ever have a sister?"
Me- "You will either have a sister or another brother one day"
Abi- " I want a sister because I have her name picked out"
Me- What is the name?"
Abi- " Dora Amanda Kilan Jammes"
Me- Why that name?"
Abi- " Well mom it is simple.
-Dora, because it is like the best cartoon ever
-Amanda, because your name is Mommy but for some crazy reason people call you Amanda so If we name my sister that then people will call you by your reall namewhich is mommy.
-Kilan, Because I could not choose between Dora or Kilan so we can give her both
-Jammes, because if we are all stuck with the name she has to be too.

Where do kids come up with this stuff! I love you, Boo!

Mr. & Mrs. Graham

Saturday after a week of not so great events Aaron and I went down to Orlando to watch as Laura Everett was married. Aaron and I grew up in the Everett home. Laura's brother Ryan and us were always together growing up. I love the family dearly. When I first became a mommy I was called into the Young Women's program in our ward and got to get to know and fall in love with Laura. Every now and then she would call me and pull me aside to ask my advice and opinion on things. Then came David and a engagement and now the wedding. After some threats and a little black mail Donna let me do the flowers as a wedding present..... or so I thought until I received a card and some cash to pay me for my work. Which was very sweet. The sealing was beautiful. The day before I found out my Uncle Eddie had passed away and it was such a blessing to be in the temple and be able to feel the spirit that was there. It was a great day. Laura looked stunning and if I may say so myself the flowers were my best yet.

The cake

The centerpieces all 22 of them

Laura's toss bouquet

The women's corsages

Laura's bouquet... she had the idea of adding a locket with her grandmothers picture around the handle. It is cute!

The bridesmaids bouquets

The men's boutonniere's

The wedding was beautiful thanks for letting me be a part of it!

It's Official Harris is ALL boy!

When I was pregnant EVERYONE said to me "Boys are soooo different than girls". I had no clue at the time that those would be the most unbelievably honest words I would ever hear. In one day this is some of the stuff my little man just happened to get into. First we got up at some food got dressed and as I am getting ready to go run errands I hear "Mommy Harris has a marker should I take it from him?" I find him covered and colored from head to toe. Face, arms, hands, tummy, feet, legs....... it was everywhere and it was permanent!

Look at those cute Tootsie's! What a great canvas!

Tummy and Hands were my favorite!

Then we went outside to play. I went inside to answer the phone and come back out to find him running around with his shoes off.... God made dirt and dirt don't hurt..... Right?

Then he decided he was hungry so he ate some sidewalk chalk! Yummy!

Then I gave him a bath, took him out, put some pajamas on him and went to go get a sippy cup for him and I hear " Mommy Harris is in the bathtub should I get him out?" I found my pajama clad little man playing in the tub..... with our house phone in the bath tub with him. Which makes the second time this month a phone has ended in water. The first time it was the toilet!

Then he ran around naked while he picked up and ate raisins off the floor. It is a good thing Aaron swept for me.

While I was getting Abi ready for bed. He decided that he had to play with every Mr. Potato head part in the room.

Then at bed time I put him in his crib and he stuck that little thumb in his mouth, blows me a kiss and it is worth every crazy thing my little man can manage to get into. Look at that face he is so dang cute! I love you bear! Thanks for keeping our lives full of adventure and fun!

LOST

Just so you know if you are a" Lost" fan and did not watch the finale I'm going to try to not give anything away but you may want to wait before reading. For those of you who are or are not let me just let you know Aaron and I have been"Lost" fans since the first session. Tonight was the series finale and we loved every second of it. It was beautiful!!!!! As someone who LOVES TV, there are a lot of shows that I get attached to but none that hold or make me go to bed thinking about the substance that I recently devoted a hour of my life to watching. "Lost" did that for me. Tonight the ending ended with all the couples or the loved one that meant the most to them helping them remember not only their own importance but their importance to one another. Aaron and I went to the temple on Saturday and Aaron's family was there. To watch as everyone filtered in after the endowment session dressed to near perfection in a room the is perfection still makes me cry. I often think of all the loved ones I have lost in my life (mainly my grandmother) and think of the day I will see her once again. It is a thought that brings me to tears each and every time I try to think about it. At the end of the show it had a scene were every member of the cast reunited and embraced and cried and rejoiced and it was amazing. I know that is kinda a stretch to compare the 2 moments but Aaron and I both looked at each other and were amazed at what a great ending it was. Even that a TV show could make us imagine those reunions, makes the show even more amazing to me. I can not wait for those amazing and perfect unions one day. I will miss you" Lost" thanks for 6 great seasons of pondering and debating. It was fun!

The Bahamas, the ocean, and home

Our third day we docked in the Bahamas and were off shopping. I love a good deal, however this was the craziest place ever. It was fun and crazy! We walked around, shopped, and enjoyed the sites before getting back on the ship to eat some lunch and take the water taxi to the Atlantis hotel for our excursion. My favorite part was all the colors. Everything was a bright cheerful color. It looked like my house.

The Atlantis hotel was so nice. We did the tour threw the hotel and aquariums. It was worth every penny.

Our favorite part was walking threw the tunnel as sharks and sting rays swam over us.

Then we found Nemo and Both did and little squeal of happiness. Abigail loves Nemo..... and at that point we both we missing the kids.

Then we were told we were not alound to take pictures with the props so we waited for the tour group to go on and quickly ran around snapping pictures with all the props we could. It was hilarious.

We decided we were going to skip the wait for the water taxi and took a normal taxi back. We had met a couple that were pro cruisers and had spent the whole time at the Atlantis with them. They were close to our parents age and knew all the great places to see and do. We had so much fun with them. Maurie and Doug..... we love you! We thought we were getting a taxi for the 4 of us.... we ended up fitting 13 people in a van I thought fit 7. They kept pulling out these seats and benchs it was amazing. Then the best thing happened. Aaron told me I was not the worst driver in the world, our taxi driver was. It was the funniest yet scariest experience I have ever had.

Then the nexy day we were at sea all day. We did bingo, trivia, and Aaron slept.

Then Friday we were back at our car and on our way to see the kids. It was so fun. I loved being with Aaron. Every second was romantic and fun. Once we were home and on our way to see the kids I was thrilled beyond words though. I missed them terribly. When Abigail came in the door she ran to me, Harris ran to Aaron and we loved them, then we switched kids and started all over. It was perfect. Thanks babe for the best get away ever. I am already dreaming about next time.

Coco Cay

The second day of our cruise we went to their (Royal Caribbean) private Island. It was my favorite part of the cruise. It was beautiful and clean. It was fabulous!

The water was totally clear and blue. Clean I did not see a single piece of trash.

After laying out all day and enjoying the water we took a tour around all the other little islands. It was so relaxing and beautiful. We saw the most amazing fish of all colors, sting rays, sharks, and starfish.

The tour guide scooped up some star fish and passed it around. Then he dared Aaron to kiss it. He told him kissing it would bring him some luck on the slot machine. He did it, then was told he kissed a starfishes bum. It was funny.

This little crap was just crawling on the beach.

When we went back to the ship later that day Aaron went back to the slot machines. He made some profit and then stopped while he was ahead. I was proud.

Then we went on a walk around the ship. We thought we would do some hand holding. Instead

we got crazy winds that you could barely walk in. Instead of wanting to hold hands it was a necessity to stay on the ship. It was wild and hilarious, not romantic but we had fun laughing.

Later that night was our formal night. We were so tired and sun burnt. It was really nice to get all dressed up and not have to worry about a kid getting you dirty.It was a great day. I loved just hanging out in a beautiful, peaceful place and enjoy Aaron.