Oh Cambree

This post is totally dedicated to my beautiful daughter Cambree and the craziness that is her. Everyday is something new with her. Here are a few things that she has said and or done over the past little while. The cutting her hair incident. Ben and I just recently talked about how Cambree has never cut her hair and that she is probably past that point. We were sorely mistaken. The night before we were going to Cancun Cambree was making pictures and got the scissors out which she often does. Cambree: mom, my hair is getting long. Mom: yeah it is getting long (without looking) Cambree: Look mom Cambree is holding a big chunk of hair in her hands Mom: (trying not to laugh) oh that's good I didnt even raise my voice to her and she begins sobbing hysterically. I think she realized what she had done. I had Ben call his cousin to see if she could fix it before we left but she didnt have her scissors with her so my dad was going to take her the next day. Ben explained what we wanted done with it, but I think its hard to explain over the phone and not being there to tell someone. Needless to say there was miscommunication and Cambree's hair is now very short. When I talked to her on the phone she said "it looks like a boy" I think we have told her how cute it is that she is okay with it now, but I am pretty sure she will never be cutting her own hair again. I made her hold her hair for a pic, this was after all the tears were shed. Isnt she stinkin adorable? I look at these pics and really miss her beautiful hair. Here is another funny from her: while in the tub rubbing a loofa on her arm Cambree: "mom, this smooth away is amazing. I dont have any hair on my arms anymore." If any of you have seen the infomercial for smooth away you know what this is. I was shocked that she was so aware. I really need to be careful about commercials and everything with her. She is so observant. Just yesterday Cambree was with my mom and some lady asked her what her name was Cambree: "my name is Cambree, but I wish it were Gabriella." Cambree is obsessed with High School Musical these days. I refuse to ever call her Gabriella. A few months ago our friends Karole and KC were out here with their 2 little boys Braxton and Isaac. We went over to visit with them and let the kids play. When we left Cambree kissed Braxton on the cheek. I reminded her of our no kissing until 20 rule and she laughed. When we got out in the car I said, "Cambree you know you arent supposed to kiss, right?" Cambree: "Well mom you know when Braxton and I are 20 I am sure we will be kissing." Oh boy what do I have to look forward to with this one? And last but certainly not least while learning about the letter X teacher: the letter x doesnt start with very many words, x-ray, xylophone, but it is at the end of a lot of words like box and fox. Cambree turns to my cousins kids, "and the word sex, (turning to mrs. king) right? the word sex ends with x" teacher: yes Cambree that does end with x but we arent going to talk about that right now. When I heard this story I was horrified. I have no idea where she heard it although I am sure it came from tv, not that I let her watch what I watch but I am sure it has been said when I thought she wasnt around, who knows. I felt like the worst mom. Its one of those stories or jokes that you hear that you really never actually hear happen first hand.

I've seen better days...

I often think of that song when I am having a bad day or something, but in this case, I am currently in the hospital. There is a whole back story to it, but on a positive note I just wanted to share some pictures from my amazing vacation. Ben and I very last minute, within two weeks went to Cancun with my brother Spencer and his wife. I am so glad we did. It was such an amazing experience. I am actually counting this for my list of things to do before I am 30 I didnt get to Italy, but Cancun was the next best thing and I left the country which I have never done before. I got a Visa in 12 days, thank goodness. I was so nervous that it wouldnt be here in time but thankfully it was. We headed to Cancun on Friday Feb. 27th. We got a call at 5 that morning telling us our flight was delayed 1 1/2 hrs and that we would miss our connecting flight in Arizona but that they were working on figuring it out. This of course made me a bit nervous so I got on line and called the 800 number to the airline and sure enough all things said the same thing. We headed to the airport about 2 hrs later than we were going to and thought all was well. When we went to check in the man at the desk said "oh, your flight is delayed and you are going to miss your connecting flight" Us: " yes we had a call telling us our flight was delayed." Man: "you never listen to those things" Us: "then why do you even call?" Man: "well if you would have been here on time we could have got you on a different flight." this proceeded to go on for about 30 min with the man telling us we werent going to get to Cancun until Saturday, my husband was irrate to say the least. Fortunately after much searching they were able to get us on a contintental flight and then a connecting flight with Delta. We were only a few hours later than we should have been so that was good. It was a long day however. When we got to our hotel my awesome brother (spencer) and sis in law (abby) were there to greet us. It was so good to see familiar faces in a foreign land. You could tell you werent in America anymore as soon as you got off the plane. The smell is just different. I dont mean that in a rude way, its just different. Spencer had booked us a trip to chitzanitza for that next morning. At this point I was so exhausted I was a little nervous because we had to leave so early. We got up to our room and got to bed around 12:30 around 3:30 I woke up and was coughing up a little bit of blood. I couldnt believe it. I was a little nervous. I mean really, what do you do in Mexico when you cough up blood? Luckily, we were able to get our tour changed until Monday and I was still able to do everything that we wanted to do without any further complications. The Lord truly blessed me to be able to go and do what we wanted to do and I am grateful for that. Chitzanitza After dinner at Chitzanetza Ben modeling

All of us on our sail boat, this could have been my most favorite thing. Cruising the ocean in a sail boat, what is better than that?

After snorkling

Ben and I on our way back from the island of women where we went snorkeling, that was quite an event in and of itself.

The Sunset