CAMPING

After a 3+ hour nap I can now say I/we had a great time camping for the last 4 days! I have been privileged to have been called to be in Young Womens for the past 5 years that I have been out of Young Womens. ( did that all make sense?) I love being in with the girls, but each year when Girls Camp rolls around I try to think up some excuse to get out of it! This year I failed! I will admit that I am not a big fan of full out camping. But I put on my happy face and it wasn't too bad. Luckily we have a great group of girls and the fun leaders too! ( there weren't any pictures of girls camp worth posting)

The camping didn't end there! Luckily I got a shower in between but that was about all! I was not raised camping at all!!! I do remember camping one time as a family and leaving at about 11:00 pm heading home, we just weren't meant to camp! So I am not too sure why all the sudden My Parents have had this itch to camp lately. We had my Dads older Brother John, his wife Debbie and my cousins Angiee and Chelsea and my Bro. Josh meet us up at Pine Valley. And again I have to admit it was more fun than I planned on having! Jack loved being out in the open and just being dirty! I feel bad that we live this close to Pine Valley and don't go up there often, it is so beautiful. Everything went great until night came! Lets just say that we need to practice sleeping in the tent with Jack a bit more before we attempt the next camping trip! I dare say all three of us had the worst night of sleep we have EVER had! At 5:30am we packed up and headed home!!!! So back to the 3 hour nap, it was greatly needed by all of us!!!

Favorite Lambert Family Tradition

We are sad to see the Lake Powell Tradition come to an end! Shawn's Family has been going to Lake Powell, the second week in June for the last 14 years (I might be off it could be longer.) It has always been a highlight of the summer! They have now decided to still get together that same week in June but do something else! We will see what the next year brings!

So without further ado here are some highlights of the LAST year at Lake Powell!Always Beautiful Scenery!!! (which Shawn and his Dad have been known to always capture)

Playing in the cold yucky lake. I love and hate that part!

Shawn entertaining everyone with his amazing talent of landing on the walrus from the slide!

The couples hike!

Camp fires and smores!



And my favorite part is playing games. We had a very heated game of Mafia, so fun! Check out Mindy's face, she is such a liar good thing we teamed up on her and put her in her place :)


It was a hard decision not to bring Jack, but it was nice not to have to worry about him constantly, and every mom and Dad needs a break every once in a while. Thanks Mom and Dad for watch my little munchkin, and thanks Carly for letting them come and visit.

We were sad to say goodbye to Lake Powell. It will be some of our fondest summer memories. Thanks Mom and Dad for the good times.
We hope to have traditions that last that long with our kids.

New Bedtime Routine

Jack is quite fond of his new Lego Car figures, along with Woody and Buzz still! He started to love them so much he couldn't stand to not go to bed without them. I hated that idea, so we had to find a solution! Now every night, and sometimes nap time, Jack lines up all the Cars, along with Woody and Buzz and tucks them in for the night. My favorite part is when he kisses them and then say "night night" And to add to his cuteness last night when I laid him down in bed he said, "night, night mom, lubya" Totally melted my heart!

Just Started Thinking

I have been preparing my lesson for Sunday, it's about journal writing! Which could be a very boring subject for teenage girls... But it's made me reflect on all the things that I miss writing down, and it made me sad that I might forget how wonderful my life is right at this moment. I wish I could hire someone to follow me and Jack around to photograph and write down our days, not that it would be of any interest to anyone but me and maybe Jack, but I can see us getting together twenty years from now on the couch and reminiscing about all of the crazy thing we use to do and and what a funny kid he was.
Jack is such a little character, he makes me laugh all day long. I love to watch his mind think and grow. I have said this time and time again, but I wish I could capture time in a bottle, and relive it when I chose too.
Jack and I went out to lunch with my Mom yesterday, as I was taking Jack out of his car seat I had this overwhelming feeling of love for him. I love that he is mine and that We created him, and the best part is he looks up to me for so much, and at least for now he thinks I'm cool and that I can solve nearly any problem, Man that feels good.
I love when he hasn't seen me for a few minutes and he comes searching for me, he get so excited even if it has only been a second! One of my favorite thing that he does right now is ask me "Mom What Doing" with real intent of find out what I am doing. When I tell him he is always so interested!
I love his excitement/fear when he finds a bug, and now he tells me, "Mom stomp it" as he squirms and watches from behind my leg. Last night as I was putting him in the tub he started to scream "A BUG!!!" I looked down and sure enough there was a bug in the tub, and it was alive, which scared me more. So I screamed, which in return scared him to death... Then he burst out into tears as he held onto my leg for dear life shaking and screaming "MOM STOMP IT", Oops...

One last Jack favorite, he love to tell me what people say, let me explain... His Ganga says "S-T-R-E-T-C-H" eveytime she puts lotion on him, so he says "Gangs say S-T-R-E-T-C-H-" or "Kash says, A tire A tire" (there is a story behind why but it's too long), or "Buzz say toinfinityandbyon" ( to infinity and beyond) or "Woody says Yeehaa" Simple, Yes but darling... LIFE is GREAT and I am glad I took a moment to right these things down, now back to the lesson, yeah...

Proud Owners Of A 2 year old!

Yep believe it or not JACK is 2!!!! And boy did we celebrate! Passing down the tradition from my Mom, not only did we have a "day" of celebration, but a full week! Shawn had a to install cabinets in Las Vegas on Jack's Birthday, so instead of him missing the big day we packed our bags and went with him. Jack and I hung out at the pool, the arcade and took extra long naps, it was had a blast! Shawn got to choose what we did that night. We ate at Macyo's (Mexican restaurant) then we went to play games at Circus, Circus, completely against my will!

Trying out the new boat! (we left his gifts at home so we had to snag this boat so he had something to open, he thought it was great!)

Eating dinner

Jack was so shy when they sang to him. I love that little face!

But not shy when it came to blowing out the candle and eating the ice cream!

We then had to wait until Saturday for the BUG PARTY! Everyday he would ask me about it! The conversation would go like so....
(Me) Hey Jack what kind of a party are we having???
(Jack) 2
(Me) yeah you are 2 now but what kind of party are we going to have?
(Jack) Bug Party!!!!
(Me) Who is going to come?
(Jack) BOSTON!!!
(Me) yep and who else?
(Jack) Sadie, Gongo, Bompa!!!
(Me) And what are we going to do at the party?
(Jack) Ladybug, cake, blow!!!

Which was all true

Jack helping prepare!

Not only did Boston, Sadie, Gonga and Bompa show up, but all of his cute little buddies and supportive family!

And yes there were lady bugs, real ones and they all loved to catch them.

And what is a Birthday Party without cake and candles!


HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY JACK!!!

Jack,
This past year has been the best year of my life, maybe that is why it has flown by way too fast! I have enjoyed every second I have spent with you Jack. Your energy makes me happy, and you make life so enjoyable. Like my Dad use to tell me, "When I grow up someday I want to be just like you." I hope I will someday have the energy and pure love of life, just like you Jack! Thanks for letting me be your MOM, Love Ya!

Oh Where Do We Start

These faces pretty much sum up the way we feel about the past week, fun, exciting, and over whelming!
(There will be a lot of photos, please feel free to stop looking at any point)

We, meaning Jack and I, got to spend the past week, well 10 days, with some of our favorite people, Aunt Carly and Cousins Boston and Jocelyn! We had a blast! There was a different event every day, oh you are thinking events like going to the park, not when Carly is involved in the planning! To tell you the truth it all seems like a blur to me. Luckily I brought my camera and took A LOT of photos. Well here we go.... Day one involved wearing these great t-shirts and supporting our little Buddie, Boston on a walk for Autism. Despite the rain there was a great turn out and I think Boston felt pretty loved and special!

I don't have a photo of the next day, which would probably be the best photo in the bunch, but it was at church so... We simply looked like circus conductors with a bunch of clowns trying to get through sacrament meeting. I decided to exit after the 10th time I had to run to grab Jack from squashing the tiny baby in front of us, while Boston laid in the middle of the aisle, mooing like a cow and oinking like a pig, and Jocelyn shook a bag full of cheerios all over the floor. I thought I could handle Jack and Boston better in the hall! Boston was great, I don't think he said a word, Jack on the other hand had this great idea to crawl under the couch, then scream MOMMY STUCK MOMMY STUCK! Lucky for me there was a nice man that ran over to help me lift the couch and pull Jack out, phew!



Day three we went to the park in the morning and to the aquarium in the afternoon! Jack thought the SHARKS were great, for the rest of the week both Jack and Boston would come up to me and say (in exact sequence and expression every time) "OH NO, A SHARK" I would then give a fake scream as they would "POOF" it away then reply " PHEW" (while wiping their foreheads) Classic! Boston and Jack got these great souvenirs, frog back packs, they looked darling.



Day four, Boston spent the morning at preschool and Car, Jocelyn, Jack and I went to the mall to ride the Neigh Neighs and Mother's Day shop! The afternoon was spent at Wheeler Farm. Jack loved the freedom and had a ball running around!


Day five, I got to spend the morning at home with sweet little Jocy and Jacker! While Boston headed off to preschool! That afternoon we went to the Dinosaur Museum and Petting Zoo at Thanksgiving Point with Katie, my cousin, and her two kids. I loved the museum, it was so fun!


Day six, I again spent the morning at home with Jocy and Jack and geared up for the afternoon at the Zoo. Pour little Jocy didn't come to the zoo, she had a double ear infection, Ouch! But the boys loved the zoo! Boston and Jack were so great to watch, they both love animals. I have to explain the funny photos of Jack, I wanted to get a photo of Jack measuring up to the monkey. I was trying to get him to stretch out his arms, but he wasn't comprehending what I was saying, as you can see. I love Boston's face in the corner of the one photo, he wanted nothing to do with the picture taking he wanted to see more animals! Shawn drove up from St. George and met us at the zoo, check out the expression on Jack's face when he got to spend time with HIS DAD! We both really missed you Shawn and were excited to see you! That night we got to have a fun, yummy dinner at grandpa and Grandma Cash's house. It was great to see them and to catch up. We sure love and miss them!


Friday, day seven, was my fav! We went up to Discovery Gateway. What an awesome place! I wish we lived closer. Jack was in Heaven. There was so much to do he didn't know where to start! We really need more fun things for kids in St. George! That night my parents drove up from St. George and watched the kids while Carly and JT got to go out for their anniversary. Shawn and I got to Hang out with our friends Morgan and Lindsay and their cute family. So fun!


This is coming to an end I promise. Jack was not feeling to hot Saturday morning, okay that wasn't worded right he was actually feeling really hot, he had a really high fever but no other symptoms, weird huh. So we laid low for the morning, but the fun was not over yet! We had to celebrate my Grandpa's 75th Birthday, along with my Aunt Juli's 50th Birthday and Mother's Day with the Olsen's. So we had a big FIESTA. It is always great to get together with the Fam. We thought we would head home after the party but those darn Olsens know how to party and by the time we got out the door it was after 8 so we spent one last night at Carly and JT's and got to have breakfast with my wonderful MOM! Who I admire and love so much!

When we got home we discovered that Shawn has even more talents than we thought... He had been working on oil painting. Check out what he painted (and he made the frames too) for me for mothers day! Where did I find this guy, man he is a keeper! Oh and he ran a 1/2 marathon too! He has a good story to tell about, that will be the next post.

Well that's a WRAP!