It's Been A While

 It's been a bit since I have posted. There hasn't been anything too crazy thankfully. 

March Madness ended. The one person we thought would fail miserably was the one who won. 

He may have picked one of the worst teams to make it to the finals, but he picked the team who won. Better yet, 3 of us beat Brad. 

For Christmas Camden got a game called Pandemic Legacy. Each round you win builds onto the next. You are working to eradicate a disease. Some times you add new characters or make it hard by bringing in Zombie. Some cards you tear up in the end or if the character dies. We failed a hand full of times. Only killed one character, but finally beat the game a few weeks ago. We want to get another one to do during summer. 

It was prom time. Emery went with her group of friends again this dance. Of course you still have to ask someone to go with you, so she asked Jenna. 

They took all day to get ready together, went downtown to take pictures, ate dinner then the dance. She did stop by so we could see her. She was not super excited to do that, but it meant a lot to be included one tiny way. 

Big, Huge, Exciting News

 

About beginning of February Cam messaged us that he is ready to buy a ring. We knew it was coming for a while and he has talked about it a lot longer than February. We have had the ring at our house since March 9th. I am so surprised Cailey did now know he had the actual ring for that long. 

She thought the plan was to look for ring/buy a ring this past week and a proposal a few weeks/months later. Camden wanted to surprise her. Everyone knew he was doing this, except for her. He even did a countdown for a week on his Instagram profile. (he hid her from seeing his profile) 

Monday, when they were here for Spring Break, Cailey and I went to 2 book stores and to Fiesta Chicken. She thought Brad and Cam were looking at rings, but Cam was getting flowers and setting up. 

It has been so fun since last summer getting to know Cailey more and more. I know they have been dating for 2.5 years, but her moving in really has helped. It was so fun to talk with her about so many things. Always have loved her and how she is with Cam and all that she does for and with him, I loved getting to know her as herself more. I can't wait for the years to come. 

It was fun to send her inside knowing the second she saw the first papers, she would know what is coming, know he lied about having a ring and to reminisce about how it was only 21 short years ago. 

Cam made 8 puzzles for her to solve. Each lead to a different part of the house. Each had a little to do with their dating past too. 

The last one lead her to the backyard. He did a Promposal at her house that was similar to this and she liked it. I read one of the puzzles and was not clever enough to get it, but she did amazing. 

I love that Luna wanted to know what was going on too. 

Not sure what he said, we just took lots of pictures. 

She said yes!

Now for wedding plans. They are going to do a small intimate wedding and then a bigger one when a few of friends/family are able to come. We are so excited to have Cailey join the family. She's the perfect addition.

Zoo Day

 Today we decided to go walk around the Zoo. We have not been in years and it was a beautiful day. The kids all laughed at us going, but ALL the kids wanted to go. 

Emery and Jenna got a cool picture of a meerkat. 

The boyz and the Penguin's.

The Sloth Bear. This animal just always looks rough. 

It was fun to walk around and see the animals. They always look so sad though. Love but kind of hate Zoos. 

Super Bowl

Cam and Cailey came up for the Super Bowl. It was a fun weekend to go make cookies, play games and watch some of the 'big game'. We did our annual BINGO. Beck chose to work so his coworker, who loves one of the teams, could watch the game. The prizes for this year was gift cards. One $10 and one $15 each. It was a good plan but  by half time, only Cam had one BINGO. It was still fun, we just let them pick in the end. We know they don't really care about the game, but the time as a family is what matters. 

 

Photo Dump

Cam got glasses. Not having these did not aid in his wreck. Which for an update, he is doing well. Still doesn't like being in a car, little anxiety with that, but each day, his headaches get a little better and happen less. He has check up #2 soon.  Looking good and can actually see now. 

There was a random winter dance at Emery's school. Her friend group decided to wear dresses last minute. She had a lot of fun and they all looked amazing. 

They traditionally go to IHop afterwards, even though she actually hates IHop, but tradition. 

This past weekend I went to a party with my friend from work that was call "Favorites night". You brought something that you love or is your favorite thing. You bring three of them and leave the night with three different things that others loved. It was lots of food and talking. It was my first time and so I didn't know what to bring but no one just brought one thing, it was favorite few small things.  

This is what I brought...

What I took home. While I have a small big group limit, it was a lot of fun. It was a cool concept and just fun to try new products. I am very glad I did two items since no one just did one. I was told by my friend that I have to go next year, so I know better what to bring. 

A Call You Never Want

 

Last Wednesday about 3pm Cam called me. For one, other than Sunday's, he doesn't call, he will text. Two, it was mid day and usually he's in class so I was a little worried right off. Three, when the first thing your child says is 'I'm okay but...' you really worry; especially when they are four hours away. He told me he was in an accident and T-boned and wanted to know what to do. He did call the police and they were on the scene but he just didn't want to forget anything. Asked if he was okay then talked him through what to do and make sure he gets. He said he felt fine but I told him he needs to make sure a paramedic checks him out before leaving so something is on file incase it changes the next day. 

Thankfully it wasn't a very high speed hit, but the other car tired to go across all lanes of traffic and did not look and did not see Camden. It hit hard enough the air bags went off. He said he blacked out for a little bit and when he realized what happened he quickly got out the passenger side door. He did the EMT classes and I think some of that knowledge helped him in this situation. The police and EMTs were surprised he wasn't hurt more due to how and where he was hit. When he called and said he was hit but fine, I assumed it was the passenger side. It was a shock and scary an hour later when he sent us pictures to realize it was on the drivers side of the car. He had a lot of adrenalin going through him all that day and it wasn't until the next day he started to feel little things. His wrist hurt and Cailey was worried that he had a concussion. Cam did set up an appointment at the ISU health center and Cailey was right. He has a minor concussion and sprained wrist. They gave him some instructions and a follow up. He spent the weekend with on and off headaches, but his wrist started to feel better quickly. 

He did have to go to the tow yard to get a few things out of the car. I'm guessing the other drivers bumper was kind of hooked onto the car and the hole happened when they split the cars up. Were guessing it's a total loss but insurance has found her 100% liable. 

It sucks all around, especially right now he doesn't have a car, but thankfully Cailey does. Cars don't matter though, were just so grateful he walked away from this like he has; it really easily could have been much worse. The worst part is being four hours away and not being able to just do a quick drive to hug him and help him. Yes he's a very capable adult, but he's still my baby and I worry. He's okay and that's what matters the most. 

Christmas Day

 Before lunch we watched a few movies, then just had snack foods for lunch. After lunch all the kids crashed and took a nap. Cam Emery and Jacks tried to stay up all night. They didn't make it but were up late and tired. Beck was tired from waking up early. I guess that's what they get when they wake up at 6:30 in the morning. 

We finished the night off with homemade pizza and watching the next instalment of Stranger Things. It was pretty good, now only one episode left. 

Emery worked on her Lego on and off all day and got a little over half done. It's looking good however her fingers hurt a little.