Who's world do you live in?????

I love it when my kids come home from school, and tell me about what they learned. That is untill Kelty came home with this one.

Kelty: Hey mom do you know we live in a free world?

Me: No you mean I live in a free world you live in Camille's world.

Kelty: No mom we live in a free world. I learned about it in school.

Me: Untill you pay taxes and contibute to society you live in Camille's world. I pay all those things for you. Kelty just looks at me like. Whatever mom you are so weird.

Now some of you might think I am crazy. I am but that is a whole other blogging topic. I am trying to teach my children to work. It seems like everytime I ask them to do something I hear but its a free world. I don't have to do that if I don't want to. Then it hit me they don't. So one night last week we where having our daily clean your room battle. I came up with it's Camille's world. We spent about 15 min. learning what is expected of my kids in Camille's world. Not to say this is working but I thought it was kinda funny. So if you ever see my kids on the street ask them who's world they live in. I think I have finally brainwashed them to believe they really live in Camille's world.

So I thought I would post who's world do you live in?

I love comments. So whoever reads this, I am curious Who's world do you live in? Leave me a comment and tell me.

Just laugh its what I did

I went to the school today for all the party's the kids where having before school let out for the Christmas break. The night before it said it was supposed to be really stormy. Well its like 2 o'clock no storm. I go in the school and party hardy with the kids. Just as school is about to get over the principal comes over the intercom and is saying something about where the bus kids are lining up, and to please hurry so all the teachers can get home before the worst of the storm hits. I am like wow it must really look like it is going to storm out their.
School gets out. I round up my kids. Holy cow the wind is blowing and snow is coming down hard like a blizzard. I am like wow where did this come from.
As I am walking out of the school. My neighbors boy is standing their. I ask if he wants a ride home. YES he says. His mom is a teacher at the school. Do you need to go and tell your mom before we go. Yeah he say. Fine I will wait for you in the car. He comes with his sister. They get in we get to their house, they get out. I start pulling out of the driveway. Not really paying attention. I get high centered on a snow bank. Yes folks that is right I am high centered.
I just sit their. I start laughing so hard. I call Gene. As soon as I hear his voice I bust up laughing so hard. He says he is way busy what do I need. I tell him. He is way busy at work, and can't leave. Customers out the door. I am sitting in my car laughing. Mind you my house is about 30 feet away. I could leave my car until Gene can come and help me.
Then I get the bright idea to go ask the neighbor for help. Well he comes out to help me. He is laughing so hard. Lets just say that I am the most random neighbor ever. He gets me of my little snow hill.
Oh the adventures of Camille. Really what can I say keep reading cause you know their will be more.

*yeah this is now the second time I have high centered my car and had to be pulled off of something.

Can we say B&E

So tonight Gene and I went to dinner with some great friends. After dinner our friends had some shopping to do. Gene and I came home. (We left Kelty babysitting.) Well we got home I got a phone call. It was my friend she asked if I could go to her house and find this list that she forgot. Of course no big deal, I would be happy to, all the usual answers. So I go over she tells me how to get into to her house. I try the door she thought was open its locked. I tried the old Credit Card trick. (I mean what are they good for anyway.) Didn't work. All her other doors are locked. After I waded through like 4 feet of snow (okay like 1" but this is my story right.) I thought I am not giving up that easy. I looked at her windows, are they all locked?
Nope I am so in I thought. Now how to get the screen of. Looking around through that 4 feet of snow. I found something. I pried the screen of. Then the window won't budge. Oh hello Camille wrong side of the window. When I actually tried the right side of the window wallah I am in. As I am climbing through the window. I am looking around waiting for the neighbors to be calling the cops. No such luck. Thankfully. So anyway I call her just laughing and saying just remember we are friends and you asked me to do this and don't press charges. She is just laughing and says what did you do?
So if you need someone to break in your house I am the one to call. I can do it. Even if their is 4 feet of new snow on the ground. For friends I would wade through it.

Santa came to town

I bet after you read this you will all wish you lived in my neighborhood. One of Santa's helpers came to see my family the other night. He is so good every year we get this visit. You can count on it. It my neighborhood it is normal this time of year to see Santa and his reindeer walking down our street. Is it normal at your house to?

(yes I said reindeer they are real to.)

This is normal for my kids and I to see this. Sometimes I take it for granted. Like the other day "Santa" was walking down the street and my kids got so excited. I just kept driving, I did wave though. I know shot me.

This "Santa" that visits is the best. The kids all know him. He just tells them that he is Santa's helper. He then gives them a candy stick, mom and dads get apples.

I can't say enough good about this man. He is so willing to do this. He loves it Christmas is his favorite time of year.

Just a little side note here. Christmas time you see him walking the streets as Santa with his reindeer but at Halloween you will see him dressed sometimes as a banana, pooh bear, twiddle dum, and many more. Taking the preschoolers that his daughter teaches on a hay ride through our neighborhood.

Let me ask again don't you wish you lived in my neighborhood.

A little sad

Looking at the last picture I just posted, it makes me a little sad. Due to some health complications, I had an ablation. Just look it up. It basically makes it so I can't have any more kids. The best part for me is no more periods. Sorry to much info. Anyways I knew I was done having kids. Gene has been fixed. I know makes him sound like a dog. So I knew we where done having kids. Then I had this done and it just finalized it for sure for sure. You know that feeling where I know I can't handle anymore kids. I knew we where done. I think it is just that finality of it all. Sorry just had to post this after seeing that cute little picture of Jesse and knowing I will never again experience that. Sad, glad, feeling a lose, feeling joy all at the same time.

You have to read the story below to get the reason for this picture. But this is Jesse. All healthy and well after Gene delivered him, curious read the post before this one.

Warning Read only if you dare.

Okay so on the last post at the end of it I said that my husband delivered my 3rd child. It is really not as bad as it sounds. Here's the story.
I was induced Fri morning. I was progressing fine. I got some pains and asked for my epidural. I know big wimpo to each their own I say. So I was fine just sleeping and hanging out. My Dr. was my cousin he said he would come and deliver me when it got closer fine with me. (did I mention by this time I had my epidural which = Happy Camille.) Anyway my nurse checks me I am at like a 6 six hours into this whole birthing process. No big deal I thought. My nurse left. Gene and I are just talking. All the sudden my nurse runs back into my room. I need to check you she says. I look at her like you have totally got the wrong room. You just checked me I am fine. (side note here My epidural was really working). She proceeds to lift up my blanket and yells out. CODE WHITE. I am like what I know that means that their is a baby and no doctor present. She lets my leg fall and runs out. My ever so helpful husband says let me see. (He is all about the southern hemisphere.) The baby's head was almost out by this time. Also my good friend worked over in another part of Labor and Delivery and when she heard Dr. White called she ran over to see what was going on. Well needless to say she always makes me laugh. I just started laughing. And out came Jesse into Gene's hand. Some Dr. runs in a cuts the cord. In the meantime the nurse ran out of the room to call my cousin to come and deliver the baby. Well I guess when the regular Dr. left to go back to the office to take over while Dr. Thorpe was coming over, I had Jesse. It was weird kinda nice though. No pushing just laughing on this delivery. Gotta love it.
So their is my story glad to have it written down. It is kinda a unique story. Let me just say Thank heaven for epidurals. Couldn't have done this without one.

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1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14.Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a 1/2 Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31. Hit a home run. 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone. 78.Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life 92. Joined a book club 90. Sat on a jury91. Met someone famous 93. Lost a loved one 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee 100.Made amends with someone who offended you 101. Flew in a small Cessna plane with just you and the pilot 102. Ran out of gas 103. Eaten fried okra 104. Swam in the Caribbean Sea 105. Peed in a swimming pool 106. Stayed in a beach house 107. Hosted an exchange student 108. Been a Secret Santa to a family in need 109. Worked on a political campaign 110. Coached a sports team 111. Baked bread from scratch 112. Driven from coast to coast 113. Paid off all of your debt 114. Roast marshmallows over a campfire 115. Cut up a credit card 116. Drove a car through a flood 117. Been on t.v 118. Had braces 119. Been to the top of the twin towers in NY. 120. Have played in both the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans 121. Been to ground zero 122. Bite my fingernails 123. Likes to scrapbook 124. Hates pie 125. Visited Mexico 126. Seen a Tornado in person 127. Rafted the Colorado and Green rivers. 128. love aprons 129.flew over bryce canyon in a helicoptor. 130. my husband delivered my 3rd child.

Now add something that's not on this list and keep it going, if you'd like.

What I did today

Got up at 6:00 A.M. For any of you who know me know that this is a huge thing for me.

Went and saw my niece Anna as Grand Marshall of the Christmas Parade on Provo Center Street.

Washed 38 round table cloths and 8 square table cloths.

(Hence the reason I was up at 6 this morning.)

Folded 38 round table cloths and 8 square ones.

I have to say they are round cause of what a pain in the butt the round ones are to fold. :)

Went to my cousin's kids Baptism.

Went to the party after the Baptism.

Got tied up.

For some reason I am the person that Gene's uncle Joel and Cousin Jeremy think they can pick on. So after we got done putting paper on the tables. I went and put my extra tape on Joel's head. When I had my back turned next thing I knew Jeremy was holding my hands behind my back. Needless to say the pictures says it all. Oh well at least I can laugh at my self right.

Maybe having my mouth taped is not such a bad thing???????

Went and just hung out with Gene's cousin and her family.

James and Taylor just having fun.

Came home and finished folding the table cloths.

Just so their is proof that I really did fold all those table cloths.

Put the kids to bed. Yeah me.

So to sum it all up. Joy in my Journey???? Oh most defiantly I love busy days like this. Makes me forget that my husband is working on a Saturday.