Sweet!

I love when people put cute or funny sayings that come from their kids, so here is Caymans latest! We were in disneyland and we had just bought her a princess crown. When she saw herself in the mirror with it she was so proud and thought she looked so cute. Right after that we went to get in line for the carousel. While waiting I was holding her and she was watching the horses trying to decide which one she wanted to ride when she stopped looked me right in the eyes and said "Mom, I am so happy!!" It was the sweetest thing. It made me want to cry that this little 2 year old girl realized and verbally acknowledged how she was feeling. She is truly growing up so fast.

Where would we be without laughter from kids!

This week has been an interesting one, to say the least. Cayman has been a little clown this week making us happy when we needed it and she doesnt even realize it (or maybe she does? hmmmmm) Larry's dad had Cancer in 2006 and he did chemo and he beat it, which we are all so greatful for but the bad part is that the cancer is back. He has been getting tested every six months since he first had it and at this last checkup it showed a tumor that has grown to the size of a tennis ball. It has been hard to know how to feel because we didnt know how/if they could treat it, he couldnt do chemo again and they said they might not be able to do radiation because it is so close to his heart, we didnt know what they could do for him. We found out tonight that he is going to have surgery to try to remove it. We are optimistic (we have to be!!!!) We are praying that everything goes ok, We know that what ever is supposed to happen will, but we really want him to stay with us for a lot longer!!! We love you Dad!

4 little rocks

So this is where the part about Cayman making us laugh comes in. We were at work having dinner and cayman sneezed and a little rock landed on my leg. I thought, that little girl should not have rocks in her mouth!!! We got home and were getting ready for bed and I looked at her and it looked like she had a big booger so I wiped and it was stuck (sorry more detail than some may want to know) so I dug it out and it was a rock. I was so surprised, wondering how this rock got there, I looked at her nose again and right behind it, there was another rock! I got that one out and again there was another rock! She was a rock spewing pez machine! Larry and I just sat trying not to laugh to show her that we did not approved of her shoving rocks or anything else for that matter, up her nose. I felt her nose to see if there were possibly anymore in this secret hiding spot that she had found, and it seemed ok. We put her to bed and Larry and I both laid in bed laughing for a good long while about it. Just what we needed, so thanks Caym! Oh yes and in the morning I got her out of bed and guess what was in her nose, yep another rock!

Easter with the Erk's

Last Sunday we had our easter celebration with the my side of the family. We get together and have a big dinner and the kids get to hunt for eggs. Cayman thought it was the coolest thing that there were a ton of "eggies" laid out for her to pick up, and she was even more excited to see there was candy in them.


My food assignment was dessert. I made these cute cupcakes that look like easter bunnies going into their bunny hole, it was a hit at the party. Thanks to Misti/Kristi for the idea and thanks to Amy for the butter and shortening sunday morning(I couldnt have done it without you!!)