Harpers Ferry

We LOVE Harpers Ferry! The boys decided they wanted to take their Dad to Harpers Ferry last week. Elek was even building "harper ferry bridges" with his legos:) One of our favorite spots is over looking the Shenandoah and Patomac Rivers. There is a great walking bridge that we walk to the middle of. (I'm a little chicken to walk all the way across!)


This is part of the train bridge with the train going through the tunnel. Elek and Keenan love it when a train goes through when we are so close :)

Over looking the rivers

Camden spied the camera!

Since Shaun was finally able to go with us I thought we would document the moment and test out how long he could hold those heavy boys while I tried to get them to smile.

Camden is such a good sport. I don't think the other boys were ever in the stroller much. Camden however, is almost always in the stroller. We should have put the bug net down. The mosquitoes were crazy. Mosquitoes were like a cloud hovering over Camden - taking turns on the fresh young blood!

I love how OLD everything is here. The steps are chiselled out of rock. We had never been down this path. It was gorgeous!

Elek loves this "little window spot." He always wants his picture taken here. This time he wanted to take our picture here. I was impressed with how clear he got the picture.

Since I usually have the three kids by myself - I can't go up this path. It is a stairway going straight up made out of rock. It goes to a church and the top part of the town. This picture was taken about half way.

Here is the church. Still didn't go in though.


We had a fun time watching the train and finding new trails to go on. It was great to have Shaun go with us. The boys loved showing Him all their favorites spots!

Look who's one!

Happy Birthday Camden!!!!

We always have cupcakes for the big 1 birthday. These were supposed to be blue...green is good too:)

Camden knows something is up and he's happy about it!


Not sure about the burning cup cake coming closer to him.

Camden did something the other kids didn't do. The others figured out the cake was good and took there sweet time eating it. Camden tasted the cupcake then with lightning speed had the whole top half in his mouth with one bit. It was funny to see him just go at it!

He was done so quick and happily asking for more with his hands cupped together motioning more. What the heck he only turns one once - so he had lots of cake!!

My niece also has a birthday in september and she wanted her picture taken too =)

This turned out to be his new favorite toy. He only had to wait two days for the older kids to get bord of it so he could play with it! Luckily Camden was a good sport and let them have it. Camden loves to walk around with the little colored balls and bang them together. Camden realized there is a string to pull the helicopter with, so he sits down and pulls it at himself. Then sits there and tries to figure out how it moved :)


Well, it turned out to be a very happy first year. We were a little worried at first. Our first two were so good as infints - it was a hard lesson to learn on the third one that babies get fussy and don't sleep:) But we are so happy to have Camden with us. He is so happy and smiles all the time. Not many things get him mad for long. He now :

sleeps though the night

has six teeth

walks

climbs onto the couch and can through himself off and not cry.

gets when things are funny and will "crack himself up" :)

climbs up the stairs with no fear

entertains himself for short periods with toys

love, loves spatchulas and serving spoons and hammers- anything with a long handle to carry. Camden will actually cry when I take the spatchula away to cook with it.

can say mom, dad, elek and look. Elek was actually his first word, but mom was a very close 2nd.

Happy Birthday Camden boy:)

Lots of love

Extra Birthdays

Grandpa and Grandma were in town and had birthday presents for everyone. They had missed Keenan's b-day and were early for Elek and Camden. Grandma and I made some race car cakes. (we had 4 pans so we had 4 cakes)

The boys were so excited about the candles and CAKE.

It's hard not to smile with cake around:)

Look how sweet:)

Grandma and Grandpa taking pics with the kids. No one ever looks at the same time.

I love this picture! His face is so happy. He is so proud of his games :)

Elek and Keenan testing out their race cars.

Grandma found these chairs. The boys had a great time bouncing on them after all the adults took turns blowing them up. That's a lot of air!!

Camden would climb in them bounce and chat away then he would head dive out of them. He was having a great time.

Elek and Keenan loved the extra birthday. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!! Now Keenan keeps talking about when he can have two 4 year old birthdays. :) Always the hopeful one:)