Camryn's Third Grade Program

Camryn's music program had a garden theme and she had to dress up like something in a garden. She wanted to be a ladybug and her sweet teacher, Mrs. Broadbent had a costume she could borrow. She looked so cute! These are two of her friends, Kristyn and Maddie.

Powder Puff Derby

Camryn and Scott made their Powder Puff Derby car together and then raced it at the mall. Camryn's car was purple with a rhinestone "C" on it:0) So cute! Hers was the second from the left in the line up on the track.

Junie B. Jones Play

Our Brownie troop and parents/grandparents went to see the Junie B. Jones play at Playhouse Square. It was really cute and a fun time for my mom, Camryn and me:) This is Camryn and her dear friend, Kaitlyn:)

Buca DiBeppo

We took our Brownie troop to Buca to get a tour of the kitchen and then each of the girls made their own pizza. The leaders did too! YUM!

Ice Cream with the Becksteads

Our sweet friends, the Becksteads, who just moved here this summer, are moving back to Idaho:( Camryn and Alexis are two peas in a pod. They hit it off the minute they met and have had a ball every since. We all went to Olympia Chocolates for ice cream after our last playdate. We will miss you Becksteads!!

Camryn's Hobby

At our last Brownie meeting, each of the girl's had to show their hobby and tell about it. Here is Camryn, who's hobby is.....stamping! (I did NOT prompt her!) She gathered her four favorite stamp pad colors and the coordinating cardstock, of course. Then she picked a couple of her favorite stamp sets and stood in front of her 13 Brownie friends and told them all about her hobby. She is SO comfortable speaking to a group of people. I attribute that to our church. The Primary kids, ages 3-11, start speaking in front of people by saying the opening and closing prayers and giving little talks on various topics at age 3. So neat!

Good times with good friends:)

Susie and I took Kristie and Elizabeth and Camryn and Alexis to Benton Paul and David Archuleta's Concert at Playhouse Square. We had SO much fun!! Did I mention we went out to dinner beforehand at Olive Garden???? YUM!

Crankin' out Christmas Cards

Camryn, Kenzi and I went back to the hotel at naptime and put Kenzi down for a nap. Camryn and I cranked out the Christmas cards:) UNTIL we ran out of adhesive.....UGH!

Happy Birthday Girls:)

All of our girls have birthdays in November and December. We celebrated with our extended family here in Ohio with a big birthday dinner, topped off with Health Bar Ice Cream Cake. (our favorite!)

More pictures from the baptism:)

Julie Bucher and Sue Lucke, two dear friends of ours came to Camryn's baptism too!

Sweet Sophie and Camryn!

Family Picture Time!

Camryn's baptism

Friday, November 6th was Camryn's special baptism and confirmation day!

Camryn is 8, let's celebrate!

Camryn Jayne Hinckley was born on November 3, 2001 at 8:35am. We are so thankful for this beautiful (inside and out) little girl in our family!!She and our neighbor, Catherine, love to play dolls. Now they have matching ones:)
I love shopping with Camryn. She knows exactly what she likes and makes decisions so quickly! She picked out this cute outfit from Justice. We had 3 blue outfits, and 3 blue ones and somehow she liked all the pink ones:)

No more biting nails!!

Check out Camryn's lovely, long nails! She has been a nail bitter since.....I can't remember when. It was a habit that was SO hard to break! Then, she lost some teeth and couldn't bite her nails anymore, and voila! Pretty, long nails! Go Camryn!

Choosing the perfect pumpkin

Camryn

Last Sunday we tried on Camryn's baptism dress and took some pictures.  It was a beautiful sunny day and I wanted some pictures in front of our burning bush.  Guess what?   Our bush wasn't burning!  Our neighbor's, the Gallas, had a beautiful burning bush or two so we tiptoed over to their house and took some pictures. Thanks Gallas!  Camryn let me put her curled hair up POOFY like I like it, and then we took some with her hair down like she likes it.  Thanks Camryn:)  She will turn eight on Tuesday, November 3rd and then be baptized on Friday, November 6th.  Exciting!!

Puzzles

The puzzle is finished!  Camryn and Scott started this puzzle last week, and it has sat on our counter unfinished until today!!  The main reason is went unfinished is that they wouldn't let anyone else help.  Do you know how difficult it is to walk by a puzzle all week and NOT try to put a piece in???  Camryn has always been so good at puzzles.  She can whip through a 100 piece puzzle in no time.  The next level of pieces is 500.  That takes too long, so I found 2 puzzles on the internet, a 250 piece one and this one which is 350 pieces.  Those are much more doable in a short amount of time:)

Playin'

I just love when my kids play together:)  Kenzi is just SURE she is old enough to play all the games the big kids play!  They are good about including her:)

Just Clownin' Around with friends!

Addy and Kenzi play so nicely together:)
So do Camryn and Sydnee.  They are not in the same class this year, so they are missing each other:(  It was good to have a playdate!
I couldn't resist throwing this picture in!  I love that cute face!  I love how happy Kenz is!

First Day of School:(

It is tradition to take first day of school pictures at the front door.  Kenzi grabbed a backpack and shoved some treasures inside and she was good to go!  As exciting as the beginning of school is, I just dread it.  I love having my kiddos home all summer!!  I am not ready for them to leave!  But I know they will do great and make some new, good friends.