Welcome!!!

About 2 weeks ago we moved into a new house! It is only a rental home, but we love it. It is so nice to be in our own space and let me tell you...there is A LOT of space. The house is only 2 bedroom and one bathroom, but it sits on an acre. So our yard is HUGE! We love it.

This is the front view of the house. Our room is the one on the top floor. There are tons of windows so we are always woken up in the morning by the sunlight and the sound of all the birds that live in our trees. Speaking of trees, Cam would want you to know that we have 4 large apple trees in the backyard, a pear tree next to the house and a grape vine across our back fence. We lucked out with all of that stuff, but this week me and a friend are going to experiment with planting a garden.

This is our garage/car port. There is a workroom built on to the side of the garage where we keep all of my art stuff. It is so nice.

This is the back view of the house. We have a very large porch which Cam loves because he has wanted to get a grill for a long time. We are still working on that one. :.) The grill in the picture before is a friends that left it at our house this weekend.

Here is the yard.





There are a lot of pretty flowers already planted that I am sure enjoying!

I am also in the process of doing a couple of projects...ok, several projects actually. I am currently crocheting Sammee a blanket, hand quilting an extremely large quilt (that has a killer whale on it, no wonder it has to be so big), illustrating a childrens book for a friend, and taking courses to become a Foot Zonologist. Not to mention being a mom and a wife...those are my two favorites!!!




This is Sammee with her newest cousin on the Rust side of the family, little Rowan.



She has figured out how to laugh and it is the cutest stinkin thing I've ever heard or seen!



Notice the whale on her tummy, of course.




Taking a nap with Grandpa Gunderson

Four Generations. Sammantha, Aleesha, Mom (Denise), and Grandma Gunderson


Playing with Grandpa Rust

She was laughing pretty good. It was so cute.




"Mommy Whaley Loves Me"

Here she was trying to make a whale sound, I'm just sure of it.



And here she is getting very frustrated because it came out like a humpback and not an orca. :.)

She loves to sleep with her arms sprawled out above her head.

She was playing so hard she just got tuckered out.

She also holds her hands a lot if you couldn't tell.

This is Sammee at about 2 1/2, 3 months maybe, and yes, that is a french braid.


Sammantha loves her daddy



Playing with Uncle James. She was really happy even though she doesn't look like it.

"What? I wasn't talking on the phone, I swear!!"

Sammee and Grace



Grace is about 14 months and Sammee is almost 5. Not a very big difference in size is there. :.)

Just so you know though, Gracie is really small. I don't want you to all think I have a monster of a baby.

This was Sammantha's first experience with rice cereal.

She liked it...we think.

Sammee loves to watch the Jazz games with her dad. But sometimes the excitement is a little too much for her and she just can't keep her eyes open.

She was pooped.

Sammantha has now figured out how to use her hands. She grabs onto everything and immediately shoves it in her mouth.

She has the cutest smile in the world!

She also knows how to scream. We were letting her suck on some strawberries and she LOVED them. We decided to stop so she wouldn't get a stomach ache and she wasn't very happy.







Cuddling with Dad

So I need to explain that this is Shilo (Cam's brother) and Cam. I know it looks awkward, but Sammee is so darn cute in it I had to put it on.

Sammantha at 3 months! Holy Cow!!!...and Camarron is in the Honor Guard

So about 2 weeks ago Camarron started doing the Honor Guard. He is still doing his other job (weapons mechanic for the F-16's) as well, but he does it in shifts. He has 2 weeks at the Honor Guard, 2 weeks on call while he is at his other job, and 2 weeks where he is just a weapons mechanic. He loves the Honor Guard. He was a little nervous when he started because you have to do all of the movements so precise and perfect. But he is excellent at it! I was able to go to a lunch with him at work a couple of days ago and after lunch I got to watch him train. It was so cool to see him do this. The head of his flight and also the head of the Honor Guard Drill Team kept telling me how quickly Cam had caught on to everything and how well he was doing. Usually they train a new person for a couple rotations (2 months) before they have them do any ceremonies, but Cam did one after being there about 4 days. I'd say that he caught on pretty quick! I love Camarron and am so proud of what he is doing. He isn't actually in any of these pictures but I wanted to have something up so you could see what he does.





These clips from YouTube show a little bit more. The one that is a demonstration of a funeral is the National Guard and not the Air Force, but they do basically the same thing. However, I think that the Air Force has different movements that they do when they are shooting and when they are folding the flag that looks nicer than the National Guard. But it still looks pretty cool and you get the main idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtTZL87sETo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhXkP2emFII

Sammantha turned 3 months yesterday. She is the cutest little girl I have ever seen in my life! She is growing like crazy (especially her hair) and her personality is starting to blossom. Her new favorite thing is to scream. She figured out how and she does it all the time when she is upset. She is usually pretty happy and she talks A LOT!!! We just can't get enough of it. She also likes to stick her tongue out and have you play with it...kind of strange...but super funny to watch. She is sleeping through the night (for the most part) and she sleeps in her own crib in her own room. HOORAY!!! She is almost laughing. Yesterday was the first real laugh we heard, but it was not very long. I almost started to cry. Camarron and I love her so much! She is the biggest joy in our lives and feel so blessed to be her parents.


Here she is at one day old...


And look at her now.


I went to the park with a couple of friends in my ward that also have little ones and we decided to try out the swing. I think she is still just a bit too small, but we're almost there.


Of course she has a whale outfit. She actually has several, but this is the only one she fits into at the moment.


And she is having a whale of a time.




This is her favorite toy, she loves it!


Ok, so it might be her favorite toy because this is the only thing I give her to play with at the moment.


But look how much she likes it! :.)


Even if she didn't have any hair she'd still be the cutest baby ever.


I won't lie though, Cam and I couldn't stop laughing after we put her had on. She looks so much different without hair.



She loves to talk to her dad...




This is almost a laugh. :.)