Island Water Park

Several Days ago I was able to to take Cami and Alli to Island Water Park for work. The Fresno State football team is in the middle of the Dog Days of Fall Camp and to give the team a break the coach rented out the park for two hours for just the team. Cami had a good time having the play area all to herself. One other coach had three little kids but other than that the play area was hers. 

Cami and I swim in the lazy river with some of the football players.

Cami loves being in the water. 

This is probably my all-time favorite picture of her. This is Cami's kingdom for a day. 

Alli and Cami go down the water slides. 

Cami the gymnast !!!

We took Cami to the " Little Gym" with her friend Addi. We laughed so hard especially because Cami is "Miss Independent" and wanted to do everything on her own. . She is such a dare devil.   Cami first things first let's get walking down  then we will let you do backbends across the balance beam. She is cRaZy!!!Cami and her friend Addi getting ready to show off their moves
Look at that grip folks !!!
She is now ready for the parallel bars 
I wished she listened to me like this ha ha !!!

Summer Vacation 2009

At the end of June and at the beginning of July we spent two weeks in Utah and Colorado visiting family. We had a lot of fun and made a lot of great memories. Here are a few pics of our trip.

 

Cami and her cousin Royal in Colorado. 

Here we are at the Lehi Round up Rodeo.

Cami can pose for pictures quite well when she wants to. She is at the grounds at Temple Square.

All the Meik grandchildren. 

Cami is wondering what her cousin Royal is doing. 

Here we are up Provo Canyon in the mountains. The weather was perfect. 

You gotta love Cami's facial expression in this picture. She is like mom and dad please stop. 

For much of the two weeks we were gone it rained. It actually felt really nice. While in Utah we decided to barbecue. It was actually alot of fun. 

Cami is an adventurous little girl. She gets so excited when we take her down big windy slides.

Mom and Cami at the Salt Lake temple. 

I have an amazing wife who allows me to me and supports me in all that I do. I probably don't tell her enough. I love and appreciate all that she does. She is an amazing lady with so many talents and so much to offer people. She is an incredible mom. I love watching her care for Cami. 

Da New LOVE SCHAACK!!! ( OUR New Home)

Well Folks here is the new Love Schaack!!! We are so excited to be in our new home. We feel very blessed and humbled. We never would of thought we could find a home in our price range  especially in California ( Crazy expensive here)  Since the market has been so low we got this house for half the price YES PLEASE!!!!  We love the space and the nice big backyard (will post soon) I have to hire a gardener first ha ha !!! Thanks for everyone for being so happy for us. You all are wonderful  
Extra Dining Room
Entry way

Front room. As you can see Cami loves to roll all over :] She is a kick
Cami's bathroom
Sinks in Master bathroom
Shower in Master bath

One Angle of the Kitchen
 Another Angle of the kitchen

Cami's room- I still need to hang pictures up . Give me a week or a month ha ha !!!

The weather is starting to get very warm here in Fresno. We are experience 90's and 100 degree heat. It has not been very pleasant. In our apartment complex we have a swimming pool and we took Cami to it for the first time. She seemed to really enjoy the water and by looking at the pictures below you can see that she wanted to lay out before she got in the water with mom. 

Today we went to a  Fresno Grizzlies baseball game during the afternoon. While we were sitting up in the luxury suite a foul ball came our way while I was holding Cami. Luckily Alli was alert enough and got the foul ball after it bounced off the chair next to her. Cami has now collected more foul balls than her dad. As you can see Cami won't let go of it. It even tasted kind of good. 

Here's to you!!!

For all you wonderful Mama's out there CHEERS!!!  WOW  I  have gained so much compassion for  all Mommies. When I see a Mom in the store trying to control their screaming child I want to go and give them a hug and say" I understand" or sometimes when I am rocking  Cami to sleep at 3:00 a.m. I just look at my window and think of all those Mama'a out there up doing the exact same thing. We try so hard to make our children's life beautiful . Moms need to give themselves more credit. I have come to the conclusion you are a good Mommy if your child laughed and smiled that day :} Don't be hard on yourself if you didn't check one single thing off your list that day. It's okay your little babe is happy that's what matters. I hope we all live in the moment more.  Our little babes grow up too fast . Speaking of Moms Just want to give a shout out to My wonderful Mama and my awesome Mother in law. My Mom is my best friend. All my sisters say the same thing. We love to call her. She just laughs and smiles and listens to us. She is very kind and very selfless. She has  so much faith. I guess that is why we love to call her .She always says " It is all going to work out" and it always does. She is such a strong individual and it is greatest example of living the gospel. She  got Miss Congeniality when she was growing up !! It fits. She is friends with everyone and she never judges.   My Mother in law Karen is wonderful. She is always so happy and so thoughtful . She truly cares about everyone and does all she can to serve and love others. I don't know how I got so lucky to have an amazing Mother in law. Steve and I joke that Karen could run for mayor and not have to do any campaigning  "Everyone loves her". She makes me laugh really hard too!!  I love you so much Mama MEIK and Mama SCHAACK !!!