You would drink the fat for me?

There is an old Friend's episode where Rachel is mad at Ross, and he asks her what he can do to make it up to her. Joey says Ross should drink a cup of old bacon grease on the counter, Rachel agrees so Ross almost drinks the fat when Rachel stops him. She very sincerely asks him after, "You would drink the fat for me?" and it's actually kind of sweet :) This morning I thought that as Mike got up extra early to run to the store and pick me up some medicine cause I haven't been feeling well. He works extra hard at school and at work, and yet still makes time to come home and "drink the fat for me". I love that hard working hubby of mine!

PS

Jana, if you read this blog, I did steal most of your wording for that last post. Lazy, but effective!

Rachel's Run

One of Mike's old roommate's wife was recently diagnosed with cancer and there is a fundraiser 5K for her on May 22nd in Provo. So, for any of you who are runners, wanna-be runners, walkers, or anything in between, here is a great way to support a fantastic young couple!

http://rachelsrun.blogspot.com/?spref=fb

The Womens Expo

Guys, today I went to the Women's Expo at Utah Valley University where I found millions of cute-sy girly things. I was in heaven. The best part was, I got to meet one of my favorite (well, they are twins, so it's technically two...) craft bloggers. Sigh. Can life get any better than this?

Check them out: www.thediydish.com

My bags are packed...

And I'm ready to go! What do the following four things have in common?







We are going to be together in June! I will be reunited with all (minus Rach the snake, sorry preggo...) of my sisters from June 2 -10! I couldn't be more excited! Benson has three boy cousins who were born within two months of him and one that was born one day ahead of him! They all get to be together for the first time! Hallelujah for vacations with the girls! 6 sisters + 1 sister in law + one mom and dad + one house in Texas = a very happy Camille.

I'm just sad that Mike has to miss this all. I'm going to be sad to leave him!!!!

Life as of late

Just thought I would update everyone about things of late, especially because I rarely do the posting around here! First of all, I have an awesome husband. This morning, when Benson so kindly decided to wake us up at 2:00 AM, I poked Mike and asked him to go see what was wrong, and he did. And then when Benson decided he was hungry at 6:30 AM this morning, who went to take care of him? Mike did. And who got to sleep in until 9:00 AM? I did! Mike has been handling quite a bit this semester, I'm very proud of him for handling his classes, his internship, his family and his calling so well although it was so busy!

Benson is growing ridiculously fast, no joke. Oh how we love him! He recently started solid foods and can't get enough of them, truly his parent's child. So far his favorite food is pears, man are they his favorite. He yells at me to hurry up between bites when we serve those. I found a solution to that, just don't serve pears very often. He has also tried green beans, Sweet Peas, Bananas, Prunes (we give him these very often, we just have to watch out for the explosion later!), Sweet Potatoes, Squash, and Popsicles (probably shouldn't have given him this last one, but he LOVED them, who wouldn't love a lick of their mom's Popsicle on a hot day?
Benson started rolling over onto his back recently as well. He always looks so happy when he does this, like he accomplished a major goal. I was so proud of him the first day he did it that I called everyone I knew. Sheesh. I'm such a mom. We've also discovered that Benson might have allergies, and after one sleepless night things had to change. Finally, at three am the next night we threw him in the car seat and he slept the rest of the night. Funny how you go back into newborn mode when they start waking up in the night again because I had a really hard time falling back asleep because I was worried about him falling over in the car seat. He continues to laugh everyday and make our lives so happy. Even when he wakes us up at 5:45 AM, I still smile at how excited he is to see me. Benson+Mike+Camille=True Joy :)

As for me, I manage to keep busy with my little bub, cooking (very little of this, actually) cleaning (that too), looking after the apartments we manage, keeping track of them and trying to get them filled. So much to do and so little time! This is definitely the busy season at the complex, with tours, contracts, cleaning checks, furniture moving, apartment updating and everything else in between! We love it!

That's it for now! here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Singer Boy DeVries

We like to catch Benson singing every now and then. He has such a funny little voice.