Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Cameron's Second Birthday

Well, Saturday was Cameron's second birthday! We decided to brave the humidity and 90 degree temps in favor of the special occasion and visit the Cincinnati Zoo. Justin's fellowship gave our family a yearly pass to the zoo with unlimited ride priviliges. Yeah! Or at least yeah for me - the above photo is Justin's only ride on the carousel. After which he got a little dizzy and queasy. No joke. So it looks like unlimited carousel rides for the kids and I. Yeah!








And of course there's Anna on the carousel. Not quite sure what kind of animal she's riding.







This ride was more Justin's speed - slow! The train took us around the zoo and of course the kids loved it.....and it was great to sit down for a bit.



Again...we all have to get equal photo time. Did you notice that the pictures are always of either the boys or the girls? Not quite sure why that is.



It wouldn't be a trip to the zoo without some posing. Anna and Cameron are all smiles for the camera!




Justin and Cameron , again the "boys" posing in the monkey temple.







This picture was taken by Justin of his two favorite things: Monkeys and..........ME!


After the zoo it was on to the good stuff.....presents! Here he is posing with some matchbox cars and a new movie.





Can you just see the excitement on his face? This is a pillow with his favorite thing in the whole world.......Shrek! I have no idea why he loves shrek so much, but he does. It was one of the few words he could say and he said it ALL THE TIME!



And it wouldn't be a true birthday without some candles to blow out. Yeah, be got gipped with the whole cake thing, but ice cream is just as good in his book.


***we apologize for the partial nudity***

Monday, August 13, 2007

With our new move and some of your new moves - we find our friends and family quite spread out! And without sounding extremely rude (really I mean it) - - - we find ourselves repeating a lot of the same information. So what's the answer?

The Strickland Family Blog!

Now this does not mean we want all the phone calls and emails to stop. Please continue them. This is just a way for our family to keep all of your families updated and continually involved in ours. Get it?

So without further ado - The first official installment of the Strickland Family Blog starts with Cameron's 2nd birthday!