Monday, November 11, 2019

Cambree is 13!!!

We celebrated Cambree all weekend long as we geared up for her 13th birthday today, November 11th!  She is a beauty, inside and out, who keeps us laughing ALL the time!  She is a handful, stubborn like her daddy mama, and loves to light up those around her with her big smile!  Happy 13th to our Cambree Rain!


Best gift ever - she got her braces off ON her birthday!! 

We had her party on Saturday, November 9th, at Boondocks Event & Fun Center near our house!  It was a blast!  Her friends got her mostly candy and other hilarious gifts, such as this Jojo Siwa body wash!

Cambree & Keira, who was the life of the party!

The group of girls (all 8th graders) who came to help us celebrate!

And grandparents too!




Cambree & Bri 
Cambree & Hannon
Cam with Keira & Ruby
Some pics of the decor - the present/cake table!
Gorgeous cake made by our favorite cake maker Lee! 
LOTS of pizza..that we've now been eating for days!
This is what I get when I ask Caedmon & Cason to help put all the drinks on a table!  #ocd
Photo booth area!

Cambree & me :) #twins
Cason kept us entertained with his karaoke to country music!
Time for some laser tag!


Aunt Staci and Teacher Diana snuck in towards the end for a visit!
She is SO full of life!
On Sunday night, we had a special ring ceremony for her, since turning 13 is a big deal!
Blu gave a little message, Cason presented the ring, and Caedmon prayed the most beautiful prayer over her!


Two hearts - one is hers, one is Jesus! 
SOMEHOW, this very persuasive almost teenager convinced us to let her open all her presents the night before her birthday.  (It was either that, or get up at 5:30am to open them while everyone was still home...). She loved them all!
A hydroflask-sk-sk!
And stickers to go on it!  Which apparently she will NEVER put on there, she'd rather die, but it still made for a great laugh!

A gorgeous robe with her name on it!
Brooklyn & Bailey's LASH mascara and hat...because apparently that's a thing.
Headphones!
She danced the night away!
On Sunday, we also attended the Fall Fest at our local Baptist Encampment (about 5 miles from our house) with a few people from our church/youth group!  It was fun!  They loved the zip line!
I tried to prepare everyone for how loud (and girl-like) Blu would scream!  They believe me now.
We absolutely love our preacher and his wife!
Kids and friends!
Cason made his way to the photo booth for a picture alone! 
These two.... Emily went forward on Sunday to share that she had accepted Christ and will be baptized soon!
The Rocky Creek crew, minus a few!
Cason wants to try out for percussion in the band this week, so Blu gave him a few pointers (during Sunday afternoon nap time!)
Caedmon mentioned that Sunday morning's message was SO good and that he took so many notes.  I looked at his Bible later and he wasn't lying. ;)
This morning was the annual Veterans Day program at the school.  Cambree had speaking parts, Cason had speaking parts (the USAF part!), and Caedmon played in the band.  It was incredible, as usual!





 We are super proud of this veteran and so thankful for all of our veterans!

Friday, November 8, 2019

November is Here!

I'm listening to some Friday night football in my office (Go Dragons!), working on a massive Houston ISD proposal for our Unit Set business, and thought I better take a break to update my blog! Here is a look at what we have going on in our lives these cold days!

Here's a preview of what Caedmon has coming up:  Peter and the Starcatchers!  The set looks great, and we can't wait to see the show November 16-18!

A little haunted house action with friends!

This boy LIVES for cereal...

And I just keep buying it!

When Caedmon is at home, he's pretty much doing homework!  Geometry and Biology are making us crazy, but he's doing awesome and making great grades!

He is done with football!  But for one game, there was no JV team, so they moved the JV up to Varsity, meaning he got to march in his uniform!

He got in for the last play of the Varsity game and loved it!

He said this was his face when the coach yelled, "Tidwell!  Get in there!"
It was pretty exciting!  And COLD.
I feel REALLY short in this picture...
I get lots of my pictures of Caedmon from Snapchat!  This is Junior, a great kid who is in 12th grade but who has had a great influence on both Caedmon and Cambree this year in Drama!
Last night was his last football game as a Freshman!
So stinkin' handsome!
Caedmon and a very bundled up Mama Dee!
And now on to Cambree!  She gets spoiled by Mama Dee... 
Cambree and Em enjoyed the Haunted House too!
I love these two!
Cambree is done with her 8th grade cheering!  She had fun but is glad it's over!
And now she's on to basketball!  I still do my silly signs for the kids every day!
Cambree played a great first game!  We lost badly, but she did a great job and has improved SO much!
I got this picture from her during lunch one day.. ;)
And now on to Cason...he has his last football game tomorrow!  His game last week was SO COLD.  I just couldn't get warm!
Here's what Cason thought coming out of the Haunted House!
Cason dressed up for Drug Free week all week long!  My favorite was "Dress Like Your Grandpa Day!"  Cason won a prize for this one and looked just like Grandpa!

We recently had a Sunday school party at church - Cason and Blu both had a blast!
 
Halloween 2019...I took Cason to Walmart and let him choose whatever he wanted to be....
Blu took Cason and two of his friends trick or treating while I watched Cambree cheer on Halloween night!
Have I mentioned it's been cold...especially in the shop!

Blu has had some neat opportunities this year - he got to speak at the Friday Football Breakfast last week, and he got to speak at the high school FCA this week!
We love our pastor Rick at Rocky Creek!  He and Blu are a little bit like 2 Junior High boys...
The pastor cooks the Wednesday night meals (with some help) each week!  Yay for pancakes!
In his long johns ready for some cold football!
I finally got a day out of the shop and went to town for lunch with Staci!
And then went home and went hunting with Blu...but alas, no deer!
We finished our Friday night with some yummy roast and sides - looked like a restaurant meal!  

 That should catch you up and get you ready for Cambree's birthday, 2 theatre shows, Cason's birthday, Thanksgiving celebrations, and then our trip back to New Day!