Cameron can Dance & Walk!!

Cameron has finally started walking!!! He has been walking holding onto things for a while, but he wouldn't really take more than a few steps by himself. He finally started doing it and he laughs so hard every time he does. Very cute.

He also loves turning on the radio and then start dancing. Basically anytime music comes on he stops what he is doing and dances. Even if it is a commercial. It is so funny!

Cameron is Cool!

For those of you who can't get enough pictures of Cameron, you are in luck. Here are a whole bunch from the past few months. Some of Cameron's favorite things to do are pull DVD's out of their spot, push buttons on the T.V. and anything really, push the stroller around, pick flowers, and pull silver ware out of the dishwasher. He also is really into helping me with laundry. It is so cute. He gets so focused and will put all the clothes into the basket for me. He recently had his first head bump :( He was walking around the coffee table and fell. He cut his sweet forehead. He wore a band-aid on his head for a few days. He was very tough!

New Car

So we recently purchased a car! It is so nice to have a car because I am not working right now so I can get out of the house and run errands and stuff like that. We did our research and we found a keeper and got a great deal on it. We got a 2007 Hyundai Sonata....it is awesome! It runs so nice and gets great gas mileage. It also has A.C. that works :) I feel so spoiled. Every day I look at it and think to myself, "Nice car - oh wait, that's mine!" I love it!

Party

Grandma Rust & Cameron
Dan and Amy (we miss you)
Jake opening his graduation presents Grandpa Rust and Cameron (Cam really loves playing with him)

Just the two of us

Cameron was having fun holding this purse. He is man enough!

So we had a party in August to celebrate a few things. For one, Jake graduated from BYU with his degree in Business Finance. He has now joined the full time work force :) It is so nice for him to be done with school. Also, Dan and Amy were moving to Arizona so we wanted to see as much of them as we could before they left.

General Conference (Oct '09)

General Conference! What a great weekend of inspirational talks. I always want to be and do so much better after this wonderful weekend. It was also our first conference with Cameron however :) He certainly makes it a lot harder to pay attention. We pulled out all the stops though to keep him quiet and entertained. He took good naps through out as well. What a sweet boy! There seemed to me to be a theme of service and love. Of course that is always the message, but I was really touched this conference. Maybe it is because I need to work on improving my service and love. I always feel like some talks are written just for me. It shows me how inspired these men and women are. Elder Bednar's talk (MORE DILIGENT AND CONCERNED AT HOME) really made me want to make sure I focus my love and service in my own home. I need to say "I love you" more to my sweet husband especially.

Elder Clayton's talk (THAT YOUR BURDENS MAY BE LIGHT) touched me so much I wanted to paste a segment from his talk on our blog:

No matter the burdens we face in life as a consequence of natural conditions, the misconduct of others, or our own mistakes and shortcomings, we are all children of a loving Heavenly Father, who sent us to earth as part of His eternal plan for our growth and progress. Our unique individual experiences can help us prepare to return to Him. The adversity and afflictions that are ours, however difficult to bear, last, from heaven’s perspective, for “but a small moment; and then, if [we] endure it well, God shall exalt [us] on high.” We must do everything we can to bear our burdens “well” for however long our “small moment” carrying them lasts.

Burdens provide opportunities to practice virtues that contribute to eventual perfection. They invite us to yield “to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and [put] off the natural man and [become] a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and [become] as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father.” Thus burdens become blessings, though often such blessings are well disguised and may require time, effort, and faith to accept and understand.

I want to end this post with a quote from President Uchtdorf's talk entitled THE LOVE OF GOD:

Let us be known as a people who love God with all our heart, soul, and mind and who love our neighbor as ourselves. When we understand and practice these two great commandments in our families, in our wards and branches, in our nations, and in our daily lives, we will begin to understand what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus the Christ.

Happy Birthday Grandma

Cameron asking for some food.... story of his life :)
Cameron waving to the camera!
Grandma's reaction to her hilarious birthday card
This video is from Grandma Schultz's Birthday Celebration. It is not really of anything, but Cameron is in it for those who can't get enough of him. We sure love you Grandma!

Long time no Posting!

So I haven't updated our blog for a long long time. Some exciting things have actually happened in our lives. For starters, Jake and I had our 2 year Anniversary! I can't believe how much our lives have changed and how fast it has gone. We have sure been through a lot and we have grown from it. I love my sweet husband Jake. He is the best husband ever!

We also went to yellowstone for our family reunion this summer and it was amazing. My dad used to be a tour guide in the summer during his college years, so he gave us the grand tour. It was fun to hear all his little stories and insight he had about the park. We got to see lots of animals... no bears though. Cameron loved it and was such a trooper. He didn't get the best naps on the go, but was so sweet. Him and Bradley (my sister's boy) were so cute together. They are about the same size, but Cameron is quite a bit younger. Those two are going to be heartbreakers. There are too many pictures to post, so i did a slide show (located to the right) of ALL the pictures from our travels. It was sure fun to see my family and have a break from work. We don't get to see them much at all so it was amazing. I have to best family in the world! After Yellowstone, Jake was a sweetheart and came home to run the storage units so Cameron and I could go to Nevada for the Farr family reunion. All in all...August was amazing!

Another wonderful update is that I am no longer working at the storage units!!!!! It is the most amazing thing ever. It was a great place for us to save money and get through school, but I was ready to get out! We have been there for about two years. I won't list all the reasons I was ready to leave, but take my word for it.... there are a lot. I am so happy to just be able to spend time with Cameron. Cameron is enough work, I don't need another job to do at the same time :) Cameron is loving it to. We have been going on many walks in the stroller every day. It is starting to get colder, so they have slowed down. I have been loving the walks as well. It is so nice to just get out of the house and be outside!! Basically, if you couldn't already tell, I have been loving no being at the storage units. We are living with Jake's parents for the moment until we can figure out our next move. They are amazing for letting us stay with them and we love them tons. We have been house hunting as I posted a while ago, but we are having a hard time with the loan because they are strict with commission jobs (which is what Jake's is). We will be renting for a while most likely.