My kind of camping...

Last weekend we went camping at Senaca Lake (one of NY's finger lakes). It's an LDS-owned camp, and they have a lot of girls' camps and youth conferences there. We went to help get the camp ready for the summer. When I agreed to go, I was secretly dreading it. I am not a camper! But this was definitely my kind of camping...cabins (bug-free, I might add), electricity in the cabins, flushing toilets, and showers!

We went a little early on Friday so we could squeeze in some fun. Much to our surprise they had canoes! The lake was beautiful, crystal clear, and freezing cold :)

Cala playing in the water with her friend, Lucy (or See-See, as Cala calls her).

Cooking dinner on the campfire. My main goal with food was "easy". Mark and Cala had hot dogs, and since I hate hot dogs...I brought a hot pocket! I even cooked it over the fire on a skewer...they're definitely better in the microwave. Luckily, some friends were nice enough to share some of their yum tin foil dinners.

On Saturday we got up at 6:30am to go for an early morning canoe ride, but the water was way too choppy. Then we tried to eat breakfast on the pier, but it was a little too cold so we went back to eat by the campfire.

During the day Mark helped dig out fire pits and lay gravel, while I helped clean this funny round minty green boat house. Apparently a BYU intern is coming out for the summer to be the waterfront director and this is where she's going to live. It hasn't been lived in for 2 years and it was DIRTY!

After cleaning we spent some time by the water, had some lunch, and packed up and went home. It was a fun weekend., and Mark and I added Senaca Lake to the long list of places that we would love to live someday.

Popcorn Poppin'

Cala is a very energetic little girl who loves music...as you will see in this video :)

I heart Nemo!

I feel like I've been posting lots of videos lately, but I just couldn't resist posting this one! Cala loves to watch Finding Nemo. She asks to watch it EVERYDAY! And she definitely knows what she wants as shown in this video :)

Teeth Brushing

Cala is becoming more and more independent these days. Tonight she took matters into her own hands and brushed her teeth. I was pretty impressed by how well she did. And I'm not sure where she learned to spit like that!

How old is she?

Today I wasn't sure if Cala had aged 10 years overnight or what! I was confused because she ROLLED her eyes at me!!!! I was getting frustrated with her repeatedly throwing food on the floor after asking her not to, so I was giving her an in-depth explanation about why I don't want the food on the floor, and she rolled her eyes. What the heck?! She's 19 months old, I thought the eye-rolling would wait at least a couple more years...

My first job!

After 5 years of undergraduate school, 1 year of unpaid work as a dietetic intern, countless papers and tests, many missed hours of sleep, and quite a few tears....I took the registered dietitian exam and passed! (That was about a year ago) Then came the challenge of finding a flexible part-time job...and I finally did. Today was my second day of work. It's sad to be away from Cala, but I have such good friends that are watching her, and I know they are taking great care of her. Anyways, it's so super cool to have my own desk, voice mail, and email. Today someone called me for a recommendation about the amount of Ensure a patient should be receiving, and I told them what I wanted her to be getting. Then I wrote a recommendation to the doctor about it and got to sign Adrienne, RD. It was the coolest!

Backyard Fun

This week the weather has finally gotten nice, so Cala and I have been spending more time in the backyard. We had a pretty good time until Cala discovered fun with dirt. I hate dirt and being dirty, and I also hate it when Cala is dirty. I managed to calm down the OCD a bit to let her have some fun. However, after seeing how dirty she got today, I think we'll have to find other outside activities that don't involve throwing dirt everywhere and rubbing it in the eyes. That made for quite the tearful cleanup that I hope not to repeat... ha, we'll see how that goes!

Cala had just gotten some dirt in her mouth.