Life as a Lewis

This week has been the strangest week. So many odd things have happened. Some really tragic, and others just a series of strange inconvenient events. I could pick up and continue on my previous post with another crazy series of events in my life, but yesterday it was all put in perspective. While I was working yesterday at the college, one of our students collapsed and died. I cannot imagine the grief his parents must be experiencing right now, and I'm so sorry for them. This is the second student in our small school who has passed away this school year and I can't help but wonder what lesson God wants us all to learn from this. All week long I've been reminded of John 16:33 that says, "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

You ever have one of those days? Weeks? Let me describe my lunch hour and you'll get a good idea of what my whole week has been like. Brian is in town today and we were going to head out to look at some bedroom furniture for Camden. At the last minute, we decided to hit Sam's instead because I've got to pick up a few things for a reception here at work tomorrow. We make it about 2 minutes from school and get stuck in traffic and stuck and stuck some more. Finally make it out of that mess, turn around and decide to head to Qdoba for a quick lunch. Guess what, more traffic. An hour later, we make it back to work. No lunch break, no lunch to eat. Just an hour's worth of traffic.

I've been looking for weeks to find cute new bedding for Camden's room. He's moving into a full-size bed when we move and I want to have his new room set up and ready when he returns from Grandma and Grandpa's house (did I mention he's staying with them for TWO WEEKS when we move!). I finally found this from The Company Store. It's exactly what I've been looking for and it's on clearance. I think he will love it. I had no idea it would be so difficult (and expensive) to find cute, non-cartoonish boy stuff! I 've been working out at night at home and while I work out, Camden plays basketball behind me. Last night, I told him to go ahead and get started while I got the video going and he says, "but I want the lady to say hello to me first." So he waited until Leslie Sansone said hello and then he happily turned to his basketball goal. We finally got some good news on the adoption front yesterday. Looks like our homestudy should FINALLY be r...

I'm just popping in quickly to post a layout from last night. I think the picture I used from the weekend is so sweet!

Our family day Friday was alot of fun! Brian went to work as usual, but Camden and I picked him up about 3:30 and we headed to the local river and dam for a picnic and a few pictures. Camden thought it was neat that he got to pick out his own drink and chips when we grocery shopped earlier in the day and he had a ton of fun playing baseball and running on the small, sandy beach. The weather was absolutely perfect. It was about 85 out, which was pretty warm, but by late afternoon and with the breeze off the river, it was really great out. We headed home after a couple of hours and had Cookies and Cream Coldstone Creamery ice cream cake! all of us Camden and Brian this boy can play baseball! Camden and mommy this smile just melts my heart just messing around with the camera while Camden played And here are a couple of layouts I worked on this weekend. This first layout uses a picture I took of Brian and Camden after his first night at home.

Three years ago today, Brian and I got up very early, flew to Chicago's O'Hare airport where we met our sweet Camden for the very first time and our lives changed forever. I've loaded some pictures below that tell our story from that day. The first peek Our picture with Kim Jung Ho, Camden's escort, who had tears in his eyes as he kissed his head and said goodbye. Look how bright-eyed and cheerful he looks even after a 24 hour trip from Seoul, Korea Camden's first nap with me This is how I found Brian and Camden the first morning home Already a daddy's boy after just a couple of days I've got two layouts to share today. The first is from this past weekend - Uncle Michael and Aunt Liz with Xavier. The second uses a picture of KellieP and our kids from a visit in February.

I don't have much to say today, other than I'm glad the week is half over! I'm always ready for my weekend to roll around. Camden and I watched American Idol last night, but I've decided that I'm going to have to cut him off! If I let him stay up with me, then he's all geared up and it takes him FOREVER to go back to sleep. If we stick with his regular routine of bath, read a book, and then I let him read a book or play with his leap pad on his bed for 30 minutes or so, then he goes right to sleep . Camden is at his Gram and Gramps house today. They've been wanting to have him over for the day for the last month or so. I know he'll have a good time. They're keeping him until church tonight. We'll hardly know what to do with ourselves coming home to an empty house! Here is one layout I finished last night. These are pictures from Brian's cousin's wedding a few weeks ago.