Fall Colors with my FABULOUS kiddo!

My favorite time of year came and went so quickly this year. It seemed like the leaves were on the ground before I could blink. We've been so blessed with gorgeous weather so I guess I figured the leaves would stick around for weeks. My yearly Fall shoot with my little girl was pretty quick this year...only shooting for about 5 minutes. But my oh my is she cute.

Insurance at last!

When Kenny & I decided that we were going to be small business owners, we knew that it may be a while before we were able to buy health insurance. After a long few years without insurance, we are so happy that this Friday.....we'll be covered again. What does this mean??? It means I can don't have to set up payments with the billing department every time we go to the doctor.....it means that we can explore further options in fertility......it means I can get a new nebulizer! So many things will be possible now, and my stress level will go down!
I'm so thankful that our businesses are up and running, a blessing indeed:)
Next goal....to pay off those student loans!

MY BABY is 12 weeks old!!

Love my little fighter......she is truly a DeCamp! We do not give up!!! 12 weeks old......and going strong!

Getting Back to Reality

My favorite weekend of the year has come and gone. DAVE @ the Gorge. After going through what I did last year, I knew that I was going all three nights this year. Kenny & I got Cierra & Ali safe with my brother and made our way over to the Ellensburg KOA where we'd make home for 4 nights.
I can't describe how amazing a DMB concert is. I'm still in la la land and have no words. They are great artists and give a spectacular show. They won't be touring next year....so I'll have to wait a bit to see them again:(
But now back to reality. Back to school. Back to work.
This week I'll be completing my website which is finally up and running with its makeover! www.karladecampphotography.com
Working on my blog also........ www.karladecampphotoblog.com/blog
Back to the routine of taking Cierra to and from school.....watching little Ali during the day.....working out at Thrive...... Life is great!!

Little Ali

Last Thursday I took Ali in for her first examination & shots. The vet discovered a pretty severe heart murmur. She also felt she had one of two heart diseases. Ventricular Sectual Defect or Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Neither are good news. We are not really sure what will happen, or what can be done at this point....we just know we are going to take it day by day and give her all the love we have to give:) She is part of the family now.

American Idol Continued......

Cierra & I were so excited Friday morning for our annual mommy daughter day @ the American Idol concert. We were running a bit late, waiting for Kenny to get home from work to watch Ali.....but once we were on our way, we couldn't contain our excitement! Cierra wanted to play every car game in the book on our drive there. It was really cute, I love it when she gets this excited about something.
We arrived @ Key Arena at about 1:30p.m. By the time we parked, went to the restroom, & found where the tour buses were parked it was 1:50p.m. To my surprise there were only a few dozen people waiting, which was about a 1/4 of what the crowd was last year. 10 minutes after we arrived, 4 of the Idols came around the corner...sharpies in hand:)
Andrew Garcia~Lee Dewyze~Tim Urban~Aaron Kelly!!
Andrew & Lee sang to us all, and it was heaven!






Of course I was so happy because Lee was my favorite this year. Cierra's favorite was Big Mike & Aaron, so having Aaron come out was a HUGE deal for her!
Mom & Janel met us around 4:00 for dinner @ the food court, then it was off to the concert! (I have about 50 concert photos on my Facebook)
We had awesome seats, I LOVE the Key Arena....all the seats there are incredible! The sound is always amazing too. The concert did not disappoint either, we even loved Katie & Tim who we didn't care for too much during the competition. It always amazes me how well they all do LIVE, and how great they sound when they are not competing in front of judges.
After the concert we scurried out back to where they were doing autographs. All the Idols except for Crystal came out. (she wasn't feeling well)
I nearly cried when Big Mike came up to Cierra. Cierra asked him for a hug, an autograph, & a picture. He just scooped her up & gave her the biggest hug and just had a huge smile on his face the whole time.
Cierra's evening was now complete meeting her favorite Idol!

American Idol 2010

I still really have no words.....so until I do, this pretty much sums it up.