Caden's Swim Class

We signed up Caden for Swim class again this year. Here are pictures from the last class on December 15th. At the last class, you get to go down the big slide in the pool! He loved it, and went down 4 times....

Mike, Alysia and Talia were in class with us as well, so Caden and Talia had fun swimming together every week.



Getting ready to go down the slide...he had to put DOUBLE swimmies on. :-)


Caden leading the charge up the stairs..



Here's the video of Caden and Matt going down the slide!



Here's a picture of their class with the slide in the background...


A good video of the fun things they do at class - including putting Caden underwater!





Daddy and Caden always go in the hot tub after class...

Santa House Visit

On December 14th, our playdate group took a field trip - to visit Santa at the Santa House in Midland! We had a great time, and Caden did very well for meeting Santa for the first time!

At Pizza Sam's before the Santa House...


We had to wait outside for a little bit, since they only let a certain number of people in at a time...Matt amused Caden by putting him on his shoulders.



Standing in line...the adults were colder than the kids!


Finally inside, and waiting in line. Luckily, they have lots of things to look at when you are inside before you meet Santa.


Caden and Taylor on their daddies shoulders...


Visiting with Santa! Caden didn't know what to think at first, but he warmed up to him.

December Playdate

The Playdate for December was at Caden's house! All of Caden's friends were able to make it and we had a great dinner, lots of playtime, and our annual gift exchange! Here are some pictures...

Caden, you are supposed to talk into the phone!


In the middle of the present unwrapping...we had one kid go at a time, and after they opened their present, they had to give a present to the next, and so on. It was so much fun.


We even got in our couch picture! We haven't done one of these in a couple months...our playdate group is really getting big!

From Left to Right, we have Kora, Maddie, Ginny, Parker, Taylor, Ginny, Anika (being held up by Shawn), Aidan, Marvin, June, and Caden, who wanted to sit in his chair instead...



Here is the picture from December 2009 playdate! We sure have grown!
From L to R: Penelope, Talia, Caden, June, Taylor, Isa, and Maddie

Thanksgiving in Midland

This Thanksgiving Caden's grandparents came up to spend Thanksgiving in Midland! We had a great time, and had leftovers for days. Here are some pictures!


Caden and Daddy cutting up the turkey....that MOM MADE! (That's right. I cooked.)



Ready for Dinner!!



A Family picture, even though Caden wasn't looking.



Hugs for Jackson!



After Black Friday Shopping (Matt and I were out all night), we put up Christmas Decorations!

Wendy's Birthday/Halloween Party

We had a great time at Wendy's Birthday/Halloween Party!

Here's our costume....get it?






The oven didn't last long (mostly because I forgot armholes), but I still had a tag that said "Timer: 20 weeks left"


We got the kids together for a picture! Amazing!

Midland Pumpkin Festival

Shut down Main street in Midland and add some costumes....and you have the Downtown Pumpkin Festival!!

Daddy with his little dinosaur:


Caden LOVED the hay bale maze...

It's a Girl!!

Caden is going to have a little SISTER! We had our ultrasound today. Our little girl looked healthy and is measuring about 19.5 weeks along - pretty much on schedule! She's about 11 oz right now. Here's the best pictures!

First, a skeleton picture since it's so close to Halloween. :0)



This is the best profile picture - you can see her mouth and nose.



This one was very cool - she brought her hand up in front of her face right before the ultrasound tech froze the screen! She couldn't possibly be camera shy, could she??

Grandma and Grandpa Frank Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Frank visited this week while Matt was in North Dakota hunting. Caden had SO much fun with them, and enjoyed all the attention! We went to Grandma's Pumpkin Patch Friday night. Here's the pictures, and a great video of Caden playing with the goats.

Fight On State!

We are continuing our training for the football season....

Child Labor

Caden has taken a big interest in helping me around the house. Tonight, he helped me with laundry, vacuuming the floors, and unloading the dishwasher. Here's a couple videos I shot of him helping out...

I have a feeling he won't be this helpful, or this enthusiastic, in about 14 years.... :-)




There's a bonus "Spiderman" move in this one...