Memorial Day and Weekend

Memorial weekend was a lot of fun!!

On Saturday, we met up with Brandon, Michal and Brielle at the park! Kaden loved the swing and the slides!

On Monday, we got together with several families from church at a Mint Springs Park. It is an awesome county park with a beach, swimming, playground and hiking trails!

Kaden wasn't afraid of the water and went right in!

Kaden loved his police car floaty and quickly became popular with other kids!

Kaden playing with Neil in the sand!

Kaden as a Little Teapot!

How Big is Kaden?

Watch and Kaden will tell you himself!

These are a few of Kaden's favorite things!

Playing with his toys!

Pulling himself up and cruising along furniture!

Getting a snack! (More like getting into mischeif!)

Helping with the dishes!

Walking with his dinosaur!

And reading books!

Family Dinner Conversation

Yesterday's dinner conversation went a little bit like this:

Neil: Yummy! These reuben sandwiches are really good! Funny thing is I don't like sauerkraut and rye bread by themselves but together with the cheese and dressing they are really good!

Rebecca: I agree! They just hit the spot! Thanks for helping me make them! Did you have a good day at work?

Neil: Yeah, but it was really busy. Had to give a lot of flu shots! How was your day? Was Kaden good for you?

Rebecca: Yea! He took really good naps and ate really well. Kaden, what did you do today?

Kaden:

Kaden's First Christmas

This year, Kaden has been a very good boy and was on Santa's nice list of course! He got exactly what he wanted for Christmas...a Lil' Zoomers Spinnin' Sounds Speedway! This little video includes the suspense of waking up Christmas morning and the elation of finding Santa's surprises!

Eric was able to come down to Virginia for a few days and join us in festivities!

Christmas dinner was special with the family together, eating honey-baked ham, and admiring the cool napkin holders Rebecca and Neil made!

Earlier this week, Kaden and Daddy watched the BYU cougars devour the UTEP miners in the New Mexico Bowl!

We can't wait to see what happens in 2011! Happy New Year everybody!

Carter Mountain 2010

Neil and Kaden are all ready to go and pick some apples!

Here is the the view of Charlottesville from Carter Mountain. The big white building is the UVA hospital.

One quick family picture just before we get some yummy apple cider and donuts!

The Apple barn is where you pay for the apples you picked and a fun gift shop. We got Pink Lady and Winesap apples to make our favorite apple desserts like Bavarian Apple Torte and Apple Dumplings!

Oh no! We found a few worms in the apples!

A daddy worm!

The cutest baby worm!

And a mommy worm!

After all the apples, we stopped to check out the pumpkin patch!

It was a fun trip to Carter Mountain! We were glad we bundled up!

All nice and warm at home, Kaden relaxes with his pumpkin.