A Fort

Some kids build forts from blankets.  Our kids build them from pillows.  This isn't the best picture of one of their forts, but you can sort of get the idea.  See how Caden is surrounded by pillows?  Eric calls it 'building a circle,' and Caden refers to it as his new home or new bed.  They usually invite Kyle in once they get it all set up.   Ryan gripes just a little that every night before bed he has to go hunt down his pillow.  Yes, its every night.  For some reason this has been going on for months and the boys have yet to tire of it.

Brotherly Love

Caden is such a little shepherd.  He wants to include Kyle in everything he does.  He's always asking me to set Kyle by him so he can show him what he's doing, or teach him how to play with a certain toy or say words.  On this day Caden thought for sure Kyle wanted to watch race car crashes on the computer.  I was dubious, but Kyle latched on to Caden's arm, leaned forward, and took it all in.  Caden was wearing the party hat 'just because.'

All Aboard!

Its so much fun to have friends over!

Catching Up

I'm once again playing catch up on the blog.  I plan to back date about 10 more posts, and hopefully just keep up on posting a few times a week moving forward.  If you read my blog on the actualy blog (instead of via an RSS feeder), you may want to periodically scan back through to make sure you haven't missed any.  Here are the 10 posts I have still to do and the months I'll post them in.  My goal is to be all caught up by the end of January.
August Kyle Blessing
August Lake Powell
August Pics for Eric Birthday
September Dodds Reunion
September State Fair
September Caden Birthday
October Fence
November Thanksgiving
December Christmas
December Eric’s Eye
December Ice fishing

Four Generations

Every month on the 3rd Sunday we go visit my parents.  My mom's dad also comes to visit on that day.  I love the chance I get to see him and maintain that relationship.  Tonight I realized how special it is that my children have a chance to spend time wtih one of thier great grandparents.  Caden has recently discovered the Wii and has become quite skilled at Mario Kart.  He somehow convinced me and Kellie to quit playing Just Dance (okay, maybe I'm out of shape and got winded and needed a break) and got everyone to join him playing Mario Kart.  At one point we had Caden, Ryan, my dad, and my grandpa all engrossed in the race.  It was so fun to see four generations enjoying a Sunday afternoon together,

Kidisms

Eric: One, two, free, four, seben, eight, nine, six!

Caden: Mom, can you comb my hair so I will look like (neighbor boy)?  Ahh, I look just like him now.  You won't be able to tell us apart!  Thanks!