Thanksgiving 2011

We had a nice week in Tyler for Thanksgiving last week.  I forgot to take my camera, but here are a few pictures that Nana took.

Caden's two favorite things to do while we were there...play on the computer

And work outside with Papa.

Here's a picture of our family on Thanksgiving morning.

And a picture of Caden with Jeffrey, Nana and Papa.

Our house is all decorated for Christmas.  I've already bought a stocking for our sweet baby girl.  I'm not going to embroider her name on it until after Christmas :).



New trains!

Brian's cousin Jennifer was so nice to give us a whole train set that her kids have out grown.  Caden just LOVES the "choo choo's"!  He plays with the track every day and usually sleeps with an engine or car in his bed.  Here are a few pictures of him playing with it last week.



Five Years!

Today is our fifth wedding anniversary.  Here's a pic from that special day.

Caden's baptism was this past weekend.  Here's a picture of our family before we headed to church.

Caden and I have been to the Arboretum twice this week.  I've been trying to get a good picture for Christmas cards, but the weather or Caden haven't been cooporating.  Today is beautiful and sunny, so I'm going to head to a park later to try again.  But here are a few pictures from this week.

Mimi and Caden brushing the goats.

Caden got his face painted for the first time.  He did a great job sitting still for the lady.

Tia and Caden with the frogs.

A few fun pic's running around.



Choo Choo!

Caden and I went with a few friends to the Railroad Museum last week.  As soon as we pulled up, he just started saying, "choo choo" over and over again.  It was so cute.

Here's a picture of Caden walking through the trains.

And here he is checking out the inside of one of the trains.

The engines were huge. 

The wheels were probably 6 ft tall.

We tried to get a picture of all the kids together, but they weren't interested in standing still for us. 

About a week ago I took my camera to the park to get a few pictures of him playing.  He's loving the park right now.  He usually doesn't want to leave.  Even after playing for over an hour, he'll still be upset when we have to leave.

He loves to slide down the big slides.

"Hey Mom, look at me..."

"...I'm driving!"



Halloween festivities

We went to a Halloween Carnival last weekend.  Here's a picture of the whole fam.

Caden and his friend Luna were quite fascinated by this spider game.

And here's the monkey playing peak a boo.

One of our friends had a halloween party last week.  Here's the whole group.

On Friday, Caden and I went with a few friends to a nursing home.  There were so many people piled into one room; Caden was a little unsure of the whole thing.  He had this wide-eyed "what's going on" look on his face most of the time.

When we finished seeing the residents, we tried to get a picture of Caden with a few of his friends.  But he had definitely had enough...no more pictures in this silly costume!



Owen's Farm

We've been having so much fun enjoying the Fall festivities & cooler weather.  Friday before last, Caden and I went to a local "farm" with a few friends. 

First we fed the goats.  Here's Caden contemplating whether he wants to get close enough to feed them...he didn't; mommy had to feed them.

Then Caden went on his first hayride.  Here he is with his friend Caroline.  He didn't want to sit still; all he wanted to do was climb up and down off the hay seats.

Caden and  his friend Tessa were quite fascinated by the longhorns munching on pumpkins.

Here are Mommy and Caden.

His favorite part of the visit was probably seeing this old fire "truck" and a few other horse drawn carriages.

He got to pick out a pumpkin to take home.  It was a big decision...maybe this one?

And then he found one more his size.



Texas vs OU and the State Fair

Caden and I went to Caden's first TX-OU party while Daddy was at the game.  Here's a picture of all the kiddo's lined up in their Texas attire.

Last week Caden and I went to the fair with a few friends.  Here are the kiddo's all lined up.

Despite the look on his face, Caden enjoyed the petting zoo and seeing all the show animals at the Fair.

Caden got his first taste of fair food.  He had a bite of the cornbreading from my corny dog.  Being the carb lover that he is, he loved it.  But here's a picture of Mommy's favorite...Fried Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!  Mmm, not much tastes better to a pregnant girl than horribly fattening fried fair food :).

I got a new sewing-embroidery machine last week.  Here's a picture of my first project.  I can't wait to start embroidering cute things for Caden's little sister!