What Cayden said (sang)

There is a country song that is on the radio currently and the chorus is "I gave up women, smoking, and drinking and it was the worst 15 minutes of my life". Cayden was singing this song in the truck on our way up woodcutting last weekend. It was funny enough to hear him singing it but then it got over and Jeff says, "so, Cayden, you gave up smoking huh?" And, Cayden promptly said, "no Dad, I gave up smoking women. Duh." Right, sorry dude. I guess this is another time where the comma can make all the difference in the world.

On a positive note, I am glad he is making healthy life choices.

Trick or Treat

I recently paid way too much for Halloween costumes but the boys love them so I guess it will be all right. Cayden decided to be a knight in shining armor and wanted Bryce to be a dragon so they could be a pair. I agreed it was a great idea and we were off to find the "perfect" costume. I was worried about actually putting a costume on Bryce and having him want to wear it so I was so glad to find the one I did. Sorry the picture of Bryce is blurry, he wouldn't stop moving.

Peaches and Apples

About an hour and a half away from us is a teeny tiny little town called Kimberly. It is beautiful and even better because of all the amazing fruit that is grown there. This summer we took the trek to pick peaches and apples. By the pictures you can see that everyone got involved. We brought home our fair share of bruised fruit (thanks Bryce!).

We have since tried to make freezer jam which turned out more like peach sauce, applesauce which was very good and other hot desserts with the fruit. Yummm. Our freezer is packed with fruit waiting for people to visit so it can be turned into more yummy desserts.

Too many tomatoes

We had an amazing garden this summer. We had beans, tomatoes, peas, squash (don't know why - we didn't eat a single one), carrots, tomatoes, beets, corn, tomatoes, and pumpkins. Did I mention tomatoes? Seriously, we were overflowing with tomatoes. It was great fun to share all of our tomatoes with friends and try tons of new recipes. We made tomato soup for the first time and it is great. Here is a one day collection of tomatoes!

Hugging a Redwood

We thought the Redwoods were absolutely amazing. It was my first time seeing them EVER. This is a picture of Cayden hugging a Redwood. It is hard to see him but he is there and LITTLE compared to the tree.

Redwoods and Brookings

We took one last camping trip of the summer down to the Redwoods and near Brookings on the coast. The following are a few of our pictures. I took all of these with my camera on my phone as my other camera isn't working well. There are a bunch of special effects I can use.



The boys in black and white


Nana's footprints on the beach. She loves the beach.

Cayden and dad "being crabby"

Cayden at the beach

Black and white while we are waiting on construction

Cayden's newest

Cayden lost his second tooth. First of all, he is still afraid of the tooth fairy and tooth #2 is sitting outside this very moment waiting for the tooth fairy. But, tonight, he asked to see his tooth before it went outside and he said, "I remember it being bigger. How come teeth always look bigger in the mirror?"

I giggled and told him that was true. Funny boy.