Father's Day

I thought it would be fun to say some of the things I love about Ryan on this father's day.

When someone is not feeling well Ryan asks three questions:

1) When was the last time *you* ate something?

2) When was the last time *you* went to the bathroom?

3) Did you get enough to drink today?

As if anything wrong can be fixed by these three things. Maybe he is on to something.

I love the way he can make Cadence smile and have a laughing fit. I love the way he is so fun to be around. He plays hard but always takes care of business. I appreciate how laid back he can be. He will constantly tell me to "not worry about it until it happens". Good advice. He really enjoys life and loves to try new things. He is a wonderful father!

Family Photo Shoot

Okay the first is not from the photo shoot. It was just cute of my sister and Cadence wearing her glasses. She kept them on for awhile - she kept looking around. It was really cute.

Here is Grandad with the guys.

All the girls and Grandma.

My family - don't we look shnazy.

Ryan just wanted to get in one more photo!

All the grandkids - someone Ryan got out of this one...

The whole family - on Mom's side.

More Vacation Shots

We went to Honey Creek Resort in SE Iowa this last week. It was to celebrate all the 2009 milestones - my Gdad's 80 bday, my Gma's 75th bday, my sister's 30th, Cadence's 1st AND my Grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary. It was great, we had some issues with the boat and then it rained and stormed the day we were supposed to go on the boat so we didn't get to see too much of the lake. We did enjoy a lot of games - even a "Corn Hole" tournament. The indoor water park was fun and Cadence loved it! She cried when we took her out of the water. In case you are wondering, my swimsuit was fine. Not as great as I had hoped for, only because it was bigger when wet than when it was dry. Note to all you swim shoppers out there -- make sure it will fit when wet!! Here are some snapshots from the week.

More Birthday

This time Cadence knew what to do with the birthday thing. My brother and his girlfriend helped decorate the cupcakes. The party took place at 8:45 pm but as you can tell Cadence was a champ, I guess cake, frosting, gifts and attention bring out the best in her :).

Sugar High

This is Cadence high on sugar. She was hilarious. Then later she just relaxed her whole body and her little head fell to the side. Ah, the horrors of sugar.
I think Andrew had a lot of sugar also. Hopefully, you can hear her over the four wheeler and Andrew screaming.

A Birthday Party in Rewind

Like always - I loaded these in the wrong order. The first is of Ryan swimming with the kids in the pond - he said the water was cool but not bad. Like any pond it was SLIMY!!!


This is Cadence opening some gifts. She still had her shirt off from eating cake.

Gpa and Gma Laux - in front of the pond. As you can tell Cadence was very excited for the cupcake and not that concerned with the picture.

Ryan letting Cadence eat the cupcake.

Here is some of the party kids. Notice the two babies are eating frosting already!!

Here is Cadence in her birthday hat that I made. She was eating frosting and nobody really even realized it!!

Caleb and Cadence were confined to the play pin at first. Then they got to get out and play.

I had just finished the cake and she was heading right towards it - at a fast rate if you can tell. :)

Tomorrow is her real birthday and she will be doing who knows what with us but today everyone was off and so we got together. In a few days we will be having another b-day party with my side of the family. So stay tuned for more pictures :).

Peek-a-Boo

This video is really cute and she is playing Peek-a-Boo, which she had never done before and we have played it but never "taught" her. I guess you really do need to watch what you do around your kids!!