Hawaii - Part 1

Cade and Branson boogie boarding at one of the many beaches we went to on Maui! This was probably one of the kids and the dads favorite things to do! We all enjoyed it tho. However, you'll collect more sand in your swimsuit than ever thought possible!!!
Matt

Cade boogie boarding. The poor kid did this for so long that he got board rash all over his stomach! That didn't stop him tho, he was back out doing it everyday! Cade, Hay & Bean got taken out so many times by waves that were a little to large for them! It was kind of funny:)

Whale Watching!!!! This was my favorite thing that we did in Hawaii! We went out on an ocean raft... a little scary at first. Its a small raft, and it held about 20 people... 30 ft raft vs. 60 ft. whale! It was great tho, we got so close to the whales and they even swam right under us... that made me a little nervous!





This is the front of the raft! Cade and Hay sat right up in the front the whole time... even when we were driving really fast! They loved it!! Our guide Shawn went and sat by them and held the back of there shirts so they wouldn't fly out into the ocean!

Nice tail as our guides would say!


Mom and baby! They were so amazing to watch! I would do it again and again!

Cade's 9th Birthday

December 23rd was Cade's 9th Birthday... I can't believe how fast time goes! For his birthday this year he got a golden retriever puppy. Cade named his new dog Rocky and he is adorable! Cade also went snowboarding on his birthday and is turning into a little dare devil... he apparently is trying to master the 360. Its a good thing he wears a helmet!

Thanksgiving

We spent the 1st part of Thanksgiving with the Bott Family. Matt's brother Nick and his family were here from Texas. Nick and his wife have 2 little boys, Hunter & Camden and they are expecting a baby girl in the spring. Cade had a lot of fun hanging out with all of his cousins the past few days... they had sleepovers at Grandma and Grandpa Bott's every night. Matt's Grandparents also drove down from Idaho to spend the Holdiay with everyone, it was a full house!

The last part of Thanksgiving we spent with my family at Steve and Carol's. This must have been the year that everyone went to other families because it wasn't to lively and we missed seeing everyone! Oh well, there is always next year!

Twilight

I loved the twilight movie!!!!!!!!! I went expecting the worst and I walked away pleasantly surprised. I have been nervous to go because I thought Edward wasn't as hot as he is supposed to be and I wasn't sure about Bella. Wow was I wrong! Edward was really hot... except for a few scenes and I loved Bella - she didn't seem as whiney as in the book. I did get a kick out of Jasper... he kind of looked funny sometimes, but he was hot too! I want to go see it again soon! I think I'll wait until it dies down tho, we pre bought tickets and we still had to wait in line for an hour and 15 minutes and we weren't even in the front of the line! I can't wait for the next one to come out. I heard it wasn't coming out until 2010 :( I hope that isn't right.

Finally... The After Photos

Sorry it has taken me so long to post these... I kind of forgot.
Basically it is a brand new house. We were able to restore the original hardwood floors throughout the entire main floor. The kitchen & Bath have been entirely re-done, and the rest of the house has new baseboards, trim, paint and light fixtures.

Now we can start on the basement!!

Halloween

For Halloween Cade decided to be some rotting, zombie monster... it was ugly! I figure I might as well let him be as nasty and gross as he wants to be on Halloween since it only comes once a year! He had a great time and he scared a few people including me!

Cade

Haylee, Bean & Cade
Brinnley, Kyson, Cade & Cam
Bean, Josh, Haylee & Cade

House Renovation...

We started renovating this little 1950's brick home a couple of months ago and we are going to be finished this week! So... I'm posting the before pictures now and at the end of the week I'm going to post the after pictures! I think you'll be impressed!

Before Pictures