All about Kaden

Kaden's birthday week long celebration started Saturday, August 30th. Amy was mad but supportive that dad decided not to take the family camping with friends that weekend. A movie was decided upon at the Kaysville theatre in lovely Kaysville, Utah. (Yes, at $2.50 per person, we went on the cheap!! What can I say?) After screening Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, complete with candy, popcorn, and soda pop, the boys were ready for a barbecue.

It was just the five of us, which was awesome, and we had a great time. There's just something about Indiana Jones that makes everyone have a good time. The boys managed to stay interested throughout without a potty break!

Sunday was a very restful day. Amy managed to squeeze in about 20 hours of sleep between Saturday night and Monday morning. The rest of us tried not to wake the growly bear, and mostly succeeded.

Monday morning brought about a phone call from the friends we were supposed to be camping with inviting us to the movie. After sharing the news that we had already gone to Indiana Jones, we invited them to the Kamas Rec center for swimming. With grandpa, grandma, Ashley and Josh all in Logan, we were left to our own devices. We managed to bring everyone home that we started with, so that was a good day. Our friends have three boys that are the same age as our boys, and a little girl Connor likes, so we had fun. Kaden is shown above with his buddy, Morgan, and Connor to the left with his buddy, Blake. We had a blast, and dad and his friend managed to soak the lifeguard with some skillful cannonballs and canopeners!
After several hours of swimming, and a game of pool, the rock wall was opened. As you can see, the boys tried climbing and repelling. Kaden wimped out, Spencer made it to the top, of course, and Connor went about half way up before deciding to repell down. It was a great time, and we got to see grandma and grandpa for a minute.

Grandpa and grandma brought a very thoughtful, appreciated bag of gifts from Josh and Ashley, combined with a very much enjoyed sketch pad.

(Spencer raiding the treat bag at the top of the climbing wall.)

After this, and cheesy bread from the Summit Inn, we made it home for the evening. Not bad for a Labor Day. It was wierd not working or worrying about area coverage, but nice.

The boys had to go to school The rest of the week, but made it through. Wednesday, Kaden's birthday, was a typical day. Dad got home from work, and grilled steaks, while mom went to Ogden and picked up a basketball standard for Kaden. Kaden and dad went to young men, and spent the evening with 20 or 30 of his best ward friends playing human foosball. (Yes, it's a real game!) This weekend, we anticipate another barbecue with family and another opportunity to get together and enjoy each others company. Amy has surgery to remove her gall bladder baby next Wednesday, and I wait with baited breath to see how things work out. I'm taking a few days off to be sure her every need and whim are catered to. Mabey I'll bring HER some frozen peas this time :).