CADE'S BIRTHDAY

Today our sweet Cade turned FIVE! It was a fun day full of lots of excitement. He was up around 7:00 wanting to open presents. You would have thought it was Christmas. He got a new Optimus Prime Transformer bike. Jon stayed up late the night before putting it together. Cade was so excited about it. Later that day we took him to Classic Skating. Cade got so many fun gifts from all his friends. Cade is lucky to have such great friends! Later that day Cade's primary teachers the Porter's came over to wish him a Happy Birthday. They are so wonderful and Cade just loves them! We love Cade so much he has brought so much Joy and Happiness to our lives. We are so blessed to have such a sweet, handsome, loving boy for our son. Happy Birthday Cade!!!!!

BABY OAKLEY IS HERE!!!

So today my little sister Mikelle had her baby girl. The name they chose is Oakley. Me my mom and Nikki were all able to be in the room when she was born. Me and Nikki were front and center while my mom stood to the side. Can I just say what an amazing thing birth is. It was such a spiritual experience and neat to share with my mom and sisters. Mikelle almost lost her life giving birth to her son Austin because of e-clampsia, but this time she had no complications. I am so proud of her she did so good!!! Thanks sis for letting me be a part of your little miracle!! This may be the closets I ever come to experiencing birth so I am grateful my sisters have shared their moments of child birth with me. I love them both so much. Don't worry Bro I love you too its just a girl thing!

Some of you may wonder, isn't it hard for me to watch that knowing it may never be me? The answerer is Yes it is kind of hard and sometimes I wish I could know what it is like to give birth. But My sadness has nothing to do with how happy I am for my sister. I have two little miracles tucked into bed peacefully sleeping. And after today I realized it is not so bad having them placed in your arms two days later all clean and beautiful feeling like a million bucks. Yes I wish I could have seen our boys be born but I get to watch them grow! I am so happy for my sister and her husband Cory. Congrats on your new baby girl I might have to steal her every now and then! Maybe even just a smell here and there. Love you guys, she is beautiful!