Funny Cade Moment

Cade: "mom guess what? Taylor Swift is going to be singing in Portland in a couple weeks!!!" 

Me: "wow cool, who told you that?" 

Cade:" Katie Brandow" 

Me: do you want to go?" 

Cade: " YES!!" .... Oh dear!!

He is constantly asking me to play the song "We are Never Ever Getting Back Together" 

What am I going to do with this kid??

A little something to put you in the Christmas spirit

Ski Bum

I think we are going to have a ski bum on our hands!

Cade started his ski school, Mighty Mites on Saturday and he LOVED it!  I don't know why I worried about him so much.  I was nervous for him all day, the class was from 10-3 which in itself is a pretty long day for a 4 year old.  Then throw snow, cold & wind in the mix and I was praying all day that he would have a good time.  Well my prayers were answered because he was a natural and the elements didn't phase him.  He says "mom it wasn't a big deal when it was snowing & cold because I have good clothes" 

oh ya of course you do!  And I'm so glad he did!  

Tyler was up on the mountain as well but the class is just for kids.  There are 5 kids in his class and 1 teacher.  Lucky for him he is good friends with one of them & then the other boy is in his pre school class.

On Saturday they worked on stopping and getting comfortable on the skis.  So far so good, Cade tells me "I'm really good mom!"  I didn't get to go up and watch this week but I think I may have to spy on him next week, at least for a little bit.  

I think Cade is going to be just like his dad... good at EVERYTHING he does!

The gear

Cade & Kian

Ski buddies

Christmas Tree Hunt

One of my favorite parts of Christmas, is hunting for our perfect tree and this year did not disappoint!

We always go to Jack Lake Road out past Sisters and we find the best trees!

The boys had a blast traipsing being carried through the woods.  It was cold & windy so we tried to speed the process up as much as possible.  Luckily we didn't have to walk to far and we had lots of help chopping our tree down.  Cade could not wait to get his hands on the saw & he did a great job! (supervised of course)

Not only did we get a tree, we also got some Christmas card worthy pictures.  I was starting to think that cards weren't going to happen for us this year.  The thought of getting everyone dressed, situated and smiling for a photo was just daunting to me.  But I lucked out and the good ol' self timer pulled through for a family shot & the boys hammed it up for some brother love picts.  

While I can't disclose the pictures for the card, I do have some fun ones that weren't quite right 

for the card but are still absolutely adorable! 

Blake couldn't figure out why we were walking in the woods & still can't figure out why we have a tree in our living room!!

What more could a girl ask for?

Such a tired boy

Our lovely tree

Takes lots of concentration ie. tong hanging out