Apple Festival 2007

This week was the Apple Festival. A bunch of us decided to decorate a float and have our kids dress up as little American icons. Our theme for the float was "Spirit in even the tiniest of hearts" since the Apple Fest theme was "Spirit of America". The kids did great despite the fact that a few of them got sunburned! And best of all, our float won 1st place in the Individual & Church division!

Starting the tradition- Adyson & Cade following their moms & grandmas around the festival. Although they are starting much earlier than Meg and I did!

Are these kids cute or what? Jett, Cade, Ellee, & Ethan Waiting for the parade to begin

Brooke & her little indian

If you look closely at this picture, you will notice our Statue of Liberty (Miss Adyson) is asleep! She slept through almost the entire thing! It was so cute!

Maria took this picture while we were waiting for the parade to begin. Thanks for the great picture Maria!

Max- what a cute cowboy!

Avery, Will, & Adyson during the kiddie parade

Sweet Caroline
Cade and Caroline - he kept giving her kisses without us even telling him to. It was too cute! And the fact that her daddy was sitting close by didn't scare him at all :)

Labor Day Weekend

On Labor Day weekend, we took a boat ride with my mom and dad, brother and sister-in-law. It was a short trip, but of course I still got a million pictures of Cade in his boat gear. I promise you will only have to see a few (maybe a little more).

Cade and Mommy

The whole family! (that's rare) I think Cade needs a pair of sunglasses though.

"Hey-this is pretty fun!"

"You're gonna do what?" (Note: lifejacket not secured)

"Get me out of this thing" (lifejacket now secured)

Cade and daddy

Driving the boat

A beautiful bride

My good friend Michelle got married on September 1st. It was a beautiful wedding with an Irish theme. Colors were sage and purple and Michelle's dress was a gorgeous champagne color. I don't think the day could have been better for them. Before I left the reception, I just had to get a picture of Cade and Michelle, but he would NOT look at the camera. He seemed to be distracted by other things-And believe me when I say, I'm pretty sure it was the sparkles on her dress! :) Anyhow, Michelle looked great and I wanted everyone to see her at least. As for the other picture, you just gotta love that smile.

The Birthday Trio

Courtney, Melissa, and I got together for our birthdays. Melissa and I share the same birthday (she is a year older) and Court's birthday is just a couple of weeks before ours. So Melissa cooked us dinner and had these wonderful cakes made from Larry's. Oh my gosh was it good! I ate on it for days and it was still fresh as could be! They turned out really cute too! Melissa was a great hostess in her new home. Thanks Mis and Court for a great evening!

Our cakes, and of course one for Cade too :)

We kept trying to get a picture of all of us and all Cade would do was look up at me like he is in this first one. It was too funny. We finally managed to get a decent shot. This one's for Courtney and Melissa. This was the best I got-it's not easy with a 10 month old!

Almost There

I just love this picture because it captures the true excitement that Cade has when he is pushing his little walker. He always has this huge smile on his face and makes this panting noise like it is the best thing in the whole world. He just loves walking all over the house! He's doing great and before we know it he will be on the loose. My little baby is growing up!

Our home away from home

So we are all loving our new home away from home at my brother and sister-in-law's. It's just short enough to drive in a weekend and an added plus is it's halfway to Iowa! So Sarah and Owen (not yet Cody) can meet us for a weekend of fun and craziness at the Youngman's. I'm sure when Mondays roll around, my brother and Jessica are glad to have some peace and quiet or better yet, able to knock down a wall if they want to and not have to worry about "nap time" :) Anywho, it's a great time, although I still wish they could be just a few minutes away!

Cade stared at Owen for the longest time just like this

Cade and his Uncle Matt playing around

Going Private

Hey all. So I have finally decided to go private with my blog as I would rather be safe than sorry. Please email me at beth.brooks@hotmail.com in the next few days if you would like to receive an invite to view it. You will have to set up a google account to view it, but it is very easy. If you are someone I email a lot or once in a while, i will automatically send you an invite, so no need to do anything. I hope you will continue to be interested in viewing our blog. I look forward to hearing from you!

Sports Fan

Cade is quite the sports fan with his Notre Dame paci, given by his Uncle John. His daddy and Uncle Matt are so proud! Thanks J.P.!
And here he reads up a little on baseball. Aunt Jess and Uncle Matt got him this little book at the Louisville Slugger factory on our way home from D.C. He seems to really enjoy it!

Pool Party

This was at Gibson's 1st birthday party a couple of weeks ago. All the kids and their dads (and Heidi) had a pretty good time!

Avery

Alec
The birthday boy
Auri and Gibson

Everyone!

Swimming with Mommy

Cade and I have had a couple of afternoons that we were able to "float" with my mom, Patty, and Cathy. As Cathy put it, "floating is hard work." It definitely is that, whether it's swimming with a 9 month old, trying to get on a raft with lotion on, or deciding which junk food to snack on :) But it was a lot of fun and Cade loved the water! Cathy sent me these pics from her pool- I thought they were pretty cute!

In his goofy little swim hat

I thought I was dodging this picture, but I managed to just barely make it :) "floating"