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Funny and cute things the kids say ...

Tim had 2 tickets for the Warriors game Friday night. So one boy got to go to the game with him while the other would get to go to Lincoln Lopez's house to play. We let the boys choose. First they both wanted to go to Lincoln's house! Then they decided that Miles would go to the game with Tim and Caden would go to Lincoln's. Caden said the prayer that night. He said "Thank you dad can go to work, thank you that Miles can go to school, and thank you that I can go to Lincoln's house." We were all busting up laughing during the prayer.
-November 15, 2007

Miles was at a high school football game with Tim. One of the players had tattoos on both of his arms. Miles thought that was cool (oh great!) and told Tim that he wanted a tattoo. Tim asked him what kind of tattoo he would want and Miles replied with "SpongeBob."
-November 9, 2007

Miles: "Caden Doll is my arch enemy!"
-October 31, 2007

Tonight for dinner I made turkey broccoli casserole with rice. The boys always say that I make gross dinners, but tonight Miles added that "This dinner is worse than school lunch."
-October 22, 2007

Tim took the boys to another football game friday night. This time it was the Concord Minutemen vs. the Dublin Gaels. So this time, Caden thought the "Minimen" were playing against the "Girls."
-October 19, 2007

Last Friday, Tim took the boys to the high school football game that he was covering for the newspaper. The teams playing were the Northgate Broncos vs. the Concord Minutemen. They got to stand on the sidelines and watch the game. Caden thought it was really cool. The next day I was asking Caden about the game. I asked him if he remembered what teams played. He said, "the Boncos and the Minimen!"
-September 29, 2007

Caden is learning to count. He can count to 29 with a little help (but he somehow manages to skip 16 everytime). He gets to 29 and says twenty-ten, For 30. And does the same for the rest of the numbers.
Thirty-Ten = 40
Fourty-Ten = 50
Fifty-Ten = 60
and so on.
-September 2007

Tim and I went out with some friends on their boats. The boys went to the babysitter's house. After we picked them up we were telling them about how Tim got flipped around on all the different tubes. Miles said "So dad, there was 2 people on the tube ... you and your KIDNEY STONE!!"
-August 11, 2007

Friday, May 1, 2009

Quick Vegas Trip

We drove down to Vegas the Saturday before Easter. My cousin Josh had just returned from his mission 2 days before, and my Aunt was throwing a welcome home party AND and surprise 50th Birthday for my Uncle Russ. No one knew we were coming except my cousin Justin, his wife Roseann, and my mom. Everyone was surprised! My Grandma and Grandpa McDonald were there too. They hadn't seen Avery yet, just pictures. They were so happy to see her, and the rest of the kids. It was a good but quick trip. We left Saturday and came back Monday night. And yes, we drove!

Great-Grandma McDonald & Avery

4 Generations: Me, Avery, Great-Grandma McDonald and Grandma Redding.
(Alexandra was taking a nap when we took this picture)

Me, Avery, Great-Grandma & Grandpa McDonald

2 comments:

Emilee said...: What? You came to Vegas & didn't call? :) Glad you got to come spend some time with your family- surprises are the best!; May 1, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Linda Doll said...: What a nice surprise for your grandparents, especially since that had never seen Avery! You guys are such troopers to make those long road-trips with a car-full of rugrats! Ugh - ask Tim why most of our car trips were 3 hours or less when he and his siblings were young!; May 2, 2009 at 7:13 PM