We Love Visitors!

We've been so lucky to have some really fun peeps come out to see us here in Dallas over the last few months! Our first visitor was my sister Kristine who came for a whole month! It was great to have her and we appreciate all her help while she was here.

Aunt Julie and Uncle Elliott came out for the weekend of the big BYU game at the new Cowboys stadium. Julie always spoils Kade and brought him a fun little barn with little animals that go inside but Kade couldn't help try it out for himself.

We had to hit up the mall for a bit and here's Kade chillin in the little kids play area. Could he be anymore comfortable in his own skin?

Not so much a BYU fan myself but we had a great time going to the game. It was really cool even from the very top row!

Drew was in heaven just checkin out the new Cowboys stadium!

We went back again a few days later to check out a highschool football game. There was a team there from Utah but I can't remember who it was!

I was sooo sad when they left...this smile was a little forced if you can't tell. Thanks so much for coming guys!

Drew hit up Houston the next weekend with his bestest buddies Brooks, Abe, and Garrett. Despite the looks on their faces here I think they had a good time.

Okay...maybe a little too much of a good time!

What a proud fan!

Brooks and Abe came back up to Dallas for another day so Kade and I were glad we got to see them for a bit. Here we are in Dallas at a pretty good mexican restaurant. Kade was all over the place and I was glad to have these two to keep him entertained.

Abe is seriously so cute with Kade and you can see Kade has taken quite a liking to him!

We also went and checked out the area where JFK was assasinated. Drew's doing his best to reenact the scene from the grassy knoll!

We're so thankful for Drew's great buddies and it was so fun to see them!

Then we got to have Uncle Seany out the next weekend!

Sean and Drew hit up some fun games, we ate some good Texas barbecue and got to see our nephew Corbin while Sean was here. It was such a fun weekend and Kade had a great time bonding with his uncle!

The next week my favorite asian, April, came up from Houston with her cute friend, Shauna, for the weekend! It was sooo fun to have some girl time...especially with these girls!

We ate a lot of food, watched movies, and girl talked it up. Kade bawled his eyes out when they left!

Kade's Favorite Activities

We pretty much don't go anywhere that doesn't have stuff for Kade to climb on unless we bring an arsenal of distractions. So we've found some activities that he absolutely loves since it's either too hot or raining for us to be able to spend much time at the playground.

Kade loves The Little Gym and has learned some new moves he's pretty excited about. And it's been a great way to get to know other moms with kids the same age.

There's a Mom N Tots group at the rec center too that's super cheap and Kade loves it. He sleeps so good on these days!

Kade Pics

These are from about 5 months ago but I wanted to post some of our favorite pics we had taken of Kade:

Texas Times!

Here are a few moments from the last few months down here in Irving, Texas!

I got a little sick when I first got here and my sisters sent this sweet cookie with frosting that actually says "you need frosting" on it! Kade and I ate half the cookie within about 30 minutes!

I thought this was funny...Kade fell asleep and only then did I notice he had a fruit snack stuck under his chubby neck!

Kade is really starting to like to color...he's totally a lefty!

This moment seriously brought me to tears! So I put an old post of the Blue Rhino that Kaden has been obsessed with since he was a little baby. The nasty thing had been chewed on, was missing an eye, and would get all sorts of crap stuck in it no matter how much I washed it but he loved it. I brought it to the airport with us when we were flying out here to Texas and when I got on the plane, the Blue Rhino was MIA. I panicked and realized we must have dropped it just outside the gate. So I took off back up the ramp and started looking around. I got my head ripped off by the staff and was escorted back on the plane. I was holding back the tears! The Blue Rhino was gone forever! After we'd been here for a few weeks, Drew said he had a surprise coming in the mail. It was a smaller replica of the Blue Rhino! But Kade was so excited and really doesn't know the difference. Drew didn't know it was so much smaller so he ordered a bigger one too and now Kade has a mom and baby blue rhino that he is obsessed with. They are both on their way to looking as ragged and germ infested as the last one!

We also got to have our nephews come stay for a night and play video games with Drew! Kade was loving them!

This was the probably the geekiest day of my life...we went to some video game event and Drew was stoked out of his mind! But my little sis was here and we still had a good time!

We needed a second car and Kade had a great time doing a little car shopping!

The last week or so we've had some crazy rain storms! It's actually been really fun for the most part...good thing we're on the third floor!

And my favorite thing in the whole world to do...go to a good concert! Drew got us tickets to the Brad Paisley concert in Dallas. It was sooo fun! It poured that night and we went home soaking wet!

I love this...Kade has learned how to pray and this is how he tries to fold his chubby arms! And such a serious look on his face!

Fun Pics from Summer

I can't believe it's almost October! I'm so behind but want to post some fun pictures from our crazy summer!

Silver Lake in Michigan with some of our bestest Notre Dame buddies...we miss you guys!

Mall of America in Minnesota...pretty much the best place on earth!

Real soccer game back in Utah.

Hangin with some good friends at the Yergensen home!

Having fun with cousins after Knox's blessing!

Such cute cousins...almost exactly 1 year apart! Kade is wearing this sweet little boy blue outfit that we found and thought would look funny on him.

Swinging at the park with some of our favorite friends..Abe & Jess!

Swimming at the Murray Rec Center with the Smith cousins...

..and coming home to make some sweet treats!

Going shopping with Suz & Knox, Mom, Grandma, & Kristine.

This picture is slightly inappropriate but too funny to not include.

We had a great time in Utah...I need to find a picture but an important part of the trip was the Wasatch Back Relay that Drew and his family completed! Way to go guys! After that, I flew to Texas to find us an apartment and then back to South Bend to get ready to move. The movers came and we had a week to kill in an empty apartment before our stuff would there for us in Texas!

We hung out and said good-bye to friends...

..cleaned up the apartment (Kade was clearly a big help)...

played with the girls upstairs..they helped keep Kade entertained!

and took a road trip to Niagara Falls! It was soooo beautiful.

We stopped and took a tour at the Kirtland Temple which was really cool too. After that..we came back to South Bend and Drew flew out to Connecticut to start training at his new job and Kade and I flew down here to get moved in. We stayed in a hotel until our stuff got here and then met the movers at our new place. It took some time to get settled but we're really enjoying Texas!