Watermelon: YUM YUM

Kaden likes to eat watermelon, but what he loves even more is to squish watermelon. He will squeeze the piece of watermelon so it mushes through his fingers (and the juice is running all down his arm) and then he will eat it. You can see all the bits and pieces on the table waiting to be eaten.

Together at last

The family is reunited once again. We were so happy to see Kaden after being at Lake Powell for a week. This is his new "picture smile." He has fallen in love with the camera once again. Everyone laughed the first time he made this face. He knows it is funny now and we think it is pretty dang cute.

Tractors

I tell you, the kid LOVES tractors!! All he wanted to do was go sit on the tractor all day long.

Sucker!

Kaden loves suckers. He stole this one away from one of the cousins at the family reunion. He liked this color better than the first one he was given because daddy had it too.

Lake Powell 2007

We just got back from a week at Lake Powell. Aaron and I agree that is a great way to spend a vacation! We had a lot of trouble with the ski boat. It was out of commission a total of 3 days, that put a little damper on things. Aaron was still able to do some wakeboarding and we both got to go on the tube. Aaron did some cliff jumping and we both did a lot of swimming (sometimes it was to pull the ski boat). We played games and fished. We had a really fun and relaxing trip. The week went great but we were excited to get home and see Kaden. We hope we have the opportunity to go on that type of vacation again.

Fourth of July

We had a great Fourth of July. We had some friends over. I made indian frybread and we had the chocolate fountain flowing. It was tasty! We headed down the road a bit to watch the fireworks. Kaden was mesmerized for the first few minutes. After that he was back to running around all over the place. Aaron and I both love this holiday. We are grateful to be in this country and the freedoms we can enjoy because of it. We hope that Heavenly Father continues to bless us in this life we enjoy so much.

We had the Charles L Shumway Family Reunion this last weekend in Taylor, AZ. Taylor is not the most exciting place in the world, but my family has a lot of history there. I am so grateful for my ancestors and the examples they set for all their posterity. I hope that I am living up to their expectations as they watch me from above.