Silly Goose!

When the Monday blues come what makes it all better? A SILLY kid!!! Yep... I wasn't feeling so hot today... it was a busy weekend with not a lot of down time or even time to play with Kaden. He was a little thrown off because we were at church three days in a row. We had a leadership training weekend, which was so good, but so tiring. And no nap kiddo made for an interesting rest of the weekend... but today Kaden got a three hour nap in and so when I got home from work he was a silly happy kiddo! He was helping wash dishes when I came in... and we played and sang and danced. He ate really well and overall was a happy baby. He even went down for bed really easy. Overall Kaden is a great kid, no complaints... but when he's extra good and extra silly... it makes for a fun evening. He's growing so fast, with new words forming every day... his new love is PUMPKIN PIE!!! He devoured a sliver of pie I gave him tonight. I can't wait for the family to come down and see Kaden in his element... they haven't been down for a little while. Happy Thanksgiving blogging world!

Future Worship Leader

Kaden has always loved worship and music. Even in the womb he was dancing during worship! And now we make sure he's part of the singing worship at church. We pick him up from the nursery early and he's quite the charismatic one! Anyways... Joel got a little video of him rocking out on his guitar! It's pretty cute when he starts to stomp his feet and do the little head bopping thing!!! We love that he enjoys music and that he especially loves worship music.

Dance Party with K-Man

Kaden has always loved music... it quiets him down when it needs to and pumps him up when he needs it. He dances, sings, claps, worships. He will hear a part of the song and know what it is and starts doing hand motions to it... it's very awesome! We especially love when he's worshiping, he raises his hands, claps and says "Jesus". It's pretty much crazy. Anyways... tonight we had a dance party. He has beat and rhythm... if you watch carefully you will see him actually stop to listen for the beat and get back on it. He has different dance styles too. He brings so much joy to our lives with his all of his dance parties! Hopefully this video brings you a little joy to your day!

ALOHA!

Ever since we got back from Hawaii in August we have truly missed the people, the culture, the beaches... so, as we were eating in a Hawaiian restaurant with a friend, the waitress mentioned we could get Malasadas (yummmy donut type dessert) at the Hawaiian Holiday Bazaar in Vancouver. We quickly went home and looked it up and decided we needed to go. So, today in the midst of the down pour we got on our Aloha shirts and slippas and trekked to Vancouver... we ate some tastes of the island and watched some fun hula. The little kids were so cute doing the hula. We now miss the island culture... and trying to get the Tran family to Hawaii for the holidays! :)

Seattle Weekend

We went to Seattle last weekend because Joel was asked to candidate for an associate pastor position. So, as Joel was leading Bible studies, helping with the Harvest Party and preaching on Sunday... Lisa and Kaden mainly hung out with the family. We sure miss all of our friends and family up there. We aren't sure about the position but it was a great experience to walk through as a family. Please continue to pray for us as we seek where God wants us to serve.

H-A-double L-O-W-double E-N

There were several festivities we were a part of this year for Halloween. The week before our church, Mosaic, had a Halloween party with lots of games, treats, and cute little kiddos running around. Then we spend the actual Halloween weekend up in Seattle. We did the first trick or treating around Auntie April's neighborhood, then went to Lisa's parents church for a harvest party and then ended the night at Grandma and Grandpa's neighborhood for some additional trick or treating... we really only visited the three neighboring houses to say hi to the neighbors that Lisa grew up with.

Kaden was a little freaked out with the scary ghosts and goblins, the flashing lights, and witch cackling. Every other house was a good house with nice pumpkins and the others were met with a crying toddler. Kaden did have a good time seeing other kids running around and he likes candy...oops! He spent the first part of the night with a new friend, Hadriel and ended the night with his buddy, Kaleb! Overall fun weekend...