O-S-U... Oregon State: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

Momma had a day off on Friday from all her event craziness and so we packed up the car and headed south! We went to Dadda's school-Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. We heard about all the hang out places, what the food was like, what was the sports stats. I think Kaden is ready for college life... chillin in the lounge with his coffee... :)

We saw LOTS of bikes, trains, buses and everything in between...Kaden was in heaven. Kaden sporting his new OSU shirt and hat... we galavanted around campus. Last stop was Reser Stadium before we packed back into the car to head home. To our surprise the stadium was open and the team was practicing. We got to go all the way down the field.

We saw all of the stars... and Kaden picked up some moves too... here's a little video from our day...

Luau Party

To celebrate Kaden's second birthday we threw him a luau! It seemed fitting since this year was when we went to Hawaii and fell in love with all things Hawaiian, not that we didn't love all things Hawaiian before our trip...we even had grand schemes of digging a hole in the ground to roast a pig... with our financial situation we decided we would just cook it in the oven. :)

It was a great time hanging with friends and family! Thank you for all that came or sent well wishes! 75 people came through our house... couldn't have asked for better weather! Even baby Landin made his first appearance to a To-Banker party!!!

The bounce house was going, the food was flowing, the drinks were consumed, snacks were everywhere...and the laughter was abundant! We partied well into the night even after the birthday boy crashed and fell asleep!

Kaden's day started with his momma and dadda going for a three mile run... Kaden hung out with Uncle Kai and Di Di (Auntie Lori)... they took him to the park, the mall, jamba, lunch and drove around until he fell asleep! All part of the grand plan! He woke up right after the first guest arrived... ready to party! The party started at three and I think Kaden was in the bounce house for the first four hours!!! hahaha!!! He came out of the bounce house to eat mac salad, teriyaki chicken, pulled pork, spam-musibi and some haupia cake! He also reappeared to open present!!!

Overall great weekend full of love and joy! Happy birthday Kaden! You are a precious gift from God to us!!!

TWO!!!!

Happy second birthday Kaden!!! (in an hour) Wow... we have a two year old. Our really good friends, Mike and Liz had their baby this week and that just brought back so many memories of waiting for Kaden to arrive and the first few weeks.... months... and seeing the little baby and looking at my big baby! Kaden has been growing leaps and bounds... he keeps hitting his head on the kitchen counter and tables... his vocabulary has been growing leaps and bounds too. His words are getting more and more clear every day! I do double takes sometimes hearing him use his words. He's been so fun and has a great imagination, especially when he's playing with his cars or trains. He loves books! (or he likes to stall before bed time with books) Just kidding... sometimes we find him in his room reading his book to himself with sound effects and all! :) We have him on "your baby can read" program... yeah...all those informercials-we haven't seen an informercial-but we came across the program and thought it looked interesting... we think it works... Kaden can read a good 10 words... then he becomes silly and just says that all the words we are pointing to is "hi". That's his default!!! :)

It's been such a delight to be Kaden's parents. And are very thankful that there are MANY people in Kaden's world that love him and pray for him and care for him... Tonight when we were praying and I said "Amen" kaden looked at me and said "More Jesus"... so, I prayed some more...that melted my heart! Time sure flies when you have a little one! I am so very grateful for every minute we have with him... the good, the sad, the terrible twos! :) And to answer the famous question now: NO... we are not having another kiddo soon! :) Unless you can find Joel a job! hahahah!!! So, if you love Kaden and want more little Tos running around... find him a job! hehehhe! Alright... here's some pictures of Kaden opening some early birthday presents! (I love his cheesy smile!!! It makes me laugh every time!)

Happy Birthday Kaden... we love you very much! May God show you "more Jesus" every day of your life and that you fall deeply in love with him, like He is with you!