Caywood Events

Halloween 2011

2011-11-03T15:52:00.000-07:00

Lucas and his friend Alex. Lucas is the werewolf. They decided they needed candy too.

Brayden went as Captain Jack Sparrow.

Addison was a ladybug. She wasn't scared at all. She was running house to house. Brayden and his friend Aaron could not keep up.

This is Brayden and his 4th grade class after their Halloween parade. He got his braces off after the parade. It was in plenty of time to eat all that sticky candy.

This is Addison and her preschool teacher.

This is Addison and some of her classmates!

the beach and fishin

2010-12-17T06:04:00.000-08:00

Lucas's favorite hobby is fishing. He would go everyday if we let him. This was his first go at trout fishing.

We went to the lake this summer with our good friends the Neuschafers. Jen, Addie, Maddox, and I spent some time on the beach while the others were in the boat.

It was so hot that day at the beach. You couldn't even walk on the sand without shoes.

Halloween 2010

2010-12-17T05:55:00.000-08:00

Addison was a sunflower for Halloween this year.

Brayden was Dan from Bakugon for Halloween.

Brayden, Addie, and dad did their annual pumpkin carving.

Addie never wants to stick her hand in the pumpkin and dig out the guts.

We went the the local farmers market to pick out our pumpkins.

2010-12-17T05:41:00.000-08:00

Lucas played soccer this fall!

He was part of the JV team.

We took the kids to the state fair this year again. We only went one night so they could go on the rides.

The swings were not one of my favorite rides as a kid, but Brayden' s stomach doesn't seam to mind.

Dad and the kids always do the slide. It is a tradition.

This is the night they announced all the teens doing fall sports. They had over 40 boys on the soccer team this year.

We had to get a pic with the kids and Chase before they said good-bye.

Cousins Lucas and Chase.

Aunt Janell and Chase come to visit

2010-12-17T05:27:00.000-08:00

Chase is having fun at the water park!

We visited the Hutchinson Zoo to see all the animals.

We took the kids for a ride in the train.

Aunt Janell and Chase ready for our ride on the train.

We went to the fire station to visit Counsin Jim and see all the big fire trucks.

Uncle Jim even let us spray the fire hose.

Addie and Chase took turns pushing each other around in the doll stroller.

Addie and Chase just goofing around!

First day of school

2010-12-17T05:25:00.000-08:00

Lucas is starting his freshman year in high school this year.

Brayden is a 3rd grader this year! He is super excited to see his friends again.

a weekend at mom and dads

2010-08-04T13:50:00.001-07:00

The kids always have fun going to the farm to visit mom and dad. This time they had 3 different sets of kittens. One set was born while we were there. Brayden insisted on bringing one home. Of course we didn't bring one home. One dog is enough!

The kids had fun playing with the well. I thought it dried up along time ago but I guess not. They spent at least an hour pumping water to fill the water table.

family and good friends

2010-08-04T13:43:00.000-07:00

We got to help our good friend Shivawn celebrate her birthday! God has blessed us with great friends and family!

Jen, Shivawn, and I

We have had many friends over this summer to swim. I finally got a picture of some of our friends. Our friend Shawna came with Mallory, Wyatt, and Lynsdey to swim. We stopped for our ice cream break.

We were very excited to see Uncle John, Aunt Marjorie, and cousins Jessica and Laura. I had to get a pic with Laura and Jessica before they left for California. I hope someday to make it to California to visit them.

4th of July

2010-08-04T13:40:00.001-07:00

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Caywood's on the 4th of July. We went to help celebrate Grandpa Caywood's birthday.

I had to get that picture!

Brayden's 9th Birthday with family and friends

2010-08-04T13:36:00.000-07:00

Brayden invited 10 friends to help celebrate his 9th birthday and 5 made it! He had a good time!

We had grandma and grandpa Caywood over on his actual birthday for supper and cake. It helped make his birthday special.

Father's Day

2010-08-04T13:27:00.000-07:00

We painted bird houses for Brayden's birthday party. The kids had fun painting and stamping on them. I always try to have a craft for them to do when we get together.

I could not find someone to make his cake so we had to get one from Walmart and this is what he picked out. I am not talented like my sisters in decorating cakes.

The kids had a good time swimming!

Father's Day was also Brayden's birthday party with the Markley side of the family. We had a fun filled day by the pool!

It is not often that I get to spend Father's Day with my dad since it is Scott's special day. It was nice to have dad here to help make his day special too. Love you dad!

Yellowstone National Park vacation pics

2010-07-05T18:10:00.000-07:00

There were buffalo everywhere! We got to see them up close and personal.

I am horribly scared of heights but the views were just awesome. Scott thought it was funny I didn't want to get close to the sides when we were up high.

The sulfur pits were quite stinky! The kids quickly walked by them complaining about the smell all the way.

The lake was beautiful! All Lucas could think about was fishing.

I took this leaving the park. We didn't get to see part of the park because it was closed due to snow but what we saw was awesome.

All the roads going in and out and around Yellowstone looked just like this. All the trees lined the roads. It was so hard to come back to flat Kansas after seeing all the beatiful views.

Lucas actually let me take a picture of him in front of Old Faithful. The kids didn't like waiting for the water to spray out. It happens about every hour.

Old Faithful was the last thing we saw in the park.

Addison was all decked out in her winter gear for us to watch Old Faithful.

We did get to see a bear!

And we got to see elk.

This is one of my favorite pics I took of the falls.

This is a view of the falls without the trees in the way. It is still beautiful.

Another picture of the lake.

We saw thousands of buffalo. And lots of baby ones too.

More stinky sulfur pits.

This is what Addison did as we walked by the sulfur pits. She got quite a few giggles.

We were walking around the streams. We liked looking at the rapids.

Addison and I were sitting along the bridge checking out the views. It is one of the first things we saw coming into the park.

vacation pictures of Mt Rushmore

2010-07-05T17:56:00.000-07:00

We were getting ready to leave Mt. Rushmore and saw these mountain goats up close.

Scott and the boys climbed the 200 and some steps to get close to Mt. Rushmore and were treated with ice cream afterwards. Addison and I opted out and just climbed back the stairs we already came down.

It is incredible what a good zoom lense can do. You can look right up his nose. HA HA!

Lucas's paintball party

2010-07-05T17:54:00.000-07:00

Lucas's 8th grade graduation

2010-07-05T14:41:00.000-07:00

We can't believe we will have a high school student this next year. We are very proud of him. He did very well especially his last 9 weeks of school. He participated in soccer, band, choir, and track. His freshman year he will participate in soccer and band. I am not sure if track is in his future plans but he definitely isn't going to participate in choir.

8th grade track (Lucas)

2010-07-05T14:34:00.000-07:00

Lucas did the hurdles at almost all the track meets he attended. We enjoyed watching him compete in this event. He did very well in the 100 meter and 200 meter hurdles. He also participated in the 4 by 100 meter relay and the 100 meter dash at some of the track meets.

He seamed to glide over the hurdles! He was just the right height. He reminds me all the time he has passed me in height. He is quite proud of this fact.

Spring soccer for Brayden

2010-07-05T14:28:00.000-07:00

Both boys love soccer. Brayden played soccer this spring with the YMCA. At 2nd grade they still have boys and girls play together. He does a very good job.

Easter 2010

2010-07-05T14:19:00.000-07:00

Brayden was excited about all the eggs he got at the Easter egg hunt in Denmark.

Big brother Lucas helped Addison with her egg hunt. He wanted to make sure she got plenty eggs to share with him.

This is the first time daddy came to the Easter egg hunt. He usually stays back at the house with grandpa. I wanted his help so I could take pictures.

It was so windy that day! But the kids still had fun!

Cousin Cora was anxiously awaiting to start the hunt.

We just got to the Easter egg hunt in Denmark and the kids were marching up to see what was going on.

Addison being silly

2010-03-03T06:01:00.000-08:00

Addison was playing dress up before bed one night.

She fixed her own hair. Isn't it just beautiful?

Lucas is 14

2010-03-03T05:56:00.001-08:00

Lucas got a paintball gun for his birthday!

He is having his paintball party this weekend. He can't wait.

Lucas turned 14 on the 25th of February.

Addison's 3rd birthday parties

2010-01-20T06:57:00.000-08:00

She wanted a princess birthday this year. So she had a princess barbie cake.

She is showing you her birthday tatoos.

She got alot of fun things for her birthday. Lots and lots of littlest pet shop toys. She also got this cute scarf that a friends mom made.

This is Addison is her birthday outfit. My friend Melissa made the shirt and bow.

We gave her a build a bear Hello Kitty for her birthday.

This is Addison and cousin Brook's party and grandma and grandpa's house.

Addison was feeling a little sick at her party. She had a bad cold.

The kids made candy necklaces and ate them shortly after.

I had a tea party with the girls. It was fun to dress up and have "tea" and crackers.

bball and ......

2010-01-20T06:48:00.000-08:00

Brayden is playing Y basketball. His team only has 6 kids so he gets alot of playing time. He gets to be point guard alot. He is a pretty good little player.

Addison was being silly one morning. I had to take a picture!

New member of the family

2010-01-20T06:39:00.000-08:00

We got a dog before the end of the year. I really wanted to have a puppy under the tree for the kids to see on Christmas morning but that is alot harder than it seams. So this is Roscoe the Pugle. He is 4 months old. We are potty training right now and it is harder than potty training a child. He is a pretty good dog. He is also pretty calm for a puppy, but he finds every little thing on the floor that he is not suppose to have. I have to make sure all the floors stay picked up or it ends up in his mouth.

All the kids love him but are already fighting over who's turn it is to take him out.

The dog sleeps in Lucas's room and he gets up in the night and takes him out if need be. He is the one really pushing to get a dog. We have never had a dog in the house before so it is a different experience for us.

Addison's big girl bed

2010-01-20T06:35:00.000-08:00

Addison got a big girl bed for Christmas and her birthday. As you can tell she loves her new bed. She is holding her favorite baby! A friend gave us this baby. I think she likes it because it is chubby.

Christmas Day 2009

2009-12-28T07:11:00.000-08:00

So good to be with family at Christmas.

Brook is watching Brayden play DS.

This is our nephew Miles playing with his new car.

Addison is helping Lucas open his gift from grandpie and grandmie.

Brayden got a GIJoe DS game.

Brayden is checking out what Brook got for Christmas.

Addison got an UNO game.

Cora got a beanbag from Santa this year. She was really excited about it.

Miles smiled all day long on Christmas day.

Aunt Misti was reading books to Miles and Addison.

Christmas morning

2009-12-28T07:07:00.001-08:00

Lucas got some games and movies for his PSP!

Addison got a Snow White barbie and horse from Santa.

Brayden got some DS games and GIJoes. As you can see he was very excited.

Christmas Eve with grandma and grandpa

2009-12-28T06:57:00.000-08:00

Grandpa and grandma came to spend the day with us. We had our big ham meal, opened presents, and went to Christmas Eve service. The only thing that would have made it better was if Brad and family would have been here.

Lucas is never a willing participant when it it time to take pictures.

Addison's new haircut

2009-12-28T06:52:00.000-08:00

2009-12-28T06:02:00.000-08:00

I took a picture of Addison with her stocking.

I took a pic of Brayden too by his stocking, but of course Lucas did not want his picture taken with his.

Brayden and Addison just love to get their picture taken together! They play so well together.

I wanted to get a few pics of Addison by the Christmas tree.

Christmas 09 in front of the tree. It was wonderful time with the kids this year. God has blessed us greatly this year. We are thankful for all he has given us. We are most thankful for the birth of his son Jesus. Children are such a blessing!

2009-12-06T14:24:00.000-08:00

We went to Millenium Park in Chicago. It was quite cold but a fun trip.

I enjoyed watching the kids skating. All I could think was the kids would love to skate here. They only time I have been ice skating I never got too far from the edge.

This was at Millenium Park. Interesting is all I have to say about it.

This was I want to say alligator snapping turtle. It was quite unique. This was at the Shedd Aquarium. If you go to Chicago you have to visit the aquarium.

They had a awesome show with penguins, whales, dolphins, eagle, and a walrus. If you sat on the bottom row you got to pet the penguins.

The view was just beautiful.

We got the experience riding the bus in Chicago. It was not as scary as I thought it would be.

This was the fruit turkey Aunt Misti made for Thanksgiving. I thought it deserved a picture. I thought it was quite amazing.

I took some pictures of Addison before church one day out on the deck. She is always a willing participant.

Mom finally got in one picture. Actually Scott tries to take pictures of me all the time but I am always resistant. You know bad hair days and everything.

2009-12-06T14:21:00.000-08:00

Lucas's deer that he got this weekend.

2009-12-06T14:12:00.000-08:00

This is the kids at the Christmas parade. I had to get ready for the craft fair but dad was so great to take the kids out for some fun!

This is Sophie! She was our dog for a few days only. She was a sweet dog but too active to be a house dog. She will make someone a great dog. We are still hoping to add a dog to our family.

Halloween at grandma's

2009-12-06T13:55:00.000-08:00

This is grandma and Addison eating Aunt Misti's birthday cake.

Lucas, Scott, Brayden and Uncle Thayne were playing washers. It was so nice outside Halloween weekend.

Aunt Misti and I took turns pulling the kids in the wagon. It was a workout.

Addison and Cora were waiting for their turn in the wagon. All the kids did well waiting their turns.

We took the kids to great grandma and grandpa's for trick or treating. We try to go back to mom and dads every year that Halloween falls on a weekend. The weather was so nice. They actually got to go door to door. We don't do that in Hutchinson. It is too big and we usually go to our church Fall Festival.

Grandpa took the kids trick or treating down the street on the ranger. They thought that was pretty cool.

Lucas was just enjoying the outdoors and the animals at grandma and grandpas house. Of course he is too old to trick or treat but was a great help with his younger siblings.

I took a picture of Addison and Brayden before we went trick or treating.

2009-12-06T11:09:00.000-08:00

Lucas at his marching band performance at the Buhler High School football game.

Brayden's Halloween parade at school.

Addison fell asleep watching TV. I guess she really was tired.

She decided to feed her baby noodles.

Lucas got whistled at while we were taking these pictures.

Brayden was a ninja for Halloween.

Addison was Minnie Mouse for Halloween this year. She loved the costume because it was pink.

I took some pictures at the park one day. I wish it would have been a little later then the light would have better.

This is my favorite picture of Addison this fall.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-12T16:33:00.000-07:00

We picked out our pumpkins and were ready to go. I had the kids pose by the old truck.

Addie had the best time pumping water and watching the bucket tip over.

This is all the closer Addie wanted to get to the sheep. She never actually pets any animals but likes to look at them.

Daddy and Addison were walking on top of the bails.

The kids were playing in the sand!

Addison was peeking out the window of the playhouse at the pumpkin patch.

My kids love to swing. We need a swing set in our backyard.

This is Addison riding the bucking bull with her friend Bella.

Brayden and Aaron were trying to rope the steer. They neve quite

We went to the pumpkin patch in Turon. We went last year for the first time and had alot of fun so we decided to go back this year. I am glad we went when we did because it is getting cold.

Lucas playing soccer!

2009-10-12T16:21:00.000-07:00

Lucas's team had a winning season! He had his last game today. They won almost every game, tied 2 games, and only lost one. He said he scored a goal today and he did the last game too. I couldn't go to his last game because Brayden was sick today.

He mostly played midfield. He likes playing forward the best because he thinks that position gives him the best opportunity to score a goal. He played Ateam this year. He started about half the time. There were over 50 kids on the team this year. Only 16 made the Ateam. We love to watch him play.

It is funny to see his facial expressions when he is playing. He has such an intense look on his face.

2009-10-12T16:00:00.000-07:00

Addison and daddy were waiting to get on the ferris wheel!

This is Addison after she got off the train ride. She loved the ride but didn't like the carny. I was right there but she kept saying " mommy get me"!

This is Addison on the Train ride. She loved it!

Brayden went on this ride with him friend Wyatt.

Addison and her friends Mallory and Lyndsey went on the elephant ride.

I got a couple of quick picture of Addison and Brayden before church one Sunday.

Summer fun and Brayden's baptism!

2009-08-22T12:03:00.000-07:00

Addison has been in potty training mode for about 3 days now and has not had an accident with pottying yet, but we haven't gotten the other thing down yet.

This is Brayden's car collection from the Cars movie. The kids really have a good time playing with the cars!

This is Addison with her favorite baby! She is going to be a great mommy someday.

Lucas started school this last Thursday. I can't believe he is an 8th grader.

Brayden started school Monday. He seams to like his teacher and is making new friends.

Signs of summer. Gaedderts corn on the cob. Yum, yum!

Another sign of summer. SUN DRESSES! It is fun to buy dresses for little girls!

We always have fun in our pool. The kids love to have their friends over to come splash in the pool.

Brayden learned how to do a back flip off the diving board this summer.

Brayden was baptized this summer! We are very proud of him for making that step.

This is Addison playing dress up with her friend Lyndsey.

Saying good-bye to Uncle Brad and Family

2009-08-22T12:01:00.000-07:00

4th of July in Fairbury

2009-08-22T11:45:00.000-07:00

My friend made Addison's outfit for the 4th. It was so cute!

I had the kids pose for a quick pic after we got back from Misti's house! We had a good time going to the flea market and fireworks! We wish the rest of the family could have been there to enjoy the fun.

It was sprinkling a little so we had to move under vans to watch the fireworks.

Brook didn't like the loud fireworks! She was so cute!

Mile's just kept scooting off the blanket. He was getting pretty mobile. He was happy the whole night and even fell asleep during the fireworks.

My kids loved the sparklers. We made Lucas do some. He was so thrilled.

Addison kept it as far away from her as she could.

Ranger Ride

2009-08-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

Addison loves to ride the ranger with grandpa! She kept begging him for more rides. It is one of the grandkids favorite things to do when they go to grandpa and grandma's house.

Fathers Day

2009-08-22T11:41:00.000-07:00

Lucas was at mom and dads 4 weeks this summer and he happen to be gone Fathers Day as well. We took a quick pic before church.

Brayden's birthday parties

2009-08-22T11:32:00.000-07:00

This is the party at grandma and grandpa Markley's house!

This is Brayden's friend birthday party with friends! He had 7 friends over for a pool party. Lot of fun, sun, cake and ice cream.

This is Brayden's party with grandma and grandpa Caywood. We were suppose to have his swim party that day but it got rained out so grandma and grandpa helped us eat the wonderful cake Kristi Nuest made for him.

Caywood family pics

2009-08-22T11:26:00.000-07:00

We wanted to get some pictures while Brad, Janell, and Chase were up this summer. I thought they turned out pretty good. Thanks to Christina for taking the pics for us!

Summer 2009

2009-06-17T05:46:00.000-07:00

Enjoying some ice cream on a hot summer day!

Lucas wanted his picture taken for facebook so he was kind of smiling.

Our middle one got his first set of glasses! He is excited now but I am sure it will wear off.

I am so excited that I finally figures out how to take good action shots with my new camera. That is the whole reason I bought the nicer camera. Kids are always moving. All the kids love the trampoline.

It took Addison awhile before she felt comfortable jumping without help. Now you can hardly get her off the thing.

Addison loves to help me water the flowers. She does not water the whole plant just the individual flower on the plants.

Most of the time she waters the rocks.

Or she waters her foot.......

or waters the frog.........

Here the awesome deck Scott built this summer. He has been really busy this summer replacing fencing, building the deck, and doing new landscaping. He is so handy!

Lucas loves to play leap frog over Addison. Surprisingly she does not mind.

This is my favorite picture of Addison this summer. I took this of Addison after church on our new deck.

Lucas is hugging his sister to death!

We went to the park to play one night and I got Brayden to stop for a moment on the playground for a quick pic.

Scott and Lucas played catch with the football at the park.

Grandma and grandpa stopped by to say hi. I got a quick pic while they were here.

It is never a good thing when you have 3 kids and 2 beaters. We didn't even tell Lucas this time about the beaters.

Fishing with grandpa and Lucas's big catch!

2009-06-10T18:40:00.000-07:00

Lucas caught 14 fish in one hour. I only caught 2 and and grandpa 3 that time. Lucas loves to fish!

Salina Zoo Memorial Weekend

2009-06-10T18:30:00.000-07:00

Addison

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Our trip to Omaha and the Omaha Zoo

2009-05-10T12:51:00.000-07:00

The aquarium is the best part of the zoo. It was our second trip to this zoo and we still didn't get to see everything.

We went to the petting zoo but Addison wouldn't go near any of the animals. She stuck to daddy like glue.

Lucas's spring band concert

2009-05-10T12:48:00.000-07:00

I think there are around 200 kids in the 7th and 8th grade band. We went to Lucas's band concert last Thursday night. Both sets of grandparents were able to come. Lucas plays the trumpet!

Addison with her friends

2009-05-10T12:44:00.000-07:00

This is Addison with her friend Gracie. I have been watching Gracie and her baby sister since this fall. Addison just loves it when Gracie comes over to play!

This is Addison with her other friend Gracie. I watch her and her sister Brenna occasionally as well. She always gets excited when friends come to play.

Saying goodbye to Chase and Janell and Addison taking her first picture!

2009-05-05T19:23:00.000-07:00

I saw a flash of light coming from Addison's room. She was in her room with daddies camera taking her own pictures. When I asked her what she was doing she said, mommy I'm taking pictures!

Lucas was trying to get Chase to smile. We got to see Chase and Aunt Janell one more time before they went back to England.

We got in a couple games while Aunt Janell was here. She is always up for playing games.

Huge snow storm in Kansas

2009-05-05T19:03:00.000-07:00

Addison didn't want to go in.

Brayden came in after 5 minutes of rolling around in the snow. Our kids had never seen this much snow. I think if I remember right we got around 18 inches.

Big brother Lucas pulled Addison around on the sled since the snow was to tall for her to walk around in.

Look at the snow drift compared to Addison.

Brayden was wishing he had a real snowsuit but mom tried to tell him coveralls are much warmer. He was just glad to be going out in the snow.

Easter day pictures

2009-05-05T18:56:00.000-07:00

I really loved the dress I got for Addison this Easter. It is my first purchase from Gymboree.

Addison loves her daddy!

It was hard to get Lucas to take a picture with his mom.

Not sure why all our Easter morning pictures have red eyes.

Brayden was very excited about what he got for Easter!

Copper's last pictures

2009-05-05T18:51:00.001-07:00

Our family dog Copper died just a month ago. He had been part of our family for 10 years. We got Copper when he was 6 months olds and our oldest Lucas was just 3 years old. He was deathly afraid of dogs so we decided to get one of our own to cure that. Copper was a wonderful pet and is so very missed. Each of our kids loved him very much as well as Scott and I. We said our goodbyes and shed many tears. We are very glad he does not have to suffer anymore.

Easter pictures

2009-05-05T14:48:00.001-07:00

Here is Addison playing outside on her little wiggle car. Lucas is really good and takes her outside to play every chance he gets. She loves to be outside and just recently has figured out how to open the door. The other day we were working in the house and noticed Addison was gone. We looked around and the little stinker had gone outside and got her wiggle car out of the garage and was at the end of the drive way just playing. I am thankful we do not live on a busy street. She was only out there for a minute or so. They are quick at this age. Now we lock the big door too. She has not figured out that lock yet.

Here is Brayden playing one of his soccer games. We missed half the games this year but he enjoyed the games we did make it to. He is a good little player.

Lucas loves his little sister.

I thought Addison looked especially cute this day and wanted to share the photo with you.

Brayden was just getting ready to find his eggs and grandma and grandpa's house but decided to sample the Easter basket goodies first.

Addison wanted to stop after picking up just one egg. She knew what was inside. I had to talk her into picking up more eggs. I think big brother Lucas ate most of her candy!

Here are all the grandkids at the Denmark Easter egg hunt. Lucas helped me with Addison and Brayden for I could not be in 2 places at once. Gage did not get in this picture because he was off playing but I thought it was a cute picture of most of the grandkids.

Addison, Raegen, and Gage had their shirts taken off so they wouldn't get the mess on their clothes. This was Addison's first time to decorate eggs. She really enjoyed it.

We decorated eggs and Grandma and Grandpa Markley's house the Sat. before Easter.

San Antonio Motorcycle Trip

2009-03-28T17:13:00.000-07:00

Last weekend a group of guys from church and I headed down to San Antonio for a weekend trip. Overall we rode a little over 1500 miles in 4 days. Had a blast!

Picture just as we were getting ready to leave the Drury Inn at San Antonio. The hotel was down on the river walk.

Stopped for lunch

Getting ready to head out Friday morning. Nice 50 degrees and overcast. Little chilly for the first leg of our trip.

Total there were nine of us that went.

Scott and my trip to Kansas City with Holli and Matt

2009-03-23T18:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Joe's Crab Shack to eat some seafood.

We had fun playing and meeting the boys. We hope someday they can meet our kiddos.

Noah was so nice and sent Pokemon cards for Brayden. That was very nice of him to share.

We had a fun evening visiting with cousin Todd and his family and Uncle Jim and Aunt Eileen.

More Wichita Zoo pics

2009-03-23T17:57:00.001-07:00

This is right when we got to the Zoo.

Trip to the Wichita Zoo

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The kids enjoyed watching the Gorilla. The Gorilla didn't seam to mind them.

Lucas and Chase

2009-03-23T17:42:00.001-07:00

Lucas was just saying good-bye to baby Chase.

Aunt Janell and baby Chase comes to visit!

2009-03-09T18:24:00.001-07:00

Esther loves the babies. You can tell she is a good grandma!

Addison and Great Grandma Caywood.

Lyndsey enjoying time with the family. We had an extended family get together so everyone could meet baby Chase.

Brayden is enjoying time at the park in Salina.

Aunt Holli thought it would be a great picture and I think it turned out pretty good. It just looks like Addison is choking Chase. He doesn't seam to mind.

Addie and Raegen taking a twirl on the merry go round.

Aunt Holli and Aunt Janell seeing a couple of birds getting it on. Notice their reactions.

Addison feeding the ducks.

Addison, Raegen, and Brayden feeding the ducks. They weren't to hungry though. It was such a nice day on Friday so we decided to go to the park and feed the ducks and check out the playground.

We met Holli and Raegen at Martinelli's in Salina.

It was cracking me up how Raegen and gage were eating and enjoying their spagetti.

We went to the park Thursday afternoon after the kids got out of school. We thought we would go to the Hutchinson Zoo but didn't have enough time so we headed on over to the local park.

Aunt Janell and baby Chase enjoying the slide.

Addison enjoying the slide. She went down the first couple of times with Brayden but soon was on her own. She is not scared at all.

Addison and Chase just hanging out. She wanted to lay by him on the floor.

Addison quickly warmed up to Aunt Janell.

I just couldn't get enough pictures of Chase. He is so cute.

Grandpa Don enjoying time with his grandkids.

Addison and Chase enjoy a sunny Wednesday afternoon.

Addison and Chase on our shopping spree Wednesday.

Lucas's 13th birthday with the Caywoods.

Chase just chilling on the floor.

Lucas's 13th birthday with the Markley's

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Of course he loves fire like Uncle Brad. If you can't tell his cake was an IPOD. What do you do for a 13th birthday cake?

Gage was taste testing the cake. He knew just where to sit.

Mom and her oldest grandson, Lucas!

Lucas turns 13, Daddy & Addie, Addison and big brother Brayden

2009-02-26T11:04:00.000-08:00

Addison loves her big brother. She tries to be with him from the minute he gets home until he goes to bed. Anytime dad says the word motorcycle Addison is ready to go. Scott takes her for rides around the block. She wants to go further but she is not big enough yet. She is even younger than Lucas the first time he road the motorcycle.

Our baby turned 13 yesterday. I can hardly believe it. He would be upset at me calling him my baby but I still remember when he was a baby. He was excited to get his PSP on his birthday. Family called and told him Happy Birthday and we took him out to eat. He wanted to go to Village Inn. Scott was sick but went anyway for Lucas's sake.

Scott and the kids.

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Addison loves her daddy. She is a dads little girl! She is all about snuggling and kisses. I got lots of kisses and hugs when I got back from my trip this weekend.

Scott was just fooling around with the kids and the camera. I thought this picture turned out good.

Lucas's 13th birthday party with friends

2009-02-22T16:29:00.001-08:00

Scott took Lucas, Trevor, and Tristan to Sports Zone in Wichita for Lucas's 13th birthday party with friends. They played miniature golf. When I asked Lucas who won he said they did not keep score.

They also tried rock climbing. I asked Lucas if he made it to the top but he said he is afraid of heights. Scott said he almost made it there.

I think their favorite thing was the go carts. I asked Scott why he didn't get a picture of them in the go carts and he said he was in the go carts the whole time with them. I am glad it was warm enough for them to do the go carts.

Lazor tag was also on the agenda. I guess Scott won this game. I am glad I talked Scott into doing the stuff with them. It would have been a long afternoon for him to just stand back and watch. He is just a big kid at heart anyway. I love him to pieces!

Brandi to Manhattan with friends from high school!

2009-02-22T16:13:00.001-08:00

I showed Crystal, Sunny, Missy, and Lisa how to make the little photo books at our weekend getaway. They all turned out great. Thank you Missy for letting us stay with you this weekend.

We ate lunch at Kites down at Aggieville. Good food good fun.

Our first stop for the day was at a spa to get some pedicures. Afterwards we went to Aggieville to eat and shop. I got some KState stuff for the family. We visited a fun jewelry store and got some great deals on some cool jewelry. We watched the mens KState game on the tube. And basically hung out and caught up on the last 16 years. It was fun and I am so glad we got together. We will have to do it again really soon. We were all such good friends in high school and the girls are still such wonderful people. Thanks girls for a great weekend.

Playing around and Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T18:40:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of the new bike. Can't wait to get out and ride. Little different than my other one, huh Brad? It was great talking with you!

Daddy and his little Valentine! She has become quite the daddy's girl.

Brayden and Addison showing off their Valentines they got from Aunt Holli! They were excited to open the box and see that she sent cookies. Their responses were ooh and alright!

It is easy to find holiday clothes for girls but not so easy for boys and even harder to get the boys to dress up in anything special.

Here is the balloon Addison got from Grammy and Grampy Markely. They sent money for the boys and we decided we would go see a movie with their money but when we went to see Mall Cop tonight it was sold out so we will have to try tomorrow.

Here is daddies new toy. He is very happy with his new purchase!

Addison loves to rock her baby but always goes for the booster and not the actual rocking chair.

Here is Addison displaying her heart outfit she got for her birthday. It is very warm and fuzzy.

Addison and her friend Gracie are playing dress up. It cracks me up that Gracie has a flower in her mouth. She likes to watch princess movies can you tell.

Brayden is very excited to get his Chick Hicks Hauler. He used some of his birthday money and some money he got for Christmas to buy it.

Mommy had to take a picture of Addison in her overalls. Once we start potty training there will be no more overalls.

Addison's second birthday party with the Markley family.

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Mom and Misti taking a break for a picture! Mom always made our birthdays special by making our favorite meal and dessert. She made our cakes when we were little but as we get older our requests go to pies and other goodies.

Brook is enjoying her Care Bear cake that Misti made for her. She will be 3 on Thursday. Happy Birthday Brook!

Aunt Holli is getting her baby time in with Miles.

The men in our family just don't want to get their pictures taken. Of course I am getting all their pictures while they are trying to eat.

Uncle Matt wouldn't even look at the camera. Shame on you Uncle Matt!

Grandpa had to have both kinds of cake even though he said he was so full from supper.

Holli and I wanted to get a quick pic too.

Holli got dad to give me a smile.

Here is Lucas chowing down on his ice cream but never got to his cake.

Dad is helping Addison with her cake and ice cream while mom is taking the pics.

I wanted to get a picture of all the kids so everyone can see how full mom and dads house is when we are all there. Talk about crazy. I brought balloons for the kids to play with, soon after we blew them up I realized that was probably not a great idea after all.

When we have more than one birthday in a month we try to have one big party for us all the get together. So this month Addison and Brook are the lucky ones. Addison had another Elmo cake, but it was chocolate this time. Brook had her Care Bear cake and it was white. Misti is always good at making her kids cakes. I hired mine done. I am not talented that way.

Addison is really getting into the opening presents thing. She gots some dress up clothes, books, and other exciting things. She did well for not feeling the best.

Aunt Holli puts pics of the kids on top of their presents so they know which one is theirs.

Mom wanted to get a quick pic of Addison in her birthday hat. I got a hat for Brook too. They are made really well so the girls can play dress up in them for the rest of the year.

Addison's second birthday

2009-01-13T13:34:00.001-08:00

I was very excited to make Addison's birthday banner and birthday invitations.

She couldn't quite blow out the candles so Maddox had to help.

Arika was nice and read her cards for her.

Daddy helped Addison open her gifts. She got lots of fun things to play with!

Addison loves Elmo. So I guess that is why we decided to have an Elmo party. We had grandma and grandpa Caywood, Jeff, Shivawn, Arika, Alyssa Garcia, and Maddox, Alexis, and Kayli over for cake and ice cream.

She is showing Lucas her Elmo cake and Lucas is trying keep her from getting in the cake. All day she kept saying, ""I want my cake. It was hard for her to wait. Lucas left right after his game to come home and help Addison celebrate her special day.

She is snuggling up with Brayden in the chair before her party!

When she gets up from her nap she always says "mommy I wake up" and is jumping up and down in her crib.

Look at my party hat. My mommies friend Melissa made this cute hat. She dressed up in it all day long.

This is Addison on her 2nd Birthday. She loves her Elmo shirt and loves wearing crowns.

Crazy Hair

2009-01-03T10:51:00.001-08:00

I can't believe I am posting these pictures, but here they are. Addison and I decided we needed to beautify ourselves for daddy. This is us before we are beautified of course. She left the curlers in for quite awhile.

Lucas and Addison

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Just playing around

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Dad going off for his run! Don't freeze dad.

Addison loves to play with her brother Brayden.

Addison's favorite thing to do is play dress up. She loves her sunglasses. Aunt Janell got her this lovely purse for Christmas. And of course lets not forget the hat. All we're missing is the shoes.

She always says "look at me momma"!

Markley family Christmas

2009-01-03T09:52:00.000-08:00

Christmas was filled with fun and lots of games. We all enjoyed the games. Aunt Misti brought her Touring card game for us to play. Grandma Jean used to play it with us when I was a kid. Lucas tried the whole weekend to beat me at speed (a card game). Kids and adults alike enjoyed the wiggle car. We were so glad all the aunts and uncles could come down to join the fun. Grandpa Markley enjoyed watching the kids play.

Christmas Day

2008-12-25T15:34:00.001-08:00

Lucas was very excited about getting an IPOD for Christmas! Brayden was pretty excited about everything but most excited about the Webkins he got from grandma and grandpa. Addison was trying out the wiggle car. She and Brayden both got one for Christmas. Grandma and Grandpa Caywood spent the day with us today. We are off to the other grandparents tomorrow.

Visit from California

2008-12-24T19:54:00.001-08:00

Twas the night before Christmas and all thru the house not a child was sleeping! Can you see the excitement on their faces! John and Margerie came out from California to visit for the Holidays. They braved the bad weather to get here. They were able to come see us on Christmas eve. We were lucky to be able to spend some time with them and Jessica.

Brayden and Addy putting the last star on the advent calendar. Addy wasn't quite tall enough this year, but you can bet next year she'll be lending more than just moral support!

Addison getting ready for Christmas

2008-12-22T17:32:00.001-08:00

Addison let mommy take a picture of her before church. Mommy thinks she looks beautiful! Every morning we sit in front of mommies mirror and fix her hair. She always says, "I'm a pretty girl". If dad is still home she has to show daddy how pretty she is. She loves to follow Brayden around. He does quite well with her most of the time. Sometimes he likes to play alone. She has done well staying out of the presents this year but likes to play with the ornaments on the tree. She got an Elmo ornament this year.

This is Lucas posing for his choir concert.

Mommy wanted to get some pictures of Addison in front of the Christmas tree.

This is Lucas looking handsome before his band concert. Lucas plays the trumpet. Grandma and Grandpa Caywood were able to come see him play. They are a pretty amazing band.

When you ask Addison to take a picture she runs to the window. For some reason that is her favorite place to take a picture. Speaking of favorites, she loves Elmo and her Elmo shirts! She will be having a Elmo birthday party this January.

Family Photos

2008-12-20T19:54:00.000-08:00

Here are some family photos that were recently taken. Holli does such a nice job. Tough getting all 3 kids to smile at the same time, but thought they turned out really good.

Lucas's First Deer!!

2008-12-08T17:33:00.001-08:00

Well, it was a very exciting day for both Lucas and I. Lucas shot his first deer yesterday and I was lucky enough to be sitting right next to him when he took the shot. And by the way, it only took one shot. (Taught him everything he knows!) It was about 70 yards away. Wasn't a monster deer, but was a great one for his first.

It's pretty neat for a dad to be part of a special event like this. One he'll never forget about.

Needless to say, he was on cloud nine for the rest of the day. Made the long hours out in the cold wind all worth it!

Halloween Fun!!

2008-11-04T19:47:00.000-08:00

Well, Addy had her first haircut today and did remarkably well! Muhommad is one of our great friends from church and did a great job with her. She just looked at herself in the mirror the whole time and said "I pretty"

Addy just LOVES Brayden. He's not to fond of having her follow him like a puppy dog, but when he does let her play with him, she loves it. Fun times on the rocking horse.

Mom and Dad stopped by to see the kids before we headed out to trick or treat.

Brandi with the two characters. Lucas was too old this year to dress up.

What a COOL pumkin!

The boys and I had a good time carving pumkins!

Brayden did a good job carving his pumkin

Addy and Brayden with a couple good friends of ours that stopped by before heading out.

We stopped the week prior to pick out pumkins. Kids had a hard time trying to pick the "perfect" one.

Awe mom, do we have to take another picture!?

Superman and Dorothy! Even had the ruby slippers!

Harvest Festival

2008-10-20T18:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday one of our good friend's little girls turned 1. They had a party in Turon where they have a Harvest Festival Farm. This was the first time we'd been there, but was a very neat set up that they had. They had a ton of different activities for the kids to do. As you can see the kid's tried there hand at roping. They roped the "calf" several times. Good thing he didn't move too much! They had little train rides, animal farms, hay loft slides, and more. They also had an old fire truck that they had converted into a massive pumpkin cannon. This thing launched pumkins over a half mile. I've never seen a pumkin launched that far before. Kids thought that was pretty cool. They had to take a quick break to re-hydrate. Good thing big brother was there to provide the sugar!

They had a hayrack ride out to a very large pumkin patch. Unfortunately a Kansas hailstorm came thru in early June and wiped out a good chunk of there pumkin crop. Kids still had a blast looking.

Awe, the two beautiful women in my life!!

After a fun evening, they had gift opening and of course cupcakes. Addy made quick work of the frosting. Didn't care too much about the actual cake portion.

Buhler Frolic

2008-10-20T18:18:00.001-07:00

The Prairie Hills Middle school band marched for the first time at the Buhler Frolic. They sound very impressive for a junior high band. Of course when you have 200 kids in the band there is a lot you can do. The Buhler band program is very strong. For the most part, Lucas enjoy's band. Just doesn't like all the practice time.

Lucas was insistent that we ride the motorcycle in the parade. Brayden thought it was pretty cool to ride with all of the other motorcycles. There was quite a turn out for the parade.

Color Watching

2008-10-13T18:02:00.001-07:00

It was pretty hilarious this evening. We're sitting here watching monday night football and Brayden decides he wanted to color. Addy pretty much wants to do everything that Brayden does and is usually right in the middle of things. But this evening she stood in front of him for about 15 minutes straight (which is an eternity for her) and watched him color. She was evening pointing out where she wanted him to color next. Was a pretty cute moment.

She was giving advice here! Too funny!

Recent Events

2008-10-05T17:12:00.000-07:00

Brandi, Holli, and her Mom made their annual trip to Hilsboro for the craft fair. Misti usually goes as well, but had just delivered their 3rd child and was unable to attend. I think the girls had a lot of fun. Amazingly enough, no one came home sunburned, which was a first.

Holli and Sharon came up today. Holli brought her camera to take our family photo's. These were just a couple "amateur" photos that I took of the kids. It was a very stressful afternoon. Between Addy not getting her nap and Brayden acting like a normal 7 year old it was a struggle to get everyone to smile! Grandma helped out by blowing bubbles to keep Addy occupied. It worked great.

Lucas has definitely found his niche with soccer. He absolutely loves it! He's playing on the B team and is playing forward. He had the option at one point to move to A team, but decided against it as he gets more playing time on the B team. He's been one of the teams consistent scorers. He's going to do indoor soccer during the winter. We're trying to persuade him to try out for basketball as that's the other sport he really likes. Kind of strange, when we grew up if you went out for the sport you made the team. But Buhler is quite a bit bigger. He has 180 in the 7th grade alone. So there are quite a few kids and not everyone makes the team. We'll see.

This was at one of Lucas's soccer games. A big green "harmless" bug landed on Addy's arm and started walking all over her. She stood there and watched it for a long time before she decided that wasn't cool and wanted if off her. Pretty funny to watch.

These were pictures from the Kansas State Fair. Kids of course had a great time. Funny, Brayden was absolutely terrified of the slide until this year. Addy at 19 months thought it was great. She's not afraid of too much. Although she did figure out that she didn't like camels. Brandi took her in the petting zoo and and the camel came up for a sniff that surprised her. She wasn't too fond of that.

Brayden was tall enough this year to do a lot more rides, which he really enjoyed. We went to the crocodile show, where he actually held a 2 foot crocodile. I was really surprised he actually held it, but he thought it was great. We also did the boat ride.

Lucas spent most of the time with his friends. Unfortunately we're coming in to that wonderful stage where mom and dad just aren't that cool anymore. Funny how that happens. He went around with a group of friends and I think rode just about every ride at the fair. He's also a little pack rat that loves free stuff. So they went thru all the buildings and hit all the tables that were giving away stuff. What he's going to do with it, I have no idea.

Las Vegas weekend with Brad

2008-09-08T14:18:00.000-07:00

Well, I was able to fly out to Las Vegas this past weekend to spend with Brad. He's out there for about a month so we figured this was the best opportunity we'd get to spend some time together. We had a great time. I think the Bellagio fountains were our favorites. Before I'd seen them, I thought "How cool can shooting water and lights be?" Well I have to say, it's pretty awesome. The fountains sound like gun shots when they go off and we were guesstimating they probably shoot 150-200 feet in the air. Pretty amazing.

We spent Saturday afternoon and evening down on the strip. It's crazy to look at the size of the hotels and all the attractions each one has. We ate at the ESPN zone where we were in heaven getting to watch all that football! What made it even better, we were able to watch a little bit of the K-State game, which they won handily. (No comment on how good there opponent was)

This was in front of Treasure Island where they have a free show 3 times a night. The special effects were incredible.

All the times I've been to Las Vegas I'd never made it out to the Hoover Dam. Brad hadn't seen it either, so Sat. morning we went out to check it out. Wow! It's incredible that the dam was built in 1931 without all the use of today's technology. These pictures don't do the magnitude of dam justice.

Labor Day Fishing

2008-09-01T07:49:00.001-07:00

We enjoyed Labor Day by taking the kids fishing in the morning. Brayden has gotten to where he really likes fishing as long as dad puts the worm on and takes the fish off. Who wouldn't like that? We're working on it.

Lucas is quite the fisherman. He'd fish everyday if given the opportunity.

Not the biggest bass in the world, but we had a lot of fun.

This was Brayden's fish he caught but he wouldn't hold it so he conned his brother into holding it for the picture. Doesn't look like he minded.

Between baiting hooks and taking fish off, I was able to get a little fishing done.

Addison loves to play dress up with her friend Gracy. Brandi watches Gracy a couple of days a week.

Last Days of Summer

2008-08-31T11:31:00.000-07:00

Scott had his 31st birthday this year. Don and Barb came over to help us celebrate. Scott is training for his first half marathon this November. Besides training he is busy fixing up our new home.

Lucas loves swimming in our pool. He had a back to school swim party with some of his friends.

Brayden started out this summer with a life jacket and after some swimming lessons he is now able to swim in the deep end and do stunts off the diving board. He is our little fish.

Addie loves to follow Brayden around and do everything he does. Brayden gets quite annoyed with it but sometimes like this time he does pretty well.

Addison loves to read books. She says "mommy read" and daddy read".

As soon as Addison gets out of the pool she likes to bend over and watch the water dripping from her swimming suit. It is quite Hilarious! She loves to jump in the pool. You have to watch her because she will jump in even if you are not ready.

This is the first day Addie wore pigtales. Her little friend Gracie wears pigtales everyday so I asked her if she wanted pigtales too. Addison follows me around the house saying "momma what ya doing"? She is talking alot now and we can understand her pretty well.

Addison loves to wear goggles but won't put them over her eyes just on top of her head.

Fun in the Sun

2008-08-23T14:34:00.000-07:00

Well we've had some really cool weather for the month of August which has been great, but not exactly the best weather for swimming. But it looks like summer has decided to make a return so we were finally able to get back in the pool. It's amazing how fast the tan's disappear!!

I see a big splash coming!

Brayden goofing around. What a surprise.

Addy hasn't quite figured out the goggle thing. She gets really upset if you put them over her eyes, but absolutely insists on wearing them.

More kid pictures

2008-08-18T19:29:00.000-07:00

Lucas is growing up so fast. Hard to believe he's in junior high. He looks so much more grown up with contacts. He's already had 3 different girls asking him to "go out" this year. And we're only 3 days into the school year! As of right now, he's not too interested. Not sure how much longer that's going to last! He's enjoying school and really liking soccer. His days are pretty busy between practice and school.

Brayden is turning into quite the young man. He's always so curious and eager to be right in the middle of things. I wish I had half his energy. He's adjusting well to a new school and is already making friends. Addy just loves to follow him around and do everything that he does. I'm not sure if he thinks that's great or not.

Aunt Holli took the kids pictures this summer. It's been nice to have a professional photographer in the family! We really appreciate her doing it.

Addy had her first motorcycle ride last weekend. Wasn't sure if she would like it, but she absolutely loved it! It was a big drama trying to get her off of the motorcycle. So now we have 3 kids that love to ride

Aug 15, 2008

2008-08-16T11:35:00.000-07:00

Well the Clinic had their yearly swim party up at Salt City Splash. The weather this past week has been strangely cool for August in Kansas. It only reached 80 yesterday so the conditions weren't that condusive to swimming. The kids still had a blast.

Thursday was the first day of school for the kids. Hard to believe another summer has come and gone. Lucas started 7th grade at Prairie Hills Middle School and Brayden is in the first grade at Union Valley. Both were a little anxious and excited about their first days. We're happy to report that they both survived and are excited about another year.