Caden's New Room

So we have lived in our house for 6 months now, but just recently I found the energy to change Caden's room. When we moved in his room was this bright baby blue color. I hated it, but was too lazy to change. Yesterday I decided that I had waited long enough. I took the kids to Home Depot with me and we got the paint we needed. I then spent the rest of the afternoon transforming his room. I love the way it turned out. This was my mom's idea. I love her ideas because they are always spectacular. Caden even helped a little bit. Here is a little plug for the FROG TAPE. It is the green painting tape that you can buy at any home improvement store. It is fabulous. Usually I use the blue take and is still bleeds. The green tape gives you a perfect crisp line. I used it when I did the stripes in Kadrie's room. You will never go back to the blue tape again. It is a little more expensive, but well worth the extra money.

My Very First Thanksgiving

So this year for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, Nolan and I have decided to stay in Green River and start our own traditions. Plus his work doesn't give him much time off. So this Thanksgiving was my first one that I had to cook. I had never cooked a Turkey before but it all turned out better than I could have hoped. We invited our friends, Toni and Nathan Southam to have Thanksgiving with us. Toni helped me cook and Nathan and Nolan played Xbox (surprising, right). Later that evening, the missionaries stopped by and had pie with us. One of our missionaries is Tongan, but from Oregon. His mom has had a new baby since he has been on him mission, so he loved seeing Kadrie. She definitely look like she could be polynesian. They are both great missionaries and we enjoyed our visit with them. This Thanksgiving felt kinda weird not being with my family, but it was still a lot of fun.

Fishing at the Gorge

Nolan has made a lot of good friends at work. One friend in particuar, Carl, has been getting Nolan out a lot these last few weeks. We went out a couple of weeks ago, when both Nolan and I had a day off together. It was FREEZING, but a lot of fun. We caught two fish that time. Then the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Nolan took Caden out of school and went fishing with him all day. The fish tasted great, which is a lot coming from me because I am not much of a fish eater. We have been grilling them which is great because it keeps the stink out of my house. Actually, these fish really don't have a fishy smell. It has been a lot of fun and I think we will be doing a lot more fishing this winter.

Caden's Wrestling Camp

For the last couple of weeks, Caden has been going to a wrestling camp that is put on by the high school wrestlers. He has had a lot of fun. He did pretty good. He met a lot of kids. Fortunately, Caden is just a sweet kid with not a mean bone in his body. He was so fun to watch. Even when he was trying to bring someone down, he couldn't help but have a huge smile on his face. He is such a sweet kid. I don't think wrestling is going to be the sport for him, but he can do whatever he wants to do. In January we are looking forward to starting indoor soccer. This is more of his kind of sport. Then this spring/summer we are excited to see him play baseball. Caden can throw farther than any kid his age that I have seen. The second picture on this blog is to show you what Kadrie did the whole time during practice. She loves to do somersaults and so she did. Over and Over.

CU Buffs vs. Iowa State

At the beginning of November we finall made it out to Colorado to see my brother Jameson play football. It was such a cool day. The CU campus is gorgeous and historic. The mountains close by just accentuate how pretty it is. It was really cool to go to a college game and know someone on the field. Nolan, Tia, Lauren and I all went down to cheer on the Buffs. It was a great game. The Buffs were behind and then in the fourth quarter they came back and scored 3 touchdown and then kept Iowa from scoring at the very end to finally win it. It was intense, but all really good games are. Afterward we met Jamers and we all went out to eat at PF Changs. It was a great day. I look forward to going to more games next year.

Halloween 2008

Halloween is definitely so much fun now that we have kids. This year Caden wanted to be a policeman. He loves the typical little boy stuff, policeman, fireman, soldiers, etc.... He was a very cute policeman. I found a bat girl outfit at Walmart that I just couldn't pass up. Kadrie loves to watch batman and when I showed her the outfit she was very excited. Nolan had to work Halloween night so he didn't get to come with us. Instead I drug my single friend who has no kids, named Lauren(inside joke). We had so much fun and of course the kids scored on the candy. After we finished going door to door we went to a haunted house specifically for little kids at the Civic Center. It was a really fun night, and it was 60 degrees. Can you believe that? 60 degrees in Wyoming at Halloween time. Yeah, that probably won't happen again for another hundred years. ;)

Auntie Spring and Uncle Chris' wedding!

Aunt Spring and now Uncle Chris got married on October 18, 2008. It really was a gorgeous wedding. Chris' mom did a wonderful job helping make this wedding spectacular. I wish I had better pictures of Spring. She was fabulously gorgeous (if that is even a word). The two are definitely in love and perfect for eachother. Kadrie got to be the flower girl and she sure was cute. Unfortunately, she was too shy so she just frowned down the aisle and booked it toward me. Still, she was cute anyway. Nolan was able to walk Spring down the aisle. Spring's parents, my inlaws, didn't agree with the wedding so they opted not to come. It was so cute to see them walk down the aisle. Nolan sure loves his sister. I even got tears in my eyes. Spring also asked me to take a few minutes and talk about marriage during the ceremony. It was a very special day and I am so glad we got to be a part of it. Congrats you two!

Grandma and Grandpa Barlow

So Nolan and I have been married now for 5 years and I had still never met his grandparents that lived in Tennessee. Fortunately, the just moved to Laramie, WY and so on our way to Spring's wedding we got to stop off and finally meet them. They were all so sweet and great to talk and catch up with. Our kids loved them and attached quickly. We hope to see more of them now that they live so close.

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