Christmas Eve 2008

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Hunting Adventures

There are things I do that never seemed interesting to me before our boys were born. I am sure this is true for all parents. With me, the first thing I became interested in due to my parental role was a rediscovered interest in toys. Secondly, baseball began to occupy a lot of my time. When previously, I had no interest in this sport at all! In fact, I said our boys wouldn't even play that sport! Some of you are laughing at this...because now it is such a big part of our life! Well, this past weekend, the third oppurtunity for me to grow my interest as a parent of all boys happened.
Ryan recieved a phone call informing him that the deer lease was clear and he could take the boys (Rylan and Caden). So, because this all happened quickly, the big boys were getting ready and we did not have a chance for me to get Hudson away from all this camoflauge excitement. As you can imagine, this three year old did not take it well at all that he was not invited on this trip!!! Oh, there have been other times this has happened and Hudson has to just get over it. For some reason, on this day, I thought why couldn't I go and take Hudson. Ryan quickly agreed and we packed our bags as well. As the older boys packed knives, camo and guns.
Hudson and I grabbed snacks, a portable dvd player, a leapster, and a few books. And we were off. The older boys were full of advice for thier mother who had never been in a deer stand before this moment. I enjoyed the moment and secretly thought maybe Hudson would fall asleep and I would get a moment to myself.
Hudson and I dropped off the boys and headed to our stand. As we sat there, watching all the deer, I must say it was a suprisingly pleasant moment. Hudson whispered, played his games and watched deer. Ryan and I sent messages back and forth about what we were seeing. It was during one of those messages, I remembered my Christmas present from Ryan, an iphone! So, there Hudson and I sat (on top of a hill...with service in the middle of nowhere) surfing the internet, checking email and searching for video clips of the Backyardigans on youtube. Ryan was so surprised at how much fun I was having in our deer stand. He even offered to buy camoflauge for me for Mother's Day.

I think it was at that point I felt I needed to admit to him what exactly I was doing in that deer stand...shopping on Potterybarn.com!

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Jingle Bells In Hudson Language

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Happy 7th Birthday Caden!

We just got home from celebrating Caden's 7th birthday at Chuck E. Cheese. For some reason, it seems hard to celebrate their birthday on their actual birthday! So, we have been having a "family" party on the actual day and some time later, we try to celebrate with our "friend" party. I was supposed to be with kids alone for the weekend, as Ryan had big plans of attending a coaching clinic in Houston. Because of this, I told Caden we would travel to Chuck E. Cheese (which makes his 'family' party much larger than we normally have) but I needed to finish up Christmas shopping and we could 'kill 2 birds with one stone' as some say. However, at the last minute Ryan's plans changed but I had already committed to the whole C.E.C. plan...so off we went! I must admit, my competitiveness seems to come out at this pizza place; however, I do try to disguise it with a "I am trying to earn some extra tickets for Hudson!" We had a record ticket day for the Reagan family and enjoyed many of the 'high quality' gift choices we were able to purchase with our winnings.

Caden was very funny about turning 7. Several times during the day he randomly shouted, "I am 7 now" with great enthusiasm. Earlier in the week, he made a rule about some game he plays with this brothers. The rule was, you could only play if you were seven...maybe that is one reason why he was so excited today about being seven!

It was a fun day in many ways. We enjoyed time together with family. We enjoyed seeing Caden laugh and play. I enjoyed telling Caden special things that happened on the day he was born. I told him how some people thought having a baby this close to Christmas made the holidays difficult.

But how I loved him being born in December. It caused me to think about Jesus' birth in a different way. I told him he was a Christmas miracle and one of the best presents I had ever been given. We are so thankful for his smile and the great attitude he has 99% of the time about everything. We are thankful for the good health and abilities God has blessed Caden with.

We love you Caden. We pray God continues to bless you and that you grow into the Christian man God has designed you to be!

1/2 Marathon Pics

All I can say is...I finished it. Definitely not proud of my time but I wasn't going for time, finishing was my goal. Maybe, next run, time will be a priority! We had a great weekend with friends and enjoyed our time without kids. Rylan and Caden have been asking to 'train' for the next race! I am glad to see them get excited about running...maybe, Ryan will even get involved!

Halloween in Mrs. Lowry's Class

I play with a ball.

I have a hat.

I have a belt.

What am I?

This is a photo of Caden's journal at school. He had made a riddle about what he was going to be for Halloween. His teacher said everyone guessed his quickly because he talks about baseball so much!

After reading the book called, Them Bones, Caden's class made skeletons out of q-tips.

Next, they played a game called 'Who's The Ghost'. One student went out in the hall. The kids switched chairs with each other. Then the teacher covered one of the kids with a white sheet. The student in the hall comes back in the room and tries to guess who is the ghost. All the kids loved playing the game. At the end, Caden's teacher let Hudson be the ghost! Hudson couldn't keep from laughing!

Caden as the ghost

Hudson using his 'blue' to cover his face and pretend to be the ghost. When, the teacher asked the kids to switch chairs, Hudson stood up and switched chairs just like he was part of the class!