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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!

Halloween

Here are the boys on Halloween night. Rylan and Caden were not wanting to dress up but decided to be baseball players, a big surprise! Hudson had a fun day. At school, they had a fall festival with games and treats. He wore a soldier costume that he had picked out. (I forgot my camera for that event...bad mom moment.) After school, he changed into a spider-man costume. I guess that is one positive thing about having older brothers. Hudson had several choices of costumes in a box from previous years. He really thought it was fun to keep changing costumes all day. After the boys came home from school, we went to 'trunk or treat' at in our church's parking lot. There was a football game later that night, so we made our trick or treating quick! The boys wanted to get to the game and their dad was more than willing!














Patricia with Spider-Man Hudson and Spider-Man Brian




















Caden and Conner












Rylan, Wyatt and Tyler














Janet and Jerry with Hudson






























Kamille, Hudson and Caden chose to stay at home with me and trick or treat on our street. This ghost was in our neighbors yard. I was also excited to have trick or treaters come to our house. We didn't get that when we lived in the country!



























Earlier in the week, the boys had each carved a pumpkin. Here is Caden sitting by his and Rylan's down below. Hudson's somehow had been eaten by the dog!!

Pumpkin Patch Pics

I actually remembered this year to take the boys for pumpkin pics! That is an accomplishment for me these days, especially considering Ryan has been gone all week. Rylan and Caden are now old enough to realize this is a yearly event. They don't seem to show the same excitement about it as I do! This year was extra painful for them because I made them get haircuts on the way to the pumpkins! You can imagine the grief I received. Just having to change clothes and agree to smile was bad enough but adding a haircut on top of that was just asking to much! But, with a little bribery....all went well!

Yikes! Rylan is really growing up!

Sweet Caden!

Hudson was trying to be very agreeable with this situation but we just couldn't get him to hold a 'normal' smile! Notice the scratches and bruise on his head, one is from a golf club and the other from a football...boys!

A little better but still not quite right!


Did I mention I also took my niece and nephew? Yes, five kids for pictures! It was a bit challenging but after I gave up on getting the perfect pose, it became much more enjoyable! After all, God willing we will have years for 'perfect' poses but while they are this young...I just decided to love the crazy ones!

Cobe and Landry