Love to Dance and Sing

Last weekend our friends Mike and Amy Jefferson stayed at our house with their little girl, Natalie.  Jaden and Natalie had a fun time playing and reading books.  Natalie is just a doll, we had a good time.  

This is a video of Jaden jamming out to the music on our Leap Frog fridge magnet.  The first 30 seconds nothing really happens, but skip to about 30 seconds, and it is pretty funny. Enjoy!

Thomas the Train

This weekend Grandma Sandy came to visit, since Jason was at a chiro seminar.  Jaden, Grandma and I went to see Thomas the Train at the Boone Railway.  Jaden had a blast.  There were tattoos, trains to play with, jumpy houses, and of course we got to ride on the train.  We didn't want to wait in the long line to see Thomas up really close, so this is what we got, with a photographer in the background. :)  Jaden is still showing off his tattoo, he even showed blankie!  It is always hard to go back to work after the weekend, and hard for Jaden to say bye to mommy.  Can't wait until maternity leave, and next summer! :)

At the Farm!

Sorry I didn't take any pictures, but Jaden had another fun filled weekend.  Jason and Jaden went to Garrison to the farm on Friday night.  Saturday, Jaden got to pick apples from the apple tree and feed them to the cows, he rode in Poppy's dump truck, helped daddy mow the lawn, fed grambo's fish in the pond, and played and played with tractors.  When I got there Saturday night, he didn't want anything to do with me since he was so busy on the farm.  Sunday, he helped Grambo water the flowers, and went with daddy and poppy to the pasture to check the cows. Jaden LOVES cows, tractors and Poppy.  We are so lucky to have so many loving family members!  

I met them Saturday night because I had a freshman volleyball tournament during the day.  My girls won all the games in their pool play, but lost the first game of the tourney play.  The team we lost to was pretty good, but we also didn't play as well as we could have.  We are now 5-1.  They are pretty good, and I hope to not lose another game! 

Weekend in MN

We went to Minnesota this weekend to see Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Marty.  Jaden had the time of his life, (like he always does when he sees a grandma and/or grandpa).  We saw sheep poop, played with kitty's, played in dirt, saw aunties, uncles and cousins, went for a four-wheeler ride (for about an hour, at least) went to church and the best of all.... we went to a tractor show, and watched a tractor parade.  The parade was an hour and 20 mintues.  Jaden sat for, and LOVED, the whole thing.... I on the other hand was about to shoot myself, I was so bored.  Jaden still talks about the tractors, and now all he wants to do is "I see tractors mommy", meaning, he wants to go see tractors.    

Jason and I had some time away on Saturday afternoon to go and watch Luther football play at St. Olaf.  Luther lost pretty big, but we got to see some good friends we hadn't seen in awhile.  It is always fun to be back in a sea of Luther blue! Go Norse!  

Fun Sunday

We had a really fun day on Sunday in Garrison and Vinton.  We we to Grambo and Poppies house first and got to see a lot of tractors.  The first picture is of daddy and Jaden watching the tractor take out the male corn in the field.  Grambo then let Jaden feed the fish in the pond, he really enjoys doing that and then watching them come up to eat.  

Then we went to Vinton to celebrate Jaden's cousins, Lucas and Kristen's birthdays.  Lucas has a little gator, that Jaden got to drive and ride on.  Lucas also had a huge sandbox with tons of tractors, so Jaden had the time of his life there.  And mommy had fun too, because there was plenty of cake! ;)  

  Lucas and Jaden being boys! :)  

Inservice started last monday for school and school starts tomorrow. I think I am ready for tomorrow, but not so much for the rest of the week. Oh well, my mom always says take it one day at at time. Now that I only have one class left for my reading endorsement (to teach reading) I am going to teach PE. I will have 2 periods of high schoolers (11th and 12th grade) of individual sports, and then an hour of 3rd and 4th graders. It should be pretty easy and fun.

On the baby news, I am also getting huge. I am feeling the baby all the time, HE likes to kick and move around. I look like I am due tomorrow but I still have more than 3 months left. I am 26 weeks and we go for 40 weeks. I am going to have the boys share a room, and we have it all done, it is pretty cute. The walls are brown and the baby has blues and greens polka dots and Jaden has brown and blues and greens animals bedding.

Jaden is awesome, talking all the time. He LOVES tractors, trains and firetrucks. He is such a boy. Whenever we are in the car, he says, "see tractors, mommy" meaning, he wants to go see a tractor somewhere. Uncle Billy has taught him some good car sounds....bbbrrrrrrmmmmm..... :) The picture is of Jaden at the Benton County Fair riding the race car. He LOVED it. I am going to really miss him as school and volleyball continue to get busier.

Update!

I had misplaced my camera for a few weeks so I don't have any updated pictures, but I found this picture of Jaden at 3 months. My, how he has changed.
We have been pretty busy lately. We went to Adventureland with Jason's family last weekend. We rode the train and trucks and planes and more with our cousin Lucas, who is a year older than Jaden. We have spent sometime at the library, which Jaden loves to look at and read anything about trucks or tractors. This weekend Grandma Sandy is visiting, so she has been wearing him out. Today he fell asleep before lunch on Grandma's lap, so we are a little off, but we're dealing.
I start volleyball on Monday, so my summer is pretty much over. I also got a new job, I will be teaching PE in Nevada. I am really excited to be in town, and I will be full time. I start inservice on the 17th and the kids come on teh 24th. Jaden is going to hate me for awhile, until he gets used to me being gone a lot. He will get some really good daddy time in.