A birth story...

It's a Girl! the nurse says....and so the journey has begun. She is 19 inches long and 7lbs.6oz.

The delivery went well and we were all very happy to meet our new little addition.

After going to the nursery or should I say spa? she came back all clean with her hair done all cute!

Cache was sleeping when daddy brought him to the hospital. When he woke up he was trying to figure out what we were doing. We then introduced him to his new baby sister. He said, "she is pretty cool!" He gave her lots of kisses and kept telling us that she liked him!We asked Cache what he thought we should name her and he decided she should be named BLUE TOADY!(like in mario brothers).

Both Grandmas were very excited to have a new baby girl.

Cache falling into his role as big brother. Although, he does prefer to hold her all by himself.

After much thought we decided to name her EMMA. So far this is one of my favorite pictures!

I would say she was definitely worth the suprise!

Grandpas Motorcyle

"Grandpa will you take me for a ride on your motorcyle?"

" Grandpa you are sooo lucky.....you have two motorcyles!"

Cache is King!

Kites

Cache has been waiting since Easter to fly kites with daddy and we finally had a great day for it. After just a little instruction Cache had his Bumble Bee kite up and away. He then decided he was ready for the Buzz kite and daddy could fly the Bumble Bee kite.After Rich crashed his kite many times trying to avoid entanglement, Cache let him know that he wasn't doing a very good job. In fact he said, "Dad is not as good as me at flying kites. I am great!" As you can see in the bottom picture it is actually Cache's kite that is in the air and Rich's that is on the ground! It was a lot of fun! Nothing beats having an almost 3 year old telling you what you are good at and what you need to improve!

Power Bucket!

We went to the public works party at the legacy center and Cache found a Lion to pal around with. He shot some hoops with him for awhile.
Then when the Lion got into the power bucket Cache waited patiently for his turn so he could get in with him.

They went up really really high! The whole time they were up there Cache kept saying, "this is SO cool!"

As you can see by his grin he totally loved it! Now when we see power buckets anywhere Cache wants to take a ride!

VEGAS!!

We went to Vegas so Rich could go to 311 with Brandon and I could see my sister. On the way down the freeway was closed from Cedar City to St. George. I know this doesn't seem like that far, but when you have to detour clear out to Enterprise and around it takes a long time. Luckily we found some entertainment and some tasty treats! Cache picked out these crowns for us. His is actually a KING HIPPO crown (according to Cache).
We went around with Brandon and saw some of the sights. Cache was really excited to see the BIG Bowser Castle. He went through the hallway with his fire and ice power shooting all the bowsers he could find! As tradition has it we had to eat at the Pink Taco, which was a first for Brandon!

Vegas has so many amazing parks that we spent a lot of our time playing. At the butterfly park Cache loved the pipes (slides).

At the dinosaur park Cache had a lot of fun with the girls digging in the sand.

We even played some baseball. Although we did forget a bat so we had to get a little creative!

As you can tell we had a great time and tired poor little Cacheman right out!

Sharptooth Snowman

When it snowed we decided to go out and build a snowman.
Cache enjoyed eating the snow more than making the snowman.

Our little photographer taking pictures of the hired hands!

Our snowman ended up turning into a Sharptooth! Cache really enjoyed sitting on his head! Sharptooth became his friend for the next couple days. Cache told him goodnight and went out to see him every morning. I am sure this will not be our last snowman sharptooth!