Fun times

Busy day today! Kaden seems to be feeling a bit better, after a week now of teething torture (for all of us, but he is the poor little guy who's hurting!) We had dinner with Jon's folks tonight. Kaden had fun entertaining Grandma and Grandpa. And we had some good chocolate cake for dessert. Thanks Peppridge Farm!

Kaden adores his Daddy, can you tell?

me and the baby

playing guitar with daddy

he actually strums and makes noise! it is so cute!

welcoming grandma and grandpa here for supper

Kaden and Dad

Kaden is a daddy's boy. They both love to be outside. Jon and him mowed the grass the other night, maybe one of the last times since winter is on it's way. I guess you can tell that I'm a proud mama! Love my boys!

BFFs

Got a new pic of my BFF, Kelly from college today. She and her family have been vacationing in SC, enjoying the sun and the beach. Hard to imagine since it is 39 degrees here this morning. Here is the Ornberg family...Dave, Kelly & Cohen. He is 6 months old already!!!

Such a beautiful family!!!

Kaden can walk!!

Kaden took his first steps this weekend!!! And now he is walking more and more, every day!!! Today he walked to the leggo tower that his daddy built. Such a big boy! And a proud mama and daddy!!!

Camping

We went out to Salcha this weekend, while Jon was hunting and spent the night in his folks cabin. No running water, electric or bathroom...but a nice pullout couch and better than a tent! It was a frosty night of sleep, with no heat but each other. We had a blast! (no moose though). Will hopefully stay there again in the future!

the leaves changing are beautiful!!

Kaden checking out the frosty morning from inside the cabin!

Gold panning at El Dorado

On Saturday, we spent the day as a family going gold mining. We made $25 in gold flecks. Not much but something to get started. Kaden thought it was great fun, especially the train ride to the gold claim. And he wanted to put everything on the ground in his mouth!

gold panning together

"hmmmm, there's gold in them rocks!"

hanging out

riding on the train

having fun!!

Being together

Today while Dad was at work, me and Kaden spent a lazy day at home. We are headed to youth group tonight. Working tomorrow and then a weekend of moose hunting for all of us! (well mostly just Jon :0) Kaden is trying hard to walk. Might be soon!

Autumn is here in Fairbanks!

Well, fall has arrived in Fairbanks. The leaves started changing about two weeks ago and they are beautiful right now!!! We took Kaden for a drive today to see the colors. It was in the 70s and quite the treat. A beautiful day! Took some pics in case the colors disapper soon (fall is usually about 3 weeks long here) Enjoy!

10 months old now! Hard to believe!!

he loves playing in the water

hanging with dad...too sunny to trick a smile out of him! :)

family fun

hanging out in the grass

hanging with mama

it was a truly beautiful day!

Baby Ty is here!!

Good news! Tim & Kajsa finally had their little baby this weekend. Ty Anderson Averill was born on Friday, Sept 4th. Mom and baby are happy and healthy. He weighed just over 8 lbs and was greeted by big brother, Brady. More info and pics to come!