While the cat's away...

I  have to start this post by giving credit to Kade for the pics.  We headed to the park with eight kids and the only weapon we brought was Kade's camera.  I thought we probably needed to take a cattle prod but  we loaned ours out and it has not yet been returned.

The thing that struck me most about these pictures (well besides how cute all these kids are)  is how happy they look.  When was the last time you saw an adult jogging with a huge grin on their face?  I don't jog, I spin but I can say I don't think that I have ever looked that happy doing it.  I think tomorrow
I 'll try it and see if I feel less tortured.  Who knows maybe smiling while exercising burns more calories!

One last thing about our trip to the park-- While we were walking there from you our house, Aubrey turned to McKinna and said "I wonder what people think when they drive by and see all these kids, a baby and two humans?"  I assume that Kade and I were the "humans" but I bet if you ask Sadie, she would say that "she's no baby!"

shout out to Kade

I guess I should start by explaining why the father of my children is wearing a clown wig.  My mom wanted a family picture and she said "it doesn't have to be professional, it can even be a little silly."  Well, apparently what she said and what I thought were two totally different ideas, so this is not the picture that she went with.  But I happen to love this picture, I think that it really says who Kade is.  He is a nut!  It took no amount of begging or pleading for him to don that wig.  Part of that could be because that guy will do almost anything that ask and secondly he is just wacky like that.

So back to the real reason for this post,  I have been stressing since Mother's Day about Father's Day.  Kade went all out for my mother's day dinner and I felt a huge amount of pressure to reciprocate.  I thought maybe what I would lack in quality I would make up for in quantity.  So it started on Friday night when I set up a babysitter and took him to dinner followed by a movie.  It was the A-Team,  trust me that was all for him, I had no desire to see the A-Team (luckily it wasn't as bad as I had anticipated).  Sunday morning I made him biscuits and gravy because the guy loves biscuits and gravy!  Then for dinner it was steak, corn and salad because he loves steak and corn and because salad is a must.  Now I have to confess that he actually grilled the steak and the corn because I really never go near the grill (it scares me!!)  Then for dessert I made him a coconut cream cake because he loves coconut cream cake!  Now I know that the sum total of all that I did, still did not compare to the dinner that he made for me but  I tried and one of the things that makes Kade so amazing is that he appreciated all of it and not once did he rub his delicious dinner in my face.    Thanks Kade for being a great husband to me and a great father to our kids,  we love you.