Character Friends . ..

A while back, Cade wanted to hang up various pictures of himself with his "Toy Story Friends" on his wall, so we printed up a few and hung them up (see below). Well, Ambree was not too happy about the fact that she didn't have any pictures of herself with character frinds (She was sick when we went to Disneyland last summer and didn't get to ge). Anyway, there were a few times that Ambree would take the pictures down from Cade's wall and try to put them on hers, or hide them all together! S000 . . . . . . . . .

Craig used his photoshop skills and made some pictures of her with one of her favorites . . . Dora!

We hung these on the wall above her bed and we haven't had any problems with her taking Cade's pictures ever since! :)

I think we have a little artist on our hands . . .

From a pretty young age, Cade has enjoyed coloring. Now he has taken up drawing. He asks for plain white taper and his box of markers and will draw whatever is in his little mind at the time. He will draw multiple times a day for like an hour at a time. Often he will be in the middle of watching a show on tv and will ask me to pause it so he can draw a picture. It is usually something pertaining to the show he was watching. He really surprises us with some of the things he comes of with. Here are a few of his recent drawings . . .

Mr. Clown

If you give a mouse a cookie

Slinky from Toy Story (of course)

Woody

Buzz Lightyear (notice the light shining off of him)
Zurg with Buzz in the back ground. And of course the smoke and fire . . .
Peter Pan (looks like he was in a crayon mood when he did this) Pirate
Lots of characters from Aladdin (his new love)!

Maybe this kid will make us some money someday with his artwork! :) Know of any good art schools that don't cost a fortune? :)

What Trenda Won't Post on Her Blog

As a followup to my personal "Biggest Loser" accomplishment from earlier this year . . .


(actual results may not be accurately depicted in the previous photographs)


I decided to train for the MS 150 Bike Ride, which raises money and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis (held on June 27-28 this year - feel free to make a tax-deductible donation through the following link) . . .

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/UTUBikeEvents?px=6320803&pg=personal&fr_id=9532&et=k2Hl-Wnk0QhwftmpibBNbQ..&s_tafId=89812


Trenda let me spend a bunch of money on some Specialized Allez Elite Bicycles . . .



And even let me get a pair of those spandex bike shorts . . .



So I took the kids out for a couple rides myself . . .



And on the second ride we took as an entire family . . . Trenda ended up in the doctor's office




With a fracture in the head of the radius bone in her right forearm


http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00073


Since I was ahead of her when the accident happened, I'm assuming it was because she was distracted by my shorts:)