A New Chapter

It finally happened. We are officially in the teen years. Cade turned 13 today! Its just weird how the years sneak up on you. And as fast as the years have been spinning by lately, I'll have an entire housefull of teens next time I turn around. Its the blessing and the curse of having the kids so close together. In 7 more years, Dayton will be a teenager! Wyatt gets baptized in March, and Dayton the next year. I distinctly remember thinking "If I can just hold on to my sanity until the babies are 2 and 3. I hope I can hang on that long." Here I am with a teenager! So what is Cade like as a 13 year old?? Well for day one, its been pretty good :D


Cade is awesome. He is so super talented. I have been so pleased lately with his attitude toward his responsibilites at church and school. When I went to his school conferences the other day I heard from all his teachers about how hilarious he is! He is quite the witty guy. There have been a few things lately that he would rather not have to do, meetings, fast offerings, that sort of thing, but he goes and does his job without complaining. He loves scout campouts, and a few Sundays ago the youth speaker was sick so 5 minutes before the meeting they asked Cade to do a short talk and he did! We didn't even know about it until he stayed up there and did it. Last week I asked him to put together a Family Home Evening lesson for us, and he did SUCH a great job. I was seriously majorly impressed! He had a scripture for each kid to read (and not just 5 in order, they were all from different places on the same subject!) and he had meaningful questions to ask the kids and have a discussion. The kids really payed attention, it was so awesome! Not to mention his musical skills! He is such an amazing musician, I wish I had more resources for him. He really should be in a performing arts school, but its tough, because I want him to have a normal life too, and I'm not sure how to mix the two. He's not sure what he wants to do either. I guess we will just do what we can for now. Anyway, this kid is fantastic! I wish everyone had a chance to have such a great son. Cade totally rocks!! Happy birthday Cade, you are amazing!!
He loves going shooting with his dad. Especially with his cool guns!