Birthday Present from Mom and Dad

Here is a picture of what we gave Kadence for her birthday. Thanks so much to Sada for doing a great job. I absolutely love it!!

Kadence's 3rd Birthday

I know this is a few weeks late, but Kadence finally turned 3 on June 6th. She had a great birthday party at the church building. We put up the inflatable obstacle course and brought up our new sandbox. I think the kids really had a good time. It was a Little Mermaid theme and it was really cute. Here are a few pictures...

You can view the rest of the birthday pictures HERE.

Mission Complete!!

WARNING - This post will not be interesting to all. And is one that Kadence will hate me for later.

After many weeks of being "tee tee" trained, Kadence finally pooped in the potty!! She was complaining to me that she needed to potty so I sent her in there unsupervised. When I went to check on her it stunk in the bathroom. I asked her if she needed to poop and she said, "Mom, I already did." (Spoken with a real matter of fact tone, like duh!)

Micah and I were so excited that she asked if she could poop again. Well, like Kate on John and Kate plus 8, we had to take her picture with her first poopy. She was so proud and I was too!!!

Jury Duty is Over!!

Well, this week was my turn to take off from work to serve our city in jury duty. At first I was really reluctant and not very excited, but after the judge came in on Monday he really convinced me that this is something that I should feel priviledged to do. He helped me realized that if I was in a situation where I needed a jury to convicted someone that may have hurt my family that I would want the jury to want to be there and not thinking about how quickly they could get out there.

I was picked for a jury and had to report to the Juvenile Center yesterday morning. The judge came in and explained a little about what would happen and informed us that the case we would be working with was one of relinquishing parental rights. My heart immediately sunk. I was thinking we would be dealing with kids who had broken the law, not deciding if a mom is worthy to keep her kids or not. I immediately got nervous, but decided that I could make a rational decision based on what was in the best interest for those kids.

After about 3 hours of waiting in a room waiting for them to call us back, the baliff came in and announced that the mom decided to relinquish her rights when she heard there was a jury waiting to hear the case. I guess she knew she was guilty and that she probably would not win. I was kind of relieved, but I would have been really interested in the experience. I pray for those kids and hope that they have a great family waiting for them to take care of them!!

So, when you get your summons to serve on jury duty!! Go in to it with the right attitude and be the person that you would want on the jury if you were needing one!! (Sorry for the soapbox!!)

Aunt Fancy

While we were in Texas we also got to see a lot of family. Kadence has an Aunt Fancy that likes to give tattoos!! Kadence thought this was the coolest thing and is still talking about Aunt Fancy and her butterfuly tattoo on her foot.

I'm Back...Again

Wow - I can't believe how much has happened since I posted last. I guess that is what I get for taking a blog vacation. I have been reading and checking up on you guys, but finding the time to download pictures and gather my thoughts has just seemed to be impossible.

Since I blogged last my older brother, Trent has graduated from optometry school in Houston. We were down in Houston for that and had a great time!! It seems weird that he is officially a doctor and now I can go to him for all my eye care needs. Like free glasses and contact lenses...right Trent? :-) The ceremony was like 2 hours long, but the kids did pretty good. Right before my brother was supposed to walk across and be hooded Kadence announced to everyone that she was wet and that she needed a clean diaper. It was kind of funny, but also emabarrasing!! She was waving her diaper in the air yelling, "Mommy, I'm Wet!!" I was sitting at the opposite end of the row from her, that is why she was yelling. Here are a few pictures of his big day!


Dr. Trent Tadlock

Cute picture

This is such a good picture of Kadence and Micah. Just don't ask about the random hand holding Kadence's hand.