Milestone!

Weekend before last, Cade reached a huge milestone. He learned to ride his bike without training wheels! We were heading to the park and Dana asked him if he wanted me to take the wheels off so he could try it. He agreed but only if I promised to put them right back on if he didn't like it. I took them off, gave him one quick boost for about 3 feet to get him rolling and he was off. Just like that. And just like both of his brothers, he quickly proclaimed he was ready to ride the dirt bike.




Not quite 3-1/2 yet!!!


Two thumbs up!

And in other news, last week was Spring Break around here. It felt like Christmas week at work because almost everyone was taking time off and all the meetings were cancelled. With long boring days like that, Dana didn't have to twist my arm too hard to convince me to take Friday off. We went to Cathedral Caverns and De Soto National Park and had a great time. We walked about a jillion miles throughout the day and Cade was with us every step of the way up until the last 1/2 mile or so. That's like 2 jillion miles to his little legs. He finally asked to be carried as we were headed back to the car.

Waiting for the tour to start at the caverns. The caverns were nice but not as good as Carlsbad Caverns. It was worth the trip though. I only took a couple of pictures inside but nothing worth sharing.

Still waiting. We got there 45 minutes before the first tour so we had plenty of time to kill.

Now we're at De Soto National Park. We walked to several water falls throughout the park.

Obligatory boy shot.

Dana doesn't like this photo because she thinks Kevin looks really big. I have to agree but I do like the waterfall in the background. We plan on going back to this place in the summer when it's pretty and green (and HOT) and again in the fall to catch the explosion of colors.

The boys and me.

The wife and me. Kevin took this photo. He has a future in photography!

Guess who fell in the water. Again. Cade was trying to cross the creek where I was. I picked him up and stretched as far as I could to put him on a big log that was on the edge of the creek. He only had to take about 2 steps to be safe. I figured he had a 50/50 chance of staying on or falling off and if he did fall, a 50/50 chance of going in the water or falling on the bank. Pretty good odds, dontcha think? Cade grabbed firm hold of that 25% and plopped himself in the creek. The water was cold and he was not happy for quite some time. Poor little guy.

Just another pretty waterfall. Can't wait to see it later this year.

And another.

Dana, Kevin, Cameron and a dry-by-now Cade.