Grandpa Stoehr

This past weekend I attended the funeral of my grandpa in Wisconsin. While it is never easy to say goodbye I'm grateful for my faith that I'll see my grandpa again. I'm grateful for a church that teaches families can be together forever and that this life is merely a preparatory state for us to learn, prove our faithfulness and return to live with our Father in Heaven.

My grandpa was an amazing man who lived a good life. The last few of which he was plagued with Alzheimer's. Now I have faith that he is healthy and his memory has returned as he prepares for the rest of us to live through our time here on earth.
It was great to see all of my family members whom I don't get to see nearly as often as I'd like. It was a wonderful celebration of the life of Aubrey Orson Steohr.

I love you grandpa!

Cade sliding solo

So Kaitlyn loves to swing and Cade loves to slide. He climbed up and down our slide last week and he wants to go out every day now and he could spend hours going up and down the slide.

Kaitlyns new favorite friend

Well we did it. We got a kitty for Kaitlyn and (as of now) we named her Punkin.



We were driving home and Kaitlyn said, "Punkin you're my best friend". So I said, "Kaitlyn I thought Cade was your best friend" and she responded, "well, he was when I was little" :)

Nates crazy travel schedule. Sorry Cindy ;)

Red are trips I need to take in February. Green is March.
aaaahhhhhh

THE CIRCUS!!! Yeah!!!

A couple days ago Amanda (my sister) e-mailed me (from Vegas) to let me know that the circus was in Knoxville (THANKS SIS!!!). So yesterday we went to the circus and had a blast.






To see the aftermath check out Cades tribute at http://petersonconnection.blogspot.com/

We Love Birthday Parties!!

Lost His Pants...

On our way home from Christmas in Idaho we had a bit of a wait in the Denver airport. Cade and Kaitlyn both loved the moving sidewalks and they were a great diversion to pass the time. I was waiting by the luggage and soon Nate came back holding Cade with no pants. Cade fell down just before they were at the end of the sidewalk and the rollers pulled his pants right off of him. Nate tried to get them out but they wouldn't budge and soon they disappeared underneath. So, Cade had to travel the rest of the way home in just a shirt and shoes. We didn't remember to pack extra clothes in the carry on bag. Here's a picture in the Nashville airport. He didn't seem to mind not having pants at all.