Fun Pictures

Kens and Cade are such troopers, they are both so happy and easy to drag around. We are usually on the go everyday. Cade gets stuck in the back of the stroller and is so good.

We always leave the house with his socks on. It only takes him a couple of minutes and that sock is off and his little foot is hanging out. There have been many times that he has decided to throw his sock overboard. I have had to back track many times to pick up one lonely sock on the ground. This is what you see every time the little boy is relaxing in the stroller. He sticks his bare foot out. We get so many laughs from others. As they are walking by all they see is a little foot hanging out.

8.5 months old
He has 4 teeth, 2 bottom and 2 top



Playing legos with Uncle Blake
So excited that Nana and Blakie are in Sweden.

Another cute picture
Watching a movie together
Billy left us home alone for a couple of days so Kens and I decided we were going to have a girls day. We decided to paint our fingernails and watch a movie. After the movie Cade decided to wake up a little early from his nap. This is what happened, he should have kept sleeping.
We always play a game as a family before Kens goes to bed. It is usually hide and seek. It was Kenslees turn to hide and usually we can find her fast, but we pretend it takes us longer. One night we looked everywhere a couple of times and we couldn't find her. We were starting to get a little nervous. We went into our room for the third time and I heard little breathes, I opened our closet and there she was. She came up with this spot all on her own, pretty clever!

Nana and Uncle Blake are coming...

Kens can hardly wait!

We are so excited, my mom and brother are coming to visit us. It feels like we haven't seen them forever. My mom comes on Saturday and then Blake comes a week later. Can't wait to see these two and give them huge hugs!! I am so anxious to see my brother, it has been over 2 years. He just got back from his mission, and I have missed him so much. It will be great to hang out and kill him in an arm wrestle. (That's right bud, my arms have only gotten bigger over the past two years! You are going DOWN!)
Kens has missed her uncle. They are buds!

Cade can't wait to meet his Uncle Blakie!

We will miss you Popsie! It has been way too long, I am going to make you come and see us right when we get back! We love you!
Kens and Cade miss their Poppa! Kens wants to squeeze the stuffin' out of you :)!
We are counting down the days! See you guys VERY soon!! WAHOO!!

Here are more pictures of us and what we have been up to! I am running out of titles and exciting intro's. This is just another update on us...Lightning McG and her gang! (that is my running name, my clever hubby came up with it. I kind of like it :))

Cade got his first wound right below his nose. It was a pretty good cut, I hope it heels ok. You can kind of see his two teeth in this picture.
He loves sucking on his bottom lip. So stinken cute!!
My two best buds playing in their fort.
Cades face looks a little orange, I need to lay off the carrots. I can't help it when that is the only vegetable that comes in baby food. I have to make my own, and who has the time for that!!
Changing of the guards.

Walking up to the top of the tower in the Stadshuset.
Gorgeous view. We chose a bad day to go, it was so windy and cold.
Kungsholmen
This is where we live. You can see the building right in the middle of the picture with the teal roof (the tallest one), we live right across from that.
Gamla Stan (old town)
Chocolate covered bananas, mmm...
They actually weren't that good, the chocolate was, but the combo wasn't my favorite. We ended up finger painting the chocolate on. Kens had lots of fun with that. I think I will stick with chocolate covered strawberries.
(kens is wearing her nice necklace made out of shoelaces)
eating blueberries
Picnic
UN Family Day.

Me and Kens (and Billy) taking a picture.
The boys
BYU Young Ambassadors
Kens holding up the line for the slide
I jumped in and helped her up. I watched other kids get handed back to there parents if they couldn't make it up. I wasn't about to pay that money and have Kens not experience the joy of the slide. So up she went, with a glare from the slide man.
Once I got her to the top she decided she had a fear of slides.
So up I went again, and down we went....
Ready to ride, Yeehaa
Riding her pony "Rocky"
Every Saturday they put up all of these tents with different treats. Here is one, your pick of sausage, what flavor do you like best.
CHEESE, CHEESE, CHEESE...
How aged do you like it?? Do you like it cremier?? The list of questions seems endless.
Skansen
Kens was a CRAZY driver, she said so herself.
We were so happy we got the zebra car. It was this one or the pink.
I was talking to Kens about Father's Day today. We were talking about how we need to do something special for daddy, just like they made Mother's day special for me. She was excited about it, then she looked at me and said, "when is it going to be kids day?" She just wants a special day for her and all the other kids out there.

Tricky Kenslee

The last couple of days Kens has said a couple of funny things, I thought I would share.

Everything right now from Kens is "look at me", because she is always doing tricky things. She is mostly proud of her "tricky legs". The other day she was dancing and doing her "tricky leg" dance, and I asked her, "how did you get so tricky". She came up to me and said, "well...(this is how she starts many of her sentences), Jesus made me this way". It was so cute and she was so serious about it. She has been blessed with the gift of "trickiness".

Today we went out to walk around Gamla Stan. Kens wasn't too excited to go home. We walked through the door and Kens looked very disappointed and said, "I don't like this stupid little apartment". I was in shock and was trying not to laugh. I have no idea where she learned the word "stupid". We don't say it, and there aren't many kids out here that speak English. After we were able to control our laughter, Billy asked her "who taught you that word"? She said that Jesus did. I don't know, but I think this is a fib. So we had to talk to her and let her know that Jesus didn't teach her that word and that it isn't a nice word to say. Then we told her we know this is a small aprtment but Nana will be coming soon, and that will be so exciting. Then after Nana leaves we will only have a couple more months in this little apartment.
Poor little girl misses her purple room and all of her friends in Texas.

One last thing:
If you have ever wondered, I know I have, what kind of superhero Billy would be and what his theme song would be...I got my answer the other day.

"300 Violin Orchestra" by Jorge Quintero (look it up on iTunes to hear a preview).

He gave me the play by play on how he would enter a room, it was pretty entertaining. It was like he had thought it all out before, I loved it! He is going to love that I let ya'll know this. This is a great song, it is a good one to run to.