Linden James Dover

Linden has joined our family March 25th at 8:06 am. He was 7lbs 9 oz and 21 inches long. I had such a fast labor compared to my first two. I went into labor around 1 am. Everything went so well and I have healed very nicely! Kaelynn and Daniel just adore their little brother. Kaelynn is so helpful. She is such a little momma! Daniel is very protective of Linden. It's adorable. I forgot how amazing it is to have a precious little baby again! We are so over joyed to have him.

St Augustine 2015

 For Christmas we drove to St Augustine to ride their Christmas trolley. They had fun glasses to wear that made the Christmas lights appear in fun shapes. It was much colder than I anticipated and we were so cold! We went with our great friends the Loughmillers. St. Augustine has a fort called the Castillo de San Marcos which is the oldest fort in the US. We watched a reenactment of the Spanish soldiers shooting the cannon. The kids loved it!

Thanksgiving (November 2015)

 When Casey and Roy'l came to visit us of course we played at the beach and visited the Springs. It was nice to have family come see us in Florida.

Daniel the Firefighter

The other day on our walk we saw a fire truck in our neighborhood. Daniel waved at them and they turned their lights on for him. Then they pulled over and gave Daniel a stuffed Dalmatian dog, a fire hat and a fire coloring book! Daniel was so star struck looking at them. He told me he wants to be a fireman when he grows up. He wants to drive the truck and put the fires out. He says he also wants to be a paleontologist, a garbage man, a plane man, and work man, and a daddy. You can be anything you want to be Daniel!

Hunting Zomies

We got together with some friends for some Halloween fun at a painball arena. We went on a spook walk (which I thought was scary). Then we got to shoot at zombies that were enclosed in an area. Then we went on the "Psycho Hunt". This is when we went into the arena by yourself, in the dark, with only a flashlight on your gun. If you get through killing 4 out of 5 zombies with out getting tagged you win a shirt. I can't believe I made it through! It was so exhilarating! I was so scared and was going on pure adrenaline. It was really fun. I'm glad I did it because I almost chickened out. 

Partin Ranch Corn Maze

We were looking for a new fall tradition like we used to do when we would visit Hood River every year and do the fruit loop. A friend in our ward told us about this ranch about an hour and 20 mins away. They had a lot of cool stuff and a huge corn maze! We went on a hay ride, the kids went on a barrel train ride, a zip line, and a bunch of other fun activities for the kids.We didn't go through the whole maze because we had to be back to our place at a certain time, but I'm kinda glad to not have gotten lost with the kids in there. KaeLynn loved the zip line! Daniel wasn't ready for it. He loved to play in the corn box and in the sand with their trucks.

Take your daddy to school day

This year our school had a "Take Daddy to School Day". This is when dads came to school first thing in the morning. They got to have donunts and juice with their kids. Then they took a questionnaire about their kids to see how well they knew them. KaeLynn always changes what she is into at the time, so it was cute to see her answers different from Cavan's. KaeLynn was so happy to have her daddy there. We are grateful for Cavan's career, and that he can be flexible with his schedule and be there for these fun events.