Jason and I had a great time in Jamaica...it was really nice to get to spend some time together and just RELAX!!! Well, at least when we were finally able to let ourselves relax! We had to keep telling ourselves that it was okay to just be sitting on our butts and taking a nap under the hot Jamaican sun!!! But we were also very excited to come home to see our little guy--we missed him so much! I especially had a hard time leaving him for so many nights...prior to our trip, I had only left him overnight! But we all made it through. Thanks to both grandmas and grandpas! They kept Cale busy while we were gone---I don't think he even cared too much that we weren't there! But it was back to the grind once we got home...Jason was frantic to get his lawn up to par for the winter...god forbid that our neighbor's lawns already had their leaves raked and bagged!!! Needless to say, Jason's need to "catch up" ended up being a fun way to spend our afternoon!!!

FALL FUN !!!!!

It took Cale a while to get used to the leaves.....he didn't quite think it was ok to run through them all. But once he saw mom and dad do it a couple times, he decided to give it a try and then we couldn't get him to go inside. He had his own little butt groove imprinted right in the middle of the pile and everytime he would get up he'd come back to sit precisely in the same butt groove!

Notice in the next two pictures how hard Cale is squeezing his eyes shut when Jason is throwing the leaves up in the air....This was before he was ok with touching the leaves!

Man, this kid loves to work!!! Cale better be careful at how much he volunteers his help though, cuz at this rate, Jason will have Cale mowing the lawn next summer!

...the infamous butt groove.....