Taking a Break

I have been inspired by Melody Ross ://melodyross.typepad.com/my_weblog/ to take a break from the blogging world to enjoy our busy summer.  I have seen first hand how people are getting caught up in the social networking and internet surfing and what it does to them.  They no longer are living their lives but rather looking at everyone elses.  They are so busy sitting in a chair chatting with others that they are missing the beautiful things going on around them.  I think the internet is a good thing but "too much" of it is not good.  I don't know when I will be back.  Could be a few weeks or several months or maybe I will completely stop the blogging and facebooking.  I want to spend some time experiencing the beautiful things around me.  I want to spend time actually doing things rather than just sitting in front of a computer.  I am hoping to spend some time going places, maybe a little camping with my boys, getting creative with some art, photographing our lives, reading a good book and getting some projects done around our house.   Enjoy your summer!

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He is now 1 year old. Can you believe it? A whole year has passed since we welcomed this little guy into our family.  Oh, how life has changed for us.  I think I can truly say that I have been so very tired for a year- but oh so happy also!
He can hold up one finger when you ask him how old he is.
He can give you "five" and "high five."
He says "Daddy" pretty clearly now.
He eats a lot of different table food now. Some of his favorites are cheese, crackers and fish.
We went to the lake for the first time with him last week and he loved it.  He walked right up to the water and sat down in it.
He weighs about 25 lbs. and is about 31 inches tall.
He is wearing 12- 18 months clothing and size 4 1/2 to 5 shoe.
His new favorite book is a lift the flap Chuggington book.
He has eight teeth.  A couple of his back ones are working on coming in.
He loves playing outdoors.
He makes noise now when he is playing with his trucks or tractors, trying to make the noises they make.
We had a birthday party for him on Sunday.  We got lots of great pictures but I only included just a few below.  We barbacued and Kenton's family, my family and Aunt Lisa came.
He cried when we put his birthday hat on him so that is why he doesn't have one in the picture. 

He loved the cake!  The lady who made his cake made him a little smash cake too so we let him get his hands in it!

It was a wonderful day!  Later that afternoon after everyone went home he and I took quite a long nap in the recliner.  As I sat there holding him I reflected on what a great year we have had. Kaleb has brought so much joy and fun to our family.  He has brought us back to the simple pleasures in life, like Sunday drives, hanging out in the yard, swinging under the tree and just enjoying being together.  It has been a great year with this little guy!