Sweet 16!

 I wanted to give Caden a really cool sweet 16 party, but he did not want one at all.  So he won and I backed off.  He has been saving his money for a new snowboard.  He asked us for money for his birthday so he could finally afford to buy it.  We said sure, and the deal was done.  He went to REI and bought his board.  Wow!  He was so happy, he held it in the car like a puppy.  He even slept with it the first night.  There was one problem.  There was still great snow at Bogus and he wanted to use his new board this season.  However, his new board did not have bindings.  We warned him when he decided that was what he wanted for his birthday, but he didn't care.  Oh, the pain and agony he was going through! 
He had bought his board a couple days before his birthday.  I found some bindings that he wanted at Dicks and they were on clearance for a good price.  I bought them, thinking we would tuck them away for Christmas.  But Caden was so depressed about not being able to use his board...I gave in and we gave them to him on his birthday.  He was so suprised!  He did have to pay us back for them, which he did after a week of dog watching, and a check from Chem Dry.  He was one happy snowboarder! 

We love our Caden!