I am Cade, I am now 14 and a member of the McBride family. My parents are Dan and Laura McBride, and my only brother is Alex McBride. I also have two pets, Carson the dog, and Bob the tarantula ( Scary, right? ).
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My family! From left to right Dan, Laura, Alex, Cade |
My mom also does a blog, look here to check it out.https://misformcbride.blogspot.com/
My brother is also starting a blog here it ishttps://accountsofacertainmcbride.blogspot.com/
Here is a sort of brief summary of my life so far. My existence started on April 7th, 2006 as Cade Robert McBride, so yes Cade is not short for anything. I am the oldest child out of my one sibling. I was born in Rexburg, Idaho as my parents were still living there after doing school at BYU Idaho.
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Baby me! |
Shortly after my birth, my family decided to move to Minnesota because my dad had to participate in The School of Instrument Repair there. After the schooling we moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, so my dad could join The Army as a saxophone player. He made it through his audition successfully and also made through basic training and The School of Music. Soon after, on June 19th, 2008, my brother, Alexander Jon McBride was born. So yes, Alex is short for something.
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Baby Alex |
After a couple years we were stationed in Seoul, South Korea. This is about where my memory began and I'll be able to tell better stories. We lived in an apartment complex called Hanam Village. I remember being excited to live up so high, and being able to look down on Seoul.
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Here's us at the Seoul Tower |
I started school in Korea, I went to a 2-hour pre-school, and then a full-day kindergarten. The teacher was Mrs. Rasmussen ( which is impossible for any kindergartener to read, spell, or pronounce) I made some Korean friends and was able to invite people to birthday parties. I was able to learn to read, write, and talk very early in life and was advancing well. Places we liked to have fun in Seoul were The Seoul Zoo, Seoul Land, The Coex Aquarium, and other places names I don't remember.
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Hanam Village |
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Busan Lantern Festival |
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These fish at the Coex Aquarium would nibble at your fingers |
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Burmese Python! |
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My Taekwondo years |
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We were, somewhat of a tourist attraction in Seoul |
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6th birthday party |
After 2 years in Korea, we moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. I started 1st grade there at a local public school called Venetucci. After seeing that 1st grade was to easy, my parents put me in a charter school called The Vanguard School. The school fit my "abilities" and I stayed there until I moved again. At first, I did not have very many friends, but I quickly gained friends at school and church. We lived in Colorado for 5 years, and a lot happened in those years. When I was, I was baptized as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In 3rd grade my eyes became bad so I had to get glasses, that same year I also started piano lessons with my mom In all of 2017, my dad was stationed away from us in Seoul again for the promise of moving to Germany, but that was all for nothing, because of my mental disability, we were unable to go to Germany. That same year I chose ( well actually forced ) to play the trombone. My school had no trombone players in middle or high school, making me the only player. I had a knack for the thing and loved playing it, unfortunately, the band program was not the best there.
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The family at Garden of the Gods |
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Pikes Peak! |
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Bishop's Castle, all of this was made by one man |
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Stanely Hotel |
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Room 217! |
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My first pinewood derby |
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8th birthday |
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9th birthday |
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10th birthday |
On February 2nd, 2018, we moved to San Antonio, Texas, here's where my memory is really fresh. We started in a temporary home looking for a house to buy, it took a while but we found a home good for us. But, on our first day of school, it was a series of unfortunate events. That morning our dog, Carson, was sprayed by a skunk, we found a roach blocking our Keurig, and a rat escaped from the drawer. After school, we went to meet our new ward and friends, but when we got back, the washer had flooded our house. That was not a good day.
Ever since I've gone to Driscoll Middle School, which is a public school with a great band program. I'm in all of the top classes and still pursuing my musical talent. At Driscoll, there were other trombone players and those trombone players and Mr. Richard Gonzalez helped push me to succeed in my musical career. In 7th grade, I was good enough to be in Honors Band and was 2nd chair next to the best 8th grader then. But I was unable to be in all of the classes I wanted, so I had to be in Symphonic Band, which was way too easy. Although I was able to be in the Jazz Band, so that was fun. In my 8th grade year, I was now 1st chair in Honor Band and I still am now.
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Sunday School! |
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Driscoll Middle School |
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New trombone! |
At the beginning of the year, we got our audition music for Region Band. The year prior I was so close to making it in the bottom band, but I didn't do good enough. Well luckily that year, I made it easily into the top band and performed a great concert with my friends. The many hours of clinics were exhausting, but it was worth it.
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You can tell I was beat |
This was one of the songs we performed.
That year, The First Presidency decided that our church should leave The Boy Scouts of America ( now Scouts of America ) at the end of 2019. So I decided I wanted to become Eagle Scout before then, and I was able to. After countless months of hard work, we finally made it to my Eagle Project. My Eagle Project was on September 27th and 28th, and our goal was to build a new peacock roost for The Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle. Our project had a few scary moments, but we powered our way to success. In January I had my final interview,, and they unanimously agreed for me to be an Eagle Scout.
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Before |
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During |
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Finished |
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Officially an Eagle Scout |
Right at the end of winter break, our family decided to go on a Royal Caribbean cruise. We were on The Liberty of the Seas leaving from Gavelston Texas. Our Grandma Kathy and Uncle Kevin came on the cruise as well and we all had an amazing time. We traveled to Roatan, Honduras, Costa Maya, Mexico, and Cozumel, Mexico. We got to try so many different foods and do fun once in a lifetime things on the ship and islands.
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On our way to the ship |
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We were excited to have our own room |
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Bye Texas! |
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Escargot, Yum! |
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Ice skating? |
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And rock climbing? That ship was massive! |
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Snazzy at dinner And yes, that is a trombone tie. |
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Roatan beaches |
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Mayan temples! |
That brings us to now, where we are all stuck in our homes. My birthday was on April 7th and I had a great time. I got two shirts, three pairs of face socks, candy, pens, a subscription to Musescore Pro, a ten dollar gift card, and some bluetooth headphones. We played games all day and went on a bike ride. To top it all off, at the end of the day I got some delicious cookie cake.
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New shirt! |
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Biking in bamboo |
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Cookie cake! |
At this time right now, we as humanity our faced with a new challenge. An ongoing worldwide pandemic. COVID-19. COVID-19 is a respiratory pandemic that started in Wuhan, China right before New Years. Ever since, ( as of April 10th) it has infected almost 1,700,000 people around the world, and unfortunately responsible for over 100,000 deaths. Over 500,000 are infected in the U.S. alone causing a national standstill. My school has been canceled to May 4th, and so all I have to do is to play games with my family and create a blog. So for yours and the world's sake, please stay home.
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