New Years Eve 2009

Since having Tate, we have always stayed at a hotel on New Years Eve. We take Tate swimming and get pizza for dinner. And a few of our friends always stop by to ring in the new year with us.

Here Tate is trying to get Mary, his friend Jewell's Mom, with his new nerf gun (which has since been taken away and put up high in the closet).

Tate and Jewell shooting someone.

Tate and Mommy.

Hubby and Me.

Sarah and Me.

Heathy and Me.

Me & Brook.

Heathy, Sarah, Me, Brook and Bethany.

Heathy, Sarah, Karen, Me, Brook and Bethany.

Tate and his Smonster. (Sock Monster that Heathy made him for his birthday).

Christmas Day 2009

Santa gifts! Hooray!

A new card game. Thank goodness, I can only handle so much Go Fish.


A cute Cars sleeping bag / air mat.

BUMBLEBEE!!!

Bath fizzies.

YUM! This is now a must have for special occasions. Overnight Monkey Bread. Oh So Good.

I just made snacks for us to munch on all day.

Around 7:30 that night, Tate spiked a fever of 102.4 and started puking.

Poor sick baby. By the morning, he was fine. No fever and no more pukes.

Christmas Eve 2009

Tate couldn't wait to open presents. We let him open one in the afternoon. He picked this one from Stan & Natalie.

Tate was an Angel in the Christmas Program at Church. All the kids were so cute!

When we got home, we opened all our presents. (Expcept the ones from Santa of course!) (This is just a few, the kid was spoiled rotten this year!)

Message from Santa to Tate

http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/f06d92073d0e291919b3598e3935e2cf

Thanksgiving 2009

This year we traveled to Portland, OR for Thanksgiving. We almost always spend Thanksgiving with my BFF Brook and her brother Mat. Their Dad lives in Portland, so this year we all went there. We had a great time. Lots of food, drinks, games and Wii Rock Band.

"On the road again......."

Traffic was great until we got to Portland.

One of the many bridges in Portland.

Daddy teaching Tate how to drum......kind of.....


Daddy and Tate attempting to put together some dinosaur thing.....yeah, it didnt work. We put it away.

Lincoln Logs!

Quelf. Yes, it is a game. If you have ever played it, it would make perfect sense that Bethany has tin foil on her hand.

This is the only picture I got of the three of us together on Thanksgiving.

Me and my good friend Bethany.

Me and my BFF Brook.


And of course, no trip is complete without a stop at a disc golf course. It was a bright sunny day in Portland; but it was freezing! Tate and I hung out in the car while Chris golfed.

Halloween 2009

One light burned out before we even began.

Daddy wanted to be a robot too!

Sleepy robot Tate.

And the winner is......

TATE!!

We entered Tate into the costume contest at Fred Meyer on Saturday. He won! He won a $ 25 gift card. We let him pick out any toy (under $25) that he wanted. He picked a Cars set with firetruck Mater, rescue helicopter and dalmation Mia & Tia. He was so proud of himself. :)

Tate of Halloween's Past

Tate's first Halloween ~ 2005 (Lion)

Tate's second Halloween ~ 2006 (Scarecrow)
Tate's fourth Halloween ~ 2008 (Knight)

I am missing Tate's third Halloween. I am searching the pics I have on my work computer, but it may be on the home computer. Once I find it I will add it in.