Down the Mountain We Go!

Tate had his first skiing lesson! He did awesome! He loved it, and was able to go down the mountain by himself. We were so impressed! Grandma and Grandpa came with us, and we all went down the mountain together after Tate had his lesson. He did great! We just need to work a little bit on turning (he tends to go very fast and very straight, which works great until there is a bunch of trees in the way!)

Tate is 5!

Tate had an awesome 5th birthday! He wanted a construction themed party. We decided to get some big cardboard boxes, and let the kids go to town with paint. The only hard part was finding big cardboard boxes--did you know no one will let you have them anymore? Or even buy them? Seriously! After many phone calls, I finally found a furniture store willing to let me have theirs---if I was willing to dig through their dumpster. Dutiful mommy that I am, I went "dumpster diving" and we found some great boxes!

Tate loved having all his friends over for his party. They played some fun games, and ate an "excavator cake." The favorites seemed to be painting the houses and building towers with blocks and then doing "demolition" with a tennis ball hanging from a long string. They all had a great time!

Uncle Kevin has the same birthday as Tate, so we decided to all go out to dinner to celebrate. Happy birthday to two awesome guys! We love you!

The February 26 Birthday Boys! Uncle Kevin and Tate!

The best construction crew around!

Valentines Day!

Update

Tate and Max being tunnels for the train


Dino-Travel--It's the latest thing! (Backpack filled with your doggy, a sippy cup, and your camera are optional)


We went ice-skating up in Park City on New Year's Day. (I know, I know, I'm seriously late posting this :) Tate loved it, and by the end he was able to skate across the rink without the walker.
Daddy and Max ice skating
Uncle T, Aunt Bri, Mommy, Daddy, Tate, and Max
Tate has been stealing my camera and going on little adventures lately. I never know what images will pop up when I download onto the computer! Here is Tate's "Self-Portrait"

We went sledding with Tanja, Ryan, Jaxon, and Lindsey a few weeks ago. It was a blast! Max liked throwing snowballs at people--here he is being extra sneaky by hiding behind some trees
This is how we found Tate the other night. Guess he wanted a few extra stories :)
Nothin' like some strawberries and Nuttella

If You Need A Laugh...

Okay, so I apologize that this is rotated wrong. I have no idea how to fix it. It is still really cute! I took this video about a year ago, and couldn't figure out how to put it on blogger. But I finally figured it out! Hurray!

Christmas 2009!

Christmas this year was great. We enjoyed lots of family time, and of course a visit from St. Nick!


Bri and THurray for race cars!

The boys received an electric train for Christmas. They love it! They went to a train show this past week, and returned home excited to make bridges and other things for their train.

Tickle-Me-Max!

Opening presents at Nana and Grandpa's house

Tate's cousin Lindsey got an American Girl doll from Nana this Christmas--I'm just not sure this was the one she was expecting! :)

This is how we found Max after we had opened all the presents on Christmas morning.
Guess he needed a little extra sleep!
Uncle Derek and his new wife Cristina visited from Atlanta, GA. We were so excited to see them!

A local stable had real Reindeer. They are actually very small!

We loved visiting the Salt Lake City LDS Temple and seeing the lights

Both the boys went to the Ballet West Nutcracker this year.

Tate's Preschool program was at a theater just around the corner from our house. He did great!