Ry- Guy

We love you so much Ry.... and your sweet RED car!

Birthday BOY!

Happy Birthday Tatterbug! We had a great time celebrating birthdays this past week. Tate's is on the 1st, my nephew Ry-Guy's is on the 2nd, and My niece Chloe was born on the 3rd! We got lots of yummy Cake and Ice Cream! Tate got everything his little heart wanted- especially his Nintendo DS. The party was fun. I attempted to make his birthday cake, it's a snake. I love you so much little buddy.

Disneyland Vacation

Okay.... Here's the scoop on our Family Disneyland adventure! We got to our Hotel on Wed. We stayed at a super cute hotel called the Candycane Inn. It was really convenient, had a continental breakfast, swimming pool, and a free shuttle bus that was super easy to catch there and back. I recommend it to anyone going! The only thing the kids wanted to do when we got there was go swimming! It was a favorite daily activity.

We spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in the park. It was really nice because it wasn't super crowded ever. We did have to wait in a few lines but nothing like I imagine it when it's busy. It was a little chilly in the shade and the wind blew quite a bit. Fireworks were cancelled on Friday and Saturday because of the wind.

Ellie was upset because she didn't see the princesses wandering in the park so we went and stood in line for an hour to walk through and meet three princesses. The princesses change out every once in a while so you don't know for sure who you are going to get. We totally lucked out and got Cinderella, Belle, and Jasmine! It was so worth the wait to see Ellie's reaction and hear the excitement in her voice the rest of the week!

This was a big hit with Tate. Jedi Training. The people looked really real! It was so much fun! Tate practices the moves everyday with his new light saber... like we needed another one in our house!

What a magical place..... this is how I found these two sleeping the first night. They snuggled all night!

Of course...... we found an airplane in California Adventure! Tate and Jeff were thrilled. Tate found one of his favorite souvenirs- A little B52 airplane that he carried around everywhere.

Ellie was scared of almost EVERY ride. I don't blame her. They even make finding Nemo ride scary! This little area in the California adventure side was all bugs life stuff. There is a 3D movie that freaked both kids out- I LOVED IT, and there was this little Caterpillar ride that Ellie and I rode on three or four times! She was diggin' it.

My cute little man chillin' for a photo op.

Ellie's souvenir was a build-a-bear lamb. She dressed her in a Snow White outfit. It was so cute! Her name is Lambie.

Lunch with the princesses! I hesitated paying the money to go do this, especially after standing in line for an hour to meet some of these princess already but it made Ellie's whole trip. I think she loved Cinderella the most before Disneyland but I am thinking Snow White and Aurora are now here fav's.

Love, Love, Loved this Cinderella! She was so kind and sweet! Ellie loved her.

Mater. Tate and Ellie loved the "Cars" stuff there. They didn't have a whole lot of things but the parade was really cool!

T-I-G-G-E-R!

Okay, this was pretty much the only ride I REALLY wanted to go on because I remember it from when I was a little girl (Small World). Ellie looks thrilled, right? She did not want to go but ended up loving it! Tate was a really good sport. He went on two rides that I thought he never would do- Grizzly River Rafting (he almost puked after), and he did pirates but didn't love it. I am happy he at least tried it. They kept teasing Jeff that he was going to have to go do the Tower of Terror! Holy smokes.... I think that ride would be pushing my limits!

We went to Newport Beach the last full day we were there. It was cloudy and chilly but the sand was really warm and fun to play in. The water was freezing and crazy people were still swimming in it!!!

Ha,ha,ha,ha.... Ellie was strolling along the beach and this big wave came washing up on the shore! Ellie was running and screaming as fast as her little legs would move. It was so hilarious and I just happened to be trying to take a picture of her!

The kids are really relieved to know that there weren't any sharks that wanted to eat them up.
I could totally be a beach bum! I loved it there!

..... and then we had to come home! We really didn't want to come back to the real world. Tate loved the airplane rides! On the way into Long Beach the airplane did some funky sudden drop. It felt like we were falling out of the sky. I freaked out of course and he LOVED it! When the plane landed there was this HORRIBLY loud noise. It sounded like the whole top of the airplane was going to rip off! I was again freaking out but as soon as it was silent Tate YELLED, "That was awesome!!!!" Everyone around us started laughing their heads off. What a cutie!

.Big Blue.

Go Aggies, Go Aggies... hey,hey, hey!

We went to Logan on Saturday for the Aggies Blue and White game. We had a great time. One highlight was seeing Big Blue, another was running around on the field after the game. We love watching the Aggies play football especially when we know they are going to WIN!

F.H.E. at Grandma's.

Ellie's Fish

Tate's fish.

We went up to Grandma's house this week for F.H.E. Tate has been dieing to catch a fish and it's basically a fish farm up there. The fish are GYNORMOUS and so easy to catch. The only problem we had was that they kept stealing the bread off the hook. They forgot that they were supposed to put that sharp little hook in their lip so that we could catch them, pet them, and then throw them back! Tate's fish was huge! Ellie's was still big but looked little compared to the one Tate caught. We love to go to Grandma's and just feed the fish. She has ducks that run around and as you can see very friendly dogs that let Ellie ride on their backs. We love Grandma's house!

Spinlash...what?

Yeah so Tate never ceases to amaze me! He was laying next to me the other day and reminded me (because he has told me this many times before) that I really need to buy some spinlash mascara so that my mascara wouldn't be so clumpy! What???!!! Yeah... little too much T.V. I guess. Does anyone use this? It would be fun to get it just for Tate's sake. He has seriously mentioned it to me several times. I do try my best to cake on the mascara.... my rule is the more the better. A little secret I have learned is that you should NEVER wipe that little extra glob off the end of your mascara brush when you take your brush out! That extra glob is totally needed for the heavy application of the mascara! I am in love with my Mabelline mascara- the one in the fat, Yellow tube.... and yes, this is all I have to blog about! looser....

My Shinning Star!

This last week at School Tate got to be the "Shinning Star" for his class. They spotlighted Tate and let him be the "line leader". It made him feel really special. Tate helped us make this poster about himself. Some facts about my little man:
1- Favorite Food- Pizza (cheese)
2- Favorite Football team- KC Chiefs.... of course!
3- He likes North Carolina (basketball)
4- He likes Airplanes (it is in his blood i swear!)
5- Loves the Aggies, especially Gary Wilkinson. Tate loves to go to the games with his dad. He stands up and cheers THE ENTIRE GAME! What a sports junky.
6- Likes the KC Royals!
7- Tate has been to Hawaii, Boston, Kansas City, and ID- Island park and Rexburg.
8- He loves his family (check out his drawing!)
9- He also loves his CAT! You have got to read what he made me write about our "furry dork".
10- Tate loves his little Sister. They are such cute, best little buddies!
We sure love this little boy. He is such a good, kind, well mannered little man. Hopefully he stays that way. We truly are blessed to have Tate in our Family!

Fishing...... yes, I was told only FISHING with his daddy! I about FREAKED when I was told that my son was pretty good with a BB gun! Only because I knew that there were a whole bunch of young scouts in the same area shooting as well! aaaahhh! Jeff said Tate shot really well and loved it. They only caught a few little fish but they both had a great Father-son date! Thanks Jeff for taking Tate along with you. He just told me today that he sure misses his day of fishing and shooting with his daddy!