I did it!!!

I hope that everybody got their invite to my blog. I know that many of you do not like private blogs and same with me. I just had a lot of strange people visiting that I didn't care for. (one from Italy that REALLY freaked me out) and then with the news on KSL that people have been telling me about, I figured this is the best way to protect my family and I would do anything to protect my family! Hope you don't mind the change and please keep checking into our blog. We love comments and loving keeping in contact with great friends....thanks for understanding!!!

LAST CALL.....GOING PRIVATE!

I know that I have been a slacker for the last month or two with this whole private thing....but it really is time. I have gotten many emails (Thank You!) but also haven't gotten a few. If you are interested in viewing my blog still, please leave me your email, other wise.....oh well.

What a Great Halloween!

Halloween was a great day for us. We enjoyed the costumes, candy and all that the holiday has to offer. We got lots of loot this year and thanks to Tate, we will have candy for a life time. (He is able to eat some of it...smarties, suckers and such...But mommy and daddy will really enjoy the chocolate..hee hee) We had plans to hit Lee's and some of the other places in town for trick or treating, but Tate had a nice long nap instead. We ran up to the Mall and got tons of candy there and then hit our wards "Trunk or Treat". We really enjoyed seeing all of the ward members and kids in AWESOME costumes! Tate enjoyed giving his candy back to all of the givers, I thought that was pretty cute of him. Aaron handed out the treats with Mike, while the ladies and kids hit the trunks. After Megan and Ariana went around the blocks and hit the houses in our neighborhood that we didn't get candy from at the trunk or treat. I was very impressed to see some of the houses and how festive they get for this holiday. I got a big scare at one....smoke machine...skeleton laughing at me..it made me jump a mile(thanks Towers). I was pooped from the long day when I got home, but managed to still answer the door to thousands of kids! (WOW WAS IT A GREAT YEAR FOR TRICK OR TREATERS OR WHAT?!!) I think that the warm weather helped in this a lot. No jacket was required....I loved it! Thanks for all the fun, to all of the spookers out there...until next year!


BOO!!! Pretty scary HUH!!!


The Wonder bread man!



Mike snuck this surprise picture on my camera..so I thought that I might as well post it....Thanks MIKE!


Great family photo op! Aaron and Charee the "CAVE COUPLE" and "Wonder Tate"


The Wonder bread man,horse,m&m, and dolls. Tate's great friends from the ward.



Megan, Ariana, and Me with the cute kids!

SCARY TIMES!!

These last couple of weeks I have really just wanted to scream....not for the reason for Halloween, but for illness reasons. So not to bore you too much, I wont go into the details. It started off last week Aaron got the flu, I got the head cold + sinus infec + cough and Tate had a cold + maybe earache and the throw ups and diarrhea. Scary times huh!! As this on and off issue went on....we did enjoy a few activities.

We went to my Bro-in-laws famous Halloween party. My mom tended Tate while we went and enjoyed our evening. (we did stop in at our ward party first and got some funny stares for wearing such crazy outfits....our ward doesn't dress up...I guess)

Me and Aaron in our last minute...thrown together "Cave People" costumes!


Cody and Katie as AWESOME Umpaloopas!



Tate and I enjoyed a beautiful evening outside on out NEW grass.... Aaron was doing a little landscaping on our yard....while Tate sat on my knee (SOO CUTE) and watched mommy carve a funny looking Jack-O-Lantern!!!



We hit the Famous North Logan "Pumpkin Walk"....I was worried that I wouldn't make it this year with all of the illness in our home (I don't think that I have ever missed a year since I grew up just up the road from it. It started at the little farm, just up the road from us and just grew bigger and bigger and now it is at the park and just insane with how many people go now)...but we broke loose on the last day of it and saw the great pumpkin art!




Tis the season for illness.....but we have enjoyed the Halloween fun....candy anyone?!?

An interesting Drive to the BIG BLUE BEAR!

The other day Aaron thought it would be fun to take a drive to Bear Lake and see the left over leaves in the canyon. (Note: they are pretty much ALL gone) And get a raspberry shake. Megan and Blake W. came alone for the fun. We got to the Bear Lake look out and thought we would take a couple pictures. I put on my jacket because the wind was blowing and it was chilly. We then went to get Tate out of his car seat. He was soaked with pee everywhere, I didn't think to put a fresh diaper on before. DUH! Then I went to get his jacket and shoes....and forgot both of them. OHHH what a terrible mother! I didn't have anything for my poor soaked little boy. We looked in the trunk and YAY I had a baby blanket that I was going to drop off at the DI...this saved the day. BUT he was still soaked. We went into the visitors center and Aaron had a great thought...."Maybe they have a hand blower, we can dry his outfit"...and for the first time in all of my life I was glad that there was one!!! We dried out the soaked pee in his outfit, while he walked around with just a diaper. People kept coming in and out and probably thinking that I was a red neck mother, not dressing my child. Shortly after he had his one piece outfit on and on we went. We were then ready for out yummy raspberry shake, well to our luck...everything was closed. Should have thought, this town closes down for the rest of the year. This was a interesting experience. All of the things that we thought would be a great idea....nothing really worked out for us.... but it was great company and fun to visit with Megan and Aaron for the afternoon. Sometimes things don't always turn out....do they??!!! But with these experiences you just have to laugh and think of the positives...you can still have a good time.




The Whitesides and us also went to the opening of the 10 new rooms at the Anniversary Inn. This was great fun to walk through the themed rooms and see all of the neat things that they can do with just a room. Tate enjoyed the truck bed. We had a hot dog and drink and enjoyed!

Late on my tags!

I have been tagged by a few people and haven't taken the time to do them, so here we go. Sorry if I have missed one, some I had done already...sorry...these I haven't.

From Cheri: the 8's

8 Favorite shows... 1. Lost 2. Grey's Anatomy (i really only watch these two show religiously, otherwise these next ones are rare) 3. Extra or ET 4. SYTYCD 5.AI 6.SNL 7. Ellen 8. Whatever Hubby is watching (not really)

8 Favorite Restaurants... 1. Wingers 2. Fredrico's 3. Cafe Sabor 4. Olive Garden 5.Chili's 7. Logans Hero's 8. Anything that serves food.

8 Things that happened to me yesterday... 1. Went to Super Saturday 2. Chatted with great friends 3. Went to Smith's market place 4. Went to Malory's 1st B-day party 5. Talked with mom on phone 6. Went on a walk 7. Tucked Tate in for bed 8. Blew my nose about a thousand times and coughed all night

8 Things I look forward to... 1. Tates achievements 2. Aaron's business growing 3. Family get togethers 5. Friends get togethers 6. Lost starting...yummy Sawyer 7. Go some sorta of trip or outing with Aaron 8.Holidays

8 Things I love about Fall... 1. Leaves 2. Walks 3. Trick or Treaters 4. Costume parties 5. Family and Friends visits 6. Candles burning 7. Yummy soups and great foods. 8. Shopping

8 Things on my wish list... 1. (I just got grass..that was my first a couple of days ago) 2. New pants 3. New jacket...can't have too many of these 4. Trip somewhere 5. Healthier parents 6. Healthier son 7. A total nights sleep 8. My cough to go away


This tag is from Mary:

Go to your 10th file folder and click on the 8th picture, then post...




This is Tate on santa's lap at the church christmas party last year. Tate was just over 3 months old.

**Thank goodness it wasnt my before and get me off of the couch post pregnancy pictures. HAA HAA...I would have had to lie about which pic to pick!!


A to Z from Steph:

A: Attached or Single: Attached
B: Best Friend: I have soo many, but I must say Aaron
C: Cake or Pie: BOTH
D: Day of Choice: Saturday
E: Essential Item: Chap stick
F: Favorite Color: Red, Yellow, Orange, Green... I love them all
G: Greatest Accomplisthment: Must copy Steph, Motherhood for sure!
H: Hometown: Happy Valley, Utah
I: Indulgenes: Sticky fingers, Mashed potatoes and sweets
J: January or July: HANDS DOWN>>>> July!!!!!
K: Kids: 1- Tate
L: Life is Incomplete without: My hubby and son, parents, siblings, friends.
M: Marriage Date: Feb 2002
N: Number of Siblings: (5) Bret, Cindi, Brad, Cristi, and ME! Boy, girl, boy...i was to be a boy named Bryan!
O: Oranges or Apples: Apples
P: Phobias or Fears: Fears...All of my family dieing before me...AHHH!!
Q: Quotes: We don't skinny dip, we chunky dunk
R: Reason to smile: Family, friends, jokes....all!
S: Season: Summer
T: Tag 5 Friends: anyone that would love to do this can.
U: Unknown Fact about me: I can roll my tongue 3 times.
V: Very Favorite store: Tai pan, Rod Works, Hobby Lobby.
W: Worst habit: Eat sweets before dinner
X: X-ray or Ultrasound: Ultrasound is a good thing, x-ray not!
Y: Your Favorite food: Anything that is not sea food.
Z: Zodiac: Pisces

Ok so those are the latest Tags...hope you enjoyed...because it took me FOREVER!

Nothing to post......BUT I will!

Sorry for not posting for awhile, not a ton of things to post about! No real reason to take many pictures. (I know posts aren't fun without pictures...I will add something) We still have had some fun outings with family and friends. We actually went on a "late night" date the other night....without the child. We have left the babe before for a while, but mom was great to come over and take care of Tate and even put him to bed. Tate has never had anyone put him to bed "at night" before and this was kinda weird for me. He did great and all was wonderful.(Guess I should do this more often)

Good news about Tate's ears, he has had pretty much a constant ear infec...if not double for the last 4 to 5 months. He has had a few before that also. We went to the ENT (ear, nose, and throat) Doctor the other day and he said that he was OK! He said that tubes could be a 50/50 thing. Aaron and I are not sure what to do...will someone tell us what to do?? Should we get them or not. Hopefully he will grow out of these infec. and we wont have to deal with this, but going into the winter season is another story. Surely he will get another infection!?! I am just not knowing what to do. I just want the best for him. He must be feeling a little better..he slept through the night for the first time, for TWO nights straight....YAY for sleep!


*****PICTURE FOR THE BORING POST********
This is a picture of me a couple of years ago when we lived in SLC. My friend Peggy and I went to see the witches at "Gardeners Village". WAY fun place! We had a blast and this was my very favorite witch...she had a reeeealllllly bad wedgee!!



And because I don't have any other pictures I took this one off of the hard drive on the computer, in remembrance of this last weekend....for the first snow storm of the year!