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Christmas Card Rejects...

Just trying to get a cute picture for the 2007 Christmas Card.

The Gingerbread House

We made the mistake of buying our gingerbread house kit too early and Tate carried it around for days...hence the big crack in the roof. We ended up making this the end of November.

Topping the roof with gumballs.
The fam.
It says 2007 in case you can't read it.
And that gingerbread man has Tate's name on it.
As always, the kids ate half of the candy.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Tate & Logan helping Mommy with the Christmas Tree.

Logan saying, "cheeeeeese."
I only got two pictures before Tate's neighbor friend called to have him come over and play. Then I put Logan down for a nap and hurried as fast as I could to finish the tree. And, yes, our tree is very small. We have wanted to start the tradition of going and cutting down a real one but it just didn't happen this year....so, we have our tiny fake one.

And now...Happy 4th Birthday Tate!

Playing Duck, Duck, Goose...oh, wait, I mean Spider, Spider, Goblin.

It was a Spiderman party.

Logan waiting patiently to be picked as the Goblin.
Daddy made Tate's cake.
Who wants cake and ice cream??
Our playroom right before everyone went home. Gotta love it!

Including Tate and Logan, we had eleven kids here.

Tate's Journey Thus Far...

I believe I was seven months along with Tate in this picture.

We entitled this picture "Thug Tate"
One ~ At the Children's Museum
Two ~ At the old house just dancing around.
Three ~ At the beach (our favorite place)

Happy Anniversary!

Lake Powell where it all began!

November 10th...Six Years Ago.
I love you honey!

Children's Museum

Tate, Arthur and Logan

Logan talking on the phone with Arthur.
Tate at Arthur's school pretending to be the teacher.
In the Water Works area.
Just...want...to touch the water.

A day out at the Children's Museum.
They also have an Arthur exhibit right now that is a lot of fun.

Trick or Treating

Tate hugging Morgan (the little boy I watch full time.) I don't think Morgan knows what to do with Tate's bulging muscles. Tate kept feeling his muscles. It was so funny.
Logan was not happy about this costume. He is so much taller than Tate was that it barely fit him.

Once we got a couple pounds of candy down him though he was happy!

Pumpkin Patch with the Richardsons

Tate didn't get the memo that he was supposed to wear orange and black.

These are his cousins: Tori, Erica, and Sophia.

Cousin Katie helping Logan down the slide.
Grandma, Maddy, Tate, Grandpa and tired Sophia!
"Dad, where are you going with my pumpkin?" (Grant following his Daddy)

Every year we go to the pumpkin patch and hang out for a few hours as a family and then head back to our house for chili. It's always a lot of fun and every year we end up getting beautiful weather.

Grandma & Grandpa Jorgenson

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit. Tate and Logan had a blast. They always love having so much attention. We went to the air museum in McMinnville Oregon. I can't believe that I have never been there before. It was really cool.

Tate & Logan Helping Dad

Tate and Logan love helping their dad as much as possible. As you can see, Tate has to have a hat and gloves on just like Dad. Brad is putting in a vent for our downdraft stove. When we remodeled the kitchen and took a wall out, we need to vent out through the crawlspace. Yeah, one more project completed! One of these days I will post some before and afters of our remodel. Brad has done an amazing job!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch with Tate's Preschool. It was a lot of fun. They had some brand new little chicks that the kids loved. Tate also got to feed the goats. So exciting!