The Reception

Tate loves his "Utah Cousins." Jace, Zack and Tate.

The Jorgenson name lives on.
The bride and groom with most of the Jorgenson grand kids.
Zack, Samara, Keith, Amber, Carter, Ensley, Jace, Kacee
Christian, Tate, Caden, Logan, Sammy
Me with my adorable boys.

Couldn't be happier!

So...Brad has been wanting to lose some weight and he finally did. He looks great and more importantly he feels great. He loved the program so much that he is now a "health coach" and helping people with the program as well. I was really skeptical at first but I have seen such a change in him and others around me that have done the program, that I am a believer. I put the link to his web site "High School Body."

Salt Lake Temple

Just waiting for the bride and groom...I think my husband is pretty hot!

Carter and Uncle Kirk.
And Mr. and Mrs. Keith Louw

Amber was the most beautiful bride...such a good looking couple. Congratulations you two!!

Playing with Grandpa Jorgenson

We went to Utah for Brad's sister's wedding. The boys loved playing with Grandpa in the sandbox.

And Carter...6 Weeks Old...just inside snoozing away.

A Lazy Sunday

Brad made a really big fort for Tate, as you can see. It kept him very busy...busy enough that mom and dad could take a nap. Tate decided to take some pictures of his awesome fort while we could not protest him using the camera. The following pictures were all taken by Tate.

Beaverton Parade

Judy, Brock, Kasi, Logan, Me, & Tate

Tate's hair would not go down after the mohawks from the night before. Tate also had to bring this Christmas canister to collect all the candy.

Rocker Dudes

Brad had fun with the boys hair after their baths.

First Day of School

My camera is lame, but so is my photography. We were in a hurry to get out the door, I didn't really check to see if I got a good picture. I kind of didn't care though either because his eyes were still dilated from his exam two days earlier and his left eye wonders when they are dilated. Tate had a hard first day. He was really embarrassed to wear his glasses. He was painfully shy and it took him a long time to warm up to the other kids. It was really sad to me because he is SO not shy, but he is doing great now.

The Three Amigos

MY BOYS

The boys are right outside my bathroom door but still with a view to the TV. I couldn't get out of the bathroom without stepping over them. The joys of trying to get ready with kids. Carter is about three to four weeks old here. I think the hardest part with adding that third is really having no time to yourself. The are so much fun though.

Tate's Eye Exam #2

We had Tate's second eye exam on September 2ND. He did wonderfully as usual. They start out by putting eye drops in his eyes to get them to dilate. They put three in each eye. This is Tate's least favorite part. He hates it! Then they give him what we like to call a cocktail. Tate is hilarious after he drinks this. Brad was asking him how many fingers he was holding up. Tate responded with two. Then he proceeds to repeat the word two very slowly moving his lips all funny. I have to say the hardest part for me, which never gets easy, is when they wheel Tate away to the OR. He seems totally fine with it because of his "cocktail" but it is really hard on me.

Then we wait. Our doctor, Dr. Stout, is awesome! I feel blessed to have such a great doctor and to be so close to him. Some of his patients come from Washington, Northern California, Idaho and further. He deals with all of the Coats Disease and Retinoblastoma patients in these areas.

They checked once again for Retinoblastoma but our doctor is comfortable that Tate only has Coats Disease. Yeah! I was a little shocked that they still were checking because they had not found any tumors before. He said that tumors do not always manifest themselves as solid masses.

Our GOOD NEWS...Tate's eye has responded to the first treatment which means that they have stopped some leakage. There is still more though so they did another laser therapy treatment. Tate will have another eye exam under anesthesia on December 2ND.

If you have looked at the website on Coats Disease, you will notice that there are five stages of Coats Disease. We asked Dr. Stout what stage Tate's eye is in. He explained that it is really hard to say. We do know that Tate has a very advanced case but while some parts of his eye could be in one stage, other parts could be in another stage. He is confident is saying that we are not headed in the direction that Tate would lose his eye. We are very thankful for this. If you want to know more about Tate's journey to this point, you can click on the label entitled "Coats Disease."