Thank you Mr. Wandtke...

We have some awesome neighbors. Mr. Wandtke, a.k.a Gerno, took the boys on his amazing go-cart. He is a very talented gentleman and he built this go-cart. According to his eight year old daughter, "he started building the g0-cart when my mom was a little bit pregnant with me." There you have the story behind this amazing machine. Lucky for us, he has a throttle to adjust the speed and he uses a rope to somewhat keep control of the machine. He told Mike and I to beware of Dylan because he knows how to operate the machine really well and if the throttle was not adjusted Dylan would have been at the District rather quickly (16...please don't come to soon).


Tate is along for the ride.....that is until he has to get out and then a tantrum tends to occur.
Tate also likes to drive the "goo-karrt."

Our little Nascar team.

Dylan in his element.

Now guess what the boys(including daddy) want for Christmas? And Daddy wants to built the machine. I'm afraid the garage is quickly going to change and mommy's car will be finding a new parking spot. Anyone out there want to donate their garage for a time?

Our little "Tattey Bear"...

Since Tate just celebrated his second birthday, I wanted to highlight some characteristics that make this boy so great and why we love having him in our family.

How could you not love and laugh at this little guy?

Tate loves to say "cheese," when you take his picture.

• Tate is always smiling and is so easy going. He loves to watch his older brother, Deelan, and he imitates everything his Dylan does.


• We love it when he says, "I wove you mamma and daddy. He is so sweet and is tender-hearted. He is also very clever and mischievous.


• He has the cutest smile (in his mother's opinion) and we love those blue eyes.


• He has an amazing vocabulary for a two year old. He is already counting to nine (with a little help from Dylan).


• He loves adventure and one day we are sure he will take up repelling as a hobby since he loves to climb.
• He loves to wear hats and shoes. He likes to have a hat on when he goes to bed and it can be difficult to sneak it off his head when he does go to sleep.

We Love you Tate and we are happy you are in our family!

Tate is now a 2 year old....

Our little man Tate is now 2. Unbelievable! He is such a joy and we love him so much. I asked him what he wanted for his birthday breakfast and he responded "waffffles and eggs."

He ate every bite of his birthday breakfast.

After breakfast, we had family plans to celebrate his birthday at Gardner Village. Tate, Dylan, and mommy went and met up with some of our friends. It was a perfect fall day and we enjoyed the fun atmosphere there. The kids loved looking at the "punkins and witchies."
(notice where the cute hand is).

We also checked out the petting zoo and had a pony ride.




Tate adored looking at this chicken, until he pecked his little hand. When we were leaving Tate wanted to see the chicken again. Suprisingly, he was not afraid of the chicken (brave kid).

We celebrated his birthday by singing "Happy Birthday," and sharing a donut from Neighborhood Bakery (yummy). Tate LOVED the chocolate frosted donut.

Later that night Tate celebrated his birthday with his dad and the Green family. He was excited about the Elmo cake that his dad had chosen.

Just a few random thoughts.........

I just got finished checking out nienies blog (http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/) and I am amazed at her strength, yet again.
It has been a wonderful General Conference weekend and I am so thankful to be able to spend time with Mike and our boys enjoying the conference. I can't pick out a favorite talk (enjoyed them all), but I was very fond of President Uchtdorf's words. I am grateful for the trials the Lord has given us and I know it has made our little family much stronger. I have heard the saying that the Lord will stretch you to grow into who He needs you to be, and although it is hard at times, I can also see the greatness of this blessing. Mike and I have had many "tender mercies," recently. We are grateful for our family and friends who have supported us during difficult times. We have learned alot about those who take advantage of your goodness and then are not there when you may need them in your own trials. Life lessons to be learned! We are hoping to be planning that trip to Disneyland for our little family here in the next 2 weeks. Those who are close to our family, knows what this means. Mike and I are keeping our fingers crossed and are sending many prayers upward :)