Happy Thanksgiving

Tate as an Indian Chief for his class play

We are so very grateful for all of our many blessings!

my 1 woman race!

So I mentioned in a previous post that I had decided to run a 1/2 marathon. About 1/2 way into my training I realized that the date of the race was the same as Tate's baptism date. Baptism will trump just about everything. So because I am very good at being told what to do, especially when there is a list involved, I committed to run it anyway. That is what I did this past Saturday! I ran 13.1 miles on my treadmill while watching ESPN's College Gameday & a bit of the old movie The Bachelor. The read out on my treadmill is a bit skewed because it only reads 49.26 minutes but it was really 149.26 minutes (my treadmill automatically shuts off when it hits 100 minutes, so I had to restart it), it reads 52.4 laps which = 13.1 miles, and it says I only burned 570 calories, but that should really be 1570 calories. I was exhausted and laid in bed for most of the afternoon. I also finished my Cheesecake Factory Godiva Chocolate slice I had used to carbo-load the night before! Pretty sure that's not the best thing to eat the night before a race, but it was a good enough excuse for me. All I know is that if I can do it, anyone can! I used to say that I could only run around the bases on a softball field - I guess I can go a bit further now...

Tate's Baptism

Joey & Jessica, Garn & Ronda, Bill, Tyson, Janet, Trace, Joe, Taylor, Amy, Chris, Tate

Our cute heads together picture - Thanks Mom!

Tate & Bill

Tate had a great Baptism. Taylor Rose gave the talk on Baptism and Trace gave the talk on the Holy Ghost. They did a great job! Both Grandma's gave prayers and the Grandpa's were the witnesses. We are so grateful to have Tate in our family and for his decision to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.
We are grateful for everyone who came to support Tate on his special day!

Halloween '09

Perfect Costume for a handsome almost 14 yr old - A Chick Magnet!

Taylor Rose is a baby as was most of the girls in the neighborhood
& Tate was a Zombie Soccer Player

Pumpkin Carving - one of my FAVORITE things to do - SERIOUSLY!!!