I like to ride my bicycle......

Ok so I totally got to brag for a minute here. Just Kidding, this really isn't that cool, but for me it was a pretty BIG accomplishment. So I live in Suncrest. Suncrest is basically a big hill. This is where many bikers love to ride. After seeing this I got motivated to buy a bike. (Ok spending money actually didn't take that much motivation, but riding it did...) So for those of you who know me well, I am not athletic at all. The last time I owned a bike was when I was like 8 years old. It had pom poms on the handle. I didn't ride it much so I think my parents probably got rid of it with in that year. That is my ONLY back ground with bikes.... Seriously. No one seems to believe me. Matt didn't even believe me until I got on and rode the thing. Instead of laughing at how bad I was and how I couldn't switch gears, he was pissed I talked him into spending hundreds of dollars on this rode bike.
So basically it has been sitting in our garage for a couple of months and I have been to scared to ride it. Well on Saturday, long story short, my friend talked me into riding bikes with her. So I did. Then she tricked me into riding up to the suncrest market, which is a full up hill 2 mile ride. I have walked this thing a few times with my kids in a non-jogging stroller and it is a killer, so I was VERY hesitant. I am so bad at per pressure and gave it a shot.
I'm alive.....and I made it. It took almost an hour the first time but we did it again on Wed and did it in 30 min. Yes, and I did it a second time. Down hill, well that hill is freakin fast. Except I use those breaks like I use a steering wheel. So before you know it I will be doing the full South Mountian/Suncrest ride. Or maybe not? Anyway I was pretty pumped and had to share it with the world.

Catch Up......

So I have posted a little here and then, but seriously all of it's revolved around "Twilight". Can you say, "Obsessed". Well actually I have been waiting to download some pics and I finally got it taken care of. The only problem is I am behind. I will do my best to update you on our lives.

First off is Thomas the Train came to town and we just had to go see him. We went with Matt's sister and Tate's favorite cousin Austin. I wish I could say it was very enjoyable, but I just wasn't with it that day and that sort of caused me a melt down. I first realized I forgot Addie's stroller (not good if your carrying a cranky baby around). Then I realized I forgot the tickets (Hello). And then somehow we were running late and missed the train, and the weather pretty much showed how I was feeling. Luckily we still got in but there was no way we could catch another train. I felt like the worst mom ever after all of that. Well there's always next year.

Last month in May my cute brother and his wife came in town. It was so fun to see them. It was a fairly short visit which was a bummer but it was still great. On the day that they stayed with us, Tate said the funniest thing. You see there is a 10 year difference between Corey and Jen and it is sort of funny to tease them about it. Especially Corey who is getting a little older as time goes on. (Really though Corey still looks young) Anyway Corey went with my parents to my grandmas grave and Jen stayed behind. After corey had been gone for a while Tate asked Jen, "Where is your dad?". I don;t remember the exact Fraze he used but he then asked if her dad was coming back, (meaning Corey). So poor Corey is no longer my kids uncle, he is now known as Jens dad.
Well when they were over Jen and Corey brought Addie the cutest dress. They are seriously to nice. I wish i got pics of them but I kept forgetting my camera, of course. So I got one of Addie in her dress instead. Thanks for being such a great Aunt and Uncle, Corey and Jen.

Finally Tate is getting his Tonsils taken out, or in his words, "Mr Pretzels"! I don't understand where he got that from, but that's Tate for you. I feel really bad for the poor guy and I can;t wait to get it all over with. it will be July 10 so I will keep you posted. In the mean time Matt and I thought it would be really cool and gross to post a pic of his pretzels. The picture seriously doesn't even do it justice. They are pretty bad. But here you go!

Here are some other pics I never got around to adding

Kids say the darnest things.....

Tate is definatly his own little person and I love it. For the last 4 days he has decided that he no longer likes sleeping in beds. They are much too comfortable for him. He now has decided the floor is his favorite place to rest his head. Every night and nap time I read him a storey and tuck him into..... onto the floor! What a nut.

So we went to Addies 9 month check up the other day and Tate decided he wanted a one on one conversation with the doctor. He began asking the doctor if he liked toys, what toys he had and if he could play with them. Then out of the blue Tate says, "I have pretzels"! Tate did not have any pretzels but I figured it was good for his imagination if I just ignored him and let him go on. Again he looked at the doctor and said, "I have pretzels. My pretzels are BIG"! The doctor and I again just nodded are heads. For some reason Tate wasn't giving up on this topic. "I have big pretzels and I am going to get them taken out", Tate said. Then it hit me, he was talking about his tonsils. Tate has had really big tonsils for the last year are so and we have been keeping an eye on them. They have recently gotten out of control and we had a ENT look at them and Tate is having them taken out in July. Anway, when we figured out what he was talking about I was laughing so hard.

This next story you will have to read it all the way through before making any fast judgments.
So Tate loves to talk and if he can't come up with anything to say he will come up with silly questions. Some of his popular questions are, "Mommy/Daddy do you have a eye?", "Do you have a knee?", "do you have shoes?", etc. So the other day Tate and I were sitting on the couch and Tate turns to me and says, "mommy, do you have a ______?
Before I continue let me help you figure out this word since i really prefer not to say or write it. So Tate has asked me before if I had a pee pee. That is our term for the males parts. but today he used a different word that could also be used for the male organs and no it wasn't the correct term and it wasn't pee pee. It started with a D and ended with a k. Back to the story.
So Tate had just asked me his question and I looked at him in sudden shock. He asked me again. I didn't know how to respond so I asked him where he heard that word. Trust me we do not use that word in our home. Tate just kept asking the question so I thought again about how I was going to respond. Hesitantly I asked him if he knew what a ______ was. He looked at me and said, "Do you have one?". After getting no respond I decided I better make sure he even knew what he was talking about. Even more hesitant I now asked him if he would show me what he meant or what he was talking about. He stood up, walked around our couch and pointed outside at our deck! Phew! I do admit I started laughing but I then had to make sure I got in Tates head the correct word. I was seriously worried there for a minute.

Hopefully that story doesn't offend anyone, but I seriously almost had a heart attack and after words thought it was so funny how kids can seriously get words confused.