Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Tate's Birthday Week!

So Tate had his birthday back in March and I still haven't posted all the fun pics.
On his official birthday we didn't have anything planned, so last minute we called Tate's good friend and our neighbors to join us at Chucky Cheese. Tate was so excited. Addie was scared of pretty much everything, but after a while the mini-merry-go round became her favorite.





This year we decided to have a small birthday. Last years birthday took a lot out of me and this year we had no time to throw a huge bash. I didn't even make the cake, which I was actually bummed about but seriously these last two months have been CRAZY!!! We invited the family over and of course Tate's love of his life, one of our little neighbors. They both have the same fighsty personality and energy. They are so funny. Tate even gave her his old spiderman costume because he got a new one from mom and dad after his old one had been through so much.







Tate was so excited about his birthday this year and can't wait till the next one. He keeps talking about his 5th Birthday already.

Mine would be the kids that eat the paint chips....

So Most kids would get a hold of make-up, markers or paint and draw all over themselves and others. Oh no, not mine. They choose to eat whatever they get a hold of. This is why I have to have a hawks eye at all times. Of course this is also impossible. So one day Tate wanted to paint. I pulled out all of the art supplies and the water colors and let Tate at it. When he was finished we started cleaning up. Phone rang.... I got distracted. Bad mom!

Well Tate had grabbed the art kit brought it into the living room and dumbed it everywhere so as I was talking on the phone I began cleaning it up, loosing track of what ever it was Addie was doing. As I was still chatting I picked up the box to bring it into the kitchen. I looked at Addie sitting at the table, who then smiles at me revealing a black mouth full of black teeth.




I immediately hung up the phone grabbed her began to wash her off but realized...... I had to take a picture. Then I called poison control. I know, wouldn't you do that first? I was pretty sure water colors weren't poisonous. Oils, that would not be good, Acrylics hmmm not the worse, but not the safest. Just to be safe about the water colors though I called.

Addie was fine and I was left with a beautuful daughter who had a black mouth all day. Adorable!

Multi tasking just isn't my thing. Those who say, it's natural for a mom, I disagree. Still, it won;t stop me from trying.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Some adorable pics of Tate.

I took these one sunday when the kids actually let me get them dress AND FIX their hair. This is not an easy task and honestly I usually give up and they go to places looking like this...



Ahhhh!

Anyway this is Tate at his best!




Well.... minus the funny faces.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Mission FAILED!

Oh my, I must be crazy. Seriously, what was I thinking? My fear of water does not go way because I learned to swim.
So I went to my class and for the first hour I was really trying hard to not freak out. I went under water did our simple exercises and would come back out of the water extremely relieve to still be alive. I kept telling myself, "Your ok and your doing GREAT Tasha". Keep in mind I WAS TELLING MYSELF. So finally it was time to move from the shallow to the deep end of the pool. I was fin for the first 5-10 min., but then 13 feet seemed a lot more like 100 feet to me and I sort of flipped out. Well I stared getting worried and tapped my instructor to say I am ready to go up for air. He tried really hard to calm me down and get me relaxed. He really is a great instructor and for a few minutes I did calm down. He had me looking at him and breathing slowly. Then he passed me on to Matt and whoa... Freak out time once again. I started breathing crazy and blowing bubble everywhere and so my instructor smacked me in the face. Well more like he hit my forehead with his palm of his and. It got my attention and I don't blame him one but. I needed something to distract me before I hurt myself. Well the instructor gave in to my demands of letting me go up to the top and I was so relieved. Then I burst into tears. Yes, very embarrassing. I was so disappointed in myself.
Anyway long story short. Mission to completely overcome fear of water.... FAILED. For now that is. I still got some crazy in me because I am going back tuesday to attempt it again. Maybe....
Well the good news is Matt did awesome. I am a little bummed because I really want to experience the whole swimming under water and living the life of a fish thing. But for those of you who have true phobias, I am guessing you know where I am coming from. I realize i is all in my mind, but man your mind can really cause you to think all sort of things. I know I was breathing totally fine under water. I did it for several minutes. But once my mind started running I swear no air was coming out of my mouth piece. I am so frustrated.
I will keep you updated on my mission to conquer my fear. Not that you care, but I feel better thinking you do ;)
Oh, and thanks Brandi for keeping all thoughts to yourself..... Ok I am totally calling you to see what the rest of your comment should have said. Dang you! Just Kidden.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Am I crazy?

So last year for some reason I got on a kick of conquering fears. Maybe it is because of after having two kids I felt the need to be motivated towards something. It seems I am taking one extreme to the next. Let's run through last year.
So I had not ridden a bike for years. In fact I don't even know if owning a bike for one year at the age of 8 even counts. Especially if I hardly rode it.
Where we live we see bikers everyday. I think that is what gave me the thought, "I want a bike". So I got my bike and Matt kept getting on my case about riding it. I was extremely nervous. When i finally rode the bike, Matt laughed and then he got mad. It was then he realized I was telling the truth about not really ever riding a bike. He was not too happy about putting so much money towards a nice rode bike. I had to prove him wrong. With the help of my extreme friend she talked me into taking one of my first rides on a up hill ride. For those of you familiar with Suncrest in Draper Ut. My first ride took place on the Utah county side of that hill. I almost killed myself. When we rode down the hill I almost killed myself for a second time. I made it though and then developed a love for biking. In fact before the weather got real bad I took my bike on the other side of the hill. This is the South Mountain side and I don't believe I remember any flat spots. I just remember it being a lot more steeper then the other side. That was the only time I made that ride. It was a killer. So I accomplished my fear of riding a bike and speeding down a steep hill.
My other fear has always been water. Some of my favorite sports are the water sports. This does not mean I can swim and am not scared. I hate putting my face under water. If you dunk me, I WILL slap you. I hate not being able to breath. The thought of drowning terrifies me. I have always been fine if I had a life jacket on. In all honestly I sucked at swimming because I never swam. Because I took on biking I decided I can now take on swimming. This was a 3 month struggle. Seriously it was. There were days I would totally freak myself out and have to get our of the water. I just couldn't breath. Well I didn't give up and now I actually can swim laps. Last year I swam 1 mile without stopping. For all of you who are swimmers, I know that is easy, for me it was an accomplishment.
To end my year off with a bang I entered my first Triathlon. It was just a sprint, but it took a lot of work and energy. I like to think it took even more energy then usual since it was done outside in October in the rain. Not sprinkling rain, this was a ton of rain. I looked like a sewer rat when I was done and my legs were frozen. But it was awesome.
So this year I am off looking for a new triathlon and maybe a half marathon.
Well, don't think I am going through the year without conquering yet another fear. So how is this, scuba diving. Talk about just learning to swim last year. What am I thinking. I also tend to think I am clostephobic (a word I can;t even spell) so this can't be good. I have done snorkeling and It took me a while to adjust. I wanted to freak out but I didn't. So I am wondering if that makes this scuba diving thing a bad idea? Probably, but I am a bit competitive and Matt said if I don't do it, he will still do it without me.
We will have our first dive in a pool on Saturday. I will tell you how it goes. If I make it out alive that is. I realize it is a pool. That is basically a kiddie pool compared to the ocean. Oh wait, that is more like a Barbi size pool meant for toy dolls compared to the ocean. After all the certification is over we will be using a great scuba skills when we go on a cruise next month. Please don't scare me with your comments of near death experiences while scuba diving. That will not help this situation. It will probably put me in a worse situation because I am going to scuba now, we paid a butt load, and I really don't want to be thinking of those scary experiences while I am 60 feet below in the ocean. Encouragement only please or just comment on some random thought.
Well I hope you enjoyed my crazy rambling of thoughts.!

Tate is 4!


I got very courageous when I added this picture. Especially since I have no makeup. What was I thinking?

I cannot believe how fast time flies. It is just crazy. I remember how frightened I was be a mother. I had no clue what to do with a baby. Pregnancy, I had no worries. It was when the baby was turned over to me that concerned me.
Four years later here I am with two kids I am chasing around. I am happy to say I love it and I can see the change a child brings into a persons life. To be a mother is such a rewarding blessing. It has given me opportunity to grow in ways I wouldn't be able to learn and grow otherwise. As for Tate, I could never imagine life without him. He loves having fun and is always trying to make people laugh. There are times when he tries to be funny and it just isn't funny, but I appreciate how he loves to laugh. He loves to make matt and I happy and is always concerned of he makes us mad or sad. He has so much sympathy towards people, animals and his action hero toys (lol)! I love Tate and I am so glad he broke me in to motherhood.
I hate to see him grow so fast, but look forward to the many years ahead and all the many more lessons he will teach me. Even though I feel a lot of motherhood's lessons have already involved "Patience", I have a feeling there is more lessons on patience to come. Tate will always be my precious baby boy and I love him so much.
So we went to Chucky Cheese yesterday with Tates little friend Ellie. Last minute we had to do something becuase he was so excited to turn 4. They are best buds. Well i will post pics of that event later. We also have birthday bash on Sat. with Tate's cousins. After last years mega car Birthday we decided to take it easy this year. I am even buying a cake. I am actually a little bummed because I always love the challenge. Although we still will have a theme, "Spiderman" of course!
Happy Birthday Yesterday!

Monday, March 2, 2009

Catch up!

I have really had a hard time keeping up with my motherly duties, church callings and all my blogs. Especially my family blog. Needless to say I have a ton of pics to add.
while back we decided it would be fun to take Tate to the huge tubing hill in Park City. Tate decided he wanted to take his cousin Tate along, while Matt and I decided we wanted to leave Addie behind. It was lots of fun.




A few weeks back we heard on the radio that Spiderman would be in town at the Kid Safety Fair. We had to mark our calendars. So on Saturday we got Tate and Addie in the car and took off to our family outing to find spiderman. It was packed. Everyone and their child had the same idea. Honestly though, we loved it. It was a little crowded but it was so worth seeing how excited Tate was. They also had several free events and games. So here are some pics.





Tate's favorite part....



On Sunday I actually got everyone looking decent for once. PLus everyone was on time! Addie looked so dang cute and I wanted to get a picture of her. She wasn;t making it easy. In a funny tone I told her she was being naughty. She decided to take it on herself to go to time out.
She has been so funny lately. Every time we say, "No Addie", she goes to the corner and puts her nose to the wall. It is so funny. I have a really hard time staying mad at her.



Here are some pics I did manage to take. Not that great I know. You will also notice Addie has three binkies. Let's just say she is a little attached to those binkies. Lately she freaks out if she doesn't have at east two of them.





To end our fantastic week i thought it would be fun to make cookies together. I am always hesitant to let Tate and Addie help me because they fight over who's turn it is and fight over who gets to stand where on the chair. It went pretty well, except Addie threw Flour on Tate's face, which at first he was pretty mad(Then when Matt and I laughed he decided it was funny too). Then somewhere between all the fighting and bickering I added too much of something or not enough of something else. In the end our cookies turned out horrible. The memory was great though!


To be continued.... continues

So it has been almost two years since I stopped mid sentence of my last post and write, "to be continued". So let's get back t...