Auntie Alison and Kate

Just a clip of Alison and Katie in the hospital... Katie was 2 days old.

Birthday Boy and Baby Sister

Mikey blowing out the candles... the first time.



Mikey's been showing a few signs that he's interested in potty training. This potty probably won't be used for a while, but he loves playing with it.



Katie's one month old! Boy, that month went by fast. She's getting big... a whopping 7lbs 7oz! That's big! But then I remember people birth babies bigger than her, and I realize how small she is :) Everything about her is miniature and perfect.
Can't wait for the weather to stay nice! Now I have to figure out how to use that double stroller!

Still having fun in the winter?

Here are some pics from our trip to Traverse City. We stayed at Great Wolf Lodge, which has an indoor waterpark, and we LOVED it! I have lived in Michigan for how long? Almost 15 years...and have never been up there! It is so pretty, even when it is cold & snowy! I can't wait to see how it looks in the summer time!

Fun indoors!

So we do what we can indoors for the cold winter.  London loved finger painting!

Little Zac is getting so big.  Only 4lbs under London and only 8 months....not good.
She really wishes she could ride this bike...soon enough!

My Crazy Family

Oh my goodness. Fun family tricks from the Tates. Ross is determined to end up in the ER every chance he can get.  He was hangin with some friends and they were tryin to get the wheels off a skateboard.  Someone threw it in the air, and Ross's head ended up in the crossfire, so the board collided with his head causing him to need four stitches up there.  Such a boy.
Jazzy must be going through a growth spurt because she ordered this salad and ate almost every bit of it.  I am so sad she is growin up so fast.  Want her to SLOW DOWN. 
No comment on this one. We had a fun weekend with lots of cake and food.  Can't believe I am flippen 37!  That is crazy.  Looks like my wrinkles are deciding to come out of hiding and stay even after I put on moisturizer.  What a bummer.  But I don't care.  Just happy to be healthy these days.  Love and miss you ALL!

Pictures from the zoo...

Here's a picture of our fish, Otto. We got him right before Christmas. He's camera shy and swam away right after I took his picture.


The Relief Society of the Southfield Ward dropped a banana bread off for us. Mikey thought he'd dig right in.

Mikey's way of showing affection is a gentle head tap. He's not into giving kisses right now.

That's it from the zoo.

We love the Snow

We just got back from a trip up to Utah.  The kids and Jason went skiing all day Friday and Saturday while I got to chill with London and Zachariah. Matt was nice enough to stay with the kids one night while Jamie and I went and got our toes done for WAY too much money, but it was worth it. Haven't done that in about FOREVER!  We did have a mini party for Jason on his birthday Saturday night and Galen got to come over and play some Xbox games and eat cake and sloppy joes with us. That is when Jason got "our" new camera...which is where these new pics are coming from.  We have been without a camera for a while now (been using the kids little cameras). We also got to play in the snow by our house for a bit.  Well, I watched.  Almost healed from my surgery, but just a little more time needs to go by before I can get all active and junk.