Memorial Day Hike to the "Y"

Kraig had the idea this year of hiking up the "Y" on the mountain for Memorial Day.  We had a great time.  Tate was such a trooper and hiked the whole way up. The trail is only 2.4 miles round trip, but it is straight up.  It was so neat once we were on top to sit there and look around at the view.   It took us a lot longer than most people, I am sure, considering we had to stop for lots of drinks and breaks, but we made it.  Tate did such a great job and we had a great day as a family.  My mom and her husband Joe decided to join us.  Tate loved hiking with Grandpa Joe. He even treated us to ice cream at the creamery. It doesnt' get much better than that.  Now we can look up at the "Y" and say we did it. 

Just getting started.  Tate wanted to be just like Grandpa Joe and wear matching cougar hats and hike right next to him. 

Before the hike.

Looking out at the great view. Tate loved looking at the water slides (7-Peaks).

He made it. Sitting on the "Y"

Tate and Dad on top of the "Y"

Joe and Mom

On our way down.  Stopping for one of many water breaks.

Tate loved going fast down the mountain. Tate and his dad ran a lot of the way down the mountain.

Family picture.  We had one tired little boy.

Joe!

This is the only part of the whole hike where Tate got carried and it was only for about 30 yards or so. I think if he would have been carried much longer he would have gone right to sleep. 

At the end of the hike, Tate finally found a walking stick that was just his size.

We made it back to the bottom!

Tate needed one last picture!  Such a great day!

Memorial Day Breakfast

For as long as I can remember, Memorial Day has always meant a huge breakfast.  It has changed a little from year to year but in some way or another a big breakfast is always in order.  This year was no different. We celebreated a few days early, but had a great time.  We started the morning with a breakfast of the most delicious french toast and buttermilk syrup, waffles, sausage, bacon, eggs, hashbrowns and juice.  The kids had a great time being with their cousins and playing on the tennis court at Grandma Hollist's house.  After breakfast we headed up to my dad's grave to put flowers on it and then to the park to play kickball. We had so much fun playing kickball as a family and it is now Tate's new favorite game. Everyday he asks when we are going to go back to the park for kickball. After we were tired out, we went back to Grandma's for ice cream sundaes. We had so much fun spending time together as a family remembering our dad and grandpa. What a great day. 

Hyrum, Brayden, Camden and Tate playing tennis on Grandmas tennis court.

The whole family at my dads grave.

Tate and Dad

 

Tate and Grandma

Tate was the pitcher for the kickball game.  He did great!

Look at the style!

Running around the bases.

Tate loves to swing. 
I love his white hair.

Preschool Program

Tate just finished his 3rd year of preschool. O.K., not really, but it seems like it. I teach preschool so he has kind of been attending preschool since he was a year and a half. But, this year was the first year he was an official preschooler.  We finished the year with a little program that included songs, speaking parts and lots of cute kids.  Tate did a great job. He got right up and said his part and sang all of the songs while being quite the little entertainer. It was a fun night.  Way to go, Tate. I can't believe he only has one more year and will be a kindergartener.  CRAZY!

Waiting for the program to start.

Singing "Hello, How are You?"

You can't help but just love that little face. Love this picture.

Tate was hillarious during this song. They are doing a song called, "Tutty Ta"

Saying his part.

An after program treat with his friends, Amy, Micah, Tate and Hannah

All of the kids set up a display of some of the things they like. Tate brought his bear, his baseball mitt, dragons, books, and of course Super Mario Brothers.

Jump, Jump, Jump

Tate's birthday present from mom and dad.  Entertainment for the summer!  Tate loves jumping on the the trampoline.  Happy Birthday, Tate! 

Tate's Birthday Has Come and Gone

Just a few pictures to document Tate's actual fourth birthday. It seems like we celebrated for days, but we sure had fun.  Tate woke up bright and early (6:00 a.m.), which is not uncommon for him.  He started the day off by opening one present, Super Mario Brothers Game for the Wii.  He would have been completely satisfied if that was the only thing he got for his brithday.  He loved it and still does.  He can't wait to play it every day.  We convinced him to stop playing the game for a few minutes to come down for breakfast. We ate all of his favorites, chocolate milk, sausage and pancakes.  Then Kraig headed to work and we played Mario Brothers.  Tate's friend Hannah made this really cute birthday poster and hung it up on the garage for him.  After Kraig got home from work, Tate got to pick where he wanted to eat dinner.  He chose Jaxies.  After dinner, Grandma Hollist and Papa Joe and Heidi and her family came over for cake and ice cream. I think Tate had a great birthday and was spoiled rotten. 

So excited for a new game!  Life doesn't get much better than this. 

Had to quickly try out the new game.

Birthday breakfast.

Blowing out candles on his panckaes.

The cute poster that Hannah made for Tate. 

More candles on his ice cream and birthday cake. 

Roller skates from Grandma.