Random pictures!

Sleeping in the car

Brunch on Easter Sunday with Grandma & Grandpa Patterson

Patrick thinks egg fritatta makes a nice skin conditioning treatment!

Patrick loves to pull his books out of his book shelf. He'll sit and "read" to himself for at least 20 minutes!

Patrick and Maxsen had fun going through all the cabinets.

"Reading" in the car.

Baby Banz!

Patrick & Finn were feeling pretty good wearing their Baby Banz! If you need a gift idea for a baby shower - head to your local baby specialty shop to pick up a pair of these sunglasses. They stay on (miracle) and they're adorable!

Boone & Daisy

Owning two dogs in a town with dirt roads (translation: mud) can be hard on my sanity level. I feel like we're constantly sweeiping and vacuuming to keep up with the dirt that they track in. Sometimes I feel like I am raising 3 toddlers instead of just 1! But, we love our dogs and a couple of weeks ago they were attacked by two dogs in town, and it was very hard on us to go through both emotionally and financially ($615 vet bill!). They're both fine now, but Boone's injuries were pretty extensive and Daisy had a cut eye. Anyway, it really awakened my appreciation for our dogs and the love and joy that they bring to us. Patrick loves his Boone as you can see from the pictures and Daisy & Boone both will really love Patrick as soon as he is big enough to throw the ball for them and take them on walks! Here are a few pictures of Boone's war wounds along with Boone & Patrick on the dog beds (yes, the beds have to be washed all the time now that Patrick has discovered them!).

Inside his leg

Stitches on his shoulder

Bites all over his rump

Resting on Boone

Easter Egg Hunt

We had a really nice day a couple of weeks ago, and Grandma & Grandpa Steeley had us over for a BBQ and an Easter Egg Hunt. Patrick was a little too young to really understand the concept of finding the eggs and putting them in the basket, but he loved crawling around with them and crunching the eggs! I can't wait for more consistently nice days....they're just around the corner.....I hope!

Party Party Party!!

For Patrick's 1st Birthday Party we invited his grandparents as well as our friends Andrea & Seth Nemitz and their baby Maxsen who is 15 months old. We had a nice dinner, opened presents and then the real fun started....the cake!! Patrick really enjoyed his cake that Grandma & Grandpa Patterson made him! He and Max had a fun bath afterwards.

Happy 1st Birthday Patrick!!!

On March 18, 2008 at 5:43 AM our lives changed forever. Our beautiful baby boy Patrick was born at the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. He has been such an amazing addition to our lives and this past year has been a blast. We love watching him grow and learning more each day. Here are a few pics from the year. We love you Patrick!! Just Born

2 Weeks Old

1 1/2 months

3 Months

6 Months

8 Months

9 Months

10 1/2 Months

The Undefeated Iceholes

Every February Virginia City celebrates Winter Fest and part of that is the broomball tournament. Broomball is a lot like hockey except for the fact that a soccer ball is used instead of a puck, a broom is used in the place of a hockey stick, and you're scrambling around on tennis shoes instead skates (ok, so the only comparison to hockey is that it is on the ice!). Anyway, the Virginia City Iceholes went un-defeated this year and won the tournament as well as $150. This is the 3rd year out of 5 that the Iceholes have won the tournament. Nice job Iceholes!