Random pictures!

Just thought we'd share a few pictures from November. The month flew by and now we're headed into December and Christmas. Time flies when you're having fun and enjoying life!

I Am Thankful......

Happy Thanksgiving! For Patrick's 1st Thanksgiving we headed to Alder, MT (8 miles from here) to Grandpa & Grandma Patterson's House. Along with them, we were able to spend the day with Grandpa & Grandma Steeley and Uncle Tyler & Aunt Jackie. We had a yummy dinner & beautiful weather. I have so many things to be thankful for this year. The opportunity to be a mother is number one on my list, and as always I am equally thankful for a loving, supportive husband....who is also very handy, great family who love us and would do anything for us, two big goofy dogs who make me smile, friends, jobs that bring home a paycheck, a beautiful house, and heat....because it is starting to get COLD! We hope you all had a wonderful Turkey Day and you have many things to be thankful for.

Ferocious Lion or Cuddly Cub?

Patrick was a lion for his first Halloween - isn't he adorable?! He got to go visit Grandma Patterson & Grandma and Grandpa Steeley and then he went trick-or-treating around Virginia City. Unfortunately he can't eat candy yet, so we had to do the dirty work for him....it would be a shame to let it go to waste!

Baby's Favorites

Some of Patrick's favorite things are....the spatula and his dog Boone. He's not as interested in our dog Daisy, but then again, she's not too interested in him either. Boone always lays next to Patrick when he's on the floor or lays next to the highchair (Boone really is in these pictures - he's the two glowing eyes on the left hand side!). I think they're destined to be best buddies.

Trip to Salt Lake for Surgery

On October 17, 2008, Patrick had minor surgery at Primary Children's Hospital to repair a small birth defect called Hypospadias. The surgery was 2 hours long and the recovery was quite hard on all of us, but Patrick was so brave and strong. We stayed in Salt Lake for nearly a week to be sure he was on the right track with his recovery.

Patrick got to spend lots of time with Grandma J who read stories and sang lots of songs to him.

The trip home was very long. Poor Patrick had to sit in his carseat for 7 hours (not fun when you've had surgery "down there"), so we stopped in Dillon, MT for some greasy goodness from Pizza Hut.

The Boys clean up well!

It is a rare occassion that I get to see Donny without a hat on, but Stacy and Justin's wedding was just the event. The wedding was beautiful and my guys looked great!

Go Bengals!

We were hoping that Patrick would bring good luck to the Bengals this season, but so far they've only won one game! Oh well, it is still fun to cheer them on with dad!