Bengals Play-off Game

Dan & Cindy Steeley, Donna & Phil Parker, Zack Steeley

Grandpa Steeley

Donny flew to Ohio to see his beloved Cincinnati Bengals play in a play-off game on January 9th. Although the Bengals lost to the New York Jets 14-24, Donny still said it was an absolute blast. It was a trip filled with lots of family time...not only did he enjoy the game with his Uncle Dan (thank you for the game ticket Dan!) and his cousin Zach, he also spent a lot of time with all of his extended family in Dayton, OH. Patrick and I were really glad he got to go watch this game in person, but we sure were excited when he came home....we missed him!! Sorry the format of this post got out of order - I tried to fix it, but I decided for the safety of my laptop I should just leave it alone. One of these days the threat to throw the laptop out the window is not going to just be a threat! ;-)
Chad "Ochocinco" coming out onto the field.

The view from their seats.

Christmas 2009

We had a busy but great Christmas this year. We got up and opened presents from us and Santa (ok, so Donny & I actually opened presents Christmas Eve night - we're like little kids...we just can't wait!). Patrick was pretty excited about his new tool bench he got from Santa and the Mickey Mouse Choo Choo ("Mickey" is his current obsession) he got from us.

The Holiday Express "Choo Choo" that was supposed to go around our Christmas tree (we couldn't do that because Patrick liked to sit in the middle of it) was still his favorite thing. It was a sad day for him (can't say we were too sad) when it was put away for the season.
Then, Dad, Shelly, Uncle Tyler and Tyler's friend Neesha (sp?) came over that morning. We had a great time with them playing Wii (nothing like a good 2 on 2 tennis tournament to get the day going), laughing a lot and opening presents. Grandma & Grandpa Patterson gave Patrick a John Deere tractor, a tiny recliner for their house, and a John Deere tractor book.

Grandpa Patterson & Patrick have a stolen moment together. I wonder what they were talking about.

To end the day just right, Grandma J pulled into town at about 5:00. We were all so exhausted we decided to hold off on opening presents with her until the next morning. For some reason I forgot to take pictures that morning. Grandma J got us sleds, Mickey Mouse books, a Thomas the Train, and more Mickey Mouse books!!

I think it is obvious that Patrick (well, all of us for that matter) was spoiled this Christmas. We feel very blessed that were able to spend the holidays with all of our parents and that they are all such great grandparents.

Happy New Year!!