HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Yes, friends and family I am finally updating my blog! Thought I would give you all a little recap on the Tate family. For those of you who may not know, we are now living in Salem Utah (a.k.a. out in the sticks)! We like it here, but life would be perfect if we got a Target and a Costco...and a Chick-fil-A, and a big shopping mall. But who am I to complain!

The kids are doing well at their new school and Avery is in Kindergarten this year! Aaron is still plugging away in construction and managing to continue to be consistent with work. I have been keeping very busy with photography and the kids! We are looking forward to doing some fun things as a family when the kids are out on winter break. Hope you are all doing well this holiday season and enjoying your families! Gotta have a post with some pictures...right!

AVERY'S PICS

You've probably already seen these on my photography blog, but I thought I would post a few here as well. It will give me something fresh to post on my blog! So we are alive and doing well, busy as ever with kids and work. Aaron has been quite busy with remodels and even new construction so that has been great and my photography business has really taken off!

I am excited for nicer weather....Winter lasted far to long and so each day of sunshine and warmth is a great blessing! The kids have been to the pond each day looking for snakes of coarse! And speaking of snakes, Gabe got a Ball Python for his 10th birthday (I'm sure I will come to regret this). It's pretty fun to watch it eat a mouse!!

The kids are excited that school os winding down and soon they will be able to frolic and play with out to many cares in the world! They are looking forward to camping, hiking, riding their bikes and scooters, swimming, exploring at the pond, playing outside in the sunshine all day, water fights, etc.... Not sure how excited I'm going to be with kids home all day!

Catching up!

OK, I realize I have a personal blog that has been highly neglected. You know it's been a while when you still have summer pictures up! It's so easy for me to get focused on other things and my blog is one of the things that falls off the to do list. Hopefully I can be better about keeping it updated.

Family update: Aaron has been pretty consistent with work for the most part which has been a huge blessing in this economy. He has taken up radio control airplanes as a new hobby. The kids love to go watch him fly! I have been moving forward with my photography business. It has been a tremendous amount of hard work and I am still learning more and more all of the time! It has been a great outlet for me and I believe it is slowly paying off!! Gabe is almost 10 now. He makes some mean eggs for breakfast! He is still my big sweetheart and huge help around the house. Ethan is my very LOUD child! He is full of life and only slows down to sleep. He is doing excellent in school. Avery is loving preschool and is so in to books right now. It's been a fun stage with her. You can usually see her in about 5 different outfits each day as she loves to play dress up....with anything (church dresses, princess dresses, school clothes, swim suits, nightgowns, etc....)

Here are a few pictures of Avery taken recently.