Happy Anniversary Jared!!
Yesterday was our 4th anniversary, every year I say that it's gone by so fast and this year is no exception. One day I'll be wrinkly and gray and look over at Jared and say "this year went by fast". Only it will have been 25 years! I know he'll still love me and I'll love him. He is my Superman and my Favorite and my Best!


I Love You Jared!!

Ok so I find myself always "updating" rather than just posting. I just can't keep up with all that's going on. Things are moving to fast for me these days! I only have 3 1/2 months left before Wyler "the baby" gets here! Tatum is getting too big too fast and I'm seeing things go by as a blur. Plus I don't have a brain these days! I lost my cell for a couple of days and Jared found in at the bottom of the front porch steps in a pile of old leaves. If it wasn't for Jared nothing would get done, poor guy.. Well here's a quick picture update so you get caught up and I can have some sort of Memory Keeper for my lack there of.

Thanksgiving was in Grand Junction at Grandma Heather's house. Everyone was there, the food was amazing, the table was beautiful and the company great.

Kate made cute place cards for everyone.

Tatum loved' Grandma's stuffing and I loved all of it yum! Hmmm Dessert! Pumpkin pie with Carmel and Cheese Cake! That's not all, pretty much something for everyone!

We also did the 4 a.m. Black Friday Shopping and more shopping later at the mall where we road this fun train. I'm surprised I got in with my HUGE belly! (really, I'm as big at five months with this one as I was at 9 with Tatum)

Just a random picture of the Tater bug helping with morning chores:)

The Results are IN!

Jared and I went to the hospital and had an ultrasound done, this is the first time we've seen the baby. It was laying on it's back so they couldn't get a real good view of the spine so we might have to go back. ( I totally don't mind:) I can't really ever tell whats going on but this pic is suppose to be a profile...

Ya, I think it looks like a blob with circles and stuff. The baby was being pretty shy and it took awhile for us to tell the gender. You can tell from the next picture that it just wasn't ready for us to know.

But, it finally cooperated and we are having..........

A BOY!!!

That's what they tell me, I can't ever tell whats going on. Jared is so excited, finally no more Tutus and dance shoes. Now on to camo, bugs and wresting.

YEA!

Halloweenies!

Well, I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween this year! I think Tatum had a blast since she loves kids and she was around them all day! We started off the day with Dad (who for the first time since we've been married was able to take Halloween off) and grandma going to Castle Heights Elementary to get Madison and Marcus ready for their parties and costume parade. My mom has the pics of that and you can check Sarah's post for that. I'm so lucky that Jared was around because he got Marcus dressed in the "boys" room and put on Madison's fairy eye tattoo's and sewed Tatum's bunny hat. He's amazing.

Then we decorated our trunk for the ward "Trunk-or- Treat" party while Tatum napped. Again lucky to have Jared, we were finally able to have dry ice in the candy cauldron this year. I've never been able to do it right, or get the Halloween lights to work on the car. I'm sad I didn't get a picture of the trunk. When the Tater bunny woke up we stopped in at Great grandma Tatton's.

They gave Tatum a cup full of candy and a squishy ball.

We played with Hadlee and Calvin for awhile and then headed to Grandma Rasmussen's for soup and bread. Last but not least was the Ward party. Tatum loved chasing kids and screaming when they screamed and she even went with Aunt Sarah through a Haunted tunnel! She was so happy to walk around in the dark with her carrot and visit all the people a kids. We even danced to the music that Natalie Palmer had at her car. Tatum had one tootsie roll and went to bed at 8:30, what a good bunny!!

I have to post about last weekend before this weekend comes or I'll be so behind and never blog about it at all!
So, we went to Grand Junction to party with the Tattons. Kate, Amanda and I had a tutu making party with the help of Heather and Jared. I love making these tutus because this is something that even I can't mess up!!

All you do is cut strips of tulle 6 " wide and between 30"-53" long depending on how long you want the tutu. You can really cut them as long as you want, like I said you can't mess this up! Fold the strips in half and tie them around an elastic band in a single knot. This give you four pieces of tulle thick. Then add ribbon bling and whatever you want!! I love It!

Then we had a Halloween party! It was packed full of games fun and Flinstones!!
Jared's dad asked a friend and his brother to be Barney...they both said no and then both showed up and Barney!! It was funny! Tate won best costume, Tyler won scariest and Jared won funniest costume and most of the games! Go Jared! Heather and Tate are going to be mad that I put a picture of them on here so to make it better I put one of me also. I would never admit what Jared and I were because, well, you can see. But I'll do it for Heather! :) I hope you enjoy the pictures!!

Weekend Fun

This is what we did this weekend...

Went to Wee Witches with Elisa and the kids. Tatum wasn't to sure about taking pic with the witches, but she and Bub sure like dancing to the music!

We took a short but fun Hay Ride with a silly Witch.

Bought Tater a new car seat that she absolutely loves!

Cleaned and vacuumed, this is Tatum's favorite part.

Did some laundry.

Visited Great Papa Young and Stumblelina.

Watched Mark paint Great Papa's house. He did such a good job.

I made a cool tutu for Madison's Halloween Costume at Gardner Village and Tatum loves it. She got upset when Sarah went to take it home so we got one I had bought her out of the closet and she had to wear it all day long! She also loves the pumpkin raddle slippers Grandma Heather bought her. Where the other one went, I don't know!

Today is the Tater's first birthday!

I can't belive it has been a year already. Here are some things that have happened this year.

1. Tatum was born on a rainy day at 1:15 p.m. She weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and 21 inches long. She broke her cauller bone on the way out and had to have it wrapped to her side for a few weeks. She is the strongest baby ever!!

2. Our pumkin unfortantlly got RSV at 2 months old. Luckly we caught it early so she only had to hang out under the humidifer and spend 2 nights in the hospital. It was sad to see her with IV's in her arms all taped up. Once again she is the strongest baby ever!

3. She was a Denver Bronco's Cheerlearder for her first Halloween. (she's a pink bunny this year)

4. First Christmas was in Grand Junction where she has already rode in a limo. (spoild baby)

5. She began crawling a six months and walking at 10 months thanks to Bub for showing her how.

6. She loves kids and loves her cousins. I hope she loves her baby brother or sister just as much.

7. She is fearless and is always bumping into things.

8. Tatum blows kisses, waves "bye bye" and shakes her head "no". She also likes to pretend to give you things and then quickly takes her hand away.

9. She likes to be bounced, twirled, wiggled, tossed and dragged around. (like I say she is fearless)

10. She is a great baby and loves waking her daddy up in the morning and waiting for him in the window when he comes home for work.

Happy Birthday Tatum Marie!

Update!!

OK, so it's been long enough! I'm not blog surfing tonight, just so I can get a post in. Does anyone else find themselves caught up in everyone else's blogs that time runs out before you get your own post in? I do it all the time so tonight since I can't sleep (pregnancy thing) I will post first and read later. No pics, cameras broken, sorry.

I started dance classes last week and they went amazingly well! I didn't have one 3 yr. old cry and the level of dancing is great! I'm so excited to start dances and this year most holidays fall on non dance days. So, that means more time to get ready for the busy recital and competition time in April and May. My assistant teachers are great and they will be around for at least two more years! Tatum is going through separation anxiety because of the babysitting so that is the only trial for now. Hopefully it will pass quickly.

Speaking of Tatum here is a Tater update. She is walking,climbing and turning circles. She loves to climb and has now figured out how to climb onto great-grandma's old orange chair. She loves to climb up, rock for a minute and climb down just to do it all over again. The Tater also loves to play with anything that wouldn't normally be a toy. She has a toy box but is always playing with lids, shoes, magazines and highlighters. She is the happiest when she is around kids and she loves her cousins. She'll follow them around for hours so I hope the new baby will be good for her, they'll entertain each other. I can't believe she'll be a year old next month!

I haven't gone to the doctor yet... I know what you are all thinking but right now in price we are having a OB shortage. My doctor left and now there is only two in town. One is not excepting new patients and the other canceled my appointment last week and can't fit me in till October 2Nd. So, I'm praying everything is fine and I'm doing all I can to be healthy and eat right. (kinda hard with cravings) I just bought the Eggo Waffle Cereal and the actual frozen Eggo waffles. Hmm, I must be craving them...

That's it for the updates, not much changes with me same old Julia. I still have time to blog surf!

SUPRISE!!!

Memory Tag

Memory Tag
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.This tag can be for anyone in our family : Julia, Jared or Tater Salad

Mark is Coming!

He's almost home! Mark will be arriving home in a 11 days (check Sarah's blog) and he will be talking in the Price 10th Ward on July 27th at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend a get together in honnor of Mark at my parents homeafter the meeting. Please come if you can, I'm sure Mark would love to see you! I can't wait to hear all the stories of his two years in Brazile. We are so proud of you Mark!!

You Are Pocahantas!

Free-spirited and wise. You have a strong passionate spirit that touches and changes all who know you. The wisdom and common sense that you have is really what guides you through life. Even so, you also have a very playful side that loves adventure and excitement.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

HUMMMM...Thats weird!

Life is One Big Party! (most of the time)

This is just an example pic of Tyler's Trailer -Vintage Edition
Well, of course I don't have any pictures of my last little funness because that would be silly. Hopefully my mother in law can send me some. I need to be better at taking my camera and remembering to use it! Well the last two weeks has been full of Tatton wildness! All the Tatton kids (Jared, his brother Tyler and sister Kate) went camping with their families. We had a blast! Tyler has the sweetest camp trailer, hopefully he will blog about it with some pics because it is amazing! The kids played in the dirt and fished and made smores and watched fish jump up little waterfalls. The adults ran after kids, reeled in the kids fish, kept kids from falling in the river and broke up kids fights. Then we stayed up way too late and did it all over again. It was great! It really was! Tatum was great and I even let her crawl in the dirt and eat some mud! We are going camping again with the whole Tatton clan for the 4th and I will be sure to bring the camera and maybe even the video camera!!:)

We also had Ellah's birthday party this last weekend in Grand Junction. It was fun with lots of presents and cake! The kids had a bug hunt, broke open a caterpillar pinata, colored bug pictures and wore antennas. The main bug featured was the Ladybug, my personal favorite! Tons of fun with more to Come!!

I am almost Unique!! Only one other me!!

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There is 1 person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Jared is completly Unique!

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The Tater is completly Unique!

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Tater update

Here is a picture update of The Tater. All the pics were taken with my phone because I never seem to have my camera with me. My phone is a music phone and I don't use it for music. I need to get a nice camera phone, any suggestions? Any ways, here is the coolest chick on the block!

Lovin The Shades!

She Loves to Play only on the outside

I hope Elisa and Sarah won't be mad at this post of "bath time fun":)

(ya know, pics of other peoples naked kids)

She loves her squash!!

Just the Girls!

This week Jared has been in Payonya (sp?) Colorado at a Mine Rescue Competition so it has just been us girls. (tonka our cat is a girl) Tatum has been great, and Tonka has been a pain! We had to put up a baby gate in front of the door Tonka uses to get to her food and she will not jump over it! Come on cat you climb trees for cryin out loud! This is the last night I will have to spend alone...Yea! This week has been a good reminder of why I moved to price and reminds me of how lucky I have to have Jared. Our whole engagement and first year of marriage was spent in two cities, Price and SLC. I had to live in SLC and Jared's job kept him in Price. We spent all week on the phone, reading scriptures, praying and wishing we were together. So, He changed his job and I moved to Price. The best decision both of us could have made...But I think our second year of marriage was like most's first year. Any who, I'm glad he comes home tomorrow and I don't have to water the lawn anymore!! Tatum misses her dad but we've been sending videos and pics all week, thank goodness for technology.

Swan Lake!

I've emailed this to some people but I can't get over how amazing it is!! I mean really! So here is the most amazing and entertaining Swan Lake Ever!!

Playing catch up!

O.K. hear goes the update...

First Tatum.

1. Tater Tot is now crawling like crazy, it's the cutest thing ever!

2. Tatum is pulling up to tables and will stand there forever.

3. Here come the top two teeth! These ones seem to be much easier than the others.

4. We had to lower her crib twice in one week! She was sitting up and then all of a sudden I found her standing up!!

5. Tater mater will now take a Binky to help her fall asleep! Yea! Now I don't need to rock her FOREVER! She'll only take it when she's ready to sleep so that's nice.

6. She's pretty vocal and likes to do what we call "scary baby" when she growls.

She's the cutest and we can't believe that she is growing up so fast! Baby gates already!!

Alright now for the dance scene...

We went to a small local competition put on by the high school drill team as a fundraiser and had tons of fun! The girls did great and I am so proud of them! We did really well and they were mostly the youngest in each age category. It was pretty funny when it was time for awards. I forgot that these girls are not veteran competitors so I didn't explain that the one from each class gets to go up and get the trophy. So, the little ones just pushed their way to the front and just grabbed the trophies. The older girls were really good about this and just let them do it. We just have fun! The girls really liked that they got to take the trophy home until next class, some took them to school for show and tell. Now Jared has to make a trophy case.

The recital some how happened and went pretty well. I say somehow because it came really fast and I wasn't prepared. I never know how this thing comes together. The show went pretty smooth and I didn't end up in the hospital after dancing with my other teachers. I always learn more things not to do, so next year I will not procrastinate on advertising. And I'll won't send home crazy notes that don't make sense. I will pay some one to take backstage pictures. I have to apologize to family and friends for missed birthday parties and presents. I'll be better next year!!

Now for Jared. Well, they are in the middle of a long wall move so he's on straight grave yards 24/7! Rumor has it they'll be done on Friday!! YIPPIE! The over time will be nice. He cried at the recital. I tell ya, he is the biggest softy!! I don't know if he cried because I was dancing or because we dedicated our dance to a little dancer who passed away earlier this year. I love how supportive he is and I'm so glad he was able to come! I'm so lucky!

There you go!! Are you happy SARAH!!:)

All the pictures were taken with my crappy phone so sorry!!