The Patrickisims

#1 Never expect things to be easy.

#2 Leaving Katelynn or Abigail alone invites disaster.

#3 Never give up, never surrender.

#4 Even though life is what you make of it,there is only so much you can do with finite resources.

#5 You are only as sick as you let yourself believe.

#6 Just because you can do something, does not mean you should agree to do it. (Jed's new work motto) :-)

Monday, May 28, 2012

Batter UP!!!

As our summer begins our five year old Katelynn has begun to learn how to play softball. Among the first things she learned is not to call it baseball, it is softball she reminds us if we ever call it baseball.
Last time at practice they began to actually "play" a game. Carrie said it was very funny, I was doing the late shift at work. She is so cute playing though.




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Chilling with boppa

Last night at my parents house Jenna discovered two new
Places to hang out.




Place 1: on my parents bed, she seems to be very safe to me. (her grammie made her laugh at the moment I took this picture




Place 2: On top of my father, she hung out in this place for a very long time, especially considering she is a 4 month old.

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Flowers

Tonight as I start to put my girls to bed Katelynn tells me that there are too many flowers in her room. Funny thing. She put up half of them. Love kids so.


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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Katelynn's Dance Recital.

Katelynn has been dancing for two years now and had a recital last Saturday. She was so very cute and did much better than last year. She know her dance completely during the practice but got a little distracted durning the performance.






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Its been a while

Our children are growing up quickly. Katie is now 5 and is ready to begin kindergarten.
Abigail has entered her terrible 3's and is now getting into EVERYTHING no matter what me or her mom says.
Jenna is cute and is noticeably growing into her cute cheeks. She is starting to baby talking all the time, louder then her two older sisters.


Carrie is being so cute with baby Jenna, she loves all of her children but is being so very cute with her baby girl.


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Monday, December 19, 2011

Christmas Letter


This year we are only sending out our letter digitally.




Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Visiting with Santa



The Saturday after Thanksgiving there is always a very short parade in Parowan with the highlight being Santa. Katie and Abbie both got to ride in the Fire Truck and throw candy then visit with Santa. For the first time ever Abigail was not afraid of Santa Claus and actually sat on his lap and asked for "a dolly with brown hair" to go with Katie's "doll with yellow hair and a pony with yellow hair."

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Happy Halloween





We had a fun filled day. First getting the girls dressed, it took me about a half hour to do Abigail's hair- she doesn't hold still very well. Then we went and visited Grammie and Aunt Tia at their schools. We carved our pumpkin, which is named Pumpkin Lucy this year, grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed out to gather candy. We first went to the ward Trunk or Treat where I stayed with the car and the Patrick's took the girls around. I was surprised when Abbie came back with more candy than Kate. Apparently Katie was a little picky with her choices of candy. Afterward we drove around to a couple friend's and Richie's parents. We tried to Trick or Treat on our own block, but no one was home. After putting the tired girls to be we finished off the day with making the traditional Rice Krispy Treats.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Pumpkin Patch

We went with our friends to a pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkin for this year. The one we planted in our garden got eaten before it could grow very big. The girls enjoyed the things they had set up for pictures more than they liked picking a pumpkin. It was a chilly day so we got to bundle up in our cute hats and scarves. Now we need to actually carve that pumpkin.


Deer Hunt





Carrie, Katie and Abbie were able to go with the Barton's up to the cabin for the opening of the Deer Hunt. After a couple of days at the cabin Katelynn decided that she liked it there, but still missed her house. The girl's favorite thing to do was swing, of course, and Grandma spent many hours out pushing them.