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Monday, February 24, 2014

The first of many I am sure

Griffin fell at daycare last week....





It looked pretty bad actually. He fell on a sidewalk and skidded his face up horribly. But he didn't even cry, and he said it didn't hurt (this from the child who cries when he has a hair in his mouth!). He has been great about letting me clean it with hydrogen peroxide and put Neosporin on it. Surprisingly it has cleared up a ton in just half a week. We are hoping it does scar.



Here's to the first of many I am sure...

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

{Family} a quick trip

Last weekend, Griffin and I made a quick trip to Gallatin to see my family and my great friend Karen and her two daughters. It was only a few hours, but it was great to chill with the fam and see Griffin get to enjoy them too! And I am so glad I finally got to meet Vivian (she was born in December)!!






(I love that Griffin adores his cousins and they adore him!)


Cutie Vivian!


And her cutie sister Reese!


Coloring with Peeps... His lap always has space for the grand kids :-)


- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

{Church Life} Recent Nursery Happenings

Our cute little church "nursery" (more like a preschool class really) has been having a blast recently....

This little lady is almost one, walking, and growing up so fast!





We have come up with random, crazy games that keep little ones giggling all night...





We have been reading the bible, coloring, playing play dough, and even singing fun songs...

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Even our youth are lending a hand...


Our little men helped clean and set the big room...





(Had to out this cute one of Ellie even though it's my house and not church, ha!)


And these crazies spent some time "cannon balling" into our ball pit....





- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Some Quality Louisville time

While Mr.Pate and I were in Cincy for our anniversary, Griffin got in some Louisville quality time. We took him to Grandma's school on Friday, which he LOVED!









He also got to play in quite a bit of snow on Saturday and Sunday.














He had a ball!

Thanks Grandma, we love you!

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Friday, February 14, 2014

Being Mrs.Pate eight years and counting...

Last week Mr.Pate and I celebrated 8 years of marriage. We are not huge gift givers, and we typically celebrate in more of a small and laid-back style. This year I convinced Mr.Pate (read:insisted) that we should have a getaway weekend.

We do not take vacations. In fact, we use our vacation time each year to take the youth to camp. Mr.Pate isn't much of a traveler anyhow, so it works out well that we don't have much time or money for trips. Ha! Anyhow, I have just been very exhausted and needed some time away with him. So we decided to go to Cincinnati for a weekend getaway. Yay!






(A blurry view of the city at night as we drove in)

We dropped the kid off in Louisville to spend the weekend with his Grandma, and then we headed to the Gap factory store in Northern KY. Mr.Pate was such a trooper and let me shop and get some great deals!! He even hunted for pants for me. Love him and his task driven personality.





After getting a new wardrobe, we headed to our hotel and to eat. We stayed north of the city so we could be close to our two main destinations: IKEA and Pappadeaux!

Saturday morning, I had hoped to at least sleep until 8:30. I didn't think I would make it past that. Well I woke at 8 and made myself go back to sleep- and then didn't wake up until 10:30!! Crazy! After getting ready, we headed to a local cafe, Alreddy Cafe. It was cute and eclectic and the food was wonderful. Thank you Urbanspoon!























Then we headed to IKEA! I have always wanted to go. It was sooo fun. The upstairs is all setup as different apartments/houses and is fun to see the different ideas. We loved it.











A couch we love love loved...





How cute is this cabinet??!!





An island we think Uncle D should put in his house...





The downstairs was our favorite I think. They have so many house accessories! I didn't know that. We bough griffin a new dresser (pics to come once we build it ha!), and then little small stuff like a napkin holder. The warehouse area is just nuts! For all the big things, you write down the aisle number etc and then go and pick it up here...






It was no joke. Then there was more food at the end. I was very impressed overall with the atmosphere and food and just the fun experience. I am ready to head back :-)











I even convinced Mr. Pate to take a quick pic with me!





Then we headed to Barnes & Noble and browsed the game section to find this:






We love Big Bang and I love love love Clue, so I want this so bad! Ha! We bought a Catan dice game and headed back to the hotel to play. Later we went to Pappadeaux to eat. Many of our church family loves this place and talks about it all the time, so I couldn't wait to try it... But I ended up having to wait over an hour to get seated! Ha!

















The seafood was AMAZING so so good! And the dessert was awesome too. Halfway through dinner I finally realized that we were both in stripes. Matchy matchy without trying.











Sunday on the way home Mr.Pate even agreed to go through a "50 questions to ask your spouse annually" thing I had printed out. :-) It was such a good time of reconnecting and getting to share our hearts.

Loved the weekend so much. It was just what I needed.

Happy 8 Years Babe!

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Monday, February 3, 2014

January according to my camera roll...

Lately I have been very tired, and just had no energy to even think about updating this blog. But here are some of the things we have been up to lately...

Playing in the park on a beautiful "warm" day...





Having coffee dates with some of my beautiful youth (ps, never leave your phone unattended with youth or you may come back to 76 pictures on your phone😊)...


The hubby picked out and put together this cute little shelf to make my organizational heart sooooo happy...








Our community group started up again, which means cute times with these two...





We ran into these cute ladies at Target and had a little party (and ps, we were all matching in our monogram cuteness!)...








Spending time with these sillies...





Working on a new bible study and some accountability with these crazies...








And even had some more fun in the snow with this little one last week...

















- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone