Patterson family of 6: 2014

The Patterson Family: A Year in Pictures

First of all don't judge me too much for this type of post. I mean 2013 was jam packed and when you add a new baby, traveling, hauling wood, hauling hay, summer birthdays, sports, back to school, holidays and every day living it is just crazy. Some days I feel like I need more than the given 24 hours in a day; that or just stop sleeping :)

Disney Junior did Pirates and Princess this summer. The idea was to dress up like a pirate, take a picture, and post it to their site and they would show it on tv all summer long. This was our pirate day Ahoy Mateys!

These are our wonderful family pictures taken by my good friend Carli. She does such an amazing job and really captures the impish personalities of our boys. Did you see Conner? Yep that is totally him and I'm glad that our photographer doens't mind snapping those shining moments.

I could be a bit biased but I do believe the best moment of 2013 is right here. Eli James Patterson was born July 9 and has been an additional joy to our already crazy mess. He is such a watcher and just can't wait to get down on that floor and wrestle with the boys and his dad. I keep asking him to slow down and enjoy being my baby for just a little bit but he says no, he must grow fast.

We took three trips to Blanding this year. Once in August to visit, show off new baby, and see Michael and Diane (Brad's brother and his family). We hadn't seen their daughter since she was 9 months old and it was so fun to watch her play with the boys and get to know her. We made two trips in October: one was to go hunting but we ended up helping with wood cutting and various other pre-winter activities; the second was to attend Grandpa Pattersons funeral. So glad that we have had the past five years to take the boys often to visit Blanding and spend time with Brad's grandparents. We miss Grandpa very much but we have memories and pictures of him with our family and our boys and they will remember him. We spent time with Grandma Z (above holding Eli) who turned 91 in October; Grandpa and Grandma Patterson; Aunt Jeroldine, and managed to visit a few other family members while there. We took a day trip to Arches National Park and the boys took a moment from the hot outing to pose - what a handsome lot they are.

On one of the many pit stops to potty, refuel, feed baby etc. the boys spotted Lightening McQueen and we took a minute for a photo op.

In August Wyatt started 1st grade in Mrs. Prathers class. Way too soon for this momma!

Conner started preschool in September. What a kid he is and he does such a good job learning and getting ready for kindergarten.

September found me brave and I packed up all four boys for a road trip to Clearfield and Logan. I dropped Wyatt, Conner and Lane off at Uncle Jonathon and Aunt Sarahs for a fun filled few days and Eli and I headed to Logan to spend time with Mauria, Kammi, and Rebecca and attend Time Out For Women. Love when I can spend quality time with my sisters!

And while it was fun being with the girls, I was ever so ready to pick these little munchkins up on Sunday. Even treated them to hot dogs and root beer before hitting the road back to Vernal.

Wyatt and Conner took swimming lessons in September and did an awesome job. Conner had never taken a lesson before but he was amazing in learning all he needed to pass his class. Good job Wyatt and Conner!

In October Aunt Mauria journeyed to Vernal to visit. We entertained her with all our wit, charm, and outlandish personalities. We dragged her to the park and had Harry Potter marathons. What a great time. The boys truly love Aunt Mauria!

With two trips to Blanding in October Halloween really snuck up on us. Luckily our dear neighbors were selling pumpkins so the boys and I popped over to pick some out and then we painted them.

This is out of order a bit but back in July, after she finally got over her nasty cold Grandma Teuscher came to meet Eli and we took the boys to the Splash Park for the afternoon. So much fun!