Zach's 5th Birthday Party

Back in March, Zachary had his 5th Birthday. He was so excited to turn 5 like others in his preschool class. We went to Jungle Jim's and unfortunately all the pictures of them on the rides turned out blurry, but they had a great time.  Zach is so excited to start Kindergarten this fall. Wow, it's hard to believe we have a 5 year old.

December Fun

We had the Greensides over and attempted to make gingerbread houses.  I think they turned out pretty cute.  I will admit that Matt and I turned to Super Glue to help us keep out house together.
The Bates Family Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest - this is always a fun evening.

Grandpa & Grandma Arnold spend Christmas morning with us since they were flying to Tennessee later that day to visit the rest of the family there.  We were a little nervous if they were going to make it out with all the snow we were getting, but it all worked out fine.  The boys loved everything they received and were busy flying from one toy to the next having a great time.
Christmas night Grandpa & Grandma Bates and Heather came over for dinner and it was quite the experience since we sat in the dark because the power went out for nearly two hours.  But we found that singing songs and opening presents in the dark made for a memorable Christmas.


The boys had lots of fun playing in the snow the day after Christmas.

Craft Day

We missed Craft Day today due to the boys having fevers, but Erin brought over the supplies and we were able to make these fun Turkey Hats that the boys just loved making and strutting around in.  Thanks Erin!

Halloween Super Heros

Bates Family Photos

Time for an update...

Well, seeing that it is nearing two years since I last posted anything to this blog, I decided it was time to make an update.  I was going to play catch up, but decided that just isn't going to happen.  If you would like to see any postings from the last two years you can look at the link on the side to The Bates Family Trailer Park.  This was a blog that Matt would update while his sister was serving her mission.  But now that she is back there isn't much updating to it either.  But I am going to try to start updating once again, so we'll see how well I do.

Easter Fun

Jack invited Zach over to color Easter Eggs with him. They had a great time doing it.

The annual Bunny Bashing trip.

The Easter Bunny comes again.


Grandma & Grandpa Arnold had us decorate cupcakes and hunt for our Easter Bunny treats.



Grandma & Grandpa Bates had us hunt for easter eggs out in their yard.