Latest Low Down...

Well I guess I should give a quick update about what we're up to and how the cutest gal in Alpine is doing. McKenzie turned 1 year on Jan 19th, so she is 13 months old now. She is now a scooter, she can pull herself up all by herself, she is a cruiser, and hopes to walk before the age of 30. She is taller than most her age, she has a big head, which she has managed to crawl around with, but has yet to lift it off the floor while doing so. She says Mama, Dada, Dog, duck, (she also quacks like a duck, which apparently is the sound for every animal currently) she has recently mastered the words No, and grandma (although it doesn't quite sound like that). She loves to give kisses, and is so dang cute I love her to pieces. She has 6 teeth on her top and bottom, which makes this the 4th week that the Gates Family has not slept well through the night. She is a happy girl, who loves to laugh at anything that gets thrown up in the air. Although she does not like drinking milk, she eats really well, and hopefully one day she will forgive me as I quit nursing her far too late... we're currently trying chocolate milk, but to no avail, she is not a chocoholic like her mom and dad.

Mom and Dad are doing great by the way. We are building a house in Draper which is scheduled to be done March 26th, so you're all invited to the house warming party!! BRING LOTS OF GIFTS!! :) J/K But I really can't wait to show off my decorating skills. Shawn's business is really taking off. He's about to land a couple of HUGH accounts, and when he does, this will allow us to work here in Utah. He's decided to stay home this summer instead of selling security to build his biz I'm really proud of him. He's done so much in such little time, and has sacrificed so much for out little family and I am grateful for every single thing I do and don't have. I'm good. Tired.. all the time... Mother's around the world, why did you not tell me I would always be this tired? Happy to be a Mommy and a wife, and hope one day I will make it to the spa.. ahh.. p.s. my b-day is next Wednesday and my favorite Spa is anything with the word Aveda in it.

Chao for now, just wanted to give you the latest low down!!

House when it was about 2 weeks old. They build these suckers so fast!

The view from my soon to be back porch looking south. If you look straight out the back of the house, you see a beautiful mountainside with lots of trees.

McKenzie and Daddy in the soon to be finished Grand room/kitchen.