I can brag because I'm his mother--he really is good at making baskets, he rarely misses
Tate's first tie I finally bought him, and he's almost 2 years old...
I swear I didn't pose this, I found him this way and I almost shed tears of joy. A man after my own heart.
For some reason I have been doing alot of crying lately--and I'm usually not a crier. (and NO I'm not pregnant) I cried watching The Biggest Loser, cried watching P.S. I Love You-seriously, have you seen that movie?? Good lord, I bawled the entire 2 hours! And Tate has also made me do some crying- I cried when he burned his foot really bad last week on my hair straightener coz' I felt so awful....but mostly he makes me cry out of frustration! He's been so naughty, and whiney, and clingy, and throwing huge tantrums.....and I can't stand it. Oh, and this he does now for fun when I want him to go to sleep.So today he had his 18 month check up and I talked to the doctor about it all. (fyi for my own record: 21.9 lbs-10% and 33 in 50%) He said I need to quit calling him naughty or he'll live up to that name. I need to call him my good boy all the time instead, even when he's being naughty. So here's to my GOOD BOY, you better live up to THAT name.
This was the Mangum's and I at Jackson Square. We then went to a local restaraunt and ate all the great food from the dirty dirty south. We had fried alligator, jumbalaya, red beans and rice, fried crawfish. (They are not crawdads, locals call them crawfish.) We also had fried oysters, catfish, and squid. The food was amazing and we had a jazz band playing right by us. 
Us walking to Bourbon Street.
My one word for Bourbon Street would be CRAZY! We went during the day and it was still pretty nuts. (I can't imagine it at night.) Drunk people all over, strip clubs on both sides of the street, a dude dropped trout to get some beads right next to us, the whole nine yards. All in all it was an experience to say the least. A lot of fun.
Later that night we went to a pep rally for the Utes. It was awesome. The band played, and we got to cheer and meet the players as they walked out giving everyone fives. It was an amazing experience. 
Matt Asiata
David Reed with the Love men.
Koa Misi
The game was awesome, and we seal clubbed the Crimson Tide. The Utes finished 13-0 and should have finished #1. All in all it was an amazing trip and a wonderful year. I leave you with some pictures from the game. 
Before the game. (Jordan, Josh, Chace.)
Kallee dancing on the field.
The U crowd after the game
This year Jordan and I kissed 2008 goodbye in different states. I gave Tate my New Years kiss, and Jord kissed....I don't know, maybe someone on Bourbon Street. He will do his own post about New Orleans later.
some of the nieces and nephews chillin in the hot tub...
the other kids were watching a movie in the tv room so Tate watched Wonder Pets on Addie's ipod...lifesaver
We then slept at my parents house with Meg and her kids--this was probably the last year doing that since we all have kids and it's getting harder to do. But it was awesome to have all the kids wake up and see what santa brought them, they were so excited.
This 4-wheeler probably wasn't the smartest idea, all Tate did half the morning was drive it all over the house running into everyone. But I thought it was so cute!
My parents gave Tate this couch and he was so excited that he wouldn't even finish unwrapping it because he just wanted to sit on it.
Jord spoiled me this year! This is me and my super happy face after seeing my new ipod--I think I was the last person on earth who didn't have one.
Jord's parent gave Tate this cool space train set, and Jord spent hours playing and putting it together. I think he likes it more than Tate does! We had a great Christmas, and I loved just being around family and hanging out more than anything.
We sat on Santa's lap for about .01 seconds. Maybe next year.
