The Bateman Fam Damily

The Actress

2010-05-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

My soul lives! I was in my last show of Androcles and the Lion on Saturday. It was marvelous to be on stage again! I had fun fun fun. Kade and Violet loved the show, as did all children and adults that made it to the theatre. Violet's best friend Zahli is standing next to her. Violet sees me in a new light because I wore a pretty dress and got all made up. She loves me more I think. Naturally. Anyone else?

a look at a 63 year old Violet

2010-05-10T20:43:00.001-07:00

Aunt Teresa went 0n a cruise. She stopped at our house on the way home baring gifts which included this loverly tea set for Violet. She's wearing Teres's swim suit cover and serving us some yummy peppermint tea. Gotta love her!

2010-05-10T20:40:00.000-07:00

Kade Violet and Eva in their last bath together. One, the bathtub is too small. Two, they are too big. Three, even when they wear swim suits it is time to move on.

2010-05-10T20:35:00.000-07:00

Violet had her first dance concert! Grandma and Grandpa Stewart and Aunt Teresa came for the fabulous monster dance. They thought the modern dancing was "weird" but I promise Logan is not what anyone else would call edgy. It was fun to watch her on stage.

2010-05-10T20:29:00.000-07:00

Life is crazy. We are all very busy and having a blast! Okay not always but we try to stay positive right? I dumped all the pictures from my camera today so I figured I should update the blog in case anyone looks at it. Great Grandma Stewart made Violet and Eva matching dresses for Easter this year and Kade got a new white shirt. Here they are posing for pictures on our bed. Evie looks like a little pioneer, doesn't she?

2010-02-23T14:17:00.000-08:00

Practicing for the dentist...

Eva looking cute

2010-02-23T14:13:00.000-08:00

Eva is such a sweetie! Poor girl. We love her so much she gets her ribs eaten at least several times a day!

2010-02-23T14:10:00.000-08:00

We were really lucky to catch Princess Violet for a photo-op. And can you imagine! she was with Princess Zahli, Princess Leezle and Princess Amelia?

February catch-up

2010-02-23T13:31:00.000-08:00

Life moves so quickly. All aboard!! I'm trying to laugh more. Each day, I look for ways to make life better. But sometimes I forget. Here are some recent pictures of everyone hanging out, playing, laughing, smiling and having adventure after adventure!

2009-12-22T22:06:00.000-08:00

Kade and Violet love love to play with the photobooth application on our mac. This is one of their less scary photos. They are becoming great friends. Violet went to Kade's class with me to pick him up after school and he was so proud to show her his desk and classroom. He called her over to his desk and gave her a great big hug. It made her feel like a million $$!

It's December!!

2009-12-22T21:57:00.001-08:00

Here I am after my haircut (yea!) hanging out with the girls. I've been feeling so blessed lately to have such wonderful kids (including Kade who isn't pictured here). They are so perfect and never never say things like "you're the worst Mommy/Daddy in the world" or "I don't love you!" Hee hee. But really they are sooo sweet and fun and we love them tons. Eva has started talking and smiles very big when you talk to her. She kinda starts to shake like she might explode from trying so hard to talk more. Does this only happen to girls? Probably not. Kids are great! And now they are all in bed. Phew!

Halloween!

2009-11-01T21:41:00.001-08:00

Here are the kids decorating pumpkins and before we went trick or treating. Violet & Kade really liked getting candy this year. Kade gave us a candy count after every house until it was to distracting. Violet said "I'm still hungry for candy." Eva slept the whole time. Teresa was here with us this year so it was extra fun!

2009-11-01T21:30:00.001-08:00

I've received several requests for pictures of our newest angel, Eva. So here they are! Eva was born the afternoon of 9/29. Everything was fantastic! We were at the hospital under 2 hrs before she came so it was a dream come true. We are adjusting well and the kids both love her lots and lots. She is smiling now and is very sweet and loved. The end. . .for now.

September Fun

2009-09-13T21:29:00.000-07:00

How did that happen? It being September I mean.. We just returned from a trip to Yellowstone and Jackson Hole with Erik's family. It was grand to get out of Logan! And now it's great to be back home. Oh yeah and here's a lovely picture of the kids and I on the moon. It was crazy as you can probably tell.

Catching up

2009-05-25T14:50:00.000-07:00

Okay it's been a while. But I just forgot! Now I have much to tell as indicated by the photos of Kade, Violet and our half made baby girl. Yes, we are having a baby girl, due 9/30 and I'm quite determined to have her in September, not October but we'll see. I tried to take a picture of the 3D photos of baby girl but it was too weird looking. Kade a Violet are posing by lilacs at the Logan Temple. Life is grand and we are having a nice, semi-stormy Memorial Day. Luckily, we've already made it outside for a fun run and Erik got to go rock climbing this morning with friends. Lucky duck. He's going to have much to teach me come October when I'm not banned from my favorite pastime. Cheer to all and if you hear of any great jobs for Erik let us know!

Great Grandma Stewart

2009-01-24T20:02:00.000-08:00

WE LOVE GRANDMA! Kade and Violet give hugs to their amazing, wonderful Great Grandma.

Christmas, New Year's & now January.

2009-01-24T19:48:00.000-08:00

hhffdswertyuioppsdfghjklzcv. That's what Kade has to say about January. It's raining so we can't go sledding. But we are thankful for the rain and hope hope hope it will take the nasty air and inversion away from us. Violet loves to play dress up and pretend we are all her babies, especially Daddy. I'll post some Christmas and Oregon New Year's photo's too. We went to Oregon and surprised Erik's parents. It was awesome!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2008-11-01T19:11:00.000-07:00

Halloween was grand this year! We went trick-or-treating on an usually lovely, warm October night. The kids had lots of fun and got way to much candy! We loved watching them run around as Luke and Leia Skywalker from Star Wars. Their awesome costumes are from Grandma Stewart, the galaxies foremost master seamstress. THANKS Grandma!

Kade and Kaya

2008-10-28T20:55:00.000-07:00

Kade met a new friend named Kaya and they played for 3 straight hours. Once he learned that Kade had trains he wanted to stay, forever. It sure was fun!

Her Favorite thing

2008-10-28T20:51:00.000-07:00

Violet looves to swing. Whenever she does good in the bathroom...she gets a special trip to the swing in our neighbors front yard. She's really great and maybe, just maybe she'll be a full-time underwear-er soon.

Rocktober!

2008-10-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

We've all been experiencing the first awful colds of the season. We are doing better and spent a wonderful late afternoon playing trampoline dodge ball, chocolate milk (a game we made up in which I hold the child and land on my bottom/bounce back to standing while naming various types of milk) and static monster. The winning static monster is pictured here. Cheers!

This corn is like...an angel!

2008-08-24T17:45:00.000-07:00

Kade and Violet on Aust 15th. Violet loves her silky dress made by Great Grandma Stewart. She wants to wear it 24/7. Kade loves to be crazy. We are all moved ha ha into our new house and we love it! We will be extremely busy getting everything organized, thrown out, put back, painted etc. Come on over and we'll give you a box, empty or full, take your pick.

the fam damily last fall

2008-08-16T22:44:00.000-07:00

Adventures in Logan

2008-08-16T22:39:00.000-07:00

Yes, this is the official start to our blog. More will follow (especially once I get my digital camera for my b-day). We are amazing and very adventurous so grab hold of your socks and enjoy!