Dear All,
Well, Nate is officially 3, so I thought we could catch
you up on his and Connor's adventures. From Halloween to the Big Birthday,
here's what we've been up too...
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2000 Page! 
Well,
back in October, Rita was wandering around singing "It's the most
wonderful time of the year . . .", but she wasn't talking about
Christmas. No, Rita's favorite holiday is, of course, Halloween! This
is when she devotes her life (and everyone else's!) to a making the
best costumes around. Check out the Nate-man's costume -- she made that
thing from scratch (I can't even sew on a button!). As you can tell,
this year's theme was Toy Story. She even made me dress up as Mr. Potato
Head -- with movable features and everything.
I don't even fight it anymore...
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| Aunt
Mel (in last year's theme) and Buzz and Woody |
"Reach
for the sky..." |
"To
Infinity . . . and beyond!" |
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T h a n k s g i v i n g i n S t .
L o u i s
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This year for Thanksgiving, Rita's side of the family all decided to
gather in St. Louis to celebrate together. All of Roland and Eileen's
children and spouses and grandchildren made it in for this special event.
All told, we had:
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Roland
& Eileen
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| Michael
Lataille |
Dave
& Connie Lataille |
Yvonne
& Mike Joy |
Chris
& Rita Foss |
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David (8),
Andrew (3) |
Timothy (1),
Matthew (1) |
Nathan (3),
Connor (.8) |
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Yvonne and Mike did a lot of the hosting at their place, and they cooked
us all a FANTASTIC Thanksgiving Day dinner! Because we were all together,
we decided to celebrate Christmas and a few birthdays, so there was
a lot of present opening going on as well. All of Nate's "loot"
made for an easier trip home.
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All
the cousins.
All boys!!! |
The
adults needed some down time, so guess what movie they are watching.
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Prizes
to the one who can pick out the biggest kid in the picture! |
Make sure to check out the Lataille
Reunion 2000 page for more photos!
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| Chillin'
like a couple of villains |
The
Con Man already beginning his life of crime... stealing cookies!
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Hangin'
with Crazy Uncle Bill at the Children's Museum. |
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O t h e r H a p p e n i n ' s
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Some other activities and news over the past few months included the
marriage of some good friends and family -- Matt and Eunice Donovan
and Shannon (Garvey) and Keegan. Nathan was the ring bearer for the
Donovan wedding and looked SUPER COOL in his tux. Sorry Matt, but I
think I saw Eunice flirting with both Nate and Connor behind your back!
Shannon (Chris's cousin) and Keegan's wedding was great too! A lot
of the Garvey side of the family was able to gather in Atlanta for this
joyous occasion, so we were able to use it as a mini-reunion as well.
Other than that, we've just been keeping busy! Some vital stats . .
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Connor
is now crawling and pulling himself into a standing position- Rita is into repainting our entire house (thanks a lot Greg and
Amanda)
- Nathan occasionally spontaneously combusts
- Rita makes the best cookies this side of Neptune
- Chris refuses to accept the fact that he's getting old
- Nate honestly believes that we regularly eat dinner on the moon
- Connor's first word/sound was mama, but it took him another 2 1/2
months to come up with dada
- Nate LOVES the cartoon Grinch but had to leave the theater when
faced with Jim Carey's version
- Chris refuses to believe that anyone in the world likes to eat peas
(they've all just been brainwashed)
- Rita is already thinking about next year's Halloween costumes
- Connor likes to give everybody hugs
- Nate can't stand when Connor hugs him
- and finally, we open presents on Christmas MORNING (not after midnight
mass) regardless of what Rita may or may not want!!!
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| Not
sure if Nate is helping Blue give Connor a kiss... or whacking him
in the head! |
Tina
and the Wall kids trying to corrupt our boys. |
"I
am sooooo cute" |
Scott and Kelly, this is for you. . .
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| No
challenge for Nate |
Kel
and Bubba Norgay |
Hey
Baby. How YOU doin'? |
And some other pics...
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| Nobuko,
see if you can find Little Bob Dog |
Aunt
Mel, the brainwasher...
er... I mean, the "favorite" |
Read
'em and weep! |
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| So,
where's the snow? |
WoooooHOOOOO!
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Steamroller!
Steamroller! |
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