Saturday, February 23, 2008

Welcome to the Jungle!

I went to a baby shower today for LeeAnn (Pelton) Krohn. She had the little guy 5 days ago and it was fun to have him there with us. I forgot how tiny newborns are! Their baby room has a jungle theme so that carried over for the theme of the party. I have to give major props to Jody Ellis for the awesome cake and "diaper cake". It was the first time I have seen a diaper cake and can't wait to make one someday. What a great idea. I couldn't get enough pictures of it.
Welcome to the Jungle Tatum!





Friday, February 22, 2008

Who is that?

I got my hair done today which I was very excited about! I went in thinking I would get the usual highlights, but I quickly decided to change the plan once I sat in the chair. Vanessa and I went shopping afterwards and every time I saw myself in the mirror, I got spooked. It will take a little while for me to recognize myself with dark hair again. I can't wait to see how my Kindergartners will react on Monday.

Trying to do a serious pose...

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Happy 60th Birthday, Dad!

Saturday was my dad's 60th birthday. Vanessa and I drove down to Vancouver to spend the weekend with him. After our slow 5 hour drive getting there, we enjoyed our time away. Saturday was full of activity! Maybe too much for a 60 year old, but dad seemed to handle all the excitement better than us. Our first stop was to Big Al's to go bowling and play a few video games while we were waiting.



Vanessa and dad really enjoyed Ms. Pac-man.
Action shot!
This is by far my favorite video game...BIG BUCK HUNTER. I did pretty good, except I hit a couple cows who were hiding in the trees. They shouldn't have been hiding!

Vanessa laughed at me the whole time because I was doing so well. As you can see here, I got a "double bull". We had to leave in the middle of my game so we wouldn't be late for our movie. Oh, how I wish we could have stayed longer.



After the movie, we went to Joe's Crab Shack for a little birthday dinner celebration.

There is nothing better than King crab dipped in butter. Yum!

After our long day, we still had to come home and have cake and open dad's present. By this time, we were all extremely tired, but were excited to have dad open his big gift.

The kids put together a "60 Memories of You" book. We each wrote 15 different memories we had of our dad and put it together with pictures and poems. It turned out really nice and it was fun watching dad read each of the memories. Happy Birthday Dad!

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Mamma Mia!

One of my favorite Broadway shows is coming to theaters this summer. I CAN'T WAIT!!! Mama Mia is coming to the Paramount in March and Vanessa and I are hoping to get tickets. That would make it our third time seeing it. It's an awesome show. Enjoy a little sneak peak...