Best of 07

In case you missed them, here is the best of PPO3 in 07
> The (snow) Ski Trip
> I thought I killed my whole family with lead poisoning
> I participated in Lent for the first time.......oh yeah which induced probably my most embrassing moment in years when my mom gave me an enema
> Janelle and I went to the Orange Conference
> Janelle and I turned 30
> Chrandy moved back to Carolina
> We are having another baby and its a girl
> my cousin Kait lived with us for the first part of the year
> Wilmington weekend with the Sutphins
> Caden started walking
> I got an IPod and a TiVo.....and we will never be the same.
> We bought our first home

Here are my favorite posts of 2007
> Caden's many faces
> a visual exhibit of the Pate athletic prowess
> Caden and Maddy
> Maybe my funniest caption all year (the middle one)
> the Adventures of Bob
> Caden and Janelle's resemblance
> My favorite pics of Caden this year
> the caption that turned a cute picture into a disturbing image
> another episode of "spoon wrestling"

November recap

• Janelle and Mandy are planning a surprise Christmas gift for my brother and I.
• Matt is on his way to forming his global empire. Note to self....buy stock as soon as it becomes public
• My long dormant skateboarding skills come to life and another episode of spoon wrestling at Thanksgiving
• We bought our first home!!

October Recap

• We put in a offer on a house.....then we backed out.....now we are buying another one
• a weekend trip to Ohio (by car, not by plane) for Jerry's surprise 60th birthday party
• I got the wrong card from my grandmother
• Patterson Farm
• I turned 30....wow
• I got a iPod
• the 1st Pate yard sale
• Cowboy Caden
• Dana (Janelle's mom) was in town for a week...though we don't have a lot of pics to prove it.

September Recap

• Its a GIRL
• Caden started walking.....finally
• Poff Retreat 07 (the cup returns home)
• A visit to the county fair
• We are buying our first home

August Recap

• Janelle made it 7 years (so far) being married to me
• They make adult Heelys!!!
• The West Virginia wedding
• We attended Willowcreek's Leadership Summit
• Butterbean's first ultrasound

July Recap

• Bachelor week: Janelle and Caden went to Ohio, while at home I took off the child safety latches and went to a gun range
• Weekend in Wilmington for a beach trip with Sutphins
• Marathon week with our nephew Tyler in town which included a night of Wii, drive-in movie, baseball game, tubing down a river, and a raining night of camping
• Caden’s first haircut
• Watched 20 stages (3 hours a piece) of the Tour de France. Viva le Tour

June re-cap

Its been a big month at the Pate house.

• Janelle started a new job venture (premier designs)
• My brother and his wife moved back to Carolina
• A father's day that featured a trip to my beloved "beef o'bradys" and the first annual Fathers' Day Pate Bowl
• I found out that I am a lethal weapon
• A trip to Lake James State Park
• Janelle is pregnant!!!
• Kait, who has been with us for almost exactly a year, is moving back with her mom