West Coast!

Mr. Nagle had to get "trained" in Seattle for a few days, so T & I headed off with him to the West Coast! We had the pure pleasure of playing all day while Daddy worked. :) After 3 days in Seattle, we headed down the coast to Cannon beach.  Then it was off to Portland for a night at Daddy's favorite PDX hotel where he stays for work. Who knew he was VIP there? And then a night with the Fielder family and we were all spent!

2 Zoos, An Aquarium, the Ocean, too much Seafood, and this family was ready to be back to the Inland Northwest. :)

Beach Day.

We spent part of the day at the lake today. We played in the sand, relaxed on the beach, jumped off the dock, and swam. It was pure relaxation. On our way home, T asked to go back to Maui. I say yes.

Nagle Love.

We headed to Belt, MT for some Nagle Family Love over Labor Day weekend. Tatum got to spend some QT with her cousins, Aunties, and Grandma Gail. It was special. 

Princess & Her Pets

The Princess had her 3rd birthday party at Nana & Papa's, where she royally invited her best friends to a Princess & Her Pets party. What a joy that was. Tatum is so blessed to have such awesome friends and especially and awesome Nana & Papa for inviting the pets!

THREE.

THREE YEARS.

36 months.

Where has the time gone? Our beautiful angel blessed us on August 17, 2008 and was so sweet and precious, and we basked in her presence for what seemed like years. But now those moments seem like seconds. 

Here she is at just 6 hours new...

Isn't that the most precious little pumpkin? And now...my grown-up little girl:

Dear Tatum, 

You give us more joy than you could ever imagine. Our hearts are bursting with pride anytime you laugh, speak, play, or imagine. You are so perfect in every way - even when you're "expressing yourself" with one of your epic tantrums. I wouldn't say tantrum at this age though, it's more like an epic putting-your-foot-down and standing-your-ground moment. I'm not sure if we should be proud of these moments or pissed. Either way, we still love you. And you always know how to make us feel extra crappy when you are done with one of these moments and look at us with those beautiful blues and say "do you still love me Mommy/Daddy?"

But those moments are not nearly as frequent as your brilliant moments. You, miss T, are purely amazing. You can count to 30 at your precious age, or to 100 with Daddy's help turning the number at the 10's (40,50,60...). You rock your ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, Bumblebee, Jesus Loves Me, and the list goes on. You shake your tail feathers like Beyonce and the music can be felt through your soul. You ace the interrogations on your name, where you live, Mommy's name, Daddy's name, age, etc. You can write your own name and spell it out perfectly. You can even write Mama's name with a tiny bit of help. You know all your letters when you point to them, and I know you're getting close to spelling. Some people might say these are "normal" milestones but we think you're extra special. 

You have the best sense of humor. You love learning new jokes and pranking us. You have a crazy-amazing personality. You're a diva but you rock camo and a pink gun like Ted Nugent. 

You are soaring with the eagles in school and we are so proud of you. 

We love each and every day with you, and we can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. 

Love, Mommy & Daddy

Curtis + Jen = Love & BFF's Forever.

We got the pleasure of joining in all the behind-the-scenes fun for Curtis & Jennifer's wedding on August 13, 2011. 

Curtis, who also happens to be one of my amazing big brothers, met a girl, Jen, who happens to be my amazing sister-from-another-mister.  Curtis & Jen are the happiest kids on the block. And to add a nice little cherry on top of that wedding cake, Jen is sweet enough to share her adorable, wonderful, talented, FUNNY, and loving kiddos - Hannah & Matthew.  Pretty sure they're blood based on the things they do and say, but even if they aren't, my GOODNESS do we love them all. SERIOUSLY - it's a beautiful match all around and it makes family time FUN rather than lame. 

These 2 sweeties decided to get hitched in Butte, Montana on August 13,2011. We joined in the fun starting Wednesday with nice down-home BBQ and some gorgeous redneck wine glasses made by Ms. Susan Caudill herself - I told ya it was a match!  

Thursday evening we held a special, intimate wedding shower for Miss Jen. She has some COOL friends who were even down to do some TP wedding dress designing.  ROCK it ladies!

Friday was of course the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.  There was so much rehearsing we decided to blow off some steam by playing a hard core game of wiffle ball. Of course we started off the game by picking teams grade-school-style and lining us all up, hoping that we weren't the last picked.  Luckily GG volunteered that spot. Anywho...there were some injuries, there were some homeruns, but most of all, there were laughs! and a TIED ballgame.  Have you ever in all your life heard of a Gannon walking away with a tie???  It had to be done. 

Saturday was the BIG DAY! It was a BEAUTIFUL wedding and the bride was SMOKIN' HOT!  No wonder Curtis fell in love with her.  Well, she's also the sweetest little thing this side of the Continental Divide, so that helps. 

Feast your eyes on these gorgeous wedding kids!

Thanks for letting us be a part of your awesome, special day. We love you guys!

Birthdays, Bachelors, and Big Hank!

Because I'm lazy and feel like I haven't prioritized my time to dedicate the necessary time to this blog, I will do one big update! :)  Our summer has been INSANE and crazy busy.  We were gone every single weekend in July!  Whew!

Birthday celebrations were wonderful.  Mommy celebrated 29 with a yummy spaghetti dinner and a delicious ice cream cake!

Just 5 days later, Daddy turned the big 3-0!  Unfortunately he was stuck in Pullman working hard, but Mama bear got to sneak away and stay the night with him.  Thanks to Nana & Papa for watching little Bug. :)  We enjoyed a nice dinner and a relaxing evening!

T Bug & Mama followed up the birthday celebrations with running the Greenbluff Cherry Picker's Trot! Tatum didn't awesome in the dash, and Mama...survived. :)  We also got to spend some time with Mama's cousins Drew & Luke!

We did have some time to enjoy our own little farm too, and we do love it out here on the Nagle Ranch.

Miss T graduated to a BIG BIG BIG girl bed!  She sure does love it!  And Mama & Daddy don't mind laying in there with her either...

We were lucky enough to have our first experience at Chuck-E-Cheese for Bella's birthday party!  Boy was that exciting!  Tatum played with every ride and brought home some real prizes!  You know, a plastic ring and a plastic slinky!

We ended the month with our 7th Anniversary!  And Mr. Nagle was amazing and sent these lovely flowers to Mama's work. 

Mama was lucky enough to join Ms. Bug's class on a field trip to Rocky Rococco's for lunch...3 year olds in a big group...scary!

And some great white mole hunters!

We ended the month of July camping in Big Hank!  Our favorite place in North Idaho where our favorite moose visits us each year!  We took a trip the "top of the world" as we call it. July has been good to us!