Santa has arrived...
Best friends.... Carter is sporting some of his new North Carolina gear. 
You can't quite see it but EVERY single present that Cate opened up she expressed EXTREME excitement! It was a riot. We have lots of video of her opening presents. She was more than happy to open presents for everyone else as well!
Cate's big present from Santa was a tricyle.
First sledding event with Tim and Jesse! Lots of fun!
Cate got to have lunch with Santa today. It was all "HO, HO, HO" but she had NO interest in sitting on his lap. We found a compromise...
Cate's cousins Jesse (below) and Tim (next) joined us since they are in town for the weekend.
Cate and her new best friend, Uncle Mike. 
WISHING YOU JOY AND LAUGHTER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
For Cate's 2nd birthday she got the Trewet Kitchen. This kitchen has been owned by cousins Jessica, Caroline, Emily and now Cate. It is well loved and is just perfect! All day long Cate said "I cook, I cook" and made different foods.
December birthdays...Chance (18 on 12/3) and Cate (2 on 12/4)
Could she be any cuter??? We love our dolly who is growing up so fast... 
Josiah, Cate and Colton helping Papa move cows on the farm.
Cate adores her Papa.
Gotta love Aunt Abby!
Lots of love between Cate and Colton (aka "Coco")
Cate and CoraLynn got to take a day trip back to Atlantic. It was a full day of seeing lots of family and making new friends...like Sugar the horse and Icky (named by her dad) the kitten. Cate enjoyed riding the tractor with Papa since combining was done. CoraLynn had a dentist appointment with the best dentist EVER, Dr. Trewet, while Cate played with Grandma Jane. Later in the afternoon we got to see Abby, Craig Alan and Colton who introduced Cate to their kittens and let her ride on Sugar. Cate was a bit cautious, but warmed up to Sugar and LOVED her. She is still talking about it. We finished our day with dinner at the Trewet house and came home...what a wonderful fall day on back on the farm.
Cate, as you can see, was a duck for Halloween. She won "Best Costume" at the Club mostly because she went around quacking to everyone. We had a really fun day and very much enjoyed Ben, Rachel and Sophia joining us to trick or treat. Cate was hilarious going to all our favorite neighbors...she would give them a piece of candy from her pumpkin when she said "trick-o-treat" instead of taking candy. She still says "trick-o-treat" when she wants candy.
It was pumpkin carving night at the Trewet house. Carter drew the Tiger Hawk freehand! Cate learned the word "gross" when she touched the inside of her pumpkin with her Daddy.
Apple orchard and pumpkin patch with Rachel and Sophia...a very fun (but very hot) day!
Since Daddy was out of town at the race this weekend we went to the Cyclone football game with Grandma Jane and the Nichols clan. We didn't stay for the entire game but just enough time for Cate to have a ton of fun! The funniest thing that she did was when she heard the entire crowd "boo" she thought they were "moo"ing so started to "moo!" It was hilarious!
Here Cate is with John, Abby, Craig Alan, Colton (aka CoCo) and Grandma Jane. GO CYCLONES! 
We have had a VERY exciting year for the Ankeny Hawks Golf Team! Here is a picture of from last week of our CONFERENCE CHAMPS! Carter is the only senior on the team and has been the leader of this team through the season. They are currently ranked #2 in the state. We are very excited for districts and hopefully state next week. 
Winning team at Marshalltown with a 15th place finish by Carter!
Putting to a victory...Carter only had 11 putts while he received medalist honors in the Dowling meet. Unfortunately, the meet was Ankeny's only dual loss. 
Quite the swing! The coach from Wartburg was watching Carter at Marshalltown. He was 1 under through the first 9 holes that the coach watched!
Ankeny's best team score of the year--very impressive! Unfortunately, somehow they still lost this meet but have won almost every other invitational this year. 
Last weekend I went to the store and came home to find this! Cate had demanded that she switch the clothes she was wearing with Winnie the Pooh. She stayed like this for hours...it is amazing what happens with this girl is left with her dad!
The Becker grandchildren for Reunion 2010 in Galena, IL.
This is not PHOTO SHOP! Craig Becker, aka Papa, was swimming! Cate had a ball swimming and jumping in to her Papa.
There was lots of dancing. The best dance was the impersonation by John of Grandma Jane stopping a pig at the County Fair.
For our 5th Anniversary, I surprised Matt with tickets to Jimmy Buffett in Chicago with our great friends Eric and Missy. WE HAD A BLAST! The concert was somewhat an afterthought really, because the tailgating/pre-concert was unbelievable. A really great weekend to celebrate how much we still like each other after being married for 5 years.
Daddy, will you please buy me a boat?
BFF...
Carter, Lisa, Jodi, Jake and Drew were brave enough to get in this ball and go down a hill!
A favorite look of Carter Joe's...
