what's in a name?

6 more weeks to go and baby #4 will be here! we're told it's definately a girl and many people have been asking what her name will be. we've had our children's names picked out before they were born(we like to be prepared:). if it was a boy, his name would be tautagi levi (named after my dad's grandfather, and mason's middle name). and for a girl...luana marie-pronounced loo-ah-nah...just a name i've always liked, and marie is glenna's middle name. i think it flows well, don't you. happy monday everyone!!! and congratulations to shawn and darcy and orin for their new little one...brody shawn!:)

b-ball

march(actually january thru march) madness is over for us at the patterson household. mese played community b-ball this season and did rather well. they won 8 games and lost 1. mese has improved his mad b-ball skills since inheriting westbrooks hoop(thanks guys:). even his coach commented,"he's been praticing, hasn't he?" he loves to play even though we had a rough start, but i don't think it'll be a struggle getting him to play again next year...and by then, sila will have joined the wide world of community sports. it was a lot of fun-i'll post a couple of pics. of our star later...GO MESE!!!

lost & thankfully found

a couple of days ago i was cleaning(mildly) and realized my wedding ring was not on my finger-what? i was sure i put it on that morning. (i don't really like wearing jewelry so i take my wedding ring off at night before i go to bed, then put it on in the morning) and besides some studs, occasionally, i usually just wear my wedding ring. anyway, it was lost for a few days until i thought, i should check my dresser drawer-i don't remember putting it on in the first place. sure enough, it wasn't in its usual place(jewelry box mason gave me when he proposed), rather it was laying behind the box. so, now it's on my finger and i'm soooooooo happy:) the queston is...do it blame it on the pregnancy or age?

what's for dinner?

last night i couldn't decide what to make for dinner so, off we went in search of the night's meal. we bought everything we needed to make pizza so that's what we had. the kids helped, of course and it was a lot of fun. and...the pizza was good-sausage. the kids were sure to save some for mason(he was at school). i wonder what the kids want to make tonight?:)

rapunzel is no friend of mine

monday was the day...sila got her second haricut to date. she got a hair pretty stuck in it and there was no turning back-i had made up my mind to cut it, or to have someone who knows what they're doing to cut it. so sila called her dad at work and begged him to let her get a haircut...her exact words were,"please dad, i want my hair cut like johanna's!". and so monday evening we made our way to salon strut in yucaipa where we met melissa who did such a wonderful job on sila's hair-we couldn't be happier. and the best part...people tell her that her haircut looks like johanna's. thanks melissa for making a little girl's dream come true:) i'll post pics. later.

the verdict is in...

we're having a GIRL!!! mese was a little disappointed:) but we're all so excited to be having another girl join our family. mason didn't get his wish either...he was hoping for a balance of powers, or in other/his words, "less dealings with feelings and more dealings with sense". he's such a boy:) and congratulations to mese & anna on their beautiful little girl gwen, she arrived this morning!!!