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Baby Taye is 20!

Baby Taye turned 20 years old this weekend! How is it possible I have been a mom for 20 years? I have many good things in my life but my kids are the best thing for sure. More than I ever even hoped for. They are cool and kind and wise and fun - the best kind of people.

Tyrone made plans to take Derick, Jaxon and Taye up to Spearhead Trails in Virginia. They stayed at a small hotel that also rents out Polaris off riding vehicles.  

They ate at country restaurants and had an amazing day off-roading and on-roading (you can ride on some of the main roads in town). They drove insanely fast, through super deep mud puddles and even flipped one of the machines. Everyone made it home in one piece.













On Sunday Tyrone’s parents cooked dinner - BBQ ribs and chicken drum sticks and banana pudding. Taye’s favorite!! 



Every couple of weeks Taye texts me for a family recipe so I put all our favorite recipes and photos of us cooking them into a book for him as my gift.



His girlfriend Anna offered a birthday present or a birthday adventure and Taye definitely picked the adventure.. So Monday morning she picked him up at 7 am with instructions to bring a change of clothes and sneakers that could get dirty. They spent the day at the White Water Center in Charlotte - doing a ropes course, a bungee jump and white water rafting. They come home exhausted and sunburnt and happy.

Nana sent a card with some money from Nova Scotia. 

Taye is living the dream to be loved by so many people.

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