Maddie's Christmas Performance

Maddie Girl Turns 8

Madison was quite the spoiled girl this year! First the whole family chipped in for a "big girl" new room. That meant painting until 1am for Brian and I. She got a new spreadspread....a wall hanging CB player.....wall art.....new furniture! It was a group effort, but it all pulled together quite nicely! Now for the real challenge: Keeping it clean! The next weekend she had a pool party for 22 friends! Once again....very much spoiled and now we are trying to find spots for all her new goods!

Fall @ the Zoo

The kids and I had the most amazing afternoon at the zoo. I had been telling them for days that if it didn't rain on our day off we'd head down there. Well the sun was shining and we might as well get some good use of our season pass! (BEST PURCHASE!) Anyhow- we packed ourselves up some lunch and headed down there around 11am. We managed to see every inch of that place in three hours! The kids were so well behaved and loved each other for three hours! It was all fighting once we hit the car. But three hours of bliss ..... I am NOT complaining-

Anyone Want a Drawer FULL of Candy?

Halloween was a blast this year. The weather could not have been anymore perfect! We loaded the wagon with adult beverages and headed out with a gang of about twenty- Gray really got into it this year and practically ran from house to house. Maddie was a great big sister and helped her little brother out, but by house #5 he got the hang of it. Now we are just fighting the candy fight every night. We find Gray in dark corners of the house eating candy and we have candy wrappers showing up in the oddest of places....like the parent's bed? Hmmmmm.....wonder what daddy that could be :)

Random September Pics!

Fairs! Bubbles! New Play-Set! Start of School!
September flew by.........Halloween pics to soon come!!!!

GROOVEN

Too Cool 4 Skool

Maddie is offically a 2nd grader and already loving it! We walked her to her first day of school and she quickly found her name tag on a desk.....which was next to one of her best friends! She came home with a big smile on her face proclaiming that she didn't have H.W., but I did!