Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Playing at the Park

FRIENDS
Madison and Elise

A messy face, exploring at the park.

What a cute smile!

Visiting Friends!

Last week Madison and I went to visit our friends Kendall, Elise and Emery. We had so much fun with them. The girls had a good time playing together. We took them to the park and the Portland Zoo. They had a lot of fun playing together around the house too. We can't wait to get together with them agian!
Riding together in the car outside.

Madison and Elise with their purses and boas. They spent a lot of time chasing each other around the house like this.

Madison feeding Elise.

Plane Ride


Madison enjoyed the plane ride to Portland. She had her own seat, tray table and snacks!
What a big girl!

Lunch Time


Madison woke up from her nap the other day and brought her pig downstairs with her. She would not let me take him from her so she could eat lunch. She insisted that the pig sit in the high chair right next to her. She had her arm around him the whole time she ate lunch. She offered him bites of her food and talked to him as they ejoyed lunch together!

Bake me a Cake!

Her very own cake!
YUMMY!



Madison and I baked a cake together using the cake tins that she plays kitchen with. We wore our matching aprons that we got for Christmas. She got to stir the cake batter and pour in all the ingredients. She helped me pour the batter into her cake tins and we put it in the REAL oven to bake. She was not happy with me when I put it into the oven! She was impatient while it baked, but as you can see she was very happy to eat the miniture cake all by herself.


Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Welcome Home Jordan

Our first sight of JOJO coming through the doors at the airport.

SIBLINGS

Jordan is back from his mission in Costa Rica! Our family went to the airport to welcome him home. We are so proud of him!


Waiting in the airport for Jordan to come home from his mission!

New Year's Eve




On New Year's Eve we went to a nice dinner with Jeff and Carrie downtown and then had the Thompsons, Minerts and Knights over for games, food and sparkling cider!
Happy New Year!

Ashley's Wedding

Ashley and Eldo were married on December 29th 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Congratulations!



Ashley was a beautiful Bride! I was honored to be one of her bridesmaids. It was so nice to see Ashley and Amy, my best friends from high school, and their families. We will be back to Boston soon for Amy and Dan's wedding!!!
p.s. Sorry I don't have any pictures of Eldo. I only took pictures while we were getting ready in the Bride's room!

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

After we celebrated Christmas with the Hughes at our house we went to my parents house (grandma susan and grandpa chad).
Madie with her Little People Camping Set

Madie and me in our matching aprons!


Madie with more gifts!

Christmas at our House



We had Brett's family over to our house for Christmas morning this year.
I enjoyed having Christmas at our house for the very first time. We opened presents together and had a nice Breakfast.

Christmas

Madison Playing with her new Kitchen from Santa!


Wearing her apron from Amber.

Eating Christmas Breakfast!

Madison got spoiled on Christmas! She opened the most presents. She loved opening them and would get really excited with each one! Thanks for all the nice gifts!!!!

Christmas Eve

Our Traditional Christmas Eve
Grandpa reading Luke 2

Everyone listening to Grandpa singing "Oh Holy Night"


Madison and Brett

Christmas Eve



My Christmas Dress

A White Christmas Eve

Madie excited to see the snow!

Its cold!


Thinking about eating the snow!

Christmas Pajamas


Playing around in our Christmas Pajamas from Grandma Susan!

First Day of Nursery Sunday, December 15th

Getting ready for my first day of Nursery!

Madison loved nursery! She loved the toys, snacks and songs!

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Our Cruise!

We went on a cruise with Hailey and Brandon Dec. 9-14th to Key West and Cozumel. We had a lot of fun! We ate, sun bathed, rode mopeds, snorkeled, got stung by jellyfish, shopped, and ate some more! We went on a Carnival Cruise Ship out of Miami, Florida. The weather was beautiful! It was so fun to spend time with Hailey and Brandon on Vacation! Our parents watched Madison and Connor for us. They had a lot of fun with grandma and grandpa too! Madison wouldn't even come to Brett or I when we first saw her. She only wanted my mom to hold her!