More Easter

We celebrated Easter with Brett's family last Saturday. Madison got to dye eggs with her Aunt Amber. Here she is trying to color the eggs with crayons and put stickers on them.

Aren't they cute?

They did another easter egg hunt for her in the backyard. We all had fun watching her search for eggs!

My first Easter Egg Hunt

The weekend before Easter we took Madison to my work for an Easter Egg hunt. The NICU had an easter egg hunt for the employees and their families. She had a lot of fun!Even though there were a lot of kids, she was able to find a lot of eggs. One of my co-workers was dressed as the Easter Bunny. Madison cried every time she even looked at her. Other kids her age were sitting on the Easter Bunny's lap and getting their pictures with her, but Madison was terrified of her!

hApPy EaSteR

We had a fun Easter! My parents and brothers came over to our house for an easter breakfast and then we watched Madison open her easter basket and do an easter egg hunt. She got a pink beaded necklace, a barbie and a soccer ball from the Easter bunny. She loves the pink soccer ball! She was funny during the egg hunt because as soon as she found out there was candy in the eggs she didn't want to search for any more. She just wanted to eat the candy. After the Egg hunt we went to Church. It was a great day.

Where did the candy go?

I made easter nametags for everyone for our easter breakfast.

In her easter dress eating candy

Easter egg hunt

The Race is on...

4 weeks to go until Race day! I have been training for my first half marathon: The race to Robie Creek. "The toughest half marathon in the Northwest". It is 8 miles uphill and 5 miles downhill! My friend Kiley convinced me to do it with her. However, she has been sick this week so I have been training with my brother Jordan. Today we ran most of the course, and despite what he says, it is BRUTAL! We made it to the top where there is still a few feet of snow. I ran 10 miles. 5 up and 5 down. He ran 8 miles up and 5 miles down! And so the training will continue until Race Day... ROBIE CREEK
April 19th 2008
@ High Noon

Arizona!

Phoenix, AZ 2008

Spring Training

At the San Fransisco Giants vs. Kansans City Royals Spring Training Game.

Watching the players warm up with Dad.

Papago Park

Hiking in Papago Park.

The Petting Zoo

There was a children's farm inside the Phoenix Zoo and it had a petting zoo. The kids got brushes and could walk around and brush goats. Madison absolutely loved it. She ran around with her brush and brushed each goat several times. The goats were pretty friendly. I guess they enjoy being brushed all day long.

The Phoenix Zoo

We took Madison to the Phoenix Zoo while we were there. We loved the safari. The Giraffes were so close to us. She talked to the animals through the fence.

The pool

Hanging out at the pool!

Floaties

We just got back from a family vacation in Phoenix! It was beautiful there. We enjoyed seeing the sun! My grandparents live there during the winter, so every year we head down to AZ to visit them. This year we got to stay for 12 days! We rented our own place close to theirs. We went to their pool everyday. While we were there we bought Madison some floaties and she loved to swim in them! She was a pretty good swimmer by the end of the week!

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.

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!