Father Daughter Dance 2010

Last month Mady and her Daddy went to their first father daughter dance. For about a month we heard about it 45 times a day. Who was going, what kind of dress they had, would they dance, would daddy act silly, was Haven going?? Needles to say Mady was very excited. So was Jourdan. Getting a chance to spend one on one time with one of our kids is sometimes tough to do so it was exciting that they had the chance. :) Check out his matching pok-a-dot bow tie!

Mady and her best friend Haven! These two girls have a ton of fun together.

December?????!!!!!

Oh my gosh! It is already a week into December! I love this time of year and always want it to last! Before Jourdan left we were able to take the kids to see Santa. I was expecting Ewan to be a little nervous. He wasn't at all! He practically jumped from my arms to his arms. Bella was so cute with him also! She kept asking if he was the real Santa and if he really knew who she was. :) Mady was just excited to talk about gifts......

Papa Time!!!

Sunday dinner's have been at papa's house. We had a super yummy dinner last week. You should hear Jourdan talk about my dads cooking. He may have married me because of it. :)

Second Grade

The other day my biggest girl started 2nd grade. I can't believe I have a second grader. :) She is growing up so fast most days it scares Jourdan and I. We want to keep her as young as we can for as long as we can. It is funny how when they go into second grade they know how it all works. She didn't even really want me to walk her to class. "It is room 8 Mom, I can find it". Ummm no I am walking you, deal with it.

She was so excited to have her friend Haven in her class.

CHeck out the big girl:)

This girl is 7!!!

Madysenn turned 7 last week! We had a pool party with her and her friends on her birthday. She had such a good time! We all did. :) I can't believe I became a mom 7 years ago. She is such an amazing kid. She is growing up so fast it scares me. :)

Easter part 3

(I know easter overload) 

We headed over to my Grandma and Grandpa's house easter after noon. The kids got to have another egg hunt, which they loved. We all enjoyed the yummy brunch my Grandma made. After my Grandparent's we went to visit Jourdan's parents. At the end of the day we were all beat. :-) 

* Notice how I am not holding Ewan... That is because he LOVES my cousin Emily.

Easter part 2

Easter Morning at our house started VERY early! For some reason Madysenn was more excited that morning then she was on Christmas. :-) Ewan was so excited to get his two eggs. One for each hand and he was done. He had no idea what was in them but he had fun.

Easter part 1

The girls and I had a good time dying Easter eggs on Saturday. I think it may have been the first time we had ever actually died eggs. (i know bad mom) I did learn today that if Bella thinks she helped make something she will eat more of it. I had the hard boiled eggs on the counter today and she ate the whole thing because "it was her egg". Bella eating anything other than crackers is always a good thing. :-) 

* Mady took it all very seriously 

Art Class

For the past couple of weeks Madysenn has been going to art class. She LOVES the class. She brought this home the other day. It is crazy how much she has learned to do in such a short amount of time. :-) 

Mother Daughter Campout

 On Friday Madysenn and I headed out of town with her girl scout troop to camp Flemming. This was the second time I had been. I went when I was 6 or 7 with my mom and girl scout troop.  We ended up having a really good time. We did all kinds of crafts, did makeovers, and ate LOTS of junk food. :-) When we came home Saturday Mady slept almost the whole car ride then slept from 3 to about 5:30. She was beat! 

Her troop

Mady looking like she is having a blast at the campfire. :-) 
Mady and I in the mess hall. 

Mady and her friends Kira and Brielle. 

Snow trip

The weekend after Christmas Jourdan took the girls to the snow. I missed the trip. :-( I do 

plan on bringing the whole family back up sometime soon. This time I will invest in some 

water proof pants for the girls. Apparently after 15 minutes they were soaked and ready for

their change of clothes. I just hope I will be able to find them some warm clothes in the 

stores, I have been seeing a ton of spring clothes! UM it is January! 

We had such a good Christmas! The kids loved seeing family everyday for 5 days! :-) Bella was on cloud nine when Santa brought her a pink trycicle. She has been ridding it everyday since she got it. 

  

Ewan had a blast with his "Big Digger". He now has a tractor just like his Papa Tom. 

On Christmas Eve Uncle Brent was a hit when he brought the kids snow in the back of his truck. He has a tradition of going snow boarding with my Uncle on Christmas eve and this year they thought the kids would have fun with the snow. They did! :-) And let me just say that if you are ever a little irritated with your husband snow balls are a good thing! I just need to work on my aim! 

I love this picture of Ewan. He is walking now. And climbing :-)

ps. I have no idea what is going on with the font at the top of the page. 

Cookie time!!

After school today The girls got to decorate some sugar cookies that we had made. They had a blast. I know my cookies look pretty amazing. :) Gretchen if you ever need any tips....:) 

I told the girls to say cheese and check out what the ham in the back did. You can see him cracking a smile under his paci. :) 

Halloween