Happy Birthday Madison!!!

Madison chose to go to Macaroni Grill for her birthday dinner(same as last year). The Torgersons and Greenwoods came and celebrated with us. It's hard to believe that I have a 6 year old, being that I am so young and all :) Maddy is definitely a fun and entertaining girl. She has those moments when I want to ring her neck, but she also has those moments that make me so proud and happy to be her mother. She is so sweet with Olivia and helps out so much. She absolutely loves school and is excelling in reading and writing. Madison is also in her second year of Ballet and is doing wonderful. She is preparing for her recital next month and can't wait to perform on stage. She is also taking a tumbling class and has really shown improvement over the months on her tumbling skills. She practices all the time because she wants to be able to do everything perfectly.
Happy Birthday Madison, I love you!!!

David and Maddy with the presents he gave her.

Gabby and Maddy............that's one cute face Gabby :)

Our Place

This is the upstairs loft that is the girls playroom.





Here are a few pics of our place for those of you who have been asking. I am still not done putting pics and decor up and who knows if I ever will!

Halloween

This is the first year Maddy would touch the pumpkin guts! She loved it and did a great job cleaning it out!




The crew! Madison, Maggie, Gabby, David, Aubrey and Emma McCabe, and Olivia.

Maggie and Olivia
This Chicken is on a Mission!!
I really wish she would pose a little more!

Olivia did not want to stop, she stood at the door and screamed!
We shoved a sucker in her mouth and she was happy!
She really enjoyed the Chocolate!!

We had a great Halloween this year. Maddy new months ago she wanted to be a witch and it took her about 30 minutes to pick out the perfect witch costume. Olivia on the other hand, I didn't know what I wanted her to be. Then this stupid Chicken costume showed up in a box I was unpacking. I really didn't want her to be a chicken, it's not very girly (plus, we made her be scooby doo last year) but after putting it on her and laughing hysterically, Micha made an executive decision that she needed to be a chicken! She really liked wearing it too, which was another plus. We even taught her to say "Bock Bock", like a chicken. It was pretty funny. We went to Jenny and Davids house to trick or treat their neighborhood. The kids had a blast!

Olivia is Growing Up!

All ready to go! She loves going outside!
Climbing into her booster seat.
Sitting in the kitchen sink while I cook.

Olivia is 17 months and is getting too big, too quick. She is talking like crazy and is beginning to repeat more things you say. She loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse still and wants to watch it first thing when she wakes up. She screams from her bed "Show, Show", when she gets up in the morning and is ready to watch Mickey. She loves sitting in the kitchen sink and in my bathroom sink. She is always in my bathroom sink every morning while I am getting ready. She also loves to walk Winston. She will get his leash anytime she wants to take him out. Olivia climbs into her booster seat when she is ready to eat(which is about 8-10 times a day). She also has quite the temper when things aren't going her way!! She get's that from her father:)

DeeDah and Grandpa Visit

An attempt to get all the kids together, didn't work out so well!


My parents came and visited the first of October. It was great seeing them and spending a little time with them. All the kids loved having DeeDah around and they couldn't get enough of her. That brought tickets for General Conference, so we were all able to go to a session with them.

Catching Up

Jenny has apple and pear trees in her back yard and the kids love picking the fruit and eating them when they go outside.
This is what Olivia does when she comes into my store! Lots of rearranging

Boating with our friends,the Ballards

The girls playing at a mall play center.


Celebrating Gabby's 5th Birthday Party.
Wow, this has been a crazy, busy month!! First of all, I started working! I am managing a GNC store and Micha is now a SSM Manager for GNC. This job was basically handed to me and it has been a real blessing. Micha and I are able to work our schedules out the way we want them and what works best for our family. It is a great experience for me and a relatively low stress job. It is hard to be away from the girls during the day, especially Olivia. She is still so little and I feel like I am missing out on so much, but I also know this is what I need to do right now. It also puts my mind at ease that they are in good hands with Jenny. We are moving into our new place in less than a week!! We are so excited to get into our own place and have some order back in our life(and for my huge closet!). Micha is flying home this weekend to get all of our things out of storage in Arkansas. I can't wait to have all my things(shoes) back. After taking a huge leap of faith and moving to Utah, things are falling into place and working out. Utah definitely isn't home but I can stand it for a little while. Micha and I are getting the work experience we wanted and needed that can hopefully take us back to the south!

Maddy's First Day of Kindergarten

David wanted to get in the picture action.

Maddy finally started Kindergarten!! We were all very excited. She only goes half days, 12:30-3:30, because Utah schools are apparently stupid! Fortunately Micha and I both had the day off so we were able to take her to school. We got there and they had muffins and milk for the kids. After that the teachers lined up the classes and took them inside. I am proud to say I didn't cry, I was too excited that she finally started! Anyways, when she got home from school I asked her how it was and she said, "Good, I got a Disney Magazine". Are you kidding me, that's all I get after hearing you talk about going to school for the past year! She finally told me she made 2 friends but didn't know their names. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Hutchings and she seems to be a great teacher and Maddy really likes her. Hopefully she will have a wonderful first year of school and not get in too much trouble!!