Almost Summer

School is winding down and the temperature is warming up. We've been enjoying the weather, the greenery and lots of basketball. It looks like we have an offer on the house that may mean we'll be moving mid June. We are going to just relax for a while with less repsonsibilites and then start house shopping in a few months.

I'm 3....Easter....

Madi Turned 3 on Saturday March 22 and then Easter was the day after. We celebrated the birthday in Garland with Jeff's family.

Sunday we got up and Madi does not enjoy wearing dressy dresses. Fine with a skirt or a sundress, but put some ruffles on it and she melts down so we had some moments Easter Sunday. We managed to get a few pictures without the fit.

Once the dress was off she enjoyed the day. Gps and WAS came from Krum to spend some time with the kids on Sunday.

A Texas Blizzard.......

.......and Madi doesn't like it one bit!

I love chocolate and Happy Birthday Dylan !!

What a Blessed Christmas

Christmas this year was amazing. It was so great to see the joy on both of the kids faces. Last year was so hard on everyone...even Dylan. We all wanted Madi to be home so bad and this year that was the best present for us all.


















We start off on Christmas Eve in Garland with Jeff's family. Madi had a ball. Jeff Dylan and Madi spent a lot of time out in the front yard playing kickball. She's all about playing ball..anykind.
















Christmas morning was great. Here we got the perfect picture of her excitement racing towards her kitchen. It's the picture you hope you get every year. Look at that sheer joy on her face. Dylan kept forgetting about his "stuff" and was watching Madi too. Nothing a parent wants to see more than a 10 year old more interested in his little sister than stuff. He is a blessing to us everyday.

Later in the day on Christmas we always end in Krum. The food is great and Madi was so open and just Ms. Personality for everyone. It was great to see her hugging and kissing everyone. She helped pass out presents, ate at the kids table and just fell right into place amongst the traditions that we do while celebrating Christmas. Still, the center of her world is her brother.

The Best Things Under the Tree

Happy Thanksgiving

We have had 2 Thanksgiving Gatherings. One in Krum with my family and then we went to Royce City for Jeff's family. Food was great in both places. All of our attention is on Madi and Dylan. Jeff is a little annoyed by Dylan rubbing his redsking fandom onto Madi...I just love it !

What a wonderful life. We are so thankful for everything we have this holiday, the main thing is having our family of four in tact and all together for the first holiday season.

We put our Christmas tree up today...Madi was very "helpful"....she loves it.