Christmas and Beyond

Since I have 670 pictures in my december iphoto album,

you can safely consider this a taste of Christmas!

Maddy LOVES Veggie Tales (aka La La) and when she got this coloring book,

she promptly climbed into my lap to read it, too cute.

Santa came and Maddy loved all of her gifts!

The boys + mad at breakfast!

The girls!

Taking part in Jo's photo shoot of me.

I think we played Apples to Apples at every single Christmas gathering we went to! It was so much fun hanging out with the Perry's & Burkhalters! Favorite quote was from Georgia after someone played the Puff Daddy card and everyone was laughing she said:

"well, he is a daddy...." haha.

Maddy trying on Pop's new hat for size!

We went to my aunt & uncle's house a few nights after Christmas and had a blast. Swinging Maddy around, eating some great food from Macaroni Grill and you guessed it: playing Apples to Apples!

Alan got this horse when he was little and we (as in all 4 kids) had a great time playing on it! Mom lent it to the Burkhalter kids for the past several years and just got it back. Maddy loves it, although it scares me to death, she goes fast!

On the 30th, all the boys went quail & pheasant hunting!

Fun Fridays

First of all let me say a HUGE congrats to my brother Jeff and future sister-in-law Courtney! They got engaged this week and hope to be wed before the end of the year! I'm way excited!

Maddy just hanging around with her aunts! Happy Birthday to Christie on Sunday! Wish we could be there to celebrate!

Daddy was gone for lunch today so we had a photo-shoot! Enjoy the many faces of my little girl; starting with the cheeseburger smile....I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Uncle Alan taught her that.

I'm not sure what she is doing below, but it cracked me up and then

both of us were laughing hysterically, fun times.

I'll eventually post some pics from Christmas, it's just a little

overwhelming when there are 500 to choose from.....

Babyland General

This is the NEW Babyland General! Isn't it crazy big? It's a doll mansion. As you can see, I don't even have the whole building in the picture....

Mom, Dad & Maddy on the way inside

She thinks we are cruel parents for making her see Santa again....

hopefully she's not traumatized.

Mom just kept picking up all of these babies and handing them to Madison.

Later we found out these were the $200 and up dolls.....

Love my sister!

Keith next to the tree house

Watching Mother Cabbage give birth with an 'easyotomy'

Check out this hair.....kinda reminds me of maddy's

She loved the stuffed dogs too!

But, this is the doll she came home with. Of course we had to get a stroller too!