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maddie goes to pre-k...again

maddie started pre-k 3 again this week. this is her second year in the this program because of how her birthday fell she was able to have our favorite teacher mrs. tonja 2 years in a row. it was odd seeing her as the bigger one in class. she was a little reluctant but didn't cry. at the end of the day she was bouncing off the walls and said she had a great day. when i asked her what her favorite part of the day was she said "the playground".

our branson vacation

on our way! we stopped about half way at the natural bridge. it was fun...it gave the kids a chance to run around and stretch their legs.

daddy, max and maddie under the natural bridge

m & m exploring some caves

what's a vacation without a stop at an old moonshine shack?

on our way to the dixie stampede....loved it! the kids were in awe of all of it. max loved the big horses and how fast the went. maddie loved the "princesses" (southern belles) that came down from the ceiling and danced. when they appeared she stood up in her chair and leaned over and told her daddy "i want to go down there with them because i'm a princess too" they both ate really good and it didn't seem to phase them that they were eating with their hands!

daddy, max and maddie with some of the horses before showtime

daddy and maddie

mommy and max

yeah!!! silver dollar city! awesome park for the kids they loved all of it! except when maddie was too little for a ride. she rode everything she was able and loved it, max even rode some big coasters with daddy!

in the kiddie area

the each won a stuffed animal at this fishing game..

snack time...cotton candy hands!

one of the rides maddie was too short for...yes, she cried

we had promised them all day we would do a water ride (their version of the log ride) when it was time to leave bc even though it was 65 degrees this day it was very windy...not ideal for water rides. we knew we might get a little wet....here's a pic after the ride it doesn't do the wetness justice. poor maddie was soooo wet i thought we might be turned over to cps before we left the park.

our last day...we got an included breakfast each day at our motel so we decided to include some pics of how we started our day each day we were there. also, the i took the kids to play on the playground right outside our door while daddy packed and loaded the car.

easter 2009

max's class had an easter party/hunt at school to kick easter week off. (maddie's class did too but my camera battery went dead just in time for her's...sorry maddie boo) these pics are from max's class...

the class easter egg hunt

doing easter crafts for family and friends...

dying eggs... when i told them it was time to dye the eggs maddie busted out crying and said "i don't want them to die i want them back alive!" she's going through a death obsession phase...

we had a great easter! here are some pics of the kid's easter baskets.

my cute babies

nothing eventful...outside ruby tuesdays...just a sweet pic

kite flying

it was finally windy enough to fly our kite this weekend...the kids loved it!

my little valentines

max and maddie had a great valentine's day. they both had parties at school and that night they opened fun stuff from adam and i. mimi & poppy stopped by and gave them candy and their first "color by number" kits. they each got some tatoos and as you can see maddie chose to put all of hers on her belly.

gray manning's party

gray had a cowboy party and my kids had a blast. they rode a pony, horses and tractors. we roasted hot dogs and even went on a hayride...good times!

a new chi for my bd!

as you can see i'm not a good everyday blogger...so here's what's been going on at our house for the last month! i had another birthday. adam and the kids got me a new chi...yeah!!! our friends the matlock's watched max and maddie while adam took me out to eat at kobe's and as you saw on my sister's blog (probably that very night) she, jason, kohen and scott were there to surprise me.

Firetruck Party

max and maddie got to visit our fire dept. saturday for their friend hudson's 4th birthday! they had a blast, they even got to squirt the big hose.