Maddie's Day

It's been 7 years since this picture of little Maddie was taken. It feels like only yesterday. 7 years later...

she still barely makes it on the bottom of her growth charts.

Madison woke up on her 7th birthday a little under the weather. She woke up a few times the night before to throw up(she wouldn't go anywhere without a garbage can near her).Not a great way to start off a birthday.

It took a little work to get her to warm up to the day but once she got started and saw presents she cheered up a little.Leave it to mom to request clothes.She loved this card from Aunt Mel. It played the Tinkerbell theme song.
She can pretty much guess what's in her last gift.

We didn't have a friend party this year just a family dinner. Maddie's request this year was to hang out with some of her cousins. Jake and Kenzie. So that's what we did. She had a lot of fun on her 7th b day and got plenty of summer clothes,dresses,high heel sandals(as Maddie described them) and toys(Wekinz,scrapbooking and crafts stuff).

By the end of the day she was feeling like herself again:)

February 2003

In February 2003 Madison was born. She was 7 pounds ounces. She was a tiny thing compared to how much Korbin weighed. We were exited to welcome Maddie into our family. During my first ultra sound they told us that we would be having a boy(I was a little sad, but tried not to shown it to Jason. Later we found out it was a girl (during the 1st official ultra sound). Jason let me know he knew I really wanted a girl and could see it in my face. So much for bluffing. We picked the name Madison because I liked it and it went very well with her middle name which was very important to me. Madison's middle name is actually what my mom wanted to name me and since I didn't get it our little girl had to.

Korbin has always been a laid back kid. In most of the pictures of him at the hospital he's either eating or watching TV. He was way into Toy Story at the time. During my first trimester I would be so tired I would take a daily nap. I would lock the doors,put Toy Story in and be out by 2:50 I couldn't make it past this time. Jason would come in a little after 3 from work and finish watching it with him. I remember he broke it a few months after Madison was born trying to get it out of the case and had big crocodile tears. I still to this day haven't replaced it, I better get on top of that. I also remember I cried a lot when I was pregnant with Madison. It got really bad once and scared Jason. Out of the blue I sat on the bottom step of our staircase and I cried bad for absolutely no reason. Jason was trying to console me but nothing would work. He thought I was hurt but it was just the hormones. I should have known then I was having a dramatic little girl:)

Proud mom of a beautiful little girl.

Proud dad of a cute little girl.

Maddie was so little I remember having to use blankets to help her sit up straight.

Two peas in a pod from the beginning. We're so grateful to have both of these kids in our lives and for how well they get along about 90% of the time.

Grandma Mary

Grandma Mary passed away this morning. She was a strong lady who lived thru so much the last few weeks. She left behind a great example of love. It was common for her to say 'how are you sweetheart?. She will be missed but we know that we will see her again someday. Maddie likes to think she's with Coda(our dog that passed away) in heaven and they're both happy together. Thanks again to our family and friends for everything.

Haircut

Korbin got his first home haircut today. Lots of gel and a new hairstyle and nobody will know the difference. I think!

Field Trip

Korbin had a field trip to the environmental center. It was an all day event. We went snow shoeing and cross country skiing. It was fun and I think this is going to be something our family will learn how to do. It was just so much fun and the weather was awesome! We got plenty of exercise that's for sure.

The day started off with a quick carpool arrangement of the moms going, McDs breakfast(the bus is slow) then a drive over the pass(still got there before the bus) and a half mile walk up the actual place we needed to be at. After our walk we got a fast intro on the how to's and dont's of our activities. We then got split into three groups(on this field trip I only had Korbin to worry about and it was great). Our group first got to learn about animal tracks(this part was boring).

After learning about animal tracks we went X country skiing. This part was fun. It was tricky and Korbin was frustrated but once he got the hang of it and saw that everyone else was falling all over the place (at one point everyone was on the ground laughing hysterically)he relaxed and tried extra hard,got it and then he left me and took off.

After skiing we had a much needed lunch. Our last event was snow shoeing and this was more eventful for the kids than for the parents. All the kids took off and left the parents to struggle up the hill. They saw a moose and that made their day.

After the snow shoeing we had about 40 minutes to spare before heading back down to meet the bus so the teacher let the kids go wild and play in the snow caves and sleds. Most of these pictures where taken by my camera phone so they aren't the best.I forgot to the check the camera battery before leaving. I do this so often, I should learn my lesson one of these days.

It was a really fun day and I'm glad I got to go with Korbin. It was nice to go and do something just with him.

Wolf

Last night the scouts in our ward celebrated 100 years of scouting(blue and gold dinner). The dinner was great and yummy. It was a big party. Korbin received his Wolf patch. He had a great night full of cake, friends,awards and fun.

Good Job Korbin...we're very proud of u!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Written by Korbin:

Febuary 9th is when i got my wolf

This is me putting my wolf pin on my mom

This is me talking to my friends

This is me shooting a poper

This is me with my cake

This is some of the cakes

These are some more cakes

My favorite part of getting my wolf patch was collecting leaves.

life around here

A fast update on life around here:

Library:

Korbin checks out Star Wars books from the school library and Maddie checks out

a book about dogs. She really wants one and Santa didn't fill this request. I'm just waiting for her full birthday list. With all her hints (and with Jason's help) I'm safely assuming it's going to look something like this

1) a real dog

Jason and I have a deal if he can find a pure bred golden retriever for $10 he can bring one home. We'll see what happens. Korbin's opinion: It's never going to happen.

Surgery:

G-Mary 1st surgery went well. She is still recovering at the hospital. She's ok just very tired. She might come home tomorrow.

Dairy and Ankle:

Maddie's doctor called with her allergy test result. She can't have dairy products for two weeks. Her doctor believes that milk is what is causing her stomach aches. She did great with her new diet last week but this week she has been a bit crabby about the whole thing. She still has a couple of extra weeks before the actual visit with an allegiest. Last night at pack meeting she jumped off the stage and twisted her ankle. She was fine until we had to leave then she began to cry. Her ankle was a bit swollen. After a little pain reliever and a sleepless night for me(her bed is not comfortable) and not enough tears for an ER visit we waited until this morning to see a doctor, she has a light sprain. Nothing major just limps a little when she has shoes on or if she doesn't want to do something. She's a tuff little girl.

Surgery

After a lot of tests and doctor meetings and everything else they have finally found what cause Jason's grandma's full cardiac arrest 2 weeks ago. She didn't have a stroke or heart attack. It's a bit more complicated than that. Now we begin to work on the cardiologist plan. Her first surgery is set for this Tuesday morning followed by another in six weeks and ending with a bypass surgery in six months. G-ma Mary has made a full recovery and laughs and is happy for the most part sometimes she gets kinda sassy from being in the hospital. Her favorite saying is 'I want to go home'. After 11 days in a hospital I'd be sassy too.THANKS again for everyone who has offered or who has let our kids hang out in your homes while we go to the hospital and do our errands. This last week has been full of hospital visits, 8PM dinners, to much fast food(I'm sick of Chick fil a and McD's) and about 585 cell phone minutes. Having Jason at home for the last week has been very nice. Jason gave his grandmother a blessing this morning (the first she's ever received I believe). I love my family very much and I am grateful to have the priesthood in our home.

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Korbin and Madison

This week we had parent teacher conferences. Both Maddie and Korbin are doing great in school. Madison's teacher is very happy with how well she's doing with her reading. Her teacher is very loving and caring. Korbin's teacher is very happy to have him in her class. He's quiet in class, gets his work done and is friendly. Korbin has an awesome teacher who likes to have super heros in her classroom. Goals: penmanship,math facts,reading and sight words.

More basketball pics....

Korbin favorite position:Guard

Coach Tosha and coach Megan are great with the boys.

Tosha and Megan push the boys to play their best.They keep a good balance of playing hard,having fun and learning new skills.