A Promising Career

Our friends captured this video during church yesterday. I was playing the organ and Rich was entertaining Lucy (he had no idea what Luke was doing, just that he was quiet and not bothering anyone).

Only the end was caught becuase the phone couldn't be located quickly enough to get all of it.  Still, it's worth sharing.  Enjoy :)

Catching up!

I keep getting grief from my family because the last post I have is from March...I know - lame.

So here's a little catching up:

New Easter outfits at Grandma Madsen's

(thanks to Aunt Lacee for the tie and Grandma Becky for the dress!)

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 For our anniversary (8 years!!) Rich and I headed to Jackson Hole.  We had a great time seeing the shops (most of which were closed during the off season), eating yummy food, and seeing the Tetons - wow!  It was nice to have a few days of grown-up time.

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We decided to remember the family members who have passed on a few days before Memorial Day.  Grandma Lois clipped her Snowball bush to share with her family.  What a special site/sight :)

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 Lucy finally decided (with a little help from mom) that she was ready to send her binkies to the binky fairy.  We tied her binkies to balloons and Lucy let go.  When they get high enough, the binky fairy catches them and delivers them to new babies who need a binky.  In exchange for her binky, the binky fairy brought Lucy a bag of goodies and a thank-you note.  Phew, next challenge:  potty training :(

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 Lucy has been in gymnastics for a few months and LOVES it!  At her exhibition, she rolled forward and backward, cartwheeled, jumped, balanced, and hung for all of us to see!  Way to go Lucy!!

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 For Mother's Day, we had dinner with all the great mom's we could gather:  Grandma Becky, Grandma Madsen, Aunt Lacee, and Me, of course :)  Aunt Lacee made matching ties for the boys for Easter, and the girls' dresses matched, too.  We were finally able to get them together for Mother's Day...what a picture!

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 In October, I got a team of ladies together to run the Dirty Dash!  We trained and practiced...well, I'm sure we all intended to.  On June 2, we made our way to Soldier Hollow to run 5K through mud, muck, water, and whatever else nature could provide!

Pre-race

(L to R:  Peter, April, Julia, Melissa, Jennifer, Judy, Jenni, Angie)

Post-race

(L to R:  Jenni, Jennifer, Judy, Julia, Melissa, Angie)  Peter and April must have been off somewhere, but they finished too!

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 The Annual Wagon Train took place June 7, 8, 9, 2012

After wagon-ing, playing, eating, playing, an ugly mommy meltdown, and more playing, we ended up with four tired kiddos:  Swayzee, Maddux, Luke, and Lucy all asleep in the little trailer.

Soooo, I think I've caught up the highlights of the past few months.  Maybe I'll be able to post again the fun summer happenings!!

Green Green Green

So tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day.  Since Green beer is off the list of things to indulge in, I decided to do a few other things instead:


Green eggs and shamrock toast for breakfast (thank you Macey's for making green bread each year); Green Mac n Cheese for lunch (if Rich/Grandma is willing to drop a couple drops of green into the pot before the kids see); and, Green....something...for dinner.  Not sure what will happen.  I'll keep you posted :)


Happy St. Patty's Day!!