Bubbles!

We ran out of dishwasher soap so Theron tried a little liquid dish soap...oops. lol Madelynne had fun in the bubbles though. =)
and the floor got clean at the same time so it was a productive morning there, eh? hahaha!

fun on the deck :)

It's been so beautiful today so the kids and I took advantage of it and hung out on the deck.

Madelynne posing for the camera with Grandpa relaxing in the sun.

Madelynne & Jacob playing. Dad still getting some sun and is now a bean bag chair for Jacob.
Jacob letting Grandpa get some rest for a moment. :)Lunch on the deck. We spread the car rug out then set up the play tent for some shade. Gotta love the pb&j cheeks. Why they eat through the middle of a sandwich escapes me. lol :)

Unsupervised fun...

Wow, it's been a while. I can't say that nothing blog worthy has happened since that not's entirely true. Today I just happened to think of snapping pictures with my cellphone. :) Madelynne, Jacob and I went to play group this morning for 1 1/2 hours. They had fun and were both played out when we got home. We did our lunch then Jake went down for his nap and then all of a sudden I couldn't keep my eyes open. I talked Madelynne into lying down on my bed with me with her books then when she relaxed and actually put her head down I figured it was safe to drift off to sleep. The next thing I remember an hour later is hearing Benjamin come pounding up the stairs after getting home from school asking why it smelled like fingernail polish. I barely lifted my head to look around at him and caught a major whiff of polish. Madelynne was at it again. Although after this latest little spree of craziness I only have 3 bottles of polish left. She emptied about 6 of them into her squirt bottle that I use for her hair. So here are a few pictures for fun. She was quite sad from getting in trouble, she's a funny girl for sure! Oh and she had dumped out 3 different games on the playroom floor. Makes me wonder if she just waits for me to not pay attention and goes wild. haha!

a little rug cuttin' going on :)

chili & goodies for a cause :)

Tonight we went to the ward Chili dinner fundraiser for the Young Women's group to raise money for camp. We took baked goods to be auctioned off and had some enteretainment as well. It turned out to be a really fun night. The kids all had a blast playing and I was really getting into the bidding. haha! Dad really wanted the German chocolate cake I made with pecans on top. I think Theron put the bug in his ear to buy it back since that's his favorite cake. Then I won....snickerdoodles, chocolate chocolate chip cookies, cinnamon rolls, caramel popcorn...and I think that's it. haha! It was fun. We came home with quite the loot. They had three of the girls up on the stage drumming on tidy cat boxes and here's a video of Madelynne feeling the groove. My cellphone stopped recording before she started jumping and twirling all around. She's a nut. Any music comes on and she's ready to dance.

catch up time :)

OK, so the pictures all uploaded in the opposite order that i wanted them to so we'll start from recent to a day or so ago. :) Some of these pictures are just plain corny. :) Buy hey...:):)

I couldn't find my earpiece for my phone so I could talk and do my run at the same time tonight and rigged it all up with a shoelace...hahaha! That white sticker at the top of my phone attached to my ear is an address label. lol. oh and i dyed my hair dark tonight and lost track of time and left it on a tad too long...fun fun :)
Michael and Benjamin made a hammock for Jacob. :)
My sister in law Kristi sent me way way way cute website with ideas for doing little girls hair and it motivated me to test out a hair do on Madi's short locks. lol
front view of her hair do
Benjamin was super walle and then Paul wanted to be a super hero too with their little throw blankets they got for Christmas and Jacob is a sucker for a blanket and was hugging them to cuddle.
super walle again...lol
the boys had Jonathon played Rockband for nearly 2 hours on Saturday...they had lots of fun
more rockband moments
oh yeah, i was driving home from Cody on Thursday night and a huge owl flew across the road and didn't quite clear my left light
I was really worried that I'd find the owl still lodged in there. I can't tell you how thankful I am that it wasn't!!!! heehee

...to give me experience, eh?

I don't have a picture for this post. I wasn't thinking "camera" at midnight last night. I heard noises in the bathroom that were taking longer than a normal middle of the night bathroom break so I get up to investigate. Lo and behold, there's Madelynne looking worried at seeing me up with my mascara in one hand, a nail (no clue why) in her other hand. Her fingernails were painted green and looked halfway decent enough that I actually asked her who painted her nails. Then I started chuckling. Oh wait, I forgot to mention that the bathroom smelled STRONGLY of eucalyptus since she's smeared the Vick Vapor Rub all over Jacob's little gloves as well as the bottom of her feet then she pulled her socks on after handing me the mascara and nail. I usually do that when they have a cough at night, but she's not sick so who knows. I'm amazed that she wakes up and has enough juices flowing in the brain at midnight to be mischievous. I am all about falling back to sleep as soon as possible in the middle of the night. :) We love you Madelynne and look forward to your daily adventures. :)

Another kid moment...

I was lying down with Madelynne today at naptime when Theron called and talked to me then talked to Madi. She was sad and whining a little on the phone to him about bumping her head. Then she started giggling and passed the phone to me with light kick with her foot. She said, "Daddy said to kick you for him." When I got the phone back Theron was laughing since he'd heard her and had really said "KISS mommy for him". Funny girl! We got a good laugh out of it.

little reader

Madelynne was reading whle I worked on the computer this morning. I couldn't resist snapping a few unsuspecting shots on the webcam of her. Too cute. She's had it read to her so many times she was reading to me. I love moments like this.

mini cheerleader

This is a clip from the football game we went to last Friday night. It was Rocky Mountain against Greybull. We sat with the Rocky side since SheraLee is a cheerleader. (The cheerleader closest to us in the front row). Madelynne had fun copying her cheers.