Maddie is 12!!!!!

Holy Cow, my baby is 12 years old and going into Young Women's and Junior High and cheerleading!! We love that Madison is such a beautiful and talented young lady. Despite the fact that I don't feel old enough to have a young women, we are so excited for this new phase in our lives. And Maddie is thrilled to be out of primary and "moving on" with her life.
Happy Birthday, sweetheart! We love you!

Avery's Farm Field Day!

I had the fun opportunity to go with Avery on a field trip to the high school to learn about, see, touch, hold and smell a bunch of farm animals. Avery also got to bring home a marigold from the school's greenhouse. Unfortunately...it has renewed Avery's desire to have a pet bunny! :) Oh well. I guess we asked for it when we got Maddie and Morgan their own pets....oops.

Our Visit to Michelle & Shane's!!

So, I didn't take very many pictures, but I wanted to post these and aknowledge the fun time that we had with Shane and Michelle and their awesome kids! We had so much fun just relaxing and being with them. We got to see Brittany in her gorgeous prom dress and we saw Zack win his tennis match. We met their cute puppy, Sadie and Josh's pet snake, Rosie (pictured ....eeewww!!) It was a much needed change of scenery and so relaxing to not have anything to do for a few days except have fun!! We loved it! Thanks guys!

Happy Easter!

After the Easter hunt at Grandpa & Grandma Rasmussen's... I hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter holiday. Yes it's fun to find candy and all kinds of goodies :) but I love being able to focus on the miracle of our Savior. The gift he gave all of us is so precious and I am forever grateful for Him and for the gift of my beautiful, wonderful, remarkable, funny, talented and fabulous family!!! I love you all!

Maddie in the Jungle Book Kids!

Madison was in her 2nd play, but this time she had a lead role! She played the panther Bagheera in the "Jungle Book Kids"! She was fabulous and looked so good in her genie-panther costume! ;) It looks like she is going to follow in her Daddy's footsteps as an awesome performer! Way to go, Maddie Sue!

In the pictures are Maddie with her best friend, Abby. There were two casts because so many kids tried out, so Abby was Bagheera in the other cast.

The other pictures are Maddie on set and then with Baloo and Mowgli.