The Winners Are...

We held the drawing for the snowman ornaments and are pleased to announce the following winners:

Adrianne from Kentucky
Collette from Colorado
Andrea from Utah

Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to all our winners! Look for your ornaments in the mail!

First Ever Drawing and Give Away!

In the spirit of the holidays I am having my first ever drawing and give away! If you want to win this handmade, (by me) snowman ornament, leave me a comment in the next few days and you will be entered in the drawing. There are three ornaments up for grabs! All comments must be posted by December 31, 2008. The drawing will take place that night(names will be placed in a hat and drawn out by Matt). I will post the winners on January 1, 2009. I will mail or deliver the ornaments in person to the winners. Good luck! I look forward to hearing from you!

Heart Broken Mama

Last Saturday I went to get my hair cut. The last few times I have gotten my hair cut I have taken Madelynne with me and she has gotten her hair cut too. As I was leaving for my appointment Madelynne kept saying she wanted to come too and have Julie cut her hair. I told her she didn't need her hair cut this time. And I will forever regret not taking her with me! While I was gone Madelynne was supposed to be taking a nap and instead decided to take matters into her own hands and butchered her hair! I am a heart broken Mama....


When Matt went to check on Madelynne he found this!


Here is the side view of Madelynne's hair.


This is what the front looked like and how short she cut the sides! Ugh!


My sweet friend, Julie, dropped everything when I called her in tears about Madelynne's hair to try to salvage what she could. She gave me hope that it wouldn't be so bad. A thousand thank yous Julie! I don't know what I would have done without you!



The finished product. Julie you are a miracle worker!

To Grammie's House We Go...

The week before my parents left to spend Christmas in Utah I took the children to visit them. We are sad we will not get to spend Christmas with the rest of the family in Utah, but were glad we could spend a week at Grammie's and Grampa's house!

SEWING WITH GRANDMA

Madelynne enjoys helping with all kinds of sewing projects and did not hesitate to help Grammie pin all her projects.


Jackson didn't really help with the sewing, but he is a great distraction. Who can resist those cheeks? Don't you just want to kiss them?

A LITTLE BIT OF MISCHIEF

Madelynne discovered some markers and very quietly colored herself the colors of the rainbow. Thank heavens for stain remover!


Grampa and his Greenway grand children





I love Jackson's shirt. If you look closely you can see that it has a knight riding a dragon and it reads, " Grandma's Prince Charming".


HOLIDAY PARTIES
We got to attend both my parents' work parties. At my Dad's office party the children were given gifts. Madelynne got a princess backpack and Jackson got a little stuffed tiger. You hardly ever see Madelynne without her backpack and all her treasures. Jackson has discovered the tiger has ears and loves to chew on them. Silly boy! My Mom's party was held at the Spaghetti Warehouse and Madelynne had this balloon mermaid made special just for her.



The week passed way too quickly, but we loved every minute we got to spend with my parents. While we were there I also got to work on some Christmas projects, I sewed matching stockings for our whole family and made Christmas candy with my Mom. Stay tuned for pictures of the stockings!

Decorating the Tree

Saturday after we had Madelynne's birthday party we finally put all the fall decorations away and brought out the Christmas decorations. As I came upstairs from the basement I could hear Madelynne excitedly saying, "Daddy let's make a Christmas tree!" She was a great helper to Daddy as they worked together to "make" our Christmas tree. Matt would tell Madelynne which color tag they were looking for and she would find all the pieces for that section.


Daddy putting the final piece at the top of the tree.



The cutest little Christmas helper!



Madelynne thought all the "bells" needed to be grouped together. I finally convinced her we should spread them out over the tree. Since then I have found little "bell" clusters on several occasions. That girl knows what she likes!

Madelynne's Princess Party

We had Madelynne's birthday party the Saturday after her birthday. All of her friends came dressed in their favorite princess clothes and we played pin the crown on the princess, the Pretty, Pretty Princess game and each girl got to make her own crown, wand and princess paper doll. We rounded out the party with "brownie" cakes with crowns made out of Starbursts on top.

Look all those beautiful princesses!


The girls did a great job creating their crowns and wands.


Chocolate-yum!

Madelynne Turns 3!

I can't believe my little girl is three! Where does the time go? Madelynne had a busy birthday and loved every minute of it. It is good to be three...

Madelynne got to open a few of her presents before Dadddy went to work. Can you tell she likes princesses just a little bit?


When Madelynne woke up on her birthday I asked her what she wanted to do. She replied, "Go to Target!" Evie and her Mommy met us there and here are the girls helping with the shopping.


Madelynne chose a princess cake of course!



Jackson enjoyed hanging out in his swing during the festivities.


Tom and Melissa were able to come over and have cake and ice cream with us. They have been to almost every one of Madelynne's birthday parties since she was born and her "pre-birthday" party too!


Kristen and Lincoln having birthday cake. Well, maybe not Lincoln!


Here are all the children devouring their cake.


Evie, Madelynne's best friend.


The birthday girl enjoying her princess cake!



Madelynne and her new Hello Kitty pack-back (as Madelynne calls it).