He's home

Today Kevin got back from his training in Pennsylvania. I thought it would be fun to surprise him in the airport. Ashley saw him coming out of the terminal area but he did not see her(busy checking all his messages) until she was wrapped around his legs. It was so cute to see her so excited. Madison and Allison were hoping that today would have been a snow day so that they could have seen him at the airport too.

Christmas pictures or not

Every year I try to get a picture so I can send out our annual letter with a picture, and I wonder why do I try.






I know how hopeless it is but yes I will try again. Am I insane? I guess we will see what happens.

Madison turned 10

Today Madison had her 10th birthday. We really missed dad and wished he were here but Grammy is an ok trade off. We started celebrating yesterday with her birthday party at Build a Bear with all her friends. I don't know what I was thinking to have a party at the mall in December. It was really busy but we seemed to survive and had a really great party.

Madison with all her friends and their bears.

Madison had ask for a cookie cake so I thought why not I can do that.

Today we started early with a big surprise. We normally save all the gifts for later in the evening but we had one that was too big to be hidden any longer so she got it bright and early. I recorded her reaction so Kevin could see it so here it is.

We finished our day off with a special family party. We had a special dinner and then some cake. We really missed Kevin but we have lots of photos for him.

The special dinner

Another webkinz but really excited

Her cake. I like to surprise them with a cake that they have never had before and this year it was a snickers cake. Yummy!

Madison met her match

Today at basketball, Madison met her match. I walked into the gym today and was blown away. Madison is always a good 3-4 inches taller then the tallest girls on the other team but today the other team had a girl that was about 2 inches taller than Madison. She was not sure what to do because she really made her work for the ball. This is also the first time that Madison had to jump to get a rebound because someone was taller than her. Madison might have been frustrated but I think the challenge was good and will only make her better. She had a really good game and I am sad that Kevin didn't get to see it. I actually got a video of Madison making a basket today. I have had the hardest time with video and pictures this year so I was so happy to see that I got this. Madison is blue number nine.

Christmas time is here

It is very hard to believe it but Christmas time is here. Last week we welcomed the season into our house by putting our tree up. Ashley was very excited that we finally had Christmas in our house because it has been everywhere else for along time.



Yes we did have it up before Thanksgiving but only because Kevin left on Saturday and we wanted to do it with him.