Happy, What?

Yes, we switched off the lights, sang to her, and Mommy blew out the candle. As you can see, Madelynn was quite confused. For good reason. She's only Seven months old. We tried to get her to smile, but no. "This is not my birthday you guys. Get with it."

She enjoyed the birthday peaches though.

More of Joshua and Rachel's Artwork

Beginning with Joshua's Artwork:

'One Winter's Day'
Made with cotton balls

Untitled
Watercolor


Given by Papa and Neena
Painted by Joshua
Water
(You know, put a wet paintbrush on the picture and it already has the colors on the paper?)

Now, Rachel's Art Gallery:

Untitled
Watercolor

Given by Papa and Neena
Water

Ka-Boom

Some fun with sleeping bags...

Another Video of Madelynn Eating? Are you Crazy?

Maybe. Or just a very proud Mommy.
This one is funny. Really. She makes some great facial expressions and makes some funny noises. So turn your volume up.

Christmas In Wisconsin

Christmas 2009 found us at home celebrating as a family. On Saturday we traveled to WI to see some of Renee's family and our friends, Joshua and Stephanie. Here are some travel pictures:

You guessed it! Those are sweet potatoes all over Madelynn's face. I (Renee) could spoon feed her while we traveled. Hurrah for a time saver!

Rachel

Joshua

Once we got there the kids warmed up quickly to the "strange" people and loved that Neena and Papa were there (Renee's parents).

Joshua and Papa

Madelynn and her Neena- Bathtime!

The kids with their great-grandparents, Jack and Jean.


My cousin Erin's family


What's Christmas without a little sledding? Here is Rachel pulling Claire in the sled.

And what about Cheese? When you go to Wisconsin you gotta get some cheese:
So we went to a cheese factory:



Outside the factory was a Swiss cow. Joshua didn't want to be on it, and there was a sign discouraging the above pictured behavior, which of course we did not see until it was too late.

We had a great time seeing all these wonderful people and we are so thankful to my Aunt Terry for housing us all. We all made it safely home and slept through the New Year.

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year!