Snow

Tobogganing this year has been challenging, since we've not had much snow till now. Here is the celebratory "Jump" picture. If you look closely, you'll notice that only Justin's Bottom is in contact with the snow jump. Everything else is in the air. Good Form. :)

Gender Scan

Oh yes, we found out allright. YAY! A baby sister for Madeline! We are THRILLED!

Ahead of the Gun

Stockings are hung, wreath is up, one of my garlands is up. Fall stuff is starting to dissappear. Hey, Canadian Thanksgiving was a while ago. :) Not my fault American Thanksgiving is so close to December. :) 17 weeks 2 days pregnant today, gender scan on the 23rd of Nov!!

Halloween

Here are just a few of our Halloween experiences, starting with the Annual Pumpkin Carve at the Mothership house, where Brad and Amanda who were up visiting from Canada got to carve their first pumpkins in years! Then on to Halloween Trick or Treat night (The saturday before Halloween here in Utah due to Halloween falling on a Sunday) and Madeline's awesome transformation into a Vampire!! It was a rainy chilly night, but our vampire still made off with two bags of goods!







October was a BUSY month!

Our Vampire

Our Family Photos 2010

First Grade Already?!

Madeline's First Grade Picture!

Isn't it amazing how fast they grow up? It seems that only yesterday my munchkin was starting pre-school, and here we are in first grade already! I just wanted to share the picture with you all, since we are horrible at sending things parcel post.

Falling for Fall All Over Again

Fall! Yay Fall! This is my favorite time of year, so I decided that since most of my fall decorations had Halloween written all over them I should take some time this year and find a few decorations that were just simply Fall themed. So I made this table centerpiece above, and bought two garlands and overlapped them for under the mantle. :) I think it's a good start, but I'm certainly not done yet!

3+1=4

Guess what? :P


One more to add to our family! April 23rd 2011

Soccer Monster!

Madeline started soccer this year and is really doing well, any pictures in a red shirt are from her first practice, the ones where she is wearing her "Watermelon" Jersey or a pink striped shirt are from her first game. She played Goalie for her first game and stopped FOUR shots on net. Click to enlarge images.

BELOW: First Soccer Practice

BELOW: First Soccer Game September 1st 2010 note: Jersey was late arriving she warmed up in her polo shirt instead.




HAH! No goals for you BLUE TEAM!



Maddy Wootton
Favorite Color: Green
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Purpose in Life: To play soccer and look cute doing it!

Becoming Someone Else

So glad that dressing up is still the cool thing to do when you have friends over!

Bailey, Katie and Madeline were Tinkerbell, Ballerina Girl and Pirate Girl all at random times throughout their "Late-Night" party the other day. They had so much fun watching movies and eating popcorn and dressing up! It's kind of funny watching them, they have all grown up so fast. The changes in their personalities have been as dramatic as the changes in their clothing that night! Thank goodness for little girls. :)

Bathing Beauty

Madeline has always been a water baby, but she HATES to get water in her eyes. So this year we decided that she should take swimming lessons. Here are a few pictures of her progress. Definitely something we will be doing again!





Top Marks!! We're so proud of her. :)

Blogging about Tasty Treats

My new blog for recipes, food tips and more.

Things in the Clouds

Does anyone else see what I see??? Click the image to make it

larger, I took this picture yesterday as the beautiful clouds poured in from California. I guess I just had this particular thing on the brain
yesterday. I'll give you a hint; It has a tail and is sitting on the rocks. :)

CRAZY huh?!? I love clouds.

So Much Crazy

We've been running about for the past two months or so like chickens whom have been beheaded. There are so many pictures from our random adventures that I can only toss up a few here for you, at the risk of boring you to death with all the crap we did!! We went to Disneyland and California Adventure, rode all the rides in the rain but that was okay, it meant less people in lines!

Madeline purchased herself some snazzy ears (With Grandma and Grandpa's help) and we found her a Tinker-Minnie.

Then we all came back home to find that spring had finally arrived in Utah.



Though there was still snow on the mountains we would not see much more of it.


On his way home from work Justin obeyed the rules of the road, sadly the kid behind him in the Avalanche truck did not. So they wrote off our Eclipse. This made room for our new:


2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer. Leather and seats 7. We're excited for camping!


Because of our trip to Canada, Madeline missed her graduation with her class from Kindergarten. So she ended up walking with another Kindergarten class. This is Madeline and the teacher's daughter Alliscen.





She walked in to the Auditorium in hot pink sunglasses. I just about died laughing. She handed them to me as she continued to take her seat on the stage.


One more diploma for the scrapbook. At this rate she will be the most learned child in Utah.


On the last day of school, Madeline and Alliscen exchange phone numbers. School might never be the same, but the friends you make along the way are what make it exciting.

We are so proud of you Madeline. Now it is time for Summer!