What a Trip!

Here are a bunch of pictures from our vacation...Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Seven Falls!!

These are both on the train up to Pike's Peak! What a beautiful ride it was...it was too bad that the summit was FREEZING, WINDY, and FOGGY! Not much to see up there, but the view on the ride was great!!!

We had such a great time in Colorado with Grandma and Grandpa Reeve! :) We went out there to see Kati get married, and not only got to see her beautiful wedding but Kyle was able to see Rocky Mountain National Park for the very first time!!

Kyle & Dad at the summit of Pike's Peak...they were the only two that braved the weather up on top! We waited inside and had some delicious donuts and hot chocolate!!

It was amazing, and we all wished that we could stay out there longer!!

Once we have more photos uploaded onto the computer I will post again!! There are so many good ones to share with you all!!

My Baby Can Read!

This is what Maddy looked like ALL the way to daycare today!! :)
OOOOO MADDLES!!!!

All Smiles!

Who doesn't love looking at a smile like this!?!? I love how her whole face scrunches up when she is happy!!! She is getting all ready to go out in the cold this morning in her new outfit (Thanks Kristen & Chris) and new hat (Thanks Uncle Kev, Uncle Jason, & Aunt Megan)!!
What a stylish little girl we have!!

NEW TOYS!

Madelynn has been very busy the last day or so with all of her new toys and books!! :) Thank you so much to everyone who was there on Saturday to help us celebrate her VERY important day!!
Maddy's party was so much fun, and I am so glad that the weather held out for a little while so that all who came were able to drive safely to and from the party! As you can see she has been quickly figuring out her new toys and cannot figure out which one to play with first!! We have read all sorts of new books and have figured out the 'take apart' part of the puzzle already...we will get there with the 'put back together' part! :) For now, she just takes all of the pieces out and crawls away...sometimes with a piece in her mouth! LOL

Yesterday was a nice and relaxing day, we only left the house once to start some shopping for Christmas, but then returned home in less than an hour! We have lists started, but it was so blustery out that we decided that we would hold off for a couple of days! (Actually we were so tired, that we went home and all of the girls took a nap! It was wonderful!)

Once we load our birthday pictures onto the computers, we will post some of those up here!! I cannot believe that we leave for Colorado in 3 days...we cannot wait to see Kati get married!! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDY!!

Madelynn is now 1 year old!! :) I cannot believe it...she is so amazing and we do not know what life was like without her!! This smile is just amazing and it is ALWAYS on her face!!!

Thank you all for all of the birthday wishes...she is such a lucky girl to have so many people who love and support her! :)

This is truly a day to celebrate life...as we say HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MADDY, we had to say goodbye last night to her amazing Great Grandma Marie. We are so thankful & blessed to have had the time with her, and know that she is at peace with God now.
Love you Grandma/Great-Grandma!! <3

On a totally random note...last night when the family was over with Grandpa Anderson, they found this old picture of Kyle...WOW, if you thought that Maddy just looked like me, think again...

Let It Snow!

This weekend was the first snowfall of the season...looking out on the snow furries reminded me of December 8, 2009 while we were all waiting for Baby Anderson to come!! I will never forget seeing the snow coming down while I was in the labor/delivery room and Madelynn was taking her time coming to meet us! :)

This weekend was filled with lots of LOVE...it was great to see so much of our family and friends, although so hard to think that we all may have seen Grandma Marie for one of the last times.

Friday night, I went out with Mrs. Reeve & Mrs. Reeve (Mom & Stephanie)! :) The three of us went to see The Nutcracker and have dinner at Millrose. Thank you for such a nice night Mom, and I look forward to our annual Girl's night every year!

Saturday was a busy busy day, we went to a craft fair at Arlington Park...those are so dangerous, but I found a lot of stuff that I LOVED! It was a nice morning with the Parkers and the Reeves.

Then we went over to visit Grandma Marie near Lutheran General. She is in hospice right now; Kyle & Maddy went to see her on Friday night and then we all went over there on Saturday afternoon. It is great to know that she is being taken care of wonderfully over there and hopefully in no pain, but so hard to see. She is such a wonderful grandma & great-grandma, and I am just so happy that Maddy was able to meet her. We have some wonderful pictures and videos of them together, so Maddy will always know her!
We love you lots and are praying for you every second of every day Grandma! This is one of my favorite pictures of Maddy and Great-Grandma.



Afterwards, Kyle & I headed out to the Wildfire in OakBrook to celebrate Pam's Birthday!! :) With the Anderson's, Basford's & Remke's out and about it is always a good time. We had dinner first, and then went bowling at Lucky Strike...where I beat everyone with a 151 game! Thank God for all of those years bowling with the family...I may not have appreciated it enough then, but I love it now! I hope Pam had a good time, because we definitely did! Uncle Kevin had a good time babysitting Maddy, and I know she loved it too!

Sunday was a nice relaxing day...the only time we went out of the house was to get lunch & grocery shop for an hour or so! We got a lot of house stuff done and I started to DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS!! Pictures will come soon, once the tree is up! :) Juice & The Reeve's (Kev & Steph) came over too! It was nice to see them all...as always!

Here is a video of Maddy dancing...the second she hears music she rocks side to side. If she is sitting up she bobs her head, and here is what she does if she is crawling...check out how she knows to turn the knob to change the music! What a smart little baby!!