Veggie Tales Live: God Made You Special

I had been looking forward to this past weekend for over a month now. We took Madison to see Veggie Tales Live at our church. I absolutely love Veggie Tales and was so excited for Madison to see them! We lucked out and when I went to buy tickets there were two front row seats still available and so we were right in all of the action. Madison had a blast at the show and really enjoyed the music. It was a much longer show than I had thought (there was intermission and everything) so there were some points where Madison was a little squirmy, but the show accounted for that. For most of the second half of the show, the kids were able to go up front and dance and just be kids. :) This show was really neat. It focused on how we are all special and unique in God's eyes and that we shouldn't try to be like everyone else. Cute show, Great Message, Awesome weekend!









Alex and I also decided to adopt a little girl through World Vision while we were there. She is 5 years old and from the country of Myanmar. We are very excited to get to know her and write her letters and send her little gifts. I have wanted to do this for some time now and Alex recently mentioned to me that he'd like to do the same thing, so it was perfect that World Vision had a little table set up during intermission at the show! If adopting a child is something that interests you, World Vision is an amazing organization, 87% of their proceeds go to helping the children.

"Shots"

Madison's bedtime story tonight was about getting shots at the doctor and how they are supposed to help you. While Alex was reading the story Madison heard him say the word "shots" and for whatever reason that word stuck with Madison and she began saying it. Alex went and got the camera and we caught some of it on tape, so I thought I'd share it with you.

"Shots"

Glen Ivy Hot Springs

Yesterday I went to Glen Ivy with Emma and a few other girls for a day of pampering. For this past Mother's Day, Alex gave me a gift certificate to Glen Ivy and I hadn't had a chance to use it. Well, it was Emma's birthday yesterday and she had decided that she wanted to go to Glen Ivy, so a bunch of us girls got together and went to Corona for the day. Oh my gosh it was so much fun! We went in the mineral bath, the mud bath, the grotto, and the salt bath. Then throughout the day many of us got massages and layed out by the pool! It was an amazingly relaxing day, just what we all needed. The weather was absolutely beautiful and our lunch was fantastic. We were all saying we wish we could do this once a month. Wouldn't that be nice!




Emma, you are one of the best friends a girl could ask for! I am so blessed to have you in my life. I look forward to the many years of friendship that are ahead of us. I hope that you had a fantastic birthday. I love you friend!

Pat Green Concert

On Saturday, Alex, Madison and I went to the Pat Green concert here on base. Well, we went with the intentions of seeing Pat Green, but after being there almost four hours he still hadn't started singing yet, and we decided it was time to take Madison home and put her to bed, so after all that, we never ended up seeing Pat Green perform. We had fun while we were there though! We went down a big blow up slide (a couple of times); ate snow cones, popsicles, cheeseburgers, and pulled pork sandwiches; hung out with some of Alex's co-workers; and met a cute little puppy. Madison had a blast feeling like a big girl and getting to just be free to wander on the big open lawn. She also made friends with a little girl and they danced and played together for about twenty minutes. Here are some of our adventures captured on camera!

Sporting New York Attire For the Aunties

I miss you Auntie Jaclyn and Auntie Kami.....just wanted to let you know that I love you guys!

We will never forget....

September 11, 2001 is a day that I will never forget and on it's anniversary I just wanted to take the time to pray for all of the families who are still feeling the affects of that horrible day. I can't believe that it's already been 7 years since the World Trade Center buildings fell. I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I found out. I can still remember every single detail of that day as if it were yesterday.

I just wanted to send out a thank you to everyone that is helping to keep our country safe from those in the military to those who serve locally at our fire stations. On this day, and every day, you risk your lives to keep us safe and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Birthday Fun

My birthday celebration started a little bit early this year. I first celebrated it with my parents over Labor Day weekend. Then my girlfriends out here in Twentynine Palms threw me a little birthday luncheon which was a blast! It was so much fun hanging out with all of those girls in addition to seeing all of our kiddos play together! There were six of us girls, 5 little ones all under 19 months, and two buns in the oven. :) Then on Saturday (my actual birthday) Alex, Madison and I went to a BBQ with a bunch of people from Alex's work down in Desert Hot Springs! We had a blast! Thank you to everyone who helped make my birthday special this year and also thank you for all of the emails, phone calls, and text messages saying happy birthday. They meant a lot!