Last but not least Andrews Birthday

OK so my little guy turned the big 4 on May 31st. Time has sure flown by. He is not as picky about how his birthday should be as much as his sister is. That makes it a bit easier on me:) So the morning of his birthday we called some friends and went to the park for a couple of hours. That is all he wanted to do was play with his friends. I had my camera with me but forgot to take pictures of the kids.Everyone there was Weston, Oakley, and RayLee Bosh, Tray, Tyler, and Paige Hathaway, Briggs, Brooke, Logan, and Maddi Webster, Reagan, Brityn, and Cameron Lynn, Madison and Andrew. If you cant tell in the picture below Andrew is wearing his snow boots. It was still a little cold but not that cold. I tried to tell him no but when he reminds you that it is his Birthday and that is what he would like to wear, you cant say no:) After the park he had a T-ball game and then we went to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Woodland. We didn't do much but he was completely satisfied. The following Sunday we had a family party after Payton's blessing dinner. We had some cake and he opened up his gifts. Andrew is one of a kind. He keeps every on their toes, and most days makes me crazy. He loves life and is most of the time very happy. I wouldn't trade this kid for the world. We love him so Much!! Happy birthday Buddy:)
Andrew is 4

Madison and Andrew

Andrew at dinner

Andrew at his party

The Birthday Cake

A little more from May

Madison had her dance review back in May.. She loves every minute of it. She did fantastic and we were so proud of her. Her dance teacher is Lisa Blackett. She loves Lisa and thinks she is the greatest. This year was the first year Madison has been in the same dance review night as her cousins. Cameron was the only one on a different night. Madison has always been on a different night by her self. When she found out she was on the same night she wanted to send Lisa a thank you note:) It was fun watching all of them. It seems like yesterday it was me and my sisters performing on that stage dancing for the same teacher:)

Lisa and Madi

Lisa, Emily, Madi, Reagan, Cameron, and Brityn

Grandpa Mark, Grandma Patty, and Madi

Grandma Woodland and Madi

May

Madison also had a Field Trip in May. We went to the Zoo:) As you can see from the pictures the weather was a bit crazy. It started out raining and ended with snow. It was still a very fun day. It will be one we will not forget. It is always so fun to spend the day with Madison. Madison also ended her 2 nd grade year. She had a fantastic teacher and great friends. She was so sad to move on. She loves school so I have no doubt that she will go to 3rd grade and love it just as much. She also got the reading award from her teacher. I only had my phone:) so I have no picture to show off. We are very proud of her:)

May

May is always busy but full of fun things. Andrew had his fiel trip to the Fire station. He was very interested and was very excited to be there:) I am just realizing that i didn't have a great picture of his graduation. I am pretty sure my camera ran out of battery. I did get video of the little program so thats good. He graduated and was so excited about it. He loved Mrs. LOVE. She was great with him, and he learned so much.

Couples Bunco

We have a couples Bunco group that gets together every other month. We seriously have so much fun. I like having our husbands there with us. This month was at our house and we decided to change things up a little and play a different game. We played minute to win it. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. It was very entertaining to say the least. We have a fun group and we are glad we are a part of it. We have such great friends. So I posted some of my favorite pictures of the night.
Brett and Josh getting the cookie from forehead to mouth:)

Sheila and Ryan getting the cookie from forehead to mouth. Sheila couldn't get hers to move. So fun:)

Josh and Jenni getting pennies in shot glasses under water. Harder than you think:)

Tosha and Kelsie shaking tic tacks out of the boxes. Check out her hair! Love it:)

Josh and Ryan doing the ding dong unicorn. Don't buy the little Debbie version of din dongs. they don't hold together very good. still very entertaining:)

We had such a fun night:)

Baptism day

The pictures are in no particular order. I can't seem to do that very good. April 2, 2011 was the happiest day of Madison's life. She was so excited to be baptized. We had a really great day. We are so thankful for Our family and friends who gave her so much support on this day. We started our day with a little Zumba! Madison has always wanted to go with me to class but I didn't think she could make it through the hour doing it. So We asked Marci if she would do a special baptism zumba for Madison's aunts and girl cousins. It was really fun and Madison did really good. Then we listened to the first session of conference. After the first session we had lunch at our church. We ate J dawgs. It was yummy. Thanks to everyone who brought salads, chips, and desserts. We first ate J dawgs when we were at BYU. They catered a consruction management party one summer. It soon became a favorite of Brett Madi and I. Their hot dog shop sits in a parking lot at BYU and is in a 2 man little shack. Any way my sister's husband works at BYU and eats there allot, so when they served them for My nephews baptism I couldn't resist and do the same. It brought back some fun memories. After lunch we enjoyed the 2nd session of conference. Then we were off to the baptism. Madison was so cute and so excited:) The program went as follows. Grandpa Mangelson said the opening prayer. opening song: When I am Baptized. Talk on Baptism: Grandma Nelson. Then she was baptized. Brett said the water was cold. Madi said it was warm:) Talk on the Holy Ghost: Casey Jones. Then she was confirmed by her dad. It was a great blessing. I am so grateful he holds the priesthood and can do this for our children. All who stood in the Circle. Bishop Lunt, Will Lathem, Mark Jones, Byron Woodland, Casey Jones, Ron Jones, Golden Mangelson, Lamar Howarth, Jeremy Lynn, Lance Greer, Alan Gee, Jeff Andrus, Dan Woodland, and Jon Webster. Every man there held the priesthood and is worthy of it. I don't know if Madi relizes how special that is. The Bishop gave some remarks, and all of the kids sang I have faith for the closing song. Closing prayer: Shannon Greer. We had a really special day. I have no doubt that Madison knows exactly what she did that day. She was prepared because of her awesome family, primary teachers, and friends. Mrs. Webster gave her a journal to write down her feelings of that day. Also we had everyone write their testimony for her to put in a scrapbook. I know she will remember this day. Madison is such a good Girl. We are so proud of her. I am so grateful for her sweet example to all of us. I am looking forward to all of the great things in her life. I just wish time would slow down a little bit:)

Brett and Madison

Grandma and Grandpa Woodland

Great Grandma Nelson

Mrs. Webster

Great Grandma And Grandpa Mangelson

Casey

Great Grandpa Jones

Grandma and Grandpa Jones

mom and Madison

Family Picture except for Andrew he left with Kolten

Baptism day

Madison & Andrew

CTR Cookies all finnished

CTR cookies. I was so proud of my self:) I bent a heart shaped cookie cutter to look like a CTR Sheild. They were fun to make.

Madison in her Baptism dress

March

I can't believe how fast march went. It took so long for it to get here:) Madison turned 8 on March 14th. This seems so crazy to me. She has been waiting for this day for seriously 4 years. She would ask me all of the time how many days until she got baptized. I would then have to explain that it would be years:) It got easier when it turned into months and then days. She started her birthday out with Breakfast in bed. This has also been a request of hers since she was 4. I don't know where she came up with that. Any way her next request for the day was to have lunch with her mom. I felt special to be chosen to have lunch with her. Then later that night we had a party with family. Her request for her present this year was a room redo. It worked out perfectly. Her aunts uncles, and grandparents all helped to get a new bedspread, a cool chair, and paint. The rest is up to me and her dad. We need to take down wallpaper and cottage cheese ceilings:) She also gets new carpet. This was a great idea and I am probably more excited than she is. We haven't started this project yet but hopefully soon. The following Saturday we had a friend party. it was really fun. They all made a pair of flip flops, had a talent show and just played around. They took home their flip flops a balloon and a cupcake. It was a great day for Madison.

February

We have had a great February so far:) Valentines was great. We have way to much Candy. My kids don't really eat candy, but their mom does:) Madison won in the creative arts contest. She won 2ND place in visual arts, and 3rd place in photography. We are so proud of her. We went to sunny St. George for Kathryn's baby blessing. Last but not least ANDREW WENT TO SUNBEAMS!!!!!!!! I am also so proud of him. This is something he has really struggled with. So have I:(. He finally decided that he was going to be OK and he went with out a tear. He had so many cheering him on and he was so excited to tell everyone that he did it. He went to sunbeams.
Madison with her balloon. If it looks like she has been crying it is because she had been. Her and her brother were not showing love for each other.

Andrew and his balloon. Notice the red eyes. Seriously it never stops between those two.

Madison and her Grandma and Grandpa Jones, and Andrew

Andrew and Madison and her medals. We are so Proud of her!! We Love you Madison

Sometimes this little face makes me crazy. I wouldn't trade him for anything. We Love you Gubber:)

January

Well January was just plain cold. The older I get the more I hate it. Everything else about January was great. My Nephew Jake was Baptized on 1/1/11. I don't think he will forget that date:)The kids played in the snow. That only lasts about two seconds. They love it anyway. We went to the biggest BYU game of the season. It was so much fun. Brett's parents got a new dog. Last but not least we kept praying Andrew would go to sunbeams( which by the way never happened in January). We had a great month to start off our year.