Zoo

Alicia and I took the kids to the zoo on Madalyn's birthday. Our friend Brooke and her little boy Brian came for part of the day. We got there early and packed a lunch. All of the kids really enjoyed going around and seeing all of the animals. Madalyn was especially excited about the new little fella at the zoo. They have some porcupines now. Mackenzie gets very excited about the monkeys and Elephants. We try to get a picture of the kids on this bench every time we are all at the zoo together this is the first time we got a half way decent picture. It will be neat if we keep this up and have a picture of them on this bench as they grow up.

She is 5!

Madalyn turned 5 this month which is still hard for me to believe! We had princess party with all sort of royal characters. We had several Cinderellas, Sir William the Dragon Slayer, Spiderman, Belle, and more. Madalyn was Snow White and she looked beautiful. We had a lot of fun at the party.

Hilton Head 2008

We went to Hilton Head Island for our beach trip this year and we absolutely loved it. We went with our friends the Douglas' so of course Madalyn had a blast because her "boyfriend" Gavin was there. She kept looking at pictures of her and Gavin together after the trip and commenting "how romantic..." which she then would follow by swooning onto the couch. She is a mess when it comes to boys already. Most of probably already know that she has asked Gavin to marry her and he said yes- she will periodically check with him to make sure he has not changed his mind. I am glad that her and Gavin are such good friends it will be interesting if they do get married someday, but that is a long way away.
Back to the Hilton Head trip we really liked it there- it is very different from when we go to Inlet Beach in FL. The sand is much better for making sandcastles which Garrison and Madalyn took advantage of and made a large castle complete with little guards and sand Crabs surrounding it. They even put a flag in top when they were finished. We had mixed weather- the day we went to try and fly our kites was extremely windy in fact too windy even for Kite flying. There were sunny warm days and then one really cold day, but overall we had a alot of fun.

She's just being Miley

The girls love to listen to fast upbeat music when we are driving around in the car especially Miley Cyrus. I took this picture while Madalyn was showing us some of her moves and singing along to one of her favorite songs. I think the sunglasses are especially fitting. I think Madalyn thinks she is 5 going on 15- We better watch out!