Mady's 8th Birthday & Baptism!!!

Madyson's birthday was on January 9th. That also happened to be ward baptism day so she was able to get baptized on her actual birthday! What an awesome present! She was baptized by her Grandpa Allan and confirmed by Matt.



Here they are right before the baptism.



As you can see the jumpsuit was huge for our tiny little Mady. I think i had to roll the legs up like 3 times.



Here is a picture Jordan snapped right before she was baptized. Not sure if he was supposed to take this picture or not but I am glad he did because it is so great and will be a wonderful memory for her. I hope we don't get in trouble. ;O)



Here are the Markham's and Mady at the house after the baptism. We are so glad that they were able to come and make this day so special for Mady. Sharon sang "What Heaven Sees in You" at the baptism and Steven played the piano for her. They both did such an amazing job.



Here are the kids with Sharon... I am not sure where Makayla is but she was a super helper so she was probably off doing some task for us. She is a great helper.



Sharon and I both very thrilled to have our picture taken! ha ha



Hi, my name is Sharon and I have an appendage growing on my hip! ;)



Hay, Mady & Sharon



There is that appendage again!



Braker, Mady & Sharon...I have no idea what Braker is doing with his face!!!



Present time!!!



Mady, Alaina & Sharon getting ready to do presents.



Makayla was so sweet and bought Mady a Build A Bear with the money that she earned babysitting for our neighbors. What an awesome big sister.



AWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!



Gma Jeri gave Mady this stuffed ...possum, I think. It's super soft and Mady loves to sleep on it.



Is that the little ol' lady with the fro that Matt and Rich are always talking about? ;)



Sharon & the possum.



Hey Alaina...I like your new haircut! ;)



It's funny how fast the kids will gather in one spot when someone calls out the word presents!



Girls telling secrets! SHHHH



I know she hates this picture but I love this one of Sharon. :)



Yay.... a scripture bag.



So cute! She loves carrying her scriptures around in this cute bag!



Studying the jewelry



Mady loves getting all these fun presents!



Her first CTR ring and a cute little birthstone necklace.



Mady's birthday cake...and for some reason she's sticking out her tongue. ha ha



Happy Birthday to you.... Happy Birthday to you



Happy Birthday dear MAAADDDDYYYYYYYY....Happy Birthday to you!



Blow out the candles and make a wish!



I hope you have a wonderful birthday and a special baptism. I hope all of your birthday wishes come true! I love you sweetie!!! <3

Christmas 2009

Here is this years Christmas tree & presents. The calm before the storm. ;)




Oakley and Rocky were the only kids home for Christmas morning.



Santa brought them a RC Helicopter!



They love chasing it around the house.



Get it....Get it!!!




We put Oakley in the "cone of shame" aka a piece of cardboard from the train case Matt gave me. He just sat there and let me do it.



Here are the kids opening presents from us.



Jordan laughing because his present came from Hong Kong.



Brayden opening presents with his massage mouse on.



Makayla got some DC ski boots!



Jordan's Kobe Zooms!!!



Here is Mady's pile of goods.



YAY....These will make him jump higher.



Brayden with his guitar cable. Though it is totally boring to most people, he was so excited and thought it was really cool.



Yay, clothes!



Mady got cute new pictures so we can re-do her room.



Braydo got the iHome that he wanted.



He also got a guitar shirt that you can actually play.



Here is Mady putting her outfits together! She is so girly!



Here are the speakers Makayla got for her room.



Mady is probably one of the only kids I know who really enjoys getting clothes!



A new lamp for her room!



Since Brayden loves plants so much we decided to get him the Carnivorous plant kit!



Makayla's snow boots.



Mady got speakers too!



Woah...this ones hEaVy!!!



YAY...its a keyboard! Now I can make some noise!



Mady's new bedspread! She LOVED it!



For Jordan's last present, he had to go on a scavenger hunt.



The first clue was on the Wii but I have to say it took them forever to figure it out.



The next clue was on the quesadilla maker.



What is it Jordan???



WAHOO!!! A cool new cell phone! You can tell by the smile on his face he doesn't like it much right? ;)



After celebrating Christmas with our family, we went to Matt's mom's house for dinner & more presents!



Here is Shawna trying on the goggles that Rich got.



Special Richard and his new safety goggles! ;)



YAY....a Crock-pot!



Now I will be able to make twice as much soup that we can't eat! YES!!!!!!



Faye and her spreaders! Every year we all get Faye spreaders for any occasion we can find them for. As you can tell by the look on Floyd's face...he can't stand that we do this.



More presents



The boys opening presents!



I love the excitement on the girls faces!!!




Rich, Andrea, Evan & Matt




Hi Andrea!!! Merry Christmas! ;)



Notice the look on Brayden's face....We found out that he and Jordan decided to stay up the entire night Christmas Eve to watch for Santa. We did hear from Jordan that he did hear bells!!! Brayden was sooo miserable from being so tired that he ended up crashing and missed almost the entire night! I sure hope he learned a lesson! We had a really great year this year and we can't wait to see what 2010 has in store for us!!!