Madsen Family

Kayli LOVES to empty her toy box full of stuffed animals and line them all up and then pair them up in “families.” Yesterday she was lining them up on top of the dog crate and as she was assembling them into their family groups she would say “Families stick together.” She must have said it every time she added a family member because I must have heard it 50 times. I was cracking up laughing it was so darn cute.

Still no camera…so no cute pics of her families sticking together! Hopefully there is a camera in my 4th of July future!

Kayli likes to be my helper and keep Caiden entertained in the car, well unless he is screaming then she tells me “Mom Im done with him”. Tonight they were cracking me up with this little conversation that was repeated about 20 times with Kayli laughing her head off every time Caiden would say “bine”! I just LOVE these kids!!

Kayli “Caiden are you OK?”

Caiden “Im Bine (fine)”

Kayli “Caiden are you fine?”

Caiden “Yes Kayli Im bine”

I finally sat down and got almost all caught up! My camera died in May and I am using Sunny’s old camera, but I have been a slacker and havent gotten a memory card for it. So there is space for I think 5 pictures on the camera itself. So I have a whopping 5 pictures for the last month! LAME! Oh and they are still on the camera since I dont have the camera cord from Sunny yet! I think I may just buy a new camera as a little “treat”. It may just be easier that way and Im sad to be missing out on pictures! Anyhow lots of reading to do to get caught up with the happenings around here…at least through the middle of May! I know, I know its almost July…Im working on it!

Christmas in January

Kayli is 4!

Two Many Cooks in the Kitchen

Ghost Town

What Happened to March?

Sunny and Michael’s Wedding

School Carnival

Is it Edible?

Pictures for Dad!

Dance Recital

A Rare Peaceful Moment

Brave Girl!

My Jedis in Training

No Star Wars party is complete without Jedi Training! Ali and my Mom sewed up a robe for everyone at the party and Ali found these cheap, but cool light sabers online! They were a HIT! The kids got all dressed up and had a Jedi training fight, it was a lot of fun! I didnt get any pictures of the fighting because my camera was acting up…this was actually my cameras last day alive.

Padawan Caiden

Padawan Kayli

TJ’s 6th birthday party included an adult sized water slide. I couldnt believe the way all of his 5 and 6 year old friends ran to the backyard and up the steps and down the slide like it was nothing! The thing was HUGE!

Kayli avoided the slide altogether for a while, and then she climbed up to the top a few times and had to be retrieved. Once the party and craziness (there were 25 kids there) was over she did finally successfully slide down repeatedly for over an hour! Now she thinks that every birthday party should include a water slide like Tj’s!

Going Up…

But NOT down…(Uncle Homey arrived just in time to climb up and bring her down the stairs because she refused to slide down.

Savannah finally pulled her down this time!

Sliding with Uncle Homey during the “after party”

Kayli doesnt usually take naps, she never really has taken naps. I guess when she is sick its another story. She even fell asleep with the loud nebulizer motor in her ear and the albuterol steam in her face!

Kayli had her 2nd dance recital in May and it was just as cute as the first one! They learned two new dances since January and it is a lot of fun to watch her perform! I was a little nervous about the recital after she pouted her way through dress rehearsal, but she did GREAT!! I took a video. but my brother-in-law still hasnt uploaded it for me (I borrowed their camera) so Ill post it as soon as he does, because boy is it CUTE!! For now here are some teasers!

Dress Rehearsal went like this…arms folded and everything! At one point I believe she was turned all the way around LOL!

Ready for the Show!

Flowers from TJ and HUGS from Grandpa!

These 2 girls sure are going to miss each other!

Having a treat with the cousins!

Ever since Pete left Kayli asks me at least once a day to take a picture for her Dad!! Ill have to have her help me put them all together in a collage and give them to him at the end of the Summer! We will get ready to go somewhere and be on our way out the door and she stops me to take a picture of her. She is such a sweet girl and I know she misses her Dad soo much! Here is a sampling of my favorites!

Her and Jesse riding Bulls Eye!

Headed to Primary Water Activity. Caiden was headed to Urgent Care with an ear infection!

She has been documenting her toys activities as well!

We cannot wait for the Summer to be over and for Pete to be home permanently not just one weekend a month!

Kayli LOVES to paint. Here she and Caiden are in the garage painting paper plates. I think it took me longer to get the paints out, and the table moved into the garage and everything set up, then they actually took to paint, but that is how it goes sometimes.

Caiden got paint on his hands and I told him not to wipe it on his clothes so he went with Plan B and C! Thank Goodness for Crayola Non-Toxic paint!

Kayli and all of her Arizona cousins got to go to “TJ’s BIG school” for a carnival! Kayli loved it and cant wait until she is 5 and can go to TJs school! I tried to explain to her that TJ doesnt get to play games and have a carnival everyday at school, but Im not sure she fully grasped that! Boy is she in for a surprise!

Check out that swing…we didnt live on a golf course for nothing! LOL

Cousins (Savannah and Kayla)

It was the first time she got into a bouncer and didnt freak out and cling to the side…peer (cousin) pressure! =)