One step closer....

to a finished yard!

Before:




After:




Now we just need to add the edging rocks around the grass!

Now you know what I do for exercise: haul gravel!

Two years old!

Still my little redhead!

Madilyn is still in the 98th percentile for hieght and weight (34.4 pounds and 3 feet 1 inch tall). I hope that sometime soon she will slow down! Poor girl is going to be a giant!

We have enjoyed Madilyn so much. Her little personality is SO much fun! Yes, she is two in all of it's glory, but she is just so precious!

I know

I am so bad at keeping my blog updated. It seems like our lives are a continuous round of the same things happening over and over again. We are still enjoying this cooler weather by spending most of our spare time working in the yard. It has been a great workout for us, and it's looking really great.

Our kids keep us so busy and always make us smile. Evan is registered for kindergarten next year. It's amazing that he is old enough to attend school. To me, he is still too little to be in school. He is so excited to ride the bus!

Madilyn is always a charmer with her painted on smile and fiery personality to match her hair. She has been talking a lot more and is so bossy.

It makes me so proud to see my kids loving eachother and playing together.

Todd just finished his first semester of his bachelor's program in computers. Three more to go! It is so hard for him to work full-time, go to school full-time, and find time to spend with the family. He is juggling it all really well I think.

Other than that, our lives are just filled with typlical life.

Weekend at the Ranch

Madilyn is two!

Madilyn's birthday isn't until the 31st, but we celebrated it this weekend with family at Todd's Grandpa's ranch. Here are a few cute photos of the birthday girl. We sure enjoy having this happy little red-head in our family. I could watch this girl for hours and never get bored. She is so cute and funny! If she's not mad, she has an adorable grin painted across her face all the time.

Flyin' kites

What we do for fun!

Todd and I decided that instead of spending money on crazy stuff for our anniversary, that we would fence in our yard instead. Living on a college street is really scary with little kids. Our yard was fenced along he back, but not on the sides of the house. So we had our first chain-link experience. Now our kids have a nice, safe place to play.