Maddy's Birthday Party

Saturday was Maddy's first birthday party. It went great! Everyone we invited showed. So we had a full house. Maddy was a little overwhelmed at first but once things got going she had a blast. Thank you to all who came.

Casey was in charge of taking pictures but forgot. Our sweet friend Karla took these pictures and gave us copies. Thank you Karla! We played a couple family games "How well do you know Maddy" and "Guess how much I weigh" and the kids played pin the tail on the huge blow up donkey.

The Cake turned out well. I was a little nervous but everyone seemed to enjoy it and most important, Maddy. She loved it !

Everythig was great the only thing that would have made it better is if all you were there.

Happy Day!

So Casey is done with work. Yipee!!!!!!!!! He is so happy. I can only imagine how he is feeling. He is such a amazing and strong Man. Serving 6 years in the military, it was not easy but he did it. We are now still waiting on our orders to get everything going. We can't do ANYTHING without them it is so frustrating. But at least he will be home to help me once we get things moving. Another of my good friends is leaving tomorrow. It is so hard saying goodbye to everyone but I guess that is all apart of the military life.

I took Maddy's 1 year pictures a couple weeks ago. She is getting a little harder to take pictures of. She moves so fast and I practically have to stand on my head to get her to smile. But she is so photogenic that even if she isn't smiling it still turns out cute! I also made her ivnites for her birthday party this Saturday, we are having her party a couple days early. I am pretty excited we are doing abc block theme and I am making her cake. I am sure she could care less but I still want to try to make it special.
Hope you all have a peachy day.


Maddy's birthday card


Here is a picture of my new hair cut. What do you think? Mom said I had to post it, so there ya go mom :)

Counting Down

We are now counting down the days until we are able to come home we have exactly one month 30 days! We can not wait. I have already bought my ticket home to UT. So we will stay with Daddy and Sandra for a month and than fly home and stay with Mom for a month, Casey will probably end up staying in Alabama and will not be able to make the trip out to UT because of his new job. Things around here are getting so crazy. We are trying to get things ready to be packed and we have a ton of Doctor appointments this month, trying to squeeze them all in before we get out of the military.

On a side note it was my sweet husbands 30th birthday a week ago so once again happy birthday honey. I love you !!!!!

Madison's birthday is comming up. We are planning on having a little party for her. I can't believe how much she is learning. This week she learned where her ear and nose are and what a dog says. I am sure she knows so much more but that is all she wanted to share with us this week.

Well I think that is all for now
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So happy!


She is finally able to wear the cute little bows Aunt Heidi made for her. Thanks Heidi we love them!!



Maddy has to have her leg out of the crib when she sleeps. I am afraid she is going to get it caught but so far she just hangs it out there with no problems.

different angle of my little Monkey!

Playing Outside

Congratulations Cyndi and Nic. I am once again another proud Aunt. I have the cutest Neices and Nephews ever. Love you and glade everything went well.

Wow! our life right now quit boring. I honestly have been waiting for something to happen so I could post but honestly nothing. Other than little Maddy growing like a weed everything is the same. We are just getting ready and so excited to come home we most likely will leave here on Oct. 1st. As of now we plan on going to Alabama. I have had a couple more photo shoots but decided that I will take a little break before we leave so I can get things done around the house and help Casey as much as possiable.

Maddy being Maddy

Here is just a little clip of Maddy. It is a week or so old, I am behind.

She loves to clap and dance!!! Sometimes she gets so into her dance she falls over it is so funny.

Thank You Jenn

Look! Look! I was nominated by one of my sweet sister in-laws, Jenn, for this cool award.
Thank you so much. It made my day. You are such a sweetheart.
You guys are the best I love blogging it makes me feel so close to you all even though we are thousands of miles away. Since everyone started bloging my homesickness has decressed bunches. Thank you all for your wonderfull blogs and you sweet and loveing messages.

Macaroni and Cheese

Monday, Monday....
You all know me and I am no means a chief but a couple months ago my friend gave me this easy and so so so yummy recipie so I thought I would share it with you all. It is macaroni and cheese caserole ( what did you think it would be filet meon :) No serously this is a good one. It is Casey's favorite and it is different than most Some of you might have but for those who don't you'll have to try it.
8 oz elbow macaroni
1 cup mayo
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 oz shredded cheese (I use colby jack or cheddar)
4 oz crackers (crumbled) club, ritz...
Ok so boil the macaroni until it is just tender (about8 minutes) Drain.
mix mayo, can of soup, and cheese in a bowl - add macaroni to mixture - mix it all up together Pour macaroni into a baking dish (9X9in)
sprinkle cracker crumbs on topBake at 400F for 25 minutes!

Talking about food, today I decided to start my 100th diet he he. I am serious about this one. I need to get this extra baby loveing off. I diecided to try the "crack the fat-losss code" diet. It seems like something I can do. The first week is way hard but after that it seem to be pretty forgiving. Have any of you heard about it.

hugs.