Madeline's Photo Session #1

A couple weeks ago we had family pictures at Immerman Park in Saginaw. It was a beautiful day with no clouds in the sky and in the 70's. Unfortunately for anyone who knows anything about taking pictures, this is not ideal. The good thing was we got some AWESOME shots of Madeline, the bad thing was they are a little overexposed due to the sun and Madeline would NOT pose well with Bri and I so we didn't get very good shots of the three of us. The best part of the entire thing is that we get to keep all of the shots for free and schedule another shoot with the photographer. Here is a link to the site so you can enjoy the photos. there are some really good ones that hopefully will make it to the empty frames on my wall at some point :)
http://www.photobiz.com/slideshowbiz/slideshow.cfm?slideshowID=61346&photographerID=2537

Save the Boobies!!

As we enter into Relay for Life time of year for the American Cancer Society Maddy's auntie Kerri got her an adorable shirt to remind everyone that we are praying and trying to raise lots of money for a cure to stop this horrible sickness that affects way to many people we know. I pray with all my heart that we can one day have a cure to end all sorts of awful cancers that people get especially breast cancer which hits all to close to home. Madeline will be participating in the Relay for Life in Madison Heights on June 13th and 14th and if you'd like to make a donation please let me know and i can give you the info :)

Here Madeline is modeling her new shirt, thanks auntie Kerri :)

Happy Mother's Day

Yesterday was a wonderful Mother's day. Madeline and Bri woke me with a wonderful card from Madeline and Bri had her say Happy Mother's day to me. It was adorable. Then they let me sleep in for awhile and made me breakfast and gave me a Detroit Tiger's decal for my new car and a new Inge t-shirt since i have apparently lost my old one. We spent the day laying around and vegging out. Brian and i even got a game of bags in while Maddy napped. Then for dinner Brian prepared my favorite meal of red skinned potatoes with grilled salmon. YUM YUM! Even treated ourselves with a little dairy queen during the red wings game. By the way, GO WINGS!! A perfect day with my two favorite people. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and such a beautiful daughter. How did i ever get so lucky!
Today i begin my training regimen for the Sept 13th Chicago half marathon. i am really excited to start logging some miles for a cause and not just to keep the dairy queen off my thighs:) Wish me luck! We also have our first official Kickball practice this Friday as well. It's that time of year again and this year we will be competing as the mighty "Bayside Tigers". Yes, it's a throwback to that good ol show Saved by the Bell. I can't wait. It's such a nice way to end out a crazy work week with good friends, good beverages and some good competitive athletic competition.
Hope all you mother's out there had a great mother's day and have an excellent week!!

Ceiling Chaos

So last week i came home with Madeline to find her playroom ceiling basically laying on her toys on the floor. Yes, her plaster ceiling had caved in and the floor was a mess of plaster pieces and insulation. FUN FUN! I think today when we get home the work of cleaning, repairing, painting, etc should finally be complete. Thanks goodness. It's a blessing that no one was home and that Madeline was not playing in the room at the time of the collapse. Our landlords told us they would pay for our hotel stay and so that was fun playing in a hotel pool with Madeline for the night :)

This is the hole right after the collapse. Well, when we discovered it.

This is the mess that was Madeline's playroom floor. Do you see poor Elmo ? :(

Luckily the only things that came up broken were her Dora table which can easily be replaced and the hat on inch worm but he's all in all fine.

This week i also got my new car and i LOVE it. My husband is so fantastic to not make me drive the Rav4 with 160k miles on it anymore.

This weekend is Mother's Day and i am excited to see what my husband and daughter have in store for me :) Happy Mother's day to all you mother's out there !!!!

Here's Madeline giving all you mothers out there her fabulous fish kisses :)