Always Remember the Ups!

Life is full of its ups and downs. But the great thing about a camera is it always catches our good times. Then when we look at them we remember that our bad time will go away and the good ones will come back once again to lift us up.

Uncle Dave with Macade. It seems he always gets the easy travel.

Here is Macade with our good friends little boy. he was only a month old and Macade was so good with him. He would rub his back and his hair. It was so much fun to watch!

Macade got this big bear for christmas from Grandma Wright. He loves this bear. here he is giving him big bear hugs!

Daddy and Bubba love to lay together under the blanket on the floor and watch soccer.

Macade was not sleeping well this week and i wore him out this day. he has never fallen asleep in his high chair before. I must have really pooped him out! he crashed in the middle of lunch. Macade would never turn down food for anything.

More Christmas

I just wanted to post some of these pics. They are of when my fam was here for Christmas still. I just found them!

These were just some family pictures that we took. We do it whenever we get together.

We headed up to Northern Washington, right on the border of Canada. Our resort was right on the beach with a beautiful view. here we are just taking a walk at enjoying the time away.

If you know my mother she always has something planned for those down hours. Here are the girls working on a way cute craft project that she brought. Oh we are so cute

Chrismas 2007

Ok, so it has been quite a while since I have updated this thing. But i will try to play catch up. I wish i could show all of the pics i have over the last few months but i only have until Macade wakes up and that is not too long. No computer work can get done with that little rascle around:)

Christmas was a blast. My whole fam came up to Seattle to be with us. I held my parents, My sis, and David and his wife Lesley for a total of 7 people in my home. Yes i am a true hostess. I am quite proud. We had our christmas excitment and just hung around and enjoyed being together since that does not happen often since we are spread all over. Here are some pics of the great memories!!

We did our annual bowling trip. David and Cory tied with an average of 130 or something and ended up on the plaque at home. Very exciting!

We headed out to Seattle to the underground tour. I could not tell you exaclty what it is because i was dealing with my son who just wanted to run everywhere! But it was fun to get out and see new things. We just love being together.

Here are the hats i made for the boys for Christmas. They are all matching. They turned out so good. I just had to get a picture with Macade and his Grandpa and Uncle all matching! CUTE

1 year Pictures

So as you all know, Macade turned 1 in November. So it is time for his annual picture. Well this year our budget is a tad bit tighter so we are not going professional this year. I decided to try my own pictures. That went just swell. Macade would not sit still, he would not smile, it was a mess. But i did manage to get a few shots in. Here are some of my favorites, but i am going to touch them up a bit with that wonderful photoshop. Just soften the lighting, rid the redeye and such. But i must say, he is cutie. And they are decent for being taken by me. But we are going at it again so that we get a few in a different outfit. We will see if my patience will last.

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

So, it took me a while this year to get my decorations out, but they are done. We bought the tree this week and i finally got it all decorated along with all the cute things around the home. It just gets me in the holiday mood. Although our tree is looking a bit naked underneath. I guess i should pull out those gifts in hiding and wrap them up. Yeah, well that is going to have to happen when my little Macade is not around to rip the paper, pull the strings, carry the gifts and hide them somewhere to be found another day. Whew, the joys of a child.

Macade decided he was going to help me with the lights on the tree. He is mamas little helper.

Here is the finished product. I kind of like it.

And here is the fireplace all decorated cute. The bathroom and kitchen are done too but i did not feel like running around the house taking pictures. Sorry. But our little home looks so cute all done up!!

Happy Birthday

Macade turned 1 on November 1st. It was a fun day. We opened gifts, ate cake and ice cream and played with new toys. It was a fun day.

Ok, ok, i have to brag for a moment. The cake was made by me. All of it including the cake pan, and the frosting job. I am so proud of myself. It was really fun too.

First Halloween

Macade had his first halloween. It was so fun. We carved pumpkins with some friends a few nights before. Macade loved the pumpkins. He loved helping daddy clean out all the icky filling. We call them Pumpkin guts.








For Halloween he was a little puppy. And one cute puppy he was too. We went to our Ward Trunk-Or-Treat. We decorated our car and had spooky music playing. It was a fun halloween. Macade loved the back of the car.

New Couches

Finally after saving for quite some time we got our new couches. Beautiful Microfiber Suede. They are so nice and comfy and you don't feel like you are sitting on the floor.

A Night at the Fair

The Puyallup fair is going on. They do it every year in September and we packed up our gear and headed out to the fair with two of our good friends, Jesse and Jessica. We just walked around and enjoyed being out.


I was craving a Carmel Apple and it seems as though my treat turned into someone elses!!

Of Course, We all know that Macade has no fear and loves animals. We learned this from the zoo, so we headed to all the animals at the farm and once again Macade loved it. Here he is playing with the Sheep. And of course we had to wash our hands after the animals, Macade just likes to play in the sink, but we manage to soap up his hands and wash it. In the process i get a full bath.

While we were sitting down enjoying some good old fashioned BBQ macade took the pickle from Cory's plate and had at it. He loved it. It was so funny to watch him suck the juice from it.

Over all it was a great night at the fair. How can you not have fun at the fair.

Pictures from California

So i said there would be more pictures to come. I had to get them from my mom. These are just a few of the great shots we got while Macade and I went home to California. These were some of the last pictures of my dad while he still had his head of hair.

Another Toy...

It is so funny to think that people spend so much money on these big fancy toys to keep their kids happy when all you need to do is open up the dishwasher and let your kid have at it. Well it is that way with Macade at least. He loves the dishwasher. He will be in the other room and hear you open it up to empty it or load it and he is there in a flash to help you. All he likes to help with is unloading it though, even if we are trying to load it.

Real Food

Macade has been slowly starting to eat real food. Now that he has more teeth, 8 to be exact, he loves to eat what mom and dad are eating. So he usually gets a little bit of whatever we eat. Here he got his first grilled cheese sandwhich. You can tell at first he does not know what to think of it, but now it is one of his favorite foods! He just learned how to feed himself so we are moving right along with him. Soon you will be seeing pictures of him walking. It has already almost been 1 year. its crazy!