Entries tagged with “Madison” from My Silly Blog

We have been quite busy these last few months, and I have not even had time to update my blog! One of our big events is that we are hosting our first Foreign exchange student and it is going quite well. Ketsia arrived from Paris France on the 8th and will be with us only a few more days. She has gone to school everyday with Madi and they are getting along fabulously. Here are some Photos:

Madi and Ketsia picking out Lacrosse sticks

Well, when snow hits the Portland metro area, it seems that the city shuts down. Cara spent a total of 5 hours playing in the 22 degree (11 windchill) Winter Wonderland.

As for xmas lists, mine hasn't changed much. I would be happy with a night off, cooking classes, concert tickets, a weekend getaway, jewelery, new daily silverware (I hate ours) a dishwasher that is quieter, I think just a morning sleeping in would be key.

Madisons list is on Amazon.com. Found here She also would love a cooking class from In Good Taste.

Cara also has an Amazon.com wishlist. She would like american girl doll clothes and items (Doesn't have to be that brand). Found Here.

Many changes are in the air,, including Madison getting braces!

Madison is also done with Soccer and has a video out on youtube:

Cara is doing great as well. We had our family photos done and here a few of my favorites:

We went home to visit old friends and had a great time with Margaret.

Here is a photo of our neighbor Greg, Denise, Madge and I at the party. We also got our family portraits back.

You can find more photos in my Gallery. Please take a look and vote on your favorite for xmas.

Madi has been collecting wine corks for the last 3 years and Tim and her finally created a cork board for her room and the kitchen. I just wanted to show off their work, since its been a project in the making for years.

Kitchen:

Madison's Room:

The last Timbers game was pretty fun. We were ahead until we got a red card part way through the game. Here is Madi with her friend at the game. They had a great time getting signatures and buying soda!

Other news. Madison had her second game this weekend. I think the girls worked really hard, but lost. Oh well. Maybe next week.

Will need to get a better photo next week! As many of you know, both Madi and Cara are selling lots of things to raise money. Most things I just donate cash to the cause so please don't feel hurt if she hasn't contacted you.

LaborDay was spent in the garden digging up the potatoes we planted before the summer. I believe we ended up with 22 pounds of Potatoes. (Our biggest crop so far). I think that we are finally getting a lot of the clay we had four years ago when we moved in!

I finally got to see some of my friends while I was home. One of them was Guanjun. Guanjun worked at IBM in my area when Cara was born. I need to scan in the photo of him holding her for the first time. Now Cara is 9, and I think he was surprised how much she grew.

We also hit Great America and brought Katie with us. Man did they have fun getting wet on this ride!

This is the closest a fire has come to my parents house. Kinda scary, only a quarter of mile away. They have lived there for the last 27 years and never before has fire threatened the area that closely.

It definitely scared the girls to be evacuated, but all in all, everyone was ok and the fire was put out, and they went to the beach.

An eventful May left us with Madi's spring photo which you can find HERE. Check out the palm trees in the background :-) At the end of the month we celebrated Cara's birthday. She went to see High School Musical with her dad and got these two treats from here Nana and the Peppers.

This photo also shows off her new swatch that Tim gave her. She absolutely loves all her gifts and thanks everyone for a great birthday.

We have decided to create a bee hive for mason bee's, which are really good pollinators and are solitary bees. The girls are quite excited. Madison even spent 3 hours in the woodshop with Tim working to create the masterpiece.

Legotricity went to her second FLL First Lego League competition and had a great time. This was a hard year for teaming and building, with 7 very talented and smart kids. They really had to learn a lot of give and take. Especially when it came to the challenges. I was very proud of the way they did the alternative energy audit on Medical Teams International. They ended up coming up with some really great ideas. I would like to thank Dan Crowell Excalibur Solar, LLC. Tigard. (503)869-6018 for helping the kids learn about solar power and answering all their questions. He is a great person to go to if you are thinking about getting solar in the Portland metro area.

Madison really likes her new team with THUSC United. Her team placed second in the bracket with the best defense in the bracket allowing the least amount of goals.

It is fun and exciting to watch the team grow and learn. I cannot wait till spring!