Santa Pics

We took Madelyn to see Santa this week. She did pretty good, no crying but we could not get a smile out of her either. She just stared at the photographer ringing the bells.

Chaz......................and Madelyn

Whenever I pull into the driveway at our house, our youngest cat (Chaz) enjoys greeting me at the door. I actually think he can hear me drive around the corner and he anxiously awaits my arrival. Finally have a pic of him waiting......

I'd also like to mention that he enjoys "meowing" right in front of Madelyn's room when she is asleep.......and he knows exactly what he is doing!



.....and what would a blog be without Madelyn.

Heading to the Big D.....

A couple months ago Bethany had a weekend full of continuing education (which meant that Madelyn and I got to play around in Dallas while Mommy was learning).

Our first stop was a rest stop outside of Huntsville. Madelyn was hungry....so everyone ate lunch and headed down the road. Below is a pic of Madelyn's first "rest stop." BTW, we only made it about 30 miles.......Madelyn had a "blow out" (fortunately all four tires on the 4Runner were ok).


Below is a video of Madelyn's thoughts about her first road trip.


Here's a pic of Madelyn "snacking" as we approach the Dallas city limits.


This was Madelyn's first planned getaway (thanks IKE)....which meant it was also her first time to hang out on a large hotel bed. She had a pretty good time!!!!!


We stayed at the Fairmont Hotel (which was also the hotel that Sarah Palin spoke at while in Dallas (below is a pic of the "protest".....there were two sides of course).


Finally, below are some pics of some places we stopped while in Dallas.