Christmas 2009

The Holidays have been very busy, but very fun. Gavin was so excited this year for Santa to come. Christmas Eve my sister Lacie and her husband Max, oh lets not forget cute little Bailee and my mom came over for a while and played some games and of course to eat lots of yummy food. My kidos sure loved grandma reading them a couple of Christmas stories before going to bed. That morning the kids didn't wake up until 8:30 it was so nice. We enjoyed opening gifts with just our little family. It was nice to have it kind of quite. After gifts were opened we headed to Blackfoot to spend some time with Burgess' family. We sure love getting together with family and friends. We hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas like we did.

Now we are off to Montana to spend the New Year at my sister Natalie's house, and to see my niece get baptized. We sure love ya Aubree. Have a safe and Happy New Year!!!

It's Official

My 19 month old Olivia is officially potty trained. She decided to start all on her own, so I decided to take advantage of the situation. I ran to the store and bought her some panties. It has been almost a week now and for three days she has had no accidents. I am so proud of her, she is such a smart energetic girl. I guess my baby is not much of a baby anymore.

First Annual Turkey Trials

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day for the first annual Turkey Trials. It was a brisk 35ish degrees outside with a light breeze from the southwest. The sun was shining and the riders were ready to go.

To start things off we had the Men's 125cc division. Riders entering the division included Ben "The Tank", Quinn "The Beast", Burgess "The Prodigy", Evan "The Crash Dummy", and Jake "The Snake". It was an incredible start to the proceedings. Here are the results:

Place	Rider	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
1st	Evan	43.7	42.8	-
2nd	Burgess	46.7	44.5	43.5
3rd	Quinn	44.2	43.8	38.2*
4th	Jake	46.4	52.4	45.2
5th	Ben	50.6	47.1*	-
* Using Quinn's 350cc bike

Next up was our fearless Women's 125cc division. Riding was Robin "The Terror", Sandy "The SlammaJamma", Nellene "The Bean", April "The Beaner", and Bethany "The Undertaker". All had great showings for the day. Here are the results:

Place	Rider	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
1st	Robin	51.7	49.5	48.1
2nd	Sandy	56.0	53.9	50.6
3rd	April	57.0	54.0	51.0
4th	Nellene	58.2	57.4	54.4
5th	Bethany	1:05.7	-	-

Ok, it really was a great time and thanks to Dad for letting us rip up a little pasture and thanks to Quinn for allowing us to rally his new bikes! Next year will be even better. Hope to see everyone out again. Here are a few pics for your enjoyment!

There is a new house on the market.... yeah, it's ours.

Tell your friends and neighbors and relatives and anyone else that might be in the market, we are selling. We are not leaving the area, just looking for something bigger.

For pictures and info click http://rigbyhomeforsale-347madsen.blogspot.com/

Pumpkin Patch

Saturday was such a nice day. So we took advantage of it and went with our fun friends and there kids to the pumpkin patch. The kids had a ton of fun finding just the right pumpkin. There was a straw maze that Gavin could not get enough of, I think he went through about 3 times. Surprisingly Olivia made it through the maze all on her own, I just followed behind her. When she ran into a dead end she would come running right past me to go another way. It was so fun to watch them both having so much fun. I sure love my kids!!!

Halloween Party

Every month one of our neighbors is in charge of throwing a neighborhood party. I got October, so of course it was a costume party for Halloween. It was so much fun. We ate lots of food and played lots of games including musical chairs. It was the funniest game to watch. Thanks to all of my neighbors and my sister Lacie for such a great night. We can't wait for next months party!!!

David Cook Concert

So April's lucky streak had a nice little peak the other day. She got a phone call from The Buckle and they told her that she had won VIP David Cook tickets. She was pretty excited. So we hired a baby sitter and had a great evening. And yes, we were close enough that we could have played his guitar. Here are a couple pics.

Gavin and Olivias Photo shoot

I finally got around to taking Gavin and Olivia for there pictures. We took them more towards the evening so the lighting would be better, and my kids we not cooperating very well. I thought that we weren't going to get very good pictures, but look at how well these ones turned out. My friend Sarah took there pictures she did such a great job thanks Sarah. To see more of Sarah's photos go to sarahlanaephotography.blogspot.com she really does do a wonderful job. I only posted a few of there pictures, there was just to many to choose from.