The cutiest Pirates you will ever see!!!

I got these costumes from Old Navy when I was at the Mall of America for work and I think they are just darling! Troy has been so excited to dress up as a pirate...that is sword #2, the first one broke during a battle with Abby. Poor Colt looks miserable but he is such a good sport! These pictures were taken before the neighborhood Halloween Carnival.

3rd Annual Madsen Halloween Party

Kevin & the boys!

Mom and all 3 of my boys!

Doesn't Kevin look so different!

Kevin's little sister, Amberlie & her boyfriend, Anthony

"Marge & Homer Simpson"

Kevin's big brother, Kelby (A scary women with her butt hanging out of a robe....don't ask!) and his family, Tracy (Sherlock Holmes), Austin (an Army Man), Tanner (a football player) & Kaylee Ann (a cat).

Arrrrrrgh, from the Madsen Family! This year we decided to dress up as a family of pirates! My sister in law, Tracy, and I always plan a fun family Halloween party the Saturday night before Halloween. Dressing up is required, no matter how old you are! It's the best when Great Grandmas attend! This year our party was pretty small due to Brett's football game but we still had fun!

Crazy Boys Carving Pumpkins

The boys had fun carving their pumpkin tonight with Dad. I am so glad that Kevin has taken over this tradition since I'm not too big on the whole carving pumpking ritual. In college, my roomates and I hosted a pumpkin carving party and we put all of the seed and pumpkin insides down our disposal and we clogged our entire buildings kitchen sinks. Sinks three floors away from us had pumpkin guts coming up their sinks! I guess ever since then, it has kind of frightened me!

Family Picture

My sweet little family!

Brett's Game

The New Mexico vs. San Diego State game was an intense one! It came down to the last final minute and the Lobos pulled out with the win! Brett had a great game and it was fun as always to cheer him on. The best part about going to the games is getting to see Brett after the games before they load up on the bus and fly home. He is always so tired from the game but so excited to see us. It is so awesome to see how much Brett loves his family and especially how much he loves my little boys. He is an amazing guy and a great role model for my boys.

We love you Bretty!

Pacific Beach, California

It was so fun to take the boys to the beach and see their reaction to the beach and the ocean! Troy kept playing in the sand and Colt kept eating it!

DISNEYLAND!!!

After waiting somewhat patiently for 9 long months, Troy finally arrived at Disneyland! Anyone who knows him or has talked to him in the last 9 months knows that this is all that has been on his mind! We had an amazing trip to California and have many, many memories! Disneyland was so magical---even Kevin and I felt like kids again! There were times I felt like I was dreaming, like at the nightly Parade of Dreams. We were so lucky to go and have such perfect weather! And we beat the freeway closing from fires by hours! Thank goodness!

Brotherly Love

Just a few pictures of the boys!

Fun at the Messicks!

The first night we got to California, we stayed in Laguna Niguel with one of my best friends from college, Aubrey Messick, and her family. (Yes, she is the one to blame for my accident breaking my back. Why didn't you stop me! JK!) We had a blast with her awesome family and even got to relax by their amazing pool! Someday I will have a backyard oasis in Southern California like the Messicks....oh yeah Erin, wake up! You are dreaming! Thank you Messicks for treating us like part of the family!

Beach Bums

One of my friends just sent this picture she took of the boys sometime this summer at the pool...I had to share cause it was so cute! Two of my good friends here had little boys within 10 days after Colt was born. They are all going to be buddies for life, they have no choice! From left to right it is Colt, Tommy, & Nathan. Aren't they adorable! Colt looks like the sumo baby! I have the best friends in the world down here!!!

Bath Time!

Picture #8

Picture #9

Finally! Picture #10

So you would think that taking a picture of two little boys in the bathtub would be easy, right? WRONG! I had to take 10 pictures to finally get 1 shot of both of the boys looking at the camera! I don't know what it is, but they will never both be looking at the camera at the same time! They must know how much it irritates me to keep taking them,

always getting someone looking away! Oh well, gotta love 'em!

Troy the Builder

Troy got these blocks from Cookie and Papa for his 2nd birthday and no other toy as gotten as much use as these! Troy LOVES to build towers and castles with his blocks on the kitchen floor. But the number one rule is that there is no block playing when Colt is sleeping since it wakes him up when they fall over! He built this castle today and wanted me to take a picture of it and send it to Cookie and Papa. I love how he puts his toys and animals on them and makes "garages" and "pet crates". He is so creative!