Thanks, Bro!

Junior Year Prom

Sophmore Year Prom

Senior Year Prom


My brother's latest project (while he is killing time until he graduates med school next week) is scanning in old pictures of ours for a digital picture frame for my grandma. He emailed me these today and I thought it was hilarious. Ahhh, those were the days---that red dress cracks me up! I LOVED that thing and now it looks so hidious! I wonder where that dress is?!

Preschool Program

Tonight, Troy had his first Preschool Program! It was so cute! They sang the cutiest songs and did a little dance. Troy had the best teacher this year, Mrs. Lori. Troy and I will both miss the 4 hours a week that he spends there!

Boys will be boys!

So this is a total sign that I live in a house of boys! Troy was so excited to show me what his Ninja Turtles were doing....apparently going bungey jumping from my bra! I better get used to things like this!

Girls Night!

Last Thursday, a bunch of the girls from the neighborhood headed up north for a night away! My face hurt so bad by the time I got home from laughing so much! We had a yummy dinner at the Pizza Factory and did a little shopping too! I can't share anything that happened on that trip because what happens in the Honda Odyssey, stays in the Odyssey! Thanks for a fun night, girls! Can't wait to do it again!

Yeah! Spring!

We have had the CRAZIEST weather here this spring! We have gone from 80 degree weather to snow the next day. I didn't know if my bulbs would come up this year because of how crazy it's been but they made it! I just love how vibrant the colors are of these bulbs. I took my mom's advice and bought them all from brecks.com and they were shipped straight from Denmark! They are so beautiful and I can't wait to use my green thumb a little more this spring!

Tagged...again!

Troy has been tagged by Isaac Hughes so here are:

8 Things about Troy

1. He is such a "touchy-feely" kind of kid! He will sit next to you and stroke the back of your arm. If you are not sitting close enough to him, he yells "I want to touch you!" Kev and I are hoping he grows out of this a little bit so we don't have an out of control teenage boy in 10 years!

2. He hates to eat breakfast. I think most kids wake up hungry and ready to eat but Troy will not even think about eating for at least an hour after he wakes up and then, he won't touch any normal breakfast foods. Lately, he the only thing he will eat for breakfast is cold hot dogs. (gag) I guess any food is better than no food....well at least I hope so!

3. He says the sweetest prayers. This week some of the highlights have been praying that "Daniel won't be put in the lions den by the bad guys and the king" or praying that "Jesus won't have to die for us again." He is such a doll!

4. He can now write his name all by himself. We were at Kelby and Tracy's house and he wrote his name on the floor out of Lincoln Logs and said, "Look Mom! My name!" I'm sure his preschool teach taught him because I sure as heck didn't!

5. He is a very friendly kid just like his parents! He walks down the halls of church and everyone tells him hi, young and old! Our bishop brings Troy special eggs from his chickens to eat for breakfast. Kids rush to our seat after sacrament meeting to ask if they can take Troy to primary with him. He is very popular with the older kids and he loves every minute of it!

6. He is our little pack rat. He hauls crap around with him all day. I can not get him to break this habit. I have spent many, many hour searching for his favorite "pet" that he has somehow lost somewhere. Right now, we can't find Underdog, his beany baby wiener dog pet so life is temporarily over.

7. He loves butter and sour cream. We could put it on anything and he would eat it. I have finally gotten him to eat the spray butter which he thinks is pretty cool and it will hopefully prevent him from having a clogged artery at the age of 5!

8. Troy is a very special boy. That is the only word to describe him and he lives up to that word in every way. We love him so much and our family would not be the same without his sweet little spirit!

Now, Troy would like to tag Sabrina, Tag, Caden & Bronco!

Tagged!

I've been tagged by Cass so here it goes!

All you ever needed to know about my Husband

What is his name? Kevin Chesley Madsen

How long have you been together? 6 years & 2 months! We met on Valentines Day 2002.
How long did you date? Engaged after knowing each other 4 months!
How old is he? 27---we are the youngins' in my group of friends here :)
Who eats more? Sadly, we probably eat the same amount!
Who said I love you first? Renee, Kevin's mom!!! We were spending the weekend with his family and his mom told me she loved me---on the drive home, I remember saying how sad it was that his mom said it before he did! That's how he told me he loved me for the first time! Pressure!
Who is taller? Kev - 5'10
Who can sing better? Me, but Kev is pretty good singing on Rock Band.
Who is smarter? He is...I am a blonde down to the core!
Who does the laundry? Both- but since my surgery it's been all Kevin!
Who pays the bills? Kev does--anything with money management stresses me out since I am so bad at it!
Who sleeps on the right side? me - but that just changed a few months ago since my surgery.
Who mows the lawn? Kevin all the way...that is one thing I refuse to do! Even when I was little and my parents tried to pay me VERY WELL, I wouldn't do it!
Who cooks dinner? Me-not Kevin's strong point!
Who drives? Kev--I have always thought it was strange to see a woman driving with the man in the passenger seat...driving is the man's job!
Who is more stubborn? Me. Enough said :)
Who kissed who first? Well we had been hanging out for a few weeks (in college student terms, that means watching movies on the couch and hanging out at the apartment) and I told him I wouldn't make out with him until he took me out on a "real" date. After that first date, I totally planted one on him at my front door!
Who asked who out first? Like I said, he did only after I pressured him telling him I wouldn't kiss him until he did! He took me to the Olive Garden & to see the movie, John Q.
Who proposed? Kevin did---up Provo Canyon while we were fishing. He tied my ring to the fishing line and asked me to untangle his line. Ahhhhh :)
Who has more friends? Probably equal---Kev is a very "likeable" guy who gets along with alomst anyone.
Who is more sensitive? Probably me.
Who has more siblings? Kevin does-5

Who puts the kids to bed? I put Colt to bed & Kev puts Troy to bed on a normal night. Troy always requests Dad to do the night-time duties.

Who wears the pants? Hard to say, he usually lets me make the decisions on day to day stuff but when it's something big or something he cares a lot about, he always has the final say.

Love ya, babe!

~Now I get to tag: Amberly, Erin, Jen R. & Kathi~