Snow, Orlando, and Mackenzie's Birthday

On February 4th, the girls woke up to SNOW! School was cancelled. Meredith came over and the girls sledded and played all morning. Meredith's dad Michael had a bunch of folded up boxes the girls used to sled down our driveway (Mackenzie kept saying how much she would miss that driveway when we moved). I will not miss that driveway - it's quite steep. Here we captured the day. It was a special surprise. The next day we all flew out to Orlando. Dave had a conference there and we talked Grandma Linda into coming out and hanging with us too. We did Epcot first - kicked off by the Princess Breakfast. Later we went to the Magic Kingdom and the next day, Animal Kingdom. For our first time ever (except for Dave), we actually went to Universal Studios. We really wanted to see the newly opened Harry Potter part of the park. It was amazing: the Hogsmeade sign, the train, Honeydukes, the wand shoppe, butterbeer vendors, and singing Veela girls in school uniform. Great rides - loved, loved, loved it!!! Mackenzie decided instead of a regular birthday party to have a sleepover party. She invited Meredith, Kaitlyn Genzer, and Sophia Tenreirro. They made cupcakes, watched movies and got along really well. Happy 8th Birthday Mackenzie!

Remodel Before and After

This is the master bath right after we found out about our sewer leak. Yuck. Coming along and almost done - finally!

Madison's 5th Birthday and Party

January 19th Madison turned 5. She wanted her party at Pump It Up where you move from one bouncy room to the next and then get to sit in the bouncy throne. Done! She invited all the kids in her Canyon Creek Preschool class and all the girls in her dance class. She had lots of friends come and celebrate with her: Addy Fort, Linley Pittman, Jazzy Davis, Emma Johnson, Sadie Cannon, Eden McCall, triplets Aiden, Kylie, and Ashby, Sophia Standerfer, Samantha Genzer and more...

Baby Scarlett Arrives

The day after Charity flew out i got THE call at 2:20 am. Jessica Brough was officially in labor and I was the middle-of-the-night contact. I raced over to their house to watch Ezra as they zoomed to the hospital. She arrived 5 days late but it was a quick labor. The next morning Ezra and I played trains, had breakfast, and blew bubbles. Then we went to the hospital to see Chris, Jessica, and brand new sister Scarlett. She is beautiful! Thank you for letting me be part of it all, Brough Family. Love you guys!!!

Charity visits Austin

Charity is my best friend from college. She flew in right after Dave and the girls flew out to Utah. I had to stay in Austin to oversee the septic clean up mess at the new house and Charity's kids were at their Dad's, so the stars aligned and she got to come for a visit! We stayed up late, talked, went running, went boot shopping, visited the uber-posh Gold Class Cinemas (where your seat reclines and they serve you food - too fun!), and caught up on years of each others lives. What a fabulous 5 days. Love you Charity!!!

Christmas 2010

Presents, lights, food, giddy excitement, too little sleep... Aaaah, Christmas!

Madison's last Preschool Christmas Pageant

Canyon Creek Preschool does a really cute Christmas pageant with the kids each year. This will be Madison's last one since she starts kindergarten next year. She's in the back row, fifth from the right. She is good little singer and enjoyed all the hand movements along with the song. Such a sweet, fun age.