Ready for Summer

Madison is ready for summer, apparently. Here she is, doing the hula in our livingrooom. Yes, there's still snow on the ground outside. Yet, this morning, her infatuation with Belle has shifted somewhat - to "Lilo & Stitch." She's dancing to the song "He Mele No Lilo," while watching the movie again. Daddy and Mommy have enjoyed the snow this week, although many others were complaining somewhat about being trapped or cold. Yet we were quite content this week, because we got to spend time together. It was a wonderful week.

One thing that started this week was our annual 21 day church fast. It is a public fast, so it's okay to talk about. Mommy has been pretty creative with our diet this week, obviously serving up lots of hot soups. Yummy!

Speaking of getting acquainted with vegetables, one recent series of DVDs that Madison has been enjoying as of late is Veggie Tales.

As written here earlier, we've been with Veggie Tales for quite some time, even collecting videos long before we met Madison. We made our pumpkins like them one year, and even have a couple Christmas CDs that we listened to this year. She's been enjoying them quite a bit the last few months, her favorite right now being "Duke and the Great Pie War."

We've got plenty of these DVDs that we've been collecting for quite some time, so Madison hasn't even watched all of them yet. So this month, as we see more veggies, it's the perfect time for Madison to see more Veggies herself!

This afternoon, we met up with some old friends we haven't seen in a while. Pam was Mommy's maid of honor at our wedding. Andrew was with us at church about that time as well, and it was good to spend some time catching up with them. Obviously, we had Madison with us: that's pretty much all we've been up to the last three years!

The big event of the day though would be the arrival of Baba and Nana from Florida. They timed the trip perfectly, as the ice has largely dried up off of most of the roads. Still, plenty of snow sits on the ground a full week after it first fell. Madison was so excited to see them - she's been looking forward to their arrival for the past week (ever since we first brought up that they were coming). They arrived, just after Daddy finished shoveling a lot of the leftover snow off the driveway - and they brought their pets Velcro and Daisy along as well.

Their trip was easy, though long as usual. One thing they did bring was a new television for the guest room: we can watch videos in the guest room now! We gave them a few Christmas gifts, including a big photo album filled with photos of Madison in it. Also, a calendar with photos in it too. You can never have too many photos of Madison!