Christmas Eve/Day

My parents and Reggie's parents came to our house on Christmas Eve. We met at church and then came home and ate some appetizers. We all woke up to SANTA!!! Reggie was hoping that Maddie would be more excited than she was. Here are some pictures of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Maddie and Emma sitting on the Dora couch reading
Maddie putting out milk and cookies.

The Becker Family...not a great picture but the best we got!

Aldeen Christmas

The weekend before Christmas, all of my family got together at my parents to celebrate Christmas. Jason and Marissa, Jenny and Lyle and my parents were all there. It was nice to spend the weekend with everyone. Here are some pictures of Maddie and Emma opening presents at the Aldeen Christmas.

I couldn't seem to figure out how to turn this around.

Emma opening presents

Misc Dec pictures

Here are some pictures from the middle of December. Maddie playing hide and go seek. She likes to hide and count in the corner.

Maddie hiding in the blinds

Daddy with Emma

Putting up the tree

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving we put up the Christmas tree. Maddie helped put it up and hang up the ornaments. The fake ones are definitely less work but maybe we will have to start going and getting a real one. Here are some pictures of the fun times!!

Daddy and Maddie putting up an ornament
Mom and Emma putting up the tree

Daddy and Maddie putting up the tree.

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving we went to the Aldeen's on Thursday and then Becker's on Friday. Jason and Marissa announced that they are pregnant and expecting in June. I am looking forward to being an aunt again. Hopefully they don't take too much time away from Grandma and Grandpa!!

This year at the Becker's we had 3 people from China come. Reggie's sister Penny works at the U of M, Morris and volunteered to have them stay with them for the weekend since the campus shut down. They had a good time seeing all of the family. They don't get to see that many babies since they are only allowed 1 child.

Maddie and Bryce

Bria, Gage and Maddie

Emma with the Chinese girls.

Jason, Kota and Maddie

Random

Here are some random picture of the girls. I hope you enjoy them!!!

Emma fell asleep while playing with her toys.

Daddy playing with Maddie and Emma.

Friends

Sorry it has been so long since I posted. Nothing has really happened in the last few weeks. Both of the girls have been sick,but are now better. This last weekend the Grenier's came to visit. One of our other friends had a 30th birthday party and they came from Fergus Falls to go to it. Here are some pictures of their boy Carson (18 months) and Maddie playing. There were a few times that we had to break up a fight.

Carson pulling Maddie in the wagon
Maddie sitting on Carson

Maddie going down the slide...Carson did go down first.

Maddie and Carson fighting over the chair

More from the PARTY!!!

Here are some more pictures of Maddie's birthday party.

Maddie is wearing her Tinkerbell outfit from Sami and holding Emma and Bria.

Parker, Bryce, Maddie and Gage playing "All fall down"

Again Maddie and Bryce playing.

Happy Birthday

On Saturday we celebrated Madalynn's 2nd Birthday with an Elmo theme. We had between 15-20 people there. Both Grandparents, Jenny and Lyle, Penny and the kids, Ginger and Bria, and Jay all came. It was fun and Maddie had a BLAST!! I still can't get over that I have a 2 year old!

Emma and Maddie wearing the party hats
Maddie got a tote full of dress up clothes from Sami.

Opening more presents

The cake...sorry it is sideways.

Maddie listening to everyone sign Happy Birthday...she didn't blow out any candles.

Trick or Treat

Madalynn went Trick or Treating as a witch this year. Emma was a duck. Madalynn loved going to the houses and getting candy. She would run from house to house. This year was much more fun than the last year. Last year Reggie had class so we didn't even go outside. Maddie just dressed up like a duck and helped hand out candy.

Madalynn after trick or treating
Emma and Maddie

Maddie and Mommy trick or treating

"I'm Stuck"

On Friday before going out Trick or Treating Madalynn was playing in the excersaucer and got stuck. At first she wasn't too happy but after we started laughing she thought it was fun too.

Carving Pumpkins

On October 28th we carved/colored pumpkins. When we went to Eveland Farms Madalynn picked out 4 pumpkins for us to carve. By the time we carved them, one was rotten. Madalynn didn't want to take the seeds out or carve the pumpkins. She just wanted to color them. She wasn't very happy when I told her we were done coloring.

Madalynn looks like she is happy but she is actually crying.
Madalynn coloring the pumpkin

Emma watching the action

Reggie carving the pumpkins

Pumpkin Patch

At Eveland Farms they also had a hayride, pumpkins and a corn maze. I couldn't believe how cheap it was for all of the fun stuff for the girls. I definitely will have to keep this place in mind for next year.

Madalynn and Jenny on the hayride
Madalynn after the corn maze

Emma riding a tractor

Emma with the pumpkins

Madalynn with the pumpkins

Farm Animals

On October 12th Jenny and I took the girls to Eveland Farms. They have a ton of animals there. They have donkeys and horses roaming the farm. They also have goats, llamas, cows, pigs, chickens and others. Madalynn loved looking at all of the animals. Here are some pictures:

Emma petting a donkey
Madalynn eating grass like the donkey

Jenny, Madalynn and Emma looking at the cows

Madalynn petting the goat

Madalynn feeding the goats and llamas

The Girls

Here are some recent pictures of the girls. They are both doing great and we really did miss them this weekend. It is great being a parent even though they might drive you a little CRAZY at times!!!

Madalynn and Emma playing
Emma was laying on the floor and Madalynn wanted to lay down too
Madalynn holding Ellie and sitting next to Emma