Labor Day 2014!

 We loaded up and headed to my parents' house for the Labor Day weekend.

 Chicke was liking all the petting she got from Madi.

 It was cracking us up how she talked to Chicke.  Sounded just like her Daddy!

   Being at Grandma's house means a Root beer, an orange Fanta, and a Sprite in your hand!

  Being at Grandma's house also means getting in the hot tub every chance you get.

 Uncle Cody started his MBA at Tech so he got a little help from Matt on his accounting class. 

 Shelle and I went through old pictures on our phones while sitting outside watching the kids and Grandma swim.  We about died when we saw this one of Tucker.  She wanted me to send it to her again!  He's probably about 18 months or so.

 We found a friend coke in Grandpa's fridge! 

 We had a great time visiting Grandpa and Grandma's church too.  Then we headed home so Matt could play in a golf tournament with our neighbor on Monday.

Madi and I shopped all morning then spent the afternoon playing and being lazy.

 She's been practicing and practicing so she could learn how to braid.

 Well I think the 20 or so braids in her doll's head are proof that she mastered the skill!

I'm impressed with how tight they all are!

 We also scored this cute outfit at Wal-Mart for a whopping $1. 

 We also got one for Maisen so when we go to Dallas this month for Maisen's birthday celebration they can be twins!

 For school, Madi has to put 5 things in a paper sack that tell her classmates about her.

She's already put a picture of her holding the fish she recently caught, a stuffed animal horse, the opal necklace Grandma and Grandpa Heider gave her and a favorite mermaid toy she loves to play with in the bathtub.

But she really wanted to put a tomato in the bag so she could tell her friends all about her tomato plants.  And she wanted to show them all the tomatoes!  Well we're not sure how long it'll take for her name to be drawn so we went with a picture of her tomatoes instead!