Hangin' with the Heiders

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Valentine's Week

Madi's Sunday school class partnered with younger kids as they walked around the church on Sunday handing out hugs and heart stickers. Madi thought it was funny to cover her face in stickers until it came time to pull them off. Then it hurt a little more than she thought!

Unfortunately, I came down with the stomach bug Sunday afternoon while helping Aunt Shelle organize Maci's closet. So Monday morning there was no picture as I took Madi to school then came home to log on to my call.

Tuesday

We had our annual Valentine's Dinner Tuesday night since we have church on the actual day. We love to light candles, grill steak and Lammer's taters and watch a family movie to celebrate the love day!

We also have a tradition of writing one thing we love about Madi on a heart and posting it to her door each morning starting on the 1st of February leading up to Valentine's Day. This year Grandma and Aunt Shelle shared what they love about Madi too.

A cute monkey and XOXO chocolates awaited Madi at the breakfast table!

Wednesday - Madi wore the cute sweater that she picked out for Valentine's with Grandma Mayberry.

I got to her party just in time to see Sidney's dad performing magic tricks. It's so amazing to watch!

Love spending the day at her parties!

We ordered Star Wars themed valentine stickers and bags this year. She made them while I was sick so I didn't get a picture of the whole group.

They came in all these fun sayings.

Me & My Girl

Thursday carrying her HEAVY backpack!

Friday

We aren't big on celebrating Valentine's Day but it sure is fun to have easy family traditions to make the day special!

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Favorite Things & Swim Meet

On Friday night, the ladies in our Sunday School class had a Favorite Things party while the guys went to ForeGolf and the kids had Kids Night Out at church.

It was a fun night sharing our favorite things and our favorite appetizers and desserts. These are just a few of my favorite ladies too!

Saturday morning we were up bright and early for a swim meet.

This was a meet for events that you don't have a B or better time in.

Madi competed in 5 events plus a relay and won all her heats and placed 1st in 3 events overall and 2nd in two events!

It was fun hearing her name read as the winner!

Grandma and Grandpa Heider came to watch her swim and it was fun to watch Madi help them take a selfie! :)

All the hardware!

Some of the results . . .

We took videos of all her events but here's one . . .

All her medals, trophy and ribbon! She won first place in 100 Back, 100 Fly and 100 IM.

It was a fun meet for our little swimmer!

Friday, February 9, 2018

4th & 5th Grade Mission Trip

Friday night, we met the Gibbs, Foleys and Wharffs out at the Gibbs new house in Levelland to plan our Vegas trip coming up soon. The kids loved playing in the basement and Madi especially loved their hoverboards.

Saturday morning we were up bright and early to serve with our church at the South Plains Food bank. Then after we served with our families the 4th and 5th graders left on our their mission weekend (in town thankfully!).

They ate lunch at Chick-fila then worked at the church in preparation to serve Sunday morning. Then they served drinks and dessert at the nursing home. Madi said they learned how to mingle with the residents. Then they had dinner and played games at Main event before going to the host house.

Sunday morning they had breakfast at the church and then went to their areas to serve. Madi and Madison Reece served by helping teach the 3 year old Sunday school class.

Our friend Devyn came too and she taught the 4 year old class with Penny and Maisen.

I snapped a few pictures of her with the kids in the back of the room.

She said one little boy Daxon just loved her and wanted to hold her hand the whole time. :) We just love that our church has such a great children's program focused on serving.

Sunday night we went to a super bowl party with our Sunday school class. They live pretty far out and have a ladder down to their basement. Madi loved it! I loved the food and visiting with everyone!