First Week of 2020!

 School started back on Tuesday.  Madi was excited to see all her friends again and wear one of her new outfits!

Shelle was in town on Tuesday for Grandma Mayberry's hip surgery and showed me this text from Tripp. We know he's colorblind like Grandpa Mayberry but it's still funny to see him send brown hearts thinking they are red.  :) 

 Wednesday

Wednesday Madi came home with a note from her principal.  She said she was called to the office and received this letter.  Her teachers nominated her for Pirate of the Month!  It's always an honor to be recognized especially when over 1100 students go to her school. :)  We couldn't be prouder of our Pirate! 

 Thursday

  Friday

The first week back is always tough so we're thankful for a relaxing weekend!

2020 so far . . .

 New Years Eve, we invited over Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Rod for dinner and games.  

After a yummy dinner of brussel sprouts, ham, and rolls we played Mexican Train. 

 We didn't make it to celebrate the new year so this one had her own private celebration complete with her own home-made party hat! 

 New Years Day we headed to Roswell to have Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Heider. 

We went and picked tomatoes at the green house then they treated us to a great lunch at Cattle Baron.  

 Then we headed home to unwrap gifts!  

 Thankfully, Grandpa Heider is great about taking pictures regularly so we will always have these memories! 

 It was a great visit! 

 The rest of the week Madi and I spent it getting stuff done while Matt went to work.  

 We went up to my work on Thursday morning so Madi could use the work room to get everything ready for her science fair project board.  That afternoon we put on a Hallmark movie and she glued it all together. Almost done! 

 Madi and her friends like experimenting with face paint to do some cool effects like this . . . 

 Madi also completed her band extra credit - playing a Christmas song on your instrument and submitting the video to Google Classroom. She did it in her Grinch pajamas and made a cute video! 

 Friday night Penny and Rylee spent the night - they ate pizza, baked brownies, and sang songs in the hot tub!

So far 2020 has been a great year! 

Cousins Day

 The cousins came to town on Tuesday so decided to have a fun cousins day! 

First, we met them,Grandma, Grandpa, Grandma B, and Uncle Rod at Chick-fila for lunch.  Best part - Morgan was working too!

Then we spent the afternoon at Altitude. They have this new part that was so fun for Grandma and me to watch.  We couldn't watch without laughing!

 Towards the end they wanted us to film them running over each other on the wall. 

It was a fun way to spend the last day of 2019. 

Vegas Getaway!

 Christmas Day afternoon, the three of us headed to the airport for a fun family getaway to Vegas! 

Using her Christmas gift on the plane to watch a movie . . . 

 We landed around 5pm, caught an Uber, and then headed to The Variety Show!  They had amazing acts!

 Thursday morning, Madi and I went shopping at the outlet mall.  We found a lot of good deals! 

 We all met back up together for lunch and walked around before our next show.  Madi wanted her fortune read by this machine.  It was a let down but still fun. 

Then we went and saw David Copperfield who was amazing!

Dinner was at California Pizza Kitchen that was also so good and they had a fun non-alcoholic drink that Madi enjoyed! 

Always up for a fun photo opp . . . 

More shopping for us Friday morning where we found a perfect coat for Tripp.  :) 

Friday afternoon we went to TWO escape rooms back to back.  It was a fun afternoon! 

We ended Friday evening at Guy Fieri's Kitchen for dinner.  All the food was so good.

Then we walked around and found this fun candy store and had gelato for dessert!

Saturday morning we had breakfast then packed up so we could head to the airport.  This was a fun way to spend the days following Christmas.  

Christmas just us 3!

 Once all the family left, it was just us 3! 

We decided to enjoy a fun dinner together watching a cheesy Christmas movie. 

Then it was time to open a few gifts!  Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Jacob's gifts were a hit!  Pig socks, scrunchies, Starbucks and more! 

  The Dodson's gift of hair chalk and scrunchies was also a huge hit!

 We saw this cheesy grin quite a bit . . . especially when she unwrapped her Apple watch. 

 Soon it was bed time!
December 25: Fred spent his last morning reading the Christmas Story while we waited for Madi to wake up. 

 All the morning Christmas pictures are blurry since there was such an excited reaction f

 This girl is oh so blessed and very thankful! 

 She received her first phone last Christmas which was a used one to see how she did.  Thankfully, she's been very responsible with it so it was time for an upgrade! 

 We tricked her with 4 boxes wrapped inside of boxes to get to a sheet of paper saying to pack her bags since we leave for Vegas in the afternoon!  She had no idea. 

 A few days away with just the 3 of us sounds perfect! 

 This fun contraption that holds your phone so you can be hands free while watching a show is too funny!  

Merry Christmas!