Happy Birthday Madison!

20 years ago today I became a mother...

To this beautiful, precious little creature...

My life has never been the same and I wouldn't trade it for anything. 

Here she is all grown up...

Happy 20th Birthday Madison!!! No more teenager! Your dad and I both love you very much!

It has been such a joy watching you grow up! From waiting for you to arrive, taking your first steps, getting your first tooth, piano lessons, soccer games, getting baptized, Young Women's, girls camp, driving, dating, jobs, Teacher Training, FCCLA, Color Guard, graduating High School, going to college, moving to Washington. You have been a trailblazer and set the bar high for your sisters to follow. 

Here is a replay of your birthday video from two years ago:

Yay For Maddie! The Day Has Finally Arrived

Has it really been 3 months since my last blog post?! Oh well there's no better post to re-kick things off with then this one:

"The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth." (D&C 93:36)

We just want to say how much we all love & are going to miss you, Madison, as you go off to NAU (Northern Arizona University) on Wednesday. You have been such a blessing, helper to our family & a wonderful big sister!

Faith says she is going to miss you the most because you're the only sister that doesn't fight with her. Sara is going to miss wearing all your clothes & you picking her up from school. Ashley is going to miss you taking her to WalMart late in the night to buy stuff for school the next day & other fun late night things you've done. Adam is going to miss you taking him to the movies. I'm going to miss everything but especially your beautiful smile & all your help driving the kids around & running to the store for me.

While we'll miss you, we are very excited for the new adventure you are embarking on in this new stage of your life! We know fun & enriching experiences await you. NAU doesn't know how stinkin' lucky it is to have you up there!

I'm not gonna lie, as a mother, I have so many emotions right now it's crazy! This video really express it all *tear*



Here's Maddie's 18th B-day video. Give it a look-see. Where did the time go?

Maddie's FCCLA Award Presentation at Mesa School Board Mtg

Tonight Madison was honored at the Mesa School Board meeting by Superintendent Cowen for her Gold Award Chapter Showcase win, representing Mt View High School, at the State FCCLA (Family, Career & Community Leaders of America) competition this spring.

To win she created a huge scrapbook (like 45 pages) of the years activities for all the different FCCLA programs at Mt View, like culinary arts, child development, fashion & interior desgin. The scrapbook has to meet strict criteria in appearance & content & they do a 10 minute oral presentation to the judges. They compete against all the different schools statewide. Believe me it takes hours & hours.

It's Madison's 2nd year being honored at the board meeting as she was the State FCCLA Showcase Gold winner last yr as well.

Last year she went on to compete at the FCCLA National's in Nashville, TN & this year she will be competing in Chicago. She's so excited to be going to Chicago! Whooo Whooo!

We love you Maddie & are so proud of all your hard work & all you've accomplished! You're the BOMB.COM!!!!!!!!

On Monday, we went to a CTE (Career & Technical Education) award ceremony where Maddie was awarded a certificate for completing the 2 year CTE program in Education Professions & recognized for her State FCCLA Gold Medal win at that ceremony as well.