A lot of catching up to do!!!!!!!!

Last time I wrote was in February when we were putting the swing set together. It has been finished since that weekend and was ready to go for Madalene's Birthday party.

Madalene is always a big helper. She helped finish with putting the Mulch around the swing set and made sure the walk way was swept before her guests arrived. She also helped Becky put the finishing touches on the Soccer ball birthday cake.

Grandpa Bob giving a good push!

The swing set was a big hit at the Birthday Party!

Later that night Madalene and a friend tied up Ian as they were playing dress up.

It had been a long day and when the kids went out they went out hard!!!!

In the middle of March Madalene and I went home for a friend's wedding and Easter. Madalene was so excited about getting on an airplane. On Southwest it was open seating, Madalene had a window seat for every flight and enjoyed being able to watch the luggage being loaded. When we were coming into Chicago Midway there were a lot of ponds and she said "Mommy look at all the mud puddles!"

While we were home we took advantage of the Zoo once again. We were really fortunate with a beautiful day and the animals were also very cooperative.

After a good trip home we flew back to Virginia and packed up for Rendezvous. The picture below is Madalene at the kids tent playing.

A couple weeks back Madalene and I went up to Richmond with Seth who has class there every other weekend. While we were there we went to an activity at the High School for the district Bobby works at. They had all kinds of fun activities and Madalene played hard.

Finally, this past weekend Mom, Les, Melissa, Christian, Kathy, Scott, and Sara were in town for graduation. It was a very busy weekend, but we had a great time. It was such a treat to have us together for Mother's Day. The three little ones had a great time and were plum worn out come Monday. Everyone left by midday on Monday and Madalene slept Monday night from 5:45pm to 8:30 am. I would say she needed some rest after a big weekend.