Christmas Day at the Madsen's

We took the Snowmobiles Out North on Christmas Day with Nicks Dad and brother Ken We all had a really great time and Alivia loved it.

Blake and Alivia sitting by the fire in a bucket and a heater waiting for their turn to ride the snowmobile.
Grandma Madsen got me and the girls aprons and kenzie's matched what she was wearing that day so I kept trying to take a picture but she kept running from me or turned. This was the best I came up with.
Nicks brother Travis and McKenzie relaxing and getting ready to open the gifts from Blake and Terry.

Christmas Morning at Grandma Rosie's

All Christmas morning Kenzie played with the microphone, it was so cute she kept it to her mouth and danced.
Kenzie showing us some dance moves while she sang her songs.
The kids playing with all of the toys Christmas morning.

Bree got some table and chairs which she loved to sit at. Livie and Kezie also loved playing at it with her. My Beautiful Christmas Girls

Christmas Morning at Grandma Rosie's

McKenzie got a wagon that she just loved, the first thing that she did was open the door and climb in. She didn't like it if you tried pulling her though. She just wanted to sit in it and read her books and hold her bear.

Alivia got a Salon set which was a hit with all of the kids, Alex loved it. The rest of the weekend Alex, Mady, and Alivia were always doing eachothers hair.
Alex had a bunch of stuff, He got a snowmobile sled just like his Dad, as well as the snow outfit. He looked so dang cute all dressed up to go play in the snow.

Santa checking on the kids

The Sunday before Christmas we went over to my sister Lisa's house to have dinner and open gifts from the kids when Santa came in to check on us. The kids loved him. He gave them a little bell which Kezie loves, she gladly took that from him but would not get any closer to get a picture with him. For the next few days Alivia kept thinking that Santa was going to come to her house and when anyone knocked at the door she would always scream "It's Santa"

Frosty the Snowman

All done with Frosty and coming in out of the cold.
Nellie and Alivia playing. She still thinks that she is a lap dog.
Livie loves Nellie
Livie insisted that we call him Frosty. She even made him have a stick out of his mouth like the frosty on her shows.

Oregon and California Coast Vacation.

Alivia at Donor and Reed pass. She was being a little stinker for the movie but the Ranger there thought that she was so cute and funny the whole time. She insisted that she have 4 braclets on, her glasses and a neckless. The wall behind her is a marking of how deep the snow was. I can't believe that anyone even survived.
This was the tree that you can drive through. We had borrowed my Moms truck and it was a little to big to fit through, but it was fun watching others try to get their cars through it.
I thought that this place was so beautiful. There were clover's everywhere it was just like on a movie.
Our kids loved having Grandma with. She made the trip a lot more fun. She had also been there a few times before so it was nice to have her tell us about the palces and navigate us through our trip.

The RedWood Forest

My mom took us on the Tram thing which was a blast. Alivia loved it, which was funny because we were up so high and since she would come within 25 feet of the ocean.

Nick and McKenzie standing by a huge tree before we got on the ride.

Nick talked to one of the locals at the place we were staying and they told us to take this road which turned out to be amazing, even though my mom slept the whole time. It was a dirt road that sometimes turned out to be hard to pass someone if they were coming the other way. It was one of the most beautiful places that I have ever seen.

Our Summer Vacation to the Oregon Coast

For our summer vacation this year we did the Oregon Coast and California Coast. One of our favorite things that we did was go to the RedWood Forest the trees where huge it was almost unreal.
We went and dipped our feet in the river for a little break from the winding roads and to have lunch.
We took a little detour thinking that we were taking a different road. It was a lot of fun and very pretty, but I was so scared of the cliffs most of the time that I could hardly enjoy it.
The rock behind me I ended up getting stuck on. The wave came and about took me out, so I had to hang on for life.
I love this picture, my mom was so great to have with she would come and get into the water with me when my husband and kids wouldn't. The wave behind her was coming and she ran for it but it still got her all the way to her waist.

Gardner Villiage

A bunch of us girls each year get together and go to Gardner Villiage while they have all the whiches out. This year the only people that made is was Megan, Alicia, and me with our kids. It was pretty cold and Kenzie didn't like getting her picture taken by herself.
The future Mr. and Mrs. Johnson

As you can tell Livie was pretty cold.
They had a fun time playing together. We had lunch at the resturant there which took them forever but the food was pretty good and the company even better.

Murder Mystery Night

It was a lot of fun Gina, Mindy, Emilee, me and our husbands all got together for a dress up Murder Mystery night. Mindy and Jesse had it at their house and made it look really cute and made a great dinner. After a few hours of trying to figure out who the Murderer was it turned out to be Gina.
It was fun to dress up like we used to back in the day. I was a Flapper girl, Mindy was a Reporter, Gina was a Harlot, and Emilee was a Singer/Dancer.
Nick couldn't find a cigar so he used a pen and took out the ink. Nick was a millionaire Gambler, Jake was a Golfer, Jesse was a Baseball player, and Andy was a Lawyer. All in all I had a really fun night.

Livie and Alex cut eachother's hair