Never a dull moment

Well, "never a dull moment" was a phrase that my friend Ang and I coined....as soon as I married my husband actually. Being the wife of a youth worker is a job that you learn to be flexible and go with the flow. And then having toddlers and hotel Talley...that phrase basically sums up my life;) I wouldn't want it any other way...don't get me wrong, but this month has been crazy busy and I just think that phrase sums it all up.

Don and I got to go to Ohio for a wedding...two days after being home from OR and the first wedding. The wedding in Ohio was my best friend Ang and Danville!! It was wonderful to catch up with some old college friends, see Ang so happy, and have some actual real conversations with my hubby. It was a great weekend...the pics will come soon.

I am reserving this post of pics for what happened the day after we got home from Ohio. When we got home our Madison had a birthday party. Her actual birthday was on Sunday (Ang's wedding day). So, we celebrated on Tuesday. We decided instead of a big party to do a day at the zoo....we invited one friend and had two sets of grandparents to go with. Maddie was so funny cause she was VERY excited to turn the big 3!!! "How old are you Mad"....to which she always says " FREE;)"....at least that is how it sounds!!

So the day at the zoo was great....good weather, fun people and tired toddlers on the way home!! We celebrated some more when we got home with my mom (who just moved here by the way) and Don's mom and Step dad (who were here to take care of the kiddos while we were in Ohio).

Since, the birthday....Taylor and I have been sick and Don and Maddie are now starting to get sick today. This has been a very busy month...we are looking forward to next week...nothing big on the agenda which sounds good to me!

So, i leave you with pics of my "big girl". Maddie likes to say " I'm not the baby...I'm the BIG girl!!" So sad...she will always be the baby though...just don't tell her that!!




I asked Maddie to give me a big girl smile...this is what she came up with!!





Yummm...chocolate cake....



Maddie loves riding on the carousel...Taylor is afraid..so she rode the train and Maddie rode this!

At one point the animal jumped at the glass at Maddie...she was very surprised.

Daddy making music with the kiddos.

I know this isn 't the greatest pic...but check out Don's new power wheelchair. It worked great at the Zoo and gave him a lot of freedom...and me a break...imagine that. Maddie loves to go with Daddy on the chair screaming "faster faster" the whole time.



The big gift...a Mickey mouse Club house....it has occupied her for a whole week now...she loves it.

Ok...i have no idea if other moms struggle with this or not....at Taylor's party last May...Madison cried during present time and blowing out the candle time...she didn't understand why Taylor got to do all this stuff and not her....so I was a little worried to see how Taylor would do with Maddie getting all the presents....I am happy and proud to say though that Taylor was a great big sister the whole day and enjoyed handing Maddie the presents. She knew this was Maddie's special day. I guess it just makes me feel good that Taylor was able to do this.....I made sure to tell her what a great job she was doing!