New Addition to our Family!!

Meet Sarge Madson our third child. We have been wanting a dog for quite sometime now. Josh works night shift all the time and we wanted to get a dog for security purposes. Well what better dog then a German Sheperd. We looked forever and found him, or he found us. When we went to see the dogs, Brutus(as named by the breeders) marched up to me and started to grunt. I picked him up and he never left my side after that. Me being the sucker for loves, decided he was the one. And it was a wise decision. I don't bond with animals very easily and when my heart cried out for Sarge I knew that he was the one. So we brought him home, first night was rough, he yelped half the night. Second night he slept for 6 hours. Third night, he was just like my tired boyz, he slept till 8 in the morning. Transition was super easy.

We love him very much, Corban and Peyton are always chasing him around, and he absolutely adores kids. SARGE AT 8 WEEKS

WOW!!

Yup, I am definitely the worlds worst blogger. I can't believe the last time I posted something was for Corban's graduation that was 2 months ago-good heck.
Any way I will try to get all the fun things we have done so far since then.

Few weeks ago we just randomly decided to go to Olive Garden for dinner. It has been a while since we have gone out to eat. We sit down to eat, Corban gets pizza and coke and we just got a extra plate for Peyton to eat a variety of stuff from everyones plate.

First thing Corban does is gets some coke suctioned into the straw and puts it on his pizza and eats it that way. Then there is Peyton, dumps his food on the table and starts to eat with his mouth, like a dog or cat. Josh and I looked at each other and silently realized the reason we don't go out to eat any more.--How embarassing.



The south side of the house is still a dirt hole--a whole 13yards if it. We are finally getting gravel and planning to have it cememnted by the end of the week. It has been Heaven for my boys. My kitchen hasn't been clean for more then 30 minutes since the grass was removed. Finally it will stop, and I will shampoo my carpet, hand scrub my kitchen floor and it will stay clean--I hope.

We went to Soda Springs for Father's Day. It was a very nice day, sunny with a slight breeze. Things were perfect till the mosquitoes started to come out. There are so many of them, they can pratically carry you off. Things got worse when Josh hit me on square in the chin/neck with a baseball while playing catch. Ok I make it sound like its his fault, it wasn't, I am the worst when it comes to playing catch, its liek I am crossed eyed or something. I wasn't able to breath for a moment but it all passed and we were back to playing again. WHAT A DAY.



Our dog is getting real big, he is great with the boyz and very funny. He has a tail with a mind of its of , when he runs his tail goes is several different direction just like the lion on wizard of oz.

He is learning quickly and never leaves our yard-so thats a plus. We are very excited to have him as a new addition to our family. There was a time when we went somewhere, my boys were always the center of attention, oh what cute kids, they are darling. Well now its the dog. One lady asked how old is he, I though she was talking about Peyton, well I was wrongs she was wondering about sarge--LOL, its kinda nice that way I dont have to calculate in my head how old Peyton and Corban are--its starting to be to much for my brain to handle :0)
Shy

Pre-School Graduation

Thursday May 22nd was Corban's Pre-School Graduation. He was very excited about it and was a little show-off since grandma and grandpa were there. Graduation started at 7pm, they had practiced very hard during the year for a wonderful and cute program. We took lots of pictures and even a vedio, this definitley was something worth documenting really well.What do you if you have a bunch of very cute kids doing the Flags with their hands the wrong way? You just Smile

All the kids were doing their actions to the songs, Corban just wanted to sing out loud (in the jungle the mighty jungle...)
I am surrounded by very beautiful girls--I better shape up and do better.

THIS IS TAKING FOREVER!!
Wanna see my teeth.
WOOHOOO

THE END

SPRING FUN!!

We have been very patiently waiting for Spring. Finally it arrived and the wait was all worth it. Our two boys are besides themselves, they are having a lot of fun, which usually starts right after breakfast. Corban enjoys playing in the dirt, on daddy's truck, with his new bubble maker and with his friends. He absolutely adores our neighbors daughter, unfortunately they are selling their house and getting ready to build a new home, so they will be moving soon. We have come to love and appreciate them very much. They will be terribly missed.

Peyton enjoys chasing his brother around. He will grab his shoes and sit on the bottom of the stairs and calls out to mommy, "sho, sho". That is mommies cue-put my shoes on so I can go outside. After his shoes are on he stands by the door till you open it and let him out. His most favorite thing to do is play in the dirt and eat it. Yup thats right DIRT, he absolutely loves it. It sure is delicious and nutricious to him. Hopefully he wont get any worms. We have torn out the grass on the south side of the house so we can cement it. Well we havent really got anyone on it to do the cementing part yet, so Peyton is in dirt Heaven. Our kids are a joy and they sure make spring so much more fun then having to worry about taking care of the lawn and doing spring cleaning. So get out there you all and enjoy spring!!

Josh turns 28, Corbans half birthday.

Well, i thoug I will be good at keeping things posted on time, but I am not. I am a whole month late on this mont--then again I'd rather be late then never.
So the plan for Josh's birthday was to have a party with his family and add Corban's half birthday, Chelsea's 18th and moms 50th to it. Things were a little hectic preparing for it all, but the end result was amazing. There was lots to eat and very fun hoops and yoyo cards to open. Corban got a Wii, the reaction from him when he opened his present was priceless. In the turmoil of emotions he didnt know who was who so he turned to his uncle Brady and hugged him and said, "Thanks for the Wii uncle Brady". The whole time Josh, who was sitting across the table, thought wait a minute I am the one who woke up at 5 am to be at Walmart to buy the dang thing.



After the confusion passed Corban finally thanked his dad for the Wii. On Sunday, I surperised Josh by inviting his High School buds over for dinner. There was a lot of story telling and "where the heck have you beens". Overall I was tired of cooking and entertaining--no I didnt complain. Though I am glad it is over.

Thank You!!

So as most of u know that Corban turned 5 last December and Peyton turned 1 in February. Well Corban's first word was daddda, guess what Peyton's first words are-Thank You. Either you give him something or take something away he says Thank you. So could this be because Corban looks and acts like Josh and Peyton looks and acts like me, hmmm.

Josh bought a running 68 GMC 3/4 ton almost 1 year ago that he is planning to rebuild, he hasnt been able to work on it because of the cold weather. Finally two days ago he had enough and emptied out the garage so he can work on it.

Well it was a family affair, we took things apart such as the door, seat, panels etc. I have found my calling in life--mechanics, I absolutely love it and hope to be a pro by the time we are done re-building it.

How do you make a 5 year old eat, within the hour?

So every day for our normal routine we like to sit at the dinner table together as a family. We say a prayer for the food then dig right in. Corban, doesn't just dig right in. He likes to stir in it sing songs, maybe a little nibble, then pick up whatever is sitting next to him and play with it, or ask 50,000 questions, why mommy, why daddy? WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY!
So we say "corban eat, corban hurry up, corban stop playin and eat!" I even went as far as getting him started an hour early before us so he could be caught up by the time we started. No worky! Well tonight I finally decided to do something about it.
Since he is so distracted and can't eat I put him on a chair with a little table facing the door thinking it would be a motivation to get him to eat faster with no distractions. Its all quiet Corban is in his corner we are feeding Peyton then all we hear is tap, tap, tap. Corban has started a drum solo on the little stinkin table to pass the time away!
So I am out of options, anybody have any suggestions?
I keep thinking about the time when I was in boot camp when all we had was 5 minutes to down a three course meal. Sure hope he doesn't decide that route when he turns eighteen. Somebody help us!!!!!
Josh

What a Vacation

Hello All,

We had our first vacation of the year this weekend-February 21st. While hanging at our friends home in Maricopa, AZ we learnt about blogger spot, and thought it was a great way to keep our family and friends updated about our family, so what better time to start then with our vacation. Preparation for it started the weekend before.

First, we went to Boise to support Chelsea (Josh's sister) through the State Basketball Championship-this being her last year in High School and all her team did great, they went all the way to the finals and lost to a 3 times in a row State Champion team.
Anyway we had a great time hanging out with family. On our way home we stopped at Applebees in Twin Falls with Brady (Josh's brother) for dinner. Corban didnt want to eat and started complaining that he didn't feel good. We didn't think anything of it at that time since he is always complaining that he does'nt feel good when it comes to eating a meal.
We got home somewhere around 10pm everyone was eager to get in bed, and this is when we discovered that Corban had the Flu. His temperature stayed at 103 till tuesday. He threw up a couple of times and layed in bed for 3 days straight. But thankfully by the end of Tuesday he was doing rather good. Then came Wednesday, Peyton woke up and was sick. We were all bummed because we were all ready to go on our mini vacation for the year. Well to be just safe I took him in to the doctors and found out that he had RSV (respiratory Syncytial Virus). RSV causes infection of the lungs and breathing passages and is very highly contagious. So I waited for the Doc to give me the bad news and advise me against travelling.

No that didn't happen. So the good doc game him a prescription and sent us on our marry way.
So we all got up early Thursday headed to catch our flight to Phoenix. Everything went very smoothly at the airport, no waiting in lines, no delays, and no losing of things.

Phoenix, warm, way warm, anything is warmer than 13 degrees that we have here in Blackfoot. We were super stoked about wearing shorts and sandles and sun screen.

First place we went in phoenix was called Rawhide, upon entering the place we witnessed a Stand off between a sheriff and some villager, the whole place was set up as an olden days town. Kind of like the one in "Work and the Glory" . We ate dinner and enjoyed walking outside pretending we were in some cowboy town, while the boyz enjoyed being with pregnant Hiedi, Darin and their son Daniel Phelps (our friends).

We spent the next day hanging out and recouping from the trip and then on Saturday we went to a "Renaissance Festival". And this was quite the place to be. Everyone was dressed in olden day clothing, corsets that push the hoohaas to the max and knights, Robin hoods, Kings, Queens, Princes' and even wenchs :)

We watched juggling, joust, sword fight, looked at a torture museum(creepy), and a bird show. Josh and Corban rode on an elephant, I wasn't brave enough so I watched from the side lines. We met a talking walking/talking tree.

Peyton was a trooper through the whole thing and Corban was just too darn excited to hang out with mom and dad. Peyton has started to walk so we gave him a few minutes here and there to get out of the stroller to walk around. Everytime he got the opportunity he would turn and walk in the opposite direction to what we were walking towards, he had the biggest smile in the whole world when he did that, "it was saying look at me go, and no you can't get me".

Anyway, the best day of the whole vaca was Sunday, we went to watch NHRA Championship race at the Maricopa Firebird Raceways. Heidi was very kind to take care of Peyton for the day so we can go to the races. I was stoked to meet Ron Capps. Corban hated it in the beginning because it was rather loud. But after we went and met some drivers, got their Autographs and pictures he got as excited as Josh was about the whole thing. I got to get a close up of Ron Capps -woohoo and Josh a close up with Hillary Will. We met "Fast" Jack Beckman, Ronn Capps, Tony Pedragon, J.R Todd, Jeg Coughlin, Melanie Troxel, and Hillary Will.

Well it was a great first mini vacation. We are back home and now Josh has the Flu, guess the flu is here to stay. A small reminder would be to WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER COUGHING INTO THEM! And no its not ok to use another persons tooth brush.