Sea World

We took the kids to Sea World Easter weekend. I wish I could say we had a lot of fun, but it was such a bad weekend to go. It was so packed! Our day was cut short after Damien got sick in one of the souvenir shops. The highlight of the day was seeing shamu. Seeing the kids faces light up made it all worth it.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! We hope you all had a wonderful day!

Our chubby little guy!

This is for all you who keep bugging me to update this blog. Truthfully, I had no idea there were so many people interested in reading it, so I better get crackin and update you all on the life of the Madsen's...

Gabriel is turning into quite the little chunk. He now weighs just over 11 lbs, more than doubling his birth weight. Surprising, since he spits up almost every time he eats. He loves to be held, which makes it hard to get things done (Like update blog). It's a good excuse, right? Even though I don't have as much free time as I use to, I think I am finally getting the hang of having 3 kids. Gabriel has brought so much joy to our family. Last weekend he got to meet his cousins for the first time. Gabriel and I flew to Boise Idaho to visit my sisters. We had a great time. He has never had so much attention. He got passed from one cousin to the next the whole time.

Damien celebrated his 6Th birthday yesterday! It makes me kind of sad to see him get so big, but yesterday he told me he will always be my baby boy (melts my heart). He also told me six year olds don't take naps... I was hoping nap time would last through high school.

Amaya has been very interested lately about the holy ghost? "What does it look like? Is is white? Is it mean or nice? Is it a boy or a girl?" She has been learning about the holy ghost at church, and watching a lot of scooby doo at home.

As for Riley and I, things have been going great. He is now the Pharmacist manager at CVS. He works quite a bit, but seems to enjoy it. I am so glad I was able to go to Idaho last weekend. I was ready for a break. I had such a good time with my sisters. We did A LOT of shopping, and I loved it. It was really nice catching up with them. I can't wait until I can see them again!

He's here!

We were not expecting Stephen Gabriel for another three weeks, but he decided to spend Christmas with us. What a great Christmas present! He was born Dec. 18th at 11:32 a.m. He weighed 5 lbs. 5 oz. and was 18.25" long. Damien and Amaya can't get enough of him. They just love their baby brother. He is such a little angel. We are so blessed to have him in our family.

Catchin up!

Alright, so I've kind of slacked a bit, but it is the holidays and life gets a bit crazy, I'm sure you all understand, right? I am so happy to say I am done with my Christmas shopping, so I can now relax.
Let me catch you all up on the Madsen's life in Texas. Since I wrote last we have been having some fun, and not so much fun.
The fun... Riley's parent were here for about a week last month and they kept us really busy. We went to a wild animal safari and had a blast! The animals came right up to our window and we were able to feed them. The kids liked the Zebra's the best. That same day day we went on a glass bottom boat tour where we got so see all kinds of fish and plants. It was a busy day! The kids loved spending time with their grandma and grandpa.
The not so fun... Since Damien started school, he has brought home many different viruses. Last month he had strep, bronchitis, and the flu. We had to put him on breathing treatments for about a week. Thank goodness we didn't catch any of this. Thanksgiving was not so much fun. We thought Damien was feeling better, so we went to breakfast, but he started feeling sick again, so we had to spend the rest of the day at home.
This is our first Christmas in our new home and we are loving it. Since it doesn't get really cold here, we try to light our fireplace every chance we get. It was cold the day we decorated our tree, so we turned on some Christmas music and lit a fire. That really put me into the Christmas spirit. This was also the first year for us to put Christmas lights on the house. Riley really enjoyed that, and it looks great.

Our new car!

We are finally a two car family! After living over a year with one car, we decided it was time to get a second, especially before the little one comes. We bought a Land Rover with seven seats. It is so nice to have all that extra room. It was so clean until Riley decided to take it into the dirt. Since I get to drive it all the time, I guess he needed to have his fun with it.

Happy Halloween!

We were so happy to have Grandma/pa Madsen spend the week with us and stay through Halloween. Riley had to work all day, so it was great having their company.
Damien was superman and Amaya was a ballerina. It's so funny how they change the second they put those costumes on. Amaya wouldn't stop dancing in circles, and Damien ran around as if he was flying.
We had so much fun trick or treating, at least Amaya did, Damien fell asleep in the stroller about 20 minutes into it. Poor kid. He gets exhausted after a long day at school. Amaya was quite the entertainment. She dragged us all over! She would yell "trick or treat!" over and over until someone would open the door. She was so scared of two little kids who were dressed up as Gremlins. We kept running into them. She kept saying, "those kids are sooo spooky". She wasn't scared of anything else, even the creepy witch handing out candy in her driveway.
I hope you all had a Happy Halloween. I wish we could have seen all your kids in their costumes. Send me pictures if you can.