Cute Girl

It's no secret that I love taking pictures...especially of Madison. Here are a few cute (but random) recent photos of our little moo.

A little pose :) I can't believe how tall she is getting!

Such a sweet little face :)

This morning we went for a walk and it was a little chilly to start. Madison was so cozy (even though that hat is bigger that two of her heads!)

Such a serious face! She was eating toast with cream cheese...her new favorite!

Today we went to houstin Howell's 1st birthday party and Madison had a lot of fun playing with Houston and Anderson.

More fun with the boys!

"Cheese mom!!" (Eating cheese and strawberries)

More Leaves

Playing in more fall leaves...until they all blew away on Monday night from the BIG wind storm!

Goofy Girl!

Madison is such a silly girl! She loves to put this purple shape into her mouth and blow through the holes in it. It makes a sound and she thinks its so funny...apparently we all do too since we can't stop laughing!

The 30th Birthday Celebration continues...

Last weekend we continued the celebration of Matt's 30th Birthday! On Saturday we went to the CU Football game (of which they lost, but it was still fun) with our good friends Pete and Dru. First though, since it was Homecoming, we stopped by the guys' fraternity house and dared to go downstairs to the "party room". Looking around the room at all the young guys, we all laughed because we realized that when we were in college, these guys were still in 5th and 6th grades!! That made us feel really old!! After the game, we headed down to Pearl Street in Boulder for the big party for Matt! I tried to keep it a surprise, but I'm just not good at that, so he knew parts of what was going on. The party was at the Boulder Draft House and we all had a great time! Matt got to celebrate with many of our good friends and it was a great night. Thank you to everyone for coming!! While there are no pictures of this, the next day, Matt and a few of his friends went off- road for a fun guys day. It was a great weekend and Matt had a fun 30th birthday week!

Two new mommies back at the fraternity scene! (We didn't stay long...but we had to check it out)

"Brothers" for life! (Peter, Damir, Beau, Matt)

The birthday boy walking into the party! (a little blurry of a picture, sorry)

A few of the decorations- thank you Casey, Amanda, Dru and Justin for helping me set up!

Our good friends and neighbors, Drew and Bethany.

Fraternity brothers and friends

More fraternity brothers and friends

Damir, Dru, Pete, and Paul

The cake! Wasn't Matt a cute (and chubby) baby?!?

We both had a great time visiting with all of our friends

Singing "Happy Birthday"

Friends hanging out

Bodie, Jeff, and Charles

More good friends and neighbors

(Justin, Casey, Drew, Bethany, Amanda, Dan, Susan)

Matt and his very good friend, and college roommate Beau. Thanks for coming all the way out from Boston Beau!!

More "brothers" and friends

Silly Charlie!

The band that played

MATT TURNS 30!!

On Wednesday October 20th, Matt turned 30! He had the day off and we all had a great time celebrating his big day! The night before we had a "pre-party" celebration with one of his favorite meals and cake. Then that night, when Matt was asleep, my mom and I decorated the house with balloons, signs, caution tape, and party hats! In the morning when he came out of the bedroom, my mom, dad, and I bombarded him by spraying him with silly string and singing "Happy Birthday"! Then we sent him on a "Gum Hunt" since he loves gum so much (between my mom and I, we bought him 30 packs of gum. We hid 15 packs for him to find and the other 15 packs she used to decorate his gift). We then went to Snooze in Denver for breakfast and it was amazing! They brought out two different birthday pancakes...a pineapple upside down pancake and a maple butter pecan pancake (with 30 candles on it). Throughout the day, Matt opened lots of gifts and made out well with some lots of shoes and clothes. In the afternoon, Matt, my dad, and I went on a hike in Boulder up the Royal Arch trail. It was a tricky trail (especially since I am battling a cold) but it was a great hike! It could not have been a more perfect day to be outside and see the breathtaking views of Boulder! After the hike, I surprised Matt by taking him to the Flagstaff House in Boulder for dinner. We had a great view of the city and enjoyed a yummy dinner with a bottle of Silver Oak Cabernet. Matt had a yummy buffalo steak! While it was a busy day, Matt had a great time and I am happy that we could spend it together! A big weekend of celebrating is still ahead of him with more surprises, so more pictures and stories to come! Turning 30 wasn't all that scary after all...

At the Flagstaff House for a great dinner.

**This picture should be at the very bottom, but I accidentally deleted it and now don't know how to get it back down there :( **

We even decorated Madison's chair (a little) :)

Lots of these balloons were all over the house!

We really caught him off guard...it was very funny!

The Silly String Monster is alive!!

Finally getting it all off of him, he had to find his way through all of the caution tape!

"I can't believe you are really this old daddy", Madison said shockingly!

Opening his new Dansko shoes from my mom and dad...but first he had to get off all the gum packets :)

Madison even got to enjoy a little pancake at Snooze...she loved it!

The maple butter pecan birthday pancake

We had a great breakfast!

Nana and Madison went to play outside of Snooze's patio...Madison loved sitting on the rail and waving to all the cars and people going by!

Smiling at all the people...with her birthday cake short on for daddy!

Nana love!

Jumping from chair to chair

New tennis shoes for hiking

A BEAUTIFUL day in Boulder to hike...not a cloud in the sky!

Posing on the rocks with some pretty fall leaves

It was quite out of breath here! It's hard to hike when you can't breath out of your nose :)

Matt and Ellie leading the pack

The birthday boy at the top of the Royal Arch! Its hard to see him, but he's there!

"We made it"...that's my dad

A GREAT view at the top

It was nice to sit on the rocks and enjoy the breeze

New jeans

Madison was a very happy girl on daddy's birthday even though she had a little cold and cough too :( !

She loves to chew on this foam star :)

He really like the new clothes that his parents sent

"Hi mom, I'm in this box!"

Playing in more boxes!

Madison kept trying to eat the balloons, but we were afraid that she would pop them!

One of the awesome desserts that the Flagstaff House brought out for Matt

Silly boy with cream on his nose :)