mississippi

so...i was going to get this posted right away...but didn't have the pictures to do it with. this past weekend we went to see my good friend from school, taci. she lives in milwaukee, but her parents live in lacrosse...so we met halfway there. we left on friday and came back saturday, which made for a short trip...but it was fun nonetheless. there was a great park across the street from the house and madelyn loved running all around there and of course swinging.

we went to the mall for a quick little time to let the weather heat up a bit more and to pass time. i couldn't find anything for me...it was quite depressing...but oh well!

after the mall we ate at a restaurant next to the river and took a picture of maddie on this jet-ski ride. we didn't have any quarters with us to let the thing do what it did, but the pictures are pretty cute anyway.

then we headed to the mississippi where we spent the rest of the afternoon. it was gorgeous out and madelyn had a BLaSt! she'd run into the water and come back out on dry land...then we'd splash...then i'd hold her up and swing her into the water...she just loved it all!

we got back to the house and had to leave to pick up mitch who was at his college friend's house. the weekend was great and i'm glad we went!

today i accepted the job at the furniture place...i don't know how long it's going to last, because i just don't know if i can work weekends and be away from maddie, but the pay might justify it all...so we'll see how it goes!

jobs...

so i got the job offer from the daycare on monday. i haven't heard from the furniture store on whether or not they want me. it's such a big decision! either i stay at the same building and work for a few bucks...or i work in another building and send maddie to daycare and make triple that. i'd work a few weekends too...but i've always worked weekends...so it doesn't matter as much to me as it matters to mitch.

we're going to see my dear friend, taci, over the weekend in lacrosse. mitch will be dropped off on our way to see his college buddies. should be fun for both of us. hopefully the weather is going to be nice...we want to take madelyn to the beach and park!

hopefully i remember to take pictures...then i'll get to post them!

catch up!

so...i'm still behind in keeping this updated. ahhh! we had lasagna on monday night and usually it's just a regular supper...clean up...done. madelyn of course, had to make it a little more exciting. it was hillarious! i gave her some chopped up on her tray and ate a few bites of my own. i look over and she looks like she was giving herself a lasagna facial! mitch and i just laughed...although i know mitch was thinking, let's get this cleaned up! so she had a bath and went to bed. i never thought i'd think something was so precious...but this was!

yesterday we went over to grandpa and grandma r's for a little bit. we sat out on their patio and enjoyed these last days of summer. it's gone by waaay too fast! if these summers keep going by this fast we'll be sending maddie off to kindergarten in no time at all!!! :(

reuniting

we had the big family reunion this weekend. there were lots of people there...some i knew...most i didn't. i meant to take a lot of pictures...but i didn't take ANY! trying to get better!

snowsuit in the summer

we bought madelyn her snowsuit for the winter. we found it online at cabela's and used mitch's club points to get a great deal. she got a whole columbia snowsuit for under $20! it only came in a light green/lime color...but we'll get pink hat/mittens to match that. mitch can't wait to take her our and play...and i guess i can't either! :) i hope the winter isn't too long or too cold! :) here it is:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0050306970889a&navCount=3&podId=0050306&parentId=cat603758&masterpathid=&navAction=push&cmCat=MainCatcat21404-cat602000-cat603758&catalogCode=OG&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat603758&hasJS=true

oh deer!

forgot to post the picture of the deer we saw last night! woops! here they are!

the weekend

still struggling to keep this blog updated...pretty sure no one is really reading it anyway...but i want to have some kind of place to put what i'm doing/thinking/feeling. i need some kind of outlet!
so...the weekend started friday. i watched my nephew all day and had an interview for a daycare position after that. it didn't go very well...not sure about it...she seemed pretty disorganized when she said that she was going to have a schedule prepared she didn't...kind of annoying...but we'll see how it goes. time will tell.
after the interview we went to the county fair and madelyn had a hoot of a time seeing all the animals. we started in the dnr building where she thinks that every deer/coyote/moose mount is a puppy. it's really cute...and i can't believe they don't scare her. they were big...but she just loved them. we also saw pigs, roosters, lambs, and chickens and all the fun fair animals. we got a photo with the bunnies...one day madelyn will have her own to take care of at the fair...who knows?! we ended the day with a traditional shake at the dairy stand and a couple rounds of bingo.

{daddy's famous shake at the fair..he has to share now!}

{the "puppies" at dnr building}

{the soft bunnies-we were saying hi to them}

saturday we had a 50th wedding anniversary for one of mitch's aunt's/uncle's. that was really fun...madelyn loved running around the little city park where it took place. she's getting so brave and loved the slide that uncle nic and her daddy helped her go down! :)
now sunday we had to babysit for my brother bill. it was so much fun, maddie loves playing with her cousins!

tonight we saw a mama deer with her two babies...such a cute thing to watch. first the little birds...which i never did get a picture of...and now the deer.