Family Reunion

Madison's Birthday Party In Logan Utah

Hogle Zoo Salt Lake City Utah

Wedding Season!

I guess June is the wedding season. Teresa cousin Dena was married two weeks ago and now we were blessed to travel to Utah and attend Lisa and Bill's wedding. It was nice to see some of my family that we are not able to see as often as we would like. This trip was special to Madison because she was able to meet her Papa Lujan and her cousin Hannah for the first time. Dad and Lisa don't they look nice together.
It was very nice to see my Dad it has been a while. Madison was running around non stop at the wedding. Her new favorite thing is stairs and it seems like everywhere we went on this vacation there were stairs. we managed to get her stop for a picture for a brief second. Madison and her cousin Hannah got to meet each other for the first time at the wedding and they were just adorable.

It's always great to see Auntie. Now that were not right around the corner from each other Terri, Madison and I really enjoy the time we get to spend with her.

These two were inseparable during the time they spent together.

A Typical Day At The Farm

Here's Maddie at Maga and Ampa's house. She loves to be out at the farm. She was on her way to go see the new piglet whom she calls Charlotte.

Charlotte got into the pin with the bigger pigs. Madison was laughing hysterically because it was so funny watching Daddy & Ampa chase Charlotte.

Here's Madison with her best buddy, Polly.

Maddie and Daddy playing on the swing.

Madison likes to wear our shoes. She looks so funny. Since she knows how to put her shoes on, it seems like she is constantly switching shoes every few minutes. She tries to tie her shoes but gets so frustrated when she's unable to. But we're still learning.

Madison's new adventure is to climb out of her crib. After she climbed out twice, I decided to ask her how she does it. Maddie's response was: "Look at me Mommy" and started to laugh. What she does is put one leg over the rail, starts to hop with the other just high enough to give her a boost and then she pulls herself over to the other side. After my lesson on how to escape a crib, she says: "Good job Maddie"!!! She is very proud of her new accomplishment but she doesn't understand that she can get hurt in the process. Jon and I are going turn her bed into a toddler bed soon. So to make it fun, I think I'm going to buy her a new bedding.

Maddie is growing bigger and smarter everyday. She is very impatient sometimes so I'm always asking her to be patient. So if Jon and I call her more than once, she tells us to be patient. I guess we have to practice what we preach. When she gets frustrated/impatient, I give her a look and she automatically says: "I know, be patient Maddie". She cracks me up.

Last week, when I got home from work she walked up to me and said: "Mama, I a disciple- Alelulah and AMEN"! My heart was so touched. My mom bought her Christian DVDs and it's kids singing church songs. Maddie LOVES to sing along and dance. She tells us she sings and dances for Jesus. She is so special and I just love her with all my heart.

Madison's 1st Train Ride

Madison and Daddy running to get on the Amtrak.

Madison stood up and stared out the window the entire trip. She kept pointing out what she was seeing and was soooo excited!

Here's a picture of me and my two favorite people in the world!!!! I just LOVE these guys.

Our fun train ride came to an end. There's Jon and Maddie getting off and our next destination was the zoo.

Here we are at the Chaffee Zoo- Yippie!!! I had taken Maddie about 7 months ago to the Santa Barbara Zoo and she had fun but didn't pay too much attention to the animals. This is the first time Jon had been to the zoo with us so I was really excited for both he and Maddie.

Here's my cutie pie visiting her pals, the elephants. She's so adorable! She kept her sun glasses on the entire time at the zoo. She doesn't like the sun in her face.

We went to the petting zoo and she got to pet a sheep and goats. She is so fearless of animals. I think I'm more scared than she is- in fact, I know I am. She has pet a pig and baby lamb on the Grandpa/ma's farm but this was the first time she pet a goat.

There were several goats so she decided she wanted to brush all of them. If it was up to Maddie, we would've spent the entire day at the petting zoo.

Here's Maddie and Jon eating snacks and I believe we were visitng the camel who got VERY close to Maddie's face. Again, I was scared and she thought it was funny.

Maddie just visited the reptile house. Here she is sitting in a turtle shell.

Auntie came to visit us for the day. We were so happy she came to spend time with us. She and Maddie are hanging out on some kind of creepy looking animal.

After a long and fun day, Maddie is relaxing and reading a book. She loves to look at books and enjoys being read to.

Awww. Here's my little doll face. Isn't she a cutie? I just love our little princess.

We had such a fun time at the zoo. The weather was very nice and Maddie had a blast. She definitely had a better time this time around. She pointed out all the animals by name and kept waving to them. She also got to touch a sting ray. She also touched one a few months ago at the Long Beach Aquarium. It's too bad she probably will not remember any of this. The excitement in her voice and facial expressions were priceless!!! The reason we took the Amtrak to the zoo is because she has this infatuation with trains. Our next field trips will be to Disneyland in May, Utah in June, and Hurricane Harbor in July. Also, Maddie will be 2 in July and will be having 1 party at the water park in Fresno and another party in Southern Cali. with a jumper and all that good stuff. She is one lucky girl! I'm sorry for the long blog and all the pictures. Thanks again Auntie for coming and visiting us. We had alot of fun and miss you like crazy!!!

Maddie loves to garden with Grandma RuthAnn. She has her own kid friendly garden tools and loves to smell flowers.