Maddie turning One

It is hard to believe that Maddie turned 1 year old.  She is such a cute, happy baby and very patient with her brother and two sisters.  Dennis and I went over to see her after lunch with Chelsey and her family at Golden Corral.  Travis and Ryann were at Soccer games with their girls.  We bought Maddie a little "mini" computer for her birthday.  She seemed to enjoy playing with, but I know that Hunter wanted to get his hands on it too.

Oh, it doesn't get any cutier than this.  Just look at that expression on her face.

2012 Chelsey Graduation

Wow Chelsey made it to Graduation! Babies in TOW!

 What a beautiful Graduate - and well deserved!

 Chelsey's Family at Graduation - 4 Generational picture.

 Dennis and I with Tanner, Chelsey, Cooper and Kylie.

 Kylie was really happy that day - I am sure that she was really proud of her mother.

 Cooper was really happy that day too - I am sure that he was really proud of his mother (especially since both of them went to class everyday - they should be the youngest, super educated twins ever.

 Chelsey and her Grandma - She was so proud of Chelsey that day - and she loves holding the twins.

 Chelsey and her Mom - I am sure that Tiffany is one proud Mom too!

Way to Go Chelsey - Congratulations!

Great Grandma and the Twins

This is my mother, Ruby holding Tanner and Chelsey's babies.

Tanner and his family with his Grandmother.

Ruby did incredibly well holding both twins at the same time.  We tried to support both of them with pillows.

 Oh - look at those faces!

 They are so cute together.  Here is Tanner's 4 generation picture.  WOW impressive!

What a great little family Tanner and Chelsey and something to be proud of.

Strolling through the Tulips

Dennis and I went down to Thanksgiving point the end of April to see the millions of beautiful tulips.  I tried to count how many different colors and types, but I soon lost count. Here is the entrance into Thanksgiving point and pictures of my favorite tulips.

 This is my favorite picture with the walkways which were everywhere, but at this moment it did not have people walking on it.

 Dennis in the white tulip patch taking pictures of you know who????

 Young girl statue sticking her foot in the water (this just looked so real to me).

 This is the special garden area where they had taken stories from the bible and portrayed them in bronze statues. There was no beaten path to the statues.  You had to get off the pathways and walk down to where these were.  It was very symbolic.

 This is where they take a lot of bridal photos.

 See how many different colors you can count.

This is the entrance into the ponds for the children.  It is absolutely stunning (Notice there is no door knob)

This is inside the doorway. I loved the mossy hanging vines and the tulips on the other side.  This area had a ton of different colors - just amazingly beautiful.

 The falls are made-made and you can walk up onto the top ledge and look down below.

 They have a children's discovery area and Noah's boat is right in the middle.

 I thought this was really cool - the kids could climb all over it - in the middle, on the sides, on the top - Wow what a great toy for kids - Strength training.

I loved the look of this tulip.  We had a such a wonderful and colorful trip.  Everyone should go!