I love to see the Temple

We went to a non-member friends wedding in Memphis. Before we went to their wedding we first stopped at the Memphis Tennessee Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. A lot of my friends and family know that I'm a Latter Day Saint (most people call us by a secular name- MORMONS). We believe that families can be forever and by being sealed in the Temple we know we will be a forever family and not just until death separates us- for more information go to http://www.mormon.org/ . Madison and I took pictures in front of the temple and a few of these pictures I just cried b/c it reminds me of the primary song I love to see the Temple. In one of those pictures Madison was looking in on the Temple and it looks as if she's thinking I'll go inside someday!!! AGAIN I JUST BAWLED LIKE A BABY!!! I look over these pictures tons of times and that song replays in my mind and I know one day Madison and I will return to the Temple w/ a worthy priesthood holder and become that eternal family one day =) The picture of the Temple spire with the Angel Moroni atop of it-believe it or not Madison took that one and it's a wonderful picture!!!

Madion's First Haircut

I think I took more pictures than any average person when my daughter got her first haircut!!! Good thing my friend Robin who cuts our family's hair at the House of Style in Willow (SHE'S AWESOME) was laughing her head off b/c she knew what it was like when her baby boy got his first hair cut!!! Madison thought she was the Queen of the day when we went to get her hair cut because we even went and got McDonald's!!! I was so sad b/c when she started cutting Robin turned and said to me "Do you need to sit down?" I told her I just cannot believe that my little baby is finally getting her hair cut for the first time. Robin made her feel like a true princess and every time we pass her salon now Madison says "I need a haircut, I need to see Ms. Robin!!!" WATCH OUT- A DIVA IN TRAINING!!!

Precious Memories

My daughter loves her Papa Dave! These are the cutest pictures on earth of her and her Papa. They were at the Homecoming Parade and it was a candy-fest for Madison!!!

NEWEST COUSIN JOSHY

My ex Sister In Law Katie finally had a baby and she wanted us to see him. These are actually not the first photos of Joshy and Madison @ my ex In Laws. BUT HEY at least I've got photos of them two together!!! She loves babies and wonders when I'm going to have another one for her. I said when God sends your mom a "worthy" husband:) So she said when can I get a new baby like Joshy I said remember Chocolate Pudding at Wal-Mart in the toys. That is the only baby your gonna get for a while:) She was happy with that.

Last Ha-Rah of summer (2)

One of my favorite spots was the taffy pull shop and the waterfall spot. Again they didnt turn out to well-(too dark). Madison enjoyed the free samples so I bought her some cotton candy taffy I might of sneaked a piece or 2 =) She was so worn out she almost missed the kids water portion of the park BUT she woke up and played and played. After that we went to the spinning top Guinness Book of World Records event we had so much fun our spinning top went all over the place!!! I was so busy helping Madison spin I forgot to take pictures-until it was over with then Madison took the map and said lets go here Mommy!! So I found out where the farm section was of the park and we went there and Madison loved it. She got to milk a cow, feed chickens and pump water. Again I was too busy helping to take pictures OH WELL so we'll go back sometime:) We had so much fun it's a great place to take the family. You all should check it out to see if its a place you would like to go at www.silverdollarcity.com it's really cool.

The Last Ha-rah of summer

The trip we took to Silver Dollar City (SDC) was really fun. Madison loved to ride the Dumbo-like ride the best too bad the pictures didnt turn out =( Her second favorite was the teacup-esque ride followed by the frog's. We went through the childrens part of the park and she had seen a peek of the gift shop and there were these stuffed animals-SHE LOVED IT =) If it were not for my friend Mark that I had not seen in 4-5 months Madison would have been looking straight at the camera-THANKS MARK (I hope his wife got a jab in his ribs for me!!). I'll post more pictures in a bit and follow up with some of my favorite highlights.

Wizard of Oz Museum

The tinman is 7 ft tall and has L. Frank Baum's grandson's signature on his shoulder

The 2nd picture is of a pair of ruby slippers that was a comissioned piece of art to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wizard of Oz it contains over 3,000 crystals and some rubies-AWESOME even though they wouldnt let me try them on =(

In the last photo is a wonderful quilt made by a local artist for the museum's grand opening. I wanted to take it home w/ me- OH WELL.

It's an awesome museum & I cannot wait to take Madison to it during Oztoberfest =)