Madi and her friend Cody at field day...Cody looks a little to content right there.
They had sprinkler's and the fire truck from across the street keeping them cool!
I love this picture...it encompasses all the freedoms of being a kid. (like being able to run across a field in a swim suit without a care in the world..ahh the good old days)
Madison is obsessed with animals...especially dogs. I think she asks me 10 time a day to take a picture of her and her dog Oreo so I can put in on the blog so it is only fitting she would have a littlest Pet Shop party.
Littlest Pet Shop Cake.
Plenty of friends to help her celebrate the big day!!!
They played freeze dance, threw water balloons at Patrick (wouldn't be a McCabe party without water) played on the swing set, and for some reason I didn't get any footage of her opening presents. But thanks to all who came she had a great party.
I had to throw this shot in there for no other reason than it is one of those pictures you take not realizing what you captured until you are looking back through the photos. The little girl upside down on the swing in mid air on the swing set from HE Double Hockey Sticks (see earlier post for explanation) by some miracle didn't fall out on her head but man that totally could have gone south!!!
I know it looks innocent enough sitting there, all put together, with my children happily having a picnic beneath its shady green roof. But there is a dark side in its shadows. This spring Patrick and I went Turkey Hunting up in Kiabab. My first time going hunting with a tag and not as a cheerleader. The night before opening day we scouted but ended up stuck in the snow for over an hour high centered, Pat in shorts and a short sleeve shirt, and we actually found it humorous which has not been our past experiences stuck in the snow. It was FREEZING cold and INSANELY windy which as we found out is perfect weather for NOT finding turkey. Not for a lack of trying however we got up at the crack of dawn, hiked all up and down steep slopes, sat for hours still as we could against trees calling and calling, road hunted, and even pulled out the blind, but the turkey had the upper hand.
His actual Birthday on March 6th we just had cupcakes at home and Madi made his this fab birthday hat while I was a work.
HUNTING PARTY!!!!
"Stuff the Hunter"
This game involved a cross bow, a deer blind, a foam deer and a lot of patients on the kids part.
The yellow deer grazing on the green rolling hills of the couch. The trick to this game was to keep the kids out of the line of fire. The crossbow shot rather quickly (I know that because I am always a moving target for my husband). That poor deer was shot ten times and was still going strong by the end of the day.
and the opening of the presents which always fun to watch but it is equally exciting for all of the kids, they even act surprised when their presents are opened. There is just nothing like a birthday party to make you appreciate the simple things in life.
Just before Thanksgiving we went up to Kiabab for the much anticipated trophy deer hunt. My husband always puts in for great hunts never really expecting to get drawn and yet every time the results post "not drawn" he is devastated. Well he finally got drawn for a great hunt in Kiabab. The kids and I joined him at camp. Although we don't have any documentation of that because he needed the camera in the event he got something.
We got some great shots of ADAMS Buffalo...
And ADAM'S DEER...
and well that we about it. My poor husband despite valiant efforts came home with tag still in tact and not on any antlers. Madison however happened to join Adam the night he got the Buffalo and was quite thrilled about the whole experience. She calls herself "the lucky charm". Even though the hunt itself did not produce the outcome we hoped for it was fun none the less.
A long trip up...
but a very swift one down. Jacob had to have done this slide twenty times.
Ahhh...to be young again.
Madison somehow looks like she is going twice as fast as everyone else. Maybe it's the hair.
And to end the night...rocking out to Hannah Montana with glow sticks. Really does life get any better.
Porter and his mad dance skills. Or Indian tribal dance. You be the judge.
