{madison's 13th birthday}

started the day by running through starbucks {of course} at 10 a.m.

venti coffee frappacino light coffee for me

tall passion tazo tea for madison

tall carmel frappacino with whipped cream and caramel sauce for taylor

picked taylor up at her house and headed to old navy in eugene to do some shopping for a little girl at one of john's schools. then, headed over to NIKE at oakway to try and find madison a duffle bag {with money from grammy and papa}, but no luck.

so, then we headed for olive garden for lunch. soup, salad, and bread sticks. yum!

madison and taylor both got new shades at charlotte roos. madison also found lots of cute outfits at hollister and a really cute new volleyball shirt at the duck shop. nice to have money burning a hole in your pocket.

both of the girls have been sick for a long time. taylor was running out of steam, so we decided to go and see a movie at 3:00......jonas brothers in 3-d. i went to pay for the tickets and the guy at the window says, "that will be $45!" what the heck. good thing i didn't know ahead of time or we definitely wouldn't have been seeing that movie.

it was kind of cute to see with two little girls.

got home around 6:00 and john took madison out for ice cream and cake at applebee's.

jonathan neuschwander is staying the night. the boys just ran to the store to turn in a ton of change and were going to go and rent movies.

hopefully it will be a peaceful night. happy birthday madison. i love you.

{birthday dinner}

came home from work tonight to find madison completely crashed on the couch.....with company on the way in about 15 minutes. she is definitely still not up to par.

she perked up when she heard grammy and papa show up and handed out hugs to everyone. including her big brother who wasn't very happy about it.

showing off her birthday cash!


birthday cake. same as always. angel food with whipped cream and strawberries.

new ugg boots from mom.

and a special birthday card from daddy.

we love you madison.

shopping tomorrow in eugene with tayter and mommy. it should be a fun day.

{doctor detour}

made a detour trip to the doctor's office at 3:30 this afternoon.

she was doing so great and then hit a wall all of a sudden.

i really need to get back to work, so i decided to take her in hoping that they would send her home with a "Z pack" or something.

got the same ol' virus answer that i always get. why do i even bother.

they contributed her high fever to her getting ready to get sick again in the next day or so. he asked if she has lost her voice recently. my answer was a big loud "yes" since she sounded like a total dude all last week.

they did do an asthma test on her though {which we haven't had to deal with for a couple of years now} and she was only 10% of "normal," so he ordered her a new inhaler which i need to go pick up from the pharmacy. i was just too D-U-N to pick it up after her appointment.

john and i just got back from fred meyer. ran to get food for her birthday dinner tomorrow night.

hoping she will feel better for her big day on saturday.

and then there is this......missy was commenting on how much the kids have changed in two years. here is the comparison {notice zac's johnny cash look}

{freshman year 2007}

{ junior year 2009}

{sadie hawkins 2009}

john, madison, and i were in forest grove at a volleyball tourney over sadie hawkins weekend.

the kids looked so cute.....and grown up.


lots of pictures with their dog foxxie.

meg, foxxie, and zac.

grammy and papa went over and took pictures for me and helped zac get ready.

thanks mom and dad!!

the kids went out to dinner at ruby tuesday's in corvallis, took pictures at the dance, and left after a half hour. they said it was lame.

anyway......

madison is feeling a little better today. low grade fever and feeling a little droopy, but will probably send her to school tomorrow. i really need to get back to work....i have a lot to do.

why is it that moms feel bad for staying home and then bad for going to work?

ugh!

will officially have two teenagers in the house on saturday as madison will turn the big thirteen!

{sick girl}

103 fever.

{green lips}

grammy kathy trying to figure out how to edit on her computer.....

green lips and all!

way to go mom. i will fix it for you later gater!

love you.....thanks for taking pics for us!

{sadie hawkins 2009}

whenever zac gets ready for a dance john and i call him johnny

{a.k.a johnny cash}

he always wears the same black shirt and pants {they just seem to get bigger each year} with a different colored tie.

so, for every dance john and i always tell him to have fun with june

{a.k.a. johnny and june cash}

more pictures to come tonight!