What I Missed in 2010

So I missed a couple things at the end of 2010 like New Years Eve. How could I have missed that! New Years Eve is my sister-in-laws birthday and I always look forward to going to dinner to celebrate with the fam and after, we went to her house played Just Dance which was so awesome and totally hilarious, we had a fire pit with sparklers and fireworks to ring in the new year. It was so much fun!

I also missed putting a few Moser family pics up that we had taken over Thanksgiving. HUGE thanks go out to Melissa's boss who took some time away from his own family to come and take these for us. They turned out wonderful, some I am posting are not edited but they are so great I just had to have them on here.

Mom and dad with all their children and their spouses

Grandma and Grandpa with all grandkids

The granddaughters

The grandsons

We are HILARIOUS!!

Our little family

The WHOLE Moser Clan

What better way to start a new year than with family, snow, goodies, movies and sleding! Yeah for 2011!

Before a semester starts we try to spend some significant time as a family. We decided to take a day and go to the Veterans Memorial Park in Boulder City and feed the ducks and walk around the ponds. Maddy LOVES animals and always gets excited when we go to feed ducks. On our way she crashed so Josh and I ate lunch in the parking lot of the park while she caught a few zzzz'ss and then when we finished we decided to wake her up and this was the first face we got. Haha!! She is such a beauty!

I thought this was so funny. Josh was holding the popcorn that we were feeding the ducks with and he was trying to get to a different side of the pond. While he and Maddy walked the ducks kept right on their tail. They stayed with them until Josh and Maddy decided on the perfect feeding spot. :)

Maddy kept wanting the ducks to come eat out of her hand and she would chase them saying, "come here duck, come here, I pet you." Needless to say they kept their distance. I LOVE these simple pleasures, it's a great reminder that time together is what is needed and valued.

Maddy was invited to a birthday party for her friend Layla. It was so fun, the kids had a total blast. It was an art party and Madelyn was in heaven. Maddy LOVES Layla and it was so fun to watch them together. (Even though Maddy would NOT leave Layla alone) Layla was so patient with Maddy being all up in her business. :)

Maddy had to be right by her almost the entire time. It was so funny to watch but we really are grateful for a friend like Layla and her parents. We consider them both family and friends. Thank you for inviting us Layla!

Happy 2nd Birthday Layla!

She's Growing Up

Christmas Eve day we decided to change Madelyn's crib into a toddler bed. I had caught her twice climbing out and at night time it became routine to let her (she would throw a fit if we didn't let her) climb into her bed. I wanted to get a picture of her on her new bed and it turned into a little photo shoot. I would take a picture and she would look at it and say she wanted to take another one. It was hilarious, but I was going to take advantage of a happy 2 year old.

It is so hard to believe that it has only been 2 years since we had Madelyn. Life with her has brought so much joy to our lives. We thank Heavenly Father every day for trusting us with her and we only hope we will be able to teach her and share with her our testimonies and the important things in life.

We love you Pretty!