The madness has started!!!

Yes! The madness of remodeling our kitchen has begun!!! I will have to post pictures when I can get my camera working again.....AARRGGHH....Another frustration I cannot deal with right now.

Anyway - We cleaned out all the cupboards and tore out all of the old cupboards today. My hard working husband was just as excited as I was to "throw out" the old cupboards. I can hardly wait!!! Madisen thought it was so neat that our fridge is now sitting in the dining room. All the boxes and stuff are in the dining room, the dishwasher is in the front room, etc.....I must admit, it is driving me a little crazy!!! I cannot wait until we can start putting it back together.

Tomorrow our sheetrock guys are coming. We need to tear out the "boxes" that were at the top of the cupboards. I cannot wait!!! We had cereal for dinner which Madisen thought was cool. Cold cereal....yummy!!

Happy 8th Birthday Princess!!!

May 12th was Madisen's 8th Birthday! I cannot believe it. Here are a few "early" pictures and the other pictures are mostly from this past year. I love you Madisen - always!!!

Ear Piercing for Madisen

Ok. So I know that my little princess is definitely growing up. She has been begging us for over a year to let her get her ears pierced. I told her that if she received a 100% on her spelling test that I would let her. She did it!! So on Saturday- May 3rd her dad took her to the mall to have her ears pierced. You may be asking why her own mother did not take her. I have to be honest. I just could not do it. I can remember being 10 and having my ears pierced and it hurt like crazy!! I could not watch someone hurt my girl like that. So - Madisen's dad was the brave one and took her. Great job dad! The earrings look great!!

More Madisen dialogue

Madisen was in the car with my sister Laurel and her husband Dayn coming home from Dayn's parents house. They live off of Bangeter Highway and 13400 South. There is a new Wal-mart that just opened there. There were some deer in the road. Laurel and Dayn told Madisen to look at the deer.
Madisen took a look at all the deer that were in the road. Madisen told Laurel and Dayn - What are those deer doing in the road? Don't they know that they should not be on the road? They should be on the sidewalk!!!!

Madisen dialogue

Ok. So last week when the Jazz were up 2 games to the Rockets, Jared and Madisen were watching the game. The Jazz had their "B" team in which is mostly black players. I was on the computer working on who knows what. Anyway - I overheard the following conversation:

Madisen: Daddy
Jared: Yes
Madisen: Do you have to be black to play basketball?
Jared: (Trying not to bust up laughing) No - why?
Madisen: It seems most of the players on the Jazz are black.
Jared: Some are, but there are other that are not.
Madisen: Like who - I don't see any playing right now.
Jared: (With a huge smile) Well, there is Harpring, A.K., Okur, Korver and Fesenko.
Madisen: But are the players that are black, are they better than the white players?
Jared: No, not necessarily.
Madisen: Then why are only black players playing right now.
Jared: I don't know, go ask your mother.

At this point I am practically rolling on the floor with laughter. Such an observate kid now, huh?