Madison turns 9 and a Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow, as much as I loved 2011, lets get this over with shall we?

Caution- Photo dump ahead!

Madison is alway lucky to have her birthday fall near Thanksgiving.  She is usually surrounded by family and either in Oregon or Utah.  This year we were at Grandma and Grandpa Chapman's house to celebrate.  Her choice activity this year was ice skating so, that is just what we did.  We also took her to her favorite restaurant and to the Children's Museum.  After all the fun in Salt Lake City, we came home for some ice cream cake and presents.  She was thrilled that her Grandparents got her a Fijit and we got her a future trip to the Great Wolf Lodge.  She has been wanting both of those things for quite some time now so I am pretty sure she was pleased as punch.  She also received some money from her grandparents which she used to buy a new American Girl Doll.

We love you Madison, Happy 9th Birthday!!!

We also spent Thanksgiving at Ronnie's grandparents house.  It is always so nice to spend time with them.  We feel blessed to have been able to have them all to ourselves this Thanksgiving.  

And to top off all the fun, we were able to eat at cafe rio, see a few movies, and enjoy some quality time at the family fun center.  Thank you Mom and Daf Chapman for making our little girl's birthday so special and for making such a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.  We love you!
Oh, and Ronnie ran a 10k... looking like this...