We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

For the past couple months Madelyn has expressed when she needs, or is going poo poo, by pointing at her diaper and saying, "poopies." So the other day when she did this I looked in her diaper and there wasn't anything in there yet, I hurried and put her on the toliet, and she did it! For the past three days she has done it twice, but she gets pretty bored up there on that toliet seat. After dinner last night she was telling us she had "poopies" so I hurried and sat her on the toliet, but I think she honestly just had some gas...which hello she is related to Scott soo, could be true! Well Scott thought it was so funny that I was reading to her that he took a picture, thanks Scott. Hope this is a start to something great! Keep it up sweet Maddy!

Last Saturday was our ward Christmas party...what a fun night! Rylan had a blast with his church friends until he was running and somehow ran into a chair and he ear was bleeding! Ouch! It didn't look that bad then but when he woke up the next morning his ear was purple! Anyway he really loved talking to Santa and when I asked him if he thought it was the "real" Santa, he said, "No, probably not, but he was a GOOD Santa, plus he even knew my NAME! how the heck did he do that?" Rylan has written his letter to Santa and we are going to take it to Macy's whenever it stops snowing! Maddy did not have a pleasant experience, I tried to put her on santa's lap and she screamed "no, no, noooooo!" Maybe next year.

Our Thanksgiving holiday started with Rylan's Thanksgiving program. Isn't he cute! Scott was able to go help with his class and their feast. He was in charge of a game, and dishing up the plates for all of the kindergartners. Then we headed up to Grangeville to spend time with the Hooglands. This is Grammy and Papa's (although Papa won't claim her) dog Scamp. She was adopted from an old neighbor and Rylan just loves her. Rylan also loves Sprinkles and Nugget. Papa built this feeding area to put hay in and it is perfect for Rylan to get right up to the horses while they are eating, and not get kicked. When Scott and I went to Colorado we brought Rylan back a slingshot, and Grammy and Papa's house is perfect for a slingshot, there are rocks to shoot, and little critters running around to aim at...however Rylan was told that if he shot an animal he would have to eat it. He aimed at trees instead. Thanks for the FUN!