I just have to brag about my husband a little...though he always accuses me of "talking bad about him" to my family. I'm his biggest fan, but if you ask him he would say I think he can't do anything right. I guess I'm a little oblivious to the fact that I argue with him about inconsequential things. I think it's because we were allowed to "discuss" things with our parents when we were kids...Dad was the boss, but if you could CONVINCE him that you were right, you could sway him to give in to what you wanted. I was known as the "weasler" in our household, because I knew exactly how to phrase things to get my own way. Anyway, all that to say that God gave me a better husband than I could ever have asked for, and in spite of my arguing, he's usually right.

My husband Chris is the best dad, too. I love these photos of him and Madeline at the fair this past summer. I think as she gets older she will become more of a Daddy's girl...she's going to learn so much from him. She woke up the other morning and looked around the bed and said, "Dad-da?" I told her, "Daddy's at work already, Madie." She considered that, and said, "Pink...ball." I had to think for a minute before I connected her words to her complete thought process...she thought Chris was working at his part time job at the grocery store, and Grandma had bought her a pink ball there, at the beginning of the summer. That little girl is smart, and when her vocabulary catches up with her mind, we're all going to be in for a treat. Here's some pictures of Chris and Madie, the biggest blessings of my life!