Can't believe July's almost over...

This pic was taken last Sabbath afternoon as a bunch of us lounged around the Harmon's yard...enjoying a last-minute/joint-effort picnic. Maddie snuggled in for a good nap in the shade...


These are just adorable pics of Ben "helping" Maddie push her car. None of us tried to get them to do this, they just did. Ben is just the cutest little buddy for Maddie!





These are pics from the Coos County Fair! We moved up here right before the fair came last year..but personally..it was too overwhelming to really have that much fun with everything we had just gone through. Well..this time was very different! :-) We showed Maddie all the animals, ate lots of yummy "Fair-Foods", played games...Katie, Sally and Ben Roesel met us there and we had a great time..Fairs sure have a way of bringing out the inner-kid in us all, don't they? :-)









Here are pics of "Omi" and Maddie at the Blueberry farm last Monday. Maddie was so sleepy and she fell right to sleep in the frontpak. (Just thought the pics with her beloved Bunny were pretty cute)




Here are pics of Maddie's 1st Dental Check-up! We figured if we were going to encourage the public to bring their little ones BY age 1...we better do it ourselves! :-) Maddie did great! It probably helped that Daddy was the dentist...but either way...she didn't cry, and enjoyed the new experience. (trust me..I would have mentioned it if she freaked out and screamed the entire time! We're just glad it went well..) :-)






These pics are of the 2nd Annual Diabetes Walk in Bandon, OR. Karen, Maddie and I did this walk last September while the guys were 4-wheeling at the Rubicon. This year we were all here and enjoyed the windy walk together as a family. We headed north up the coast to Newport after the walk--we enjoyed a relaxing weekend visiting the Aquarium, shopping and stopping in to see family friends.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MADDIE!!! :-)

Hmmm...how to sum up the pictures...I know that there were a ton....but for those of you that we wish could've been here..but couldn't....maybe getting to see a bizillion pictures of the weekend will make you feel like you experienced it in person...:-) Maybe not.

Either way, these descriptions are for the pics both above on this blog and those below on the next blog.....

On Maddy's actual birthday (July 4):
1) My parents, brother and his girlfriend all arrived in the early afternoon
2) Played on Maddie's Airplane teeter-totter that my parents sent for her birthday (which explains the pictures below)
2) We ate at our favorite local Thai restaurant
3) Walked around Bandon, OR for a bit (which explains the pics below of Maddy..in my brother's arms..wrapped in a blanket)
4) Had fireworks in our driveway (which explains the pics below of us sitting in lawn chairs...covering Maddie's ears.)
5) Allowed Maddie to stay up until almost 11pm opening her birthday presents. She was absolutely HILARIOUS the entire time...exclaiming, "WHOA!" appropriately...reading her cards.....dancing her little heart out to every new noise-making toy she unwrapped!
6) Hopefully you noticed the totally awesome birthday crown :-) that Maddie was willing to wear on both days of celebrating...just had to mention it because it was one of my favorite parts of the whole weekend. :-)

Okay...trying to keep this as short as possible, on July 5 we:
1) Went to Sabbath school, (Brent, Karen and I are leaders of Cradle Roll) and sang Maddie her "Happy Birthday" song in her rocking chair.
2) Went to church (where Omi Pahls and Mary Pahls--Herman's mother and sister--joined us--they drove down from Portland, OR that morning)...i.e. church pics are any with Maddy in her red and white dress.
2) Had her party after church on Karen and Herman's back patio. Maddie was in good spirits for her party...enjoyed her ladybug cupcake, loved having her best buddies around, and the whole thing turned out just splendid. :-)
3) After her party we went back to our house and played with her new toys again...so there might be some pics of that as well (if so..she's in her camo-pj's from her Uncle Chris)

Anyway, hope these bright, summer days find all of you happy and healthy! Thank you to everyone who gave gifts to our little girl...Thank you to my family and Brent's family for helping to make the weekend so memorable. Can't believe it has already come and gone....:-)