Maddox at 6 Months

In March Maddox turned 6 months. He is such a happy baby and is right on track with all his milestones. He is sitting up, eating baby food, rolling around on his play mat and just being an overall, happy boy. The only thing he is a little behind in is his height and weight. Mama affectionately calls him her little runt. We love the addition he is to our family.

Losing A Great Lady

In January of this year we lost our sweet G.G. Scott's grandmother, Nancy Philp Allen passed away in her home surrounded by most of her family all around her. She was a wonderful example to us all on how to be a GREAT great-grandma. All the kids adored her. We all adored her. She made Thanksgiving and Christmas so memorable. We love gathering at their house each year.

I had the privilege of being her visiting teaching companion for the past 7 years. It was quite an adjustment when she got too sick to go with me. It was a blessing to be able to go with her and spend that little bit of time with her each month. She taught me how important visiting teaching is and made sure I went when I was supposed to.

We will always miss you, G.G. The holidays will never be the same.

Some of the great grandkids at the viewing

Scott and the other grandsons and sons-in-law were all the pall bearers

The great grandchildren

The grandchildren all but Wayne who was serving his mission and JR

Her children and husband (Grumpy)

Disneyland

Well, I put this post off long enough. I just knew how photo intensive it was going to be so It has stalled my blog for almost a year now. So here goes.

We had a Disneyland jar to save our pennies for about 2 years. In November before Christmas I realized we probably had enough so we got the bright idea to surprise the kids for Christmas with a trip to Disneyland.

I wrapped up a box with the tickets inside and on Christmas morning they opened it. They weren't even sure what to think but eventually they acted excited. We left the next day and spent 3 days there. Not our best idea ever.

Apparently, the week between Christmas and New Years is the busiest time of the year. They actually CLOSED Disneyland for the first time in 30 years because they were at capacity. By the third day Mom and Dad were so ready to leave. We spent most of the time standing in lines and freezing. We did manage to have some memorable times in there and it was really neat to see it all decorated for Christmas. Let's just say we will NEVER go at Christmas time again.

It's a Small World was probably my favorite. It was lit up so neat and inside they had each country decorated for their Christmas in their own Christmas traditions.

The Castle was beautiful.

Santa's reindeer were taking a break at Disneyland after their long trip around the world.

The Parade was really neat.

Gracie was afraid to meet any of the characters. We didn't get a chance

to meet anyone but Pluto and Minnie anyway because of the crowds.