Let's Go Blues!!

Joshua got an official practice puck at the St. Louis Blues Hockey Game on Saturday night! He and Daddy where down by the ice watching them practic before the game started and they hit one over the net. A guy standing next to Joshua and Daddy caught it then gave it to Joshua, he was so excited and has been showing everyone!
I'm not sure Maddie knew there was a Hockey game going on but she enjoyed the Nachos anyway:)

Our crew!

My ONE picture from our weekend with the McDaniels, would you believe my camera went dead! Anyway, here is Madelyn, Kaitlyn, Joshua, Brenden and Logan. Maddie and Kaitlyn both have this low deep voice, they are too cute together!

We also had our first big snow this week, about 8" I think and of course, no camera working, aagghhh! Hopefully my mom got some good pictures! The kids loved it, of course, school was called of for Friday so that made it even better!

We got a new car! We found a great deal on a 2007 Toyota Sienna van complete with DVD player, automatic doors and lots of room. Matt is still having issues with the fact that we own a minivan now(haha) but he admits too the ride is nice and the room is fantastic. They gave us tickets to the Blues game as well so that was a cool treat!

All four of us have been really under the weather. Joshua started it and we have all shared since then. Matt is feeling awful today and I have a wisdom tooth that is killing me (I know, I need them out) AND can't breathe and coughing. Maddie is still coughing and GROUCHY, (whew!) but Joshua seems to be better now. We can't seem to get rid of it :( We are looking forward to a day home in our sweats just lounging around....maybe watching the superbowl...and hopefully getting better!

Just hanging out

Joshua playing Wii - Tiger Woods Golf
Ranger - our miniature schnauzer, our third child who happens to be the biggest baby of them all :)

Maddie playing "kitchen" in her "princess" P.J.'s

Maddie, Sophia, Sarah & Joshua hanging out on their day off from school.

She LOVES her Mickey Mouse

Just a few pics to show you what we have been up to. Last night Joshua and daddy are playing the Wii and I hear Joshua yell, " Dad, I got a birdie".....then he yells a few minutes later, " oh man a double bogey............. Do we have a future golfer or what?? He loves to play this game ( as does Matt :) ) and understands it so well. He says he can't wait to get his clubs out this Spring. Joshua is doing really well with his weekly basketball games and he looks forward to them each week. He is reading so well and no more spelling things around him because he picks on that too easily!

Maddie is starting to pick up more on her colors and can count to ten. She starts pre-school two weeks from today. She is excited and asks me every morning if this is the day...... I'm nervous because she is constantly moving and for her to sit still and listen is going to be a challenge for the teachers. She's smart though and I think around other people she might not be as open and "opinionated "....haha.

Matt and I are in the fun process of looking for another car. Our VW Passat is simply too small for a family of 4 so we have it for sale and are searching for something different in the mean time. I like mini-vans and Matt is not sure he can handle that. Ok, so I am the gal who swore she would NEVER drive a mini-van as long as I lived......things change when you family expands and we need the room :) LOL...

Off to visit some friends this weekend that moved away about a year ago. We miss them much and look forward to any opportunity to visit them. Logan is Joshuas "very bestest friend" in his words so he is excited, Kaitlyn and Maddie are the same age (within a few months even) so Maddie is excited, Kim is about to have their fourth child ( makes that 2 of each) and I am excited to see my skinny pregnant friend with a belly, haha. Will post some pics when we get back on Sunday.

Wildcats Everywhere - Raise your hands up in the air!

Just hanging out.
Joshua and Daddy racing on our day out.

Joshua outside the Fox Theatre

The Big Surprise - LIVE ON STAGE- HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

(we were really this close to the stage, no zoom on this photo)!

Getting his tickets - he was so excited.

Well the big surprise went over very well :) We decided to give Joshua his tickets on the way up to St. Louis since he was getting a bit concerned and worried about what to expect. Thank you to one of my favorite Aunts we were able to get tickets to High School Musical Live on Stage at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis. We did not realize until we got there that we had VIP tickets and were 8 - yes EIGHT rows from the stage!!!! THANK YOU AUNT DEB!! The show was awesome ( I even think Matt enjoyed it) and Joshua wants to see it again and take Maddie next time since she goes around the house singing " Wildcats everywhere - together, together!!

After the show we went to the RV show for a bit then let Joshua choose where to eat - Golden Corral was his choice since he said all the other places take too long......haha, smart boy he is!

Maddie stayed with Nana and Papa and Nana says she asked for Joshua at least 25 times and he mentioned her alot too......funny thing is on the way home from picking Maddie up, about a 2 miles drive to our home, they were fighting already...go figure.