Madison has figured out how to get her money out of the piggy bank.
Here is a picture from the stick horse race at fair. That is Brandon (Dusty and Becky's boy) on the left Riley, Macey and Madison.

For Beth

Ok Beth I changed my colors because I know that your old eyes can't take them. Ha Ha. No really I hope you guys can really read this better.

summer

Can you belive it summer is almost over. It is hard to belive this was my first summer not working at the bank. I thought I would have more time to get things done. Madison and I started out the summer going to visit Beth and Henry in Florida at the beging of May. Madison was not so sure about the ocean at first but she did love picking up the sea shells on the beach. When we got home we were busy getting ready for a wedding. Darren's brother Will got married so we were helping Ashlee get ready for the wedding. A week before the wedding Sam's daughter Macy broke her leg and had to have a it in a cast for 6 weeks so when ever I had time between babysiting I went to help her out. Debbie and I also took the girls to Len and Diana's wedding in May. In July Darren decided that he wanted to repaint his truck so that was a two week project that he and Chip worked on. That of course was over the 4th of July so while Darren was busy working on his truck I went to mom's and had fun camping out with everyone. Madison even camped out in the tent with us I guess you could say that was her first camping experiance. I don't know what happened to the rest of the summer but it was fair time before we knew it and we were getting ready to spend time at the fair. Darren's brother Will ran his truck in the rough truck on Thursday night then on Friday Darren decided to try his luck at the truck pull. He did pretty good and he didn't even brake his truck thankfully. His brother also pulled his dad's truck and got 5th place. His cousin Dusty got first place. So Friday night was pretty fun. On Saturday we went to the mud run both Chip and Will have mud trucks so we spent the day watching the mud run. They are done for the year and I can not say that I am upset about that. On Monday of the fair Madison perticipated in the stick horse race she was so cute and had a ball. When I can figureout how to post my videos I will put it on. Now that the kid's are back in school I am babysitting for Allisa one of Darren's cousins little girls. I also am watching Jillan who I have been watching all summer and I should have two more here in a few more weeks. Bettween all of them and Madison I keep pretty busy. This weekend is James birthday and Macy's on sunday. Darren works on Saturday so I'm not sure what Madison and I are going to get into. She seems to be getting smarter by the day. She still does not really talk much but she knows what is going on. Today I learned that she is mean to kids that she does not know. I was watching a friends little boy today and she kept trying to hit him in the head. She never does that to Riley or Macey so I don't know why she was doing that today. Her new thing to do is push chairs to the counter so she can get things off of them. I will be sure to keep everyone updated on how we all are doing.