Hillary Weeks Concert

Over the summer Hillary Weeks put a private Christmas concert up for bid on E-Bay for charity (to benefit a family that lost their daughter to cancer.) Along with some friends we bid and won so on December 5th we were able to attend the private Christmas concert and it was wonderful. The girls and I had a great time. Hillary is the number one selling female LDS artist and it shows on stage. She is so comfortable and sang so beautiful. She came around and introduced herself to everyone before the concert and signed pictures and CD's after. It was great to get out with my girls and kick off the holiday season with some great music among friends!
P.S. I had to add in a picture of Ryan so we could remember what he and his dad were doing while we were away at the concert. I think they had a great evening as well.

Fall Pictures

Her are a couple of pictures that I took of the kids this fall. The picture of the whole family is kind of a funny story. We went to the park to have Sandy take a quick family picture of us and a Photographer (Daren Jensen) and his wife were walking by and asked if he could take our picture. It turned out pretty good for being free although Maddie looks upset it will do. I still have to edit the ones Sandy took but haven't had time. She did a great job. Darren printed a picture of us onto a "tile" which would make a great Christmas present. He can print any image on a tile for a great price with this new fancy printer he bought.



Jairo took this one of me and Maddie.

Happy Halloween!

This is Maddie when she is 7 weeks old in her Halloween outfit. She is starting to get such a cute personality. Happy Halloween from Maddie!

This is a picture that I took of Maddie when she was 2 weeks old. She is doing very good. I can't believe how big she is getting. The kids are in love with her! Ryan said to me yesterday "mom, I love my baby, I just love her, I just love her so so much." He is such a great big brother. Katie and Allie are such big helpers. The joy of having so much help around the house makes the 4th child so much easier.

My Baby Girls!

Katelyn

Allison

Allison

Madelyn



Here are some pictures of Maddie I took When she was 4 days old. We have a tradition in our family that started with Katelyn to take a picture of the little girl babies when they are 4 days old in this little white dress. Grace actually looked a lot like my girls but Alyssa was born very beautiful, but a lot lighter then the others. I think Maddie looks like Allison but mostly she just has her own look. In the other pictures Maddie is in an old hat box I had in the top of my closet. I love how they turned out. The pictures I have posted on the blog have been looking very digital, they look much better in person.

She's Here!

Madelyn May Elizondo
September 1, 2009
6lbs, 15oz
19 inches long





Eveything went very well and we are so happy to have our little girl home!

Maddie's Princess Bed!

I wanted to make something special for Maddie since the 4th child doesn't usually get a lot of new stuff so I asked my dad to make her a new cradle. 24 years ago he welded my sister Sandy a cradle that has been passed all around the family which worked out great but I wanted something new for my last little one. I had an idea of exactly what I wanted and he delivered all of my expectations. We spent 3 evening down at Uncle Randy's shop and this is what we came up with. After he was finished I brought the cradle home and made all of the bedding to go with it. I found the exact fabric I wanted but it wasn't available in white so my mom ordered it for me out of one of her fabric books. I am so excited with the outcome. Now all I need is a little princess to sleep in it! Thanks dad for all of your hard work, you are so amazing!