Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

1st Birthday!

We celebrated Madison's 1st birthday on 10/13/07! Grandma Hyzer celebrated with us along with many of our neighbors. All in all, Madison was pretty overwhelmed and when confronted with the cake...she just cried! Oh well, maybe next year!


"I don't want to be 1!"


"I don't like cake either!"


"Ok, maybe I do."

We played games with the kids and the adults. For the adults we had the men draw portraits of Madison to show their "creative" side. The women played golf to demonstrate their "sporty" side. It was a lot of fun!

Playing with the kids

New Friends!

Grandma and Madison

So Big!

Catching Up

Just catching up with some photo's below....

Swimming with grandma!

Madison on her 1st boat ride at Cotton Lake.


A stare-off.


First Swing!

The Arch

Visiting Uncle Aaron.

The Carlisle Family

Hugs and kisses from Cooper Carlisle.

Playing in the driveway

Madison learned how to frown!

But smiles most of the time!

And that's all folks!

Visiting Daddy!

Madison and I were able to spend 2 weeks with Joel at Yosemite National Park. What a hard job he has!! I mean to be surrounded all day by majestic peaks and cool, pristine mountain streams must be hard! (just kidding Joel!) He is in a beautiful place and is enjoying his time there. It is very busy though, so he is definately receiving training of all types.


Mariposa Grove's


Merced River


Like Father Like Daughter!


Yosemite National Park

Congratulations Joel and goodbye Georgia

Our 4 month adventure in Georgia came to an end on May 8, 2008 as Joel graduated from his training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick. His hard work and determination is so admirable as he was able to balance a family with a newborn and aggressive training for his career. It paid off as he received the Director's Award for his exemplary work as a federal law enforcement officer as well as many hugs and kisses from his wife and daughter! The latter being the most important of course! Well done and good job Joel!!

Class 805

Joel's Graduation