So as most of you know, Josh has accepted a job in Tennessee with Jeff Cuthbertson. He left on the 31st of August to start the job and it definitely has been hard this last month without him. Madsen is such a good boy, I could not ask for a better child. He is so patient with me, as I've had to adjust to life as a single parent. At the same time as this adjustment he also had to adjust to me going to school full time. Heavenly Father has definitely blessed me. Somehow I've been able to keep up with school, not fall behind, and still be a mom to my little boy. I know it's hard for him to understand where and why Josh is gone. I've tried explaining to him where daddy is but he is insistent that daddy is at school and he will come back soon. In the mean time he loves talking to daddy on the phone, and was SUPER excited the other day when Josh sent him a video of himself. He watched it like 10 times in a row. It was actually really cute. He was even more excited when we finally had a video chat on Saturday. The good news for us is that Josh is coming home Thursday! We are so excited. Madsen can't stop talking about all the motorcycle rides he and daddy are going to take. :) I love how much he loves doing boy things with his daddy. He also talks about how daddy is going to come and push him on the swing, because mommy doesn't push him high enough. I've been really looking forward to this visit, but at the same time I have been a little disappointed that I had a microbiology exam scheduled during the exact days Josh will be here. bummer. But tonight I got the best e-mail I could have asked for. My professor decided to post pone the exam until after conference :) I can't believe it, this is what I have been secretly praying for!!!! So although I'll still have to start studying for it while Josh is here, I won't be pressured to study hard core and take the exam all during the 5 days Josh will be here. Miracles do happen!

Goodbye Tio Ervin

Well my little brother left last month for boot camp and it has been pretty lonely around here without him. We miss him a ton and Madsen always asks for him when he wants juice instead of milk, guess we know who spoiled him rotten. :) But we're so proud of him and we know he is doing great and excelling in his training. We can't wait to see Ervin again in October. Here's a couple pictures we took right before he left. Here ya go mami!

Behind like always

Once again I find myself having to backtrack but there just has been so much going on in the last month I just can't believe that it's September already. Where did the month of August go? Well to start off we had a combined birthday party for Madsen and Isa the first weekend in August. It turned out really cute and I just can't believe how big these kids are getting. I just want to thank again everybody who helped. We had some technical difficulties at first but overall I think everyone had a great time, so it was worth it. Once again I must thank Connally Wilkins for all her help with the cake, I don't know what I'm going to do next year without her. So here are just a few pictures of the party.

Hitting Isa's pinata

Trying to raid Aunt Charity's candy

Madsen found more candy

Sharing candy with Champ

Amazing cake thanks to Connally.

What was I thinking when I bought him a white shirt for the party?

He loved this card so much. It plays "Life is a Highway" from the Cars movie.

He still takes it around the house and dances to it.

Grandpa always finds what we need. More monkey pajamas!

The birthday boy and girl. They're so big.