Home Sweet Home...Not Quite Yet!

We signed up today to build our next house and we're SO happy to see a light at the end of the tunnel. We're moving back into Woodbridge where we built our first house and this time we were fortunate to snag up one of the lots on the golf course. We're not expected to see completion until May of '09 but we took some time to celebrate tonight and explore our dirt! We can't wait for visitors...hint hint; and Linnea and Beau can't wait for a backyard:)

Justin's 30 Birthday!!

We pulled it off!! Some of our family and closest friends flew down to Daytona to celebrate Justin's 30th birthday. After Justin told me "it's not in my genetic make up to keep a surprise" we actually got him. Thursday evening 6 of our friends from college walked into the condo just to say happy birthday:) He was definitely caught off guard although I don't ever think he'd be speechless. We spent the evening and very early morning catching up, Friday we went deep sea fishing and then hosted a fish fry. Saturday we actually saw Michigan win a football game! The kids got to spend time with their Gramma at the beach and we actually got to sleep in! It was an amazing weekend, wonderful weather, great food and the best friends anyone can ask for. Thanks to everyone for making it possible!

Beau's First Trip to the ER

Well we wondered how long it would be before we made the trip to the Emergency Room and Beau just couldn't hold out any longer. After a long struggle with his sister over who gets to wear the princess dress his head caught the edge of our wall and off we were to check him in. Two staples later and zero tears we were on our way to Parker's Birthday party as if nothing happened. Needless to say Beau loved the attention and enjoyed flirting with the nurses. It's not every day you have 3 women doting on you...

Meanwhile Miss Linnea was "rocking out the show" as she calls it and getting ready for Parker's Birthday party. She's a fanatic of Hannah Montana's music and frequently performs for us. Never a dull moment here...

Just starting out!

I caved and realized this was one of the best ways to share our family's events and add the detail that makes it unique to our clan. There is so much going on at the Maddux house and for those of you we don't see too often - this will keep you up to date!

Texas is treating us well. We're so happy to be back and have reconnected with many of our old friends which has made it feel so much like home. We're doing the apartment thing for awhile and it' not too bad...less to clean, saving money, kids are right there all the time:) It's just what we needed while we were going through this transition.

Justin is loving his job with Autotrader.com. He is home each night for dinner and actually has watched an entire season of Michigan football (although it's not a great one to watch). His territory is in North Dallas and growing as he learns more.

I am back at Raytheon as an Operations Engineer in McKinney and loving it! I am blessed that they had a position open up in the last few months and jumped at the chance to be a part of the company again. I am still selling Silpada and Arbonne and look forward to picking them back up this winter now that we've found our groove.

The kids have completely adjusted to their "pre-school" as we call it. The daycare is awesome and they are learning so much. Linnea is learning to write her alphabet and Beau is learning to sing it! They are the best of buddies. There isn't a day that goes by that I regret them being so close in age. It's very entertaining.

Stay tuned as we're off to FL this weekend to celebrate Justin's 30th birthday! There will be lots of goodies in store for the birthday boy and I will update the site with many stories and pics upon my return.