Vegas and New York City

**Over Thanksgiving weekend we went down to Vegas with Nick's family. Here is us at a big buffet on Thanksgiving Day! Yummy!

Flowers in November!

The giant aquarium at Cesar's Palace. Maddie loved looking at the fish!

It actually got pretty cold there. Someone said it was the coldest Thanksgiving they'd had in like 5 years! So we had to bundle Madison up!

Her 2nd time hanging out with Uncle Paddy!

Our late night Taco Bell run!! :)

The red rocks just a few minutes from my in-laws new condo...

**Nick went to New York City for the Veteran's Day Parade for work a few weeks ago. It was Nick's first time there and he managed to squeeze in some site seeing, Jazz vs Knicks game, and broadway play in between working. Here are some pictures from his trip...

The bands getting ready for the parade

Of course he had to take these 2 pictures for you know who!! :)

**And as always I need to throw in some random pictures of my favorite girl in the world!!! :)

Maddie's first time trying rice cereal. Mmmm!

This is her new thing... she only sucks on her two middle fingers for some reason. I've never seen another baby do that. It's so funny! (She even had to do it between spoonfuls of rice cereal- with spoon in hand and all!) So cute!

What a happy, smiley little girl we have!

On her tippy-toes! Maybe she will be a ballerina! :)

Dancin!

I love these little Chuck Taylors that her Auntie Deeds gave her! Babies are so cute in shoes, even though they're impossible to put on and keep on!!! :)

Bubbles!

He's home!

My brother returned home 2 weeks ago after serving a mission in Vina del Mar, Chile. It's so nice to finally have the whole family together again after 3 long years! (Except for the fact that all 4 of the boys now speak Spanish so they joke around a lot and can tell secrets in Spanish and the rest of us don't know what they're talking about!!) :)

Elder Tondevold's first time meeting his niece!

Waiting around at the airport and taking some pictures...

October festivities

Some pictures of what we've done this month....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone!!!

(Madison sitting up by herself at 4 months!!!!)

*First time playing in the leaves! She didn't know what to think at first but when she moved around and heard the crunching noise she got all excited!

A beautiful autumn day!

Wondering what all this stuff is...??

*Maddie's first snowfall!! She didn't know what to think about that either... she just stared mezmorized. It was pretty cute!

*This year's Black-out game against Wyoming (we won by the way...) Go Utes!!

*My 25th birthday party!!

Nick took me out in the day then we had both our families over for that night for a little dinner, dessert and pumpkin carving. It was a fun day! Thanks babe! :)

Nick made these cool Halloween cupcakes

Nick carved a pirate pumpkin (thus the face)

The whole gang (minus 2 boys)

*Halloween party at our friend's Kyle & Whitney's

Maddie was a lion and we were the safari people (No I am not a gardener :) )


Our friends Jenny & Jesse

Me, Whitney and the babies...

Maddie and Ezra holding hands... so cute! :)

*Some pictures from my nephew's baby blessing a few weeks ago...

What a little doll!

She loves her daddy!

She tries to grab everything in site now!

*Nick and the boys went down to St. George for the weekend for a little end of the season golf and wakeboarding

Sand Hollow

While the boys were out of town we had our own little girls weekend at my parents house!

Out for lunch with the girls (and the two little boys tagged along :) )

*Just some random cute pictures of Madison the last few weeks...

Classic! :)

First time sitting up unsupported (4 months old)

First time in her jumper!

I just can't get enough of those gorgeous blue eyes!